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The original crackdown, the only movable object that was completely indestructible were the big yellow skips (don’t know what Americans call them).

Would play in coop with one character fixed in a spot to stop them despawning and see how many I could gather from around the map and bring back. You could only carry them in your arms preventing you from driving and climbing the taller buildings, forcing you into unconventional routes through the city, often while being shot. Think I got about 20 as my record before having to sign off.

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NostraDavid@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

big yellow skips

A trash container? I’m neither Bri’ish, or 'Murican, so I have no idea 😂

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- Denjin@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Dumpster apparently
  
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morphballganon@mtgzone.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

(don’t know what Americans call them)

This is such a bizarre thing to say. Why does your mind go to Americans, especially if you aren’t one? How do you know we don’t call them that too? (We don’t, but how did you know that?)

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- Denjin@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Because most of the people you interact with online, in English, tend to be Americans, so it often helps to clarify your point in terms that are more familiar with Americans to save confusion. I’ve been completely misinterpreted in the past by talking about pants (meaning underpants) where my audience thought I was talking about pants (meaning trousers).
  
  And as if to prove my point, there is in fact a different word, though it seems a more generic term than the rather specific British English skip, that is dumpster.
  
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  - Elevator7009@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    
    were the big yellow skips (don’t know what Americans call them)
    
    American here! I was reading your first comment, and I was mildly curious what a “skip” is. I guessed “school bus” and oh wow was I wrong. But hey, still a (probably?) public-funded vehicle that’s bigger than a normal car and thus something my 5-year old self thought would be fun to drive.
    
    Differences in uses of the English language in primarily English-speaking countries always fun, I 100% agree with your point about clarifying. Thanks for explaining nicely to the person above :)
    
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