I wonder how many people have wished upon Venus.
Does existence of a language authority influence opinions about descriptivism/prescriptivism?
I was thinking of this because in my country there’s an institute which determines correct language and therefore many people speak or write their native language incorrectly. Whereas in English there’s no central authority which would write the rules....
Many moons ago could either mean a long time ago or a week ago.
guys if all of reddit migrates here does that mean that the mods will aslo come here? and if so will they still be assholes or will losing their power awaken something within them?
Abandoned FOSS projects are FOSSils
and forks are using FOSSil fuel....
When/If repost bots come here we'll be able to tell easily as all they'll talk about will be poop, beans and spez.
As by that point I hope we’ll have better inside jokes and things to discuss
Most microwaves are tested daily unknowingly.
With almost everyone you know or even yourself opening the door before the timer stops to check the food temperature.
I went my whole life thinking you had to beans before poop, but Lemmy taught me that you can poop before beans.
If humans were born with 6 fingers on each hand we would be using base 12 instead of the decimal system.
Is it impossible for toast to fall before it's been buttered?
Shit faint
Why is it that I almost faint if I try to shit really hsrd?
The new captcha to prove you're a human should be "say something inappropriate or offensive"
Why do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.
Thought of this in the shower this morning, if anyone has an answer I'd be very interested!
Heinz sales numbers must be up
Heinz bean getting a lot of free advertising lately.
Hippos can run and swim around 20-30 miles an hour. If you wanted to beat one in a triathlon, you'd need to be really prepared for the biking portion.
Blowing air out of your mouth, like blowing out a birthday candle, is just a DC form of talking.
Error being blown out of your mouth is similar to DC ( direct current ) and that it’s a continuous wave of air with frequency zero. While speaking is like AC ( alternating current), a longitudinal wave that moves back and forth at a variety of frequencies.
Bean shitposts becoming popular across the entire Fediverse in just an hour is a live demonstration of how effective decentralization and federation protocols are.
In an alternate timeline, humans mainly use showers to clean themselves.
The rest of the day is spent exploring interesting thoughts and ideas.
Your lips don't touch when you say the word touch, but do touch when you say separate
My 8 year old son told me this randomly after getting out of the shower this morning.
Today is most likely some American's last day with all 10 fingers, and they don't know if
As a European it’s now 4th July, so felt it was the right time to post
In the future bots will have CAPTCHAs to keep humans out of their communities
It will feel like home once I hear about the undertaker throwing mankind off hell in a cell
Political leaders are as much of an asshole as the assholes they (implicitly) shield and protect.
Often political leaders at the top need to maintain some diplomatic composure and have the privilege to leave their dirty fights to subordinates. As a result we often don’t realize how much of an asshole these leaders actually are. A good test is to check what they allow (or encourage) their lower ranked allies to get away...
When you say something is “red” it’s actually every color except red since red is the color being reflected off the object.
What’s your new favorite color now???