Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying?

• remon@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Huh? What do aircraft have to do with anything?

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  • morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    … just as much as bouncy castles?

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    • remon@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They saying is about holding a military position, like a fort, a line or a castle. Hence a bouncy castle can jokingly be thought of a military position that needs holding down.

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      • morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        The phrase is typically used to refer to babysitting, i.e., I’ll make sure the kids don’t leave or kill themselves. So the “down” serves a purpose in the present use, regardless of its applicability to historic situations.

        “Holding the fort” just meant not letting enemies in

        “Holding down the fort” also includes preventing things from getting out of hand

        But I like the bouncy castle imagery as it’s less mundane

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      • bryndos@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Holding down a b-17 flying fortress?

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        New idea: flying airstrip! We already have floating airstrips. Or maybe we should take that idea and flip it. Airborne boatyards. Yeah!

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