Am I the only one mildly annoyed by the fact that “Do not eat” is in quotations, like it’s silica gel’s motto or something?
You know you wanna
Submitted 1 day ago by spicytuna62@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
bstix@feddit.dk 1 day ago
No, you’re not. The internet is unsurprisingly full of people being annoyed with just that.
The most valid explanation is that quotation marks used to mean something else. Before we had bold and italics and underscores, typographers would sometimes use quotation marks for emphasis. This kind of ancient mark-up language can be seen in advertising up until the 1950s or so. It is considered to be wrong now.
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Unfortunately that’s no excuse we started using Silica gel in the 1950’s too (shockingly early I know) they should have stopped at iteration 1.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s to demonstrate that they have to say it, but they don’t really mean it.
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I accept this explanation.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
wink wink nudge nudge
dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
Evotech@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Kill him not wait for my arrival
LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
It’s how you leave the matrix
fubarx@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Remember, every time there is a cautionary, public sign, it’s likely because more than one person (and likely more) did what the sign said you should NOT do.
Nobody puts up a sign as a theoretical deterrent. It happened.
UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Sure, Mr. Hutz.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
before silica was commercially available people used to use rice (in salt shakers, to dry electronics…)
rice contains naturally occurring silica.
also, silica is the same composition as quartz and opals.
Grimy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean, I still do this. It’s not like I have a bag of silica in my house. I wouldn’t really put it in my salt shaker either way to be honest.
Kenny2999@lemmy.world 1 day ago
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Punctuation can save lives, or as in this case, end them.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I get enough iny shredded cheese, thanks.
moonburster@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Anything you could do with this that’s functionally worth the effort?
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 1 day ago
Ok, Tracy.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Lesley Knope strikes agajn
dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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riskable@programming.dev 1 day ago
I know someone who tried this. Their ghost still haunts the simulation.