MadBob

@MadBob@feddit.nl

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Broccoli, cheese, and MILFs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a running joke with this lad in school where he’d say “your sister’s fit” and I’d punch him in the arm. No idea why we did it or how it stayed so friendly. Just remembered it for the first time in maybe 20 years. Thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Those poor kids⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But I am le tired!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon's first time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Kharkov, a city in Ukraine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon meets a girl at a wedding⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw that after pressing send and thought to myself, ah, no one’ll pull me up on that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon meets a girl at a wedding⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That happened to a few of my cousins years ago. We were at a family function so I thought they would’ve put two and two together, but alas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CEO brains go brrrrr⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I started writing a song about a year ago that started, “have you ever noticed how no one has assassinated Elon Musk?” I need to get off my arse (and write the song, I mean).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do Americans always presume that everyone speaks English⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I live in the Netherlands, where it’s not the Americans assuming everyone speaks English. Sometimes it’s quite bizarre too: we have this deaf, Ukrainian colleague who doesn’t speak but communicates with Russian Sign Language (and whatever gestures you can think up on the spot), and it’s very blatant that he doesn’t speak English because he doesn’t speak and can’t hear, and has never written any notes in English or anything like that, but I’ve still caught other colleagues mouthing, or sometimes outright saying, things to him in English, as if it’d help. I remember once coming across a mute man who obviously understood Dutch, who then tried to ask someone a question, who then replied in a very “my husband is antiquair” kind of way. Otherwise it’s mostly European tourists and immigrants who assume you speak English.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You best start believing in a cyberpunk dystopia⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I stand corrected!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Middle coat is my grandma's⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “I’m the upper class. I look down on the middle class as well as the working class.”

  “I’m the middle class. I look up to the upper class and I look down on the working class.”

  “I’m the working class. I’ve got a stiff neck.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Causes of Death in London (1623)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wolf is an old name for Lupus, which of course is Latin for wolf.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You best start believing in a cyberpunk dystopia⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to mention the Russian police uniform doesn’t look like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨shoe⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So the eyes are the windows to the sole after all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meal prep⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you sure about the waterproofing? You can usually steam in an oven.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AND THEY DIDN'T STOP EATING⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One funny thing about the dictionary is that complex words are explained in simple language and simple words are explained in complex language.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This world is cruel…⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I travelled the most when I was poorest, myself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's fire... Maybe concerning but fire still⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And of course Nokia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They must not be tired⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Witness reports, for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dutch publisher to trial using AI for English-language translations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I felt the profit motive went without saying but I think you’re right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dutch publisher to trial using AI for English-language translations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  One thing I can tell you with confidence about the Netherlands is that people there almost invariably overestimate their proficiency in English, so adverts and public announcements and the like in English often have embarrassing mistakes, so I’d put money down that they’re not going to hire a native speaker or perhaps even a chartered translator to check the translations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Support local bands⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Suspicious contempt for the rhythm section here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate that that happens⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You can say “fleetly” instead of “rapidly”. Actually “rapidly” sounds incorrect when describing flying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We need a vexillology community!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You see them long ones fairly often in the Netherlands, though I suppose it’s technically called a streamer or pennant or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where Roger Rabbit's pal shops?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Reads better than “Tommy needy drinky” anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨have you ever been given a warning or suspension for using profane language at work?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’ve been told once and your job hangs in the balance, then perhaps that’s a sign of needlessly strict management, but if I just got a stern “please don’t swear in front of the public” I’d just stop swearing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon cuddles with his first gf⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Same the other way around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rap Video rule⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Haha.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump cosplaying⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not that bad unless you get a shitload on there. It’s not even as bad as cutting your finger with a knife, I’d say.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rap Video rule⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure how to feel about jokes where they ask why it’s so rather than just saying it’s so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you have what it takes to become a geologist?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ha, unearthed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why, in English at least, is the letter W called "double U" and not "double V"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W

  The Germanic /w/ phoneme was, therefore, written as ⟨VV⟩ or ⟨uu⟩ (⟨u⟩ and ⟨v⟩ becoming distinct only by the Early Modern period) by the earliest writers of Old English and Old High German, in the 7th or 8th centuries.[8] Gothic (not Latin-based), by contrast, had simply used a letter based on the Greek Υ for the same sound in the 4th century. The digraph ⟨VV⟩/⟨uu⟩ was also used in Medieval Latin to represent Germanic names, including Gothic ones like Wamba.

  It is from this ⟨uu⟩ digraph that the modern name “double U” derives. The digraph was commonly used in the spelling of Old High German but only in the earliest texts in Old English, where the /w/ sound soon came to be represented by borrowing the rune ⟨ᚹ⟩, adapted as the Latin letter wynn: ⟨ƿ⟩. In early Middle English, following the 11th-century Norman Conquest, ⟨uu⟩ regained popularity; by 1300, it had taken wynn’s place in common use.