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1 day agoBut those who pay attention know which is the truth, while yelling “lies” seems to work on the clueless - seems win-win to me.
Since I invariably wind up getting “name suits” types of comments, here’s the explanation behind it:
Around the turn of the millennium, I was trying to come up with a username to use on a particular site that had a shortish character count limit for usernames. My goal was something related to the fact that I would often be making my points in arguments with “holier-than-thou” types by taking what they were saying, and turning it on its head so the offensive stuff was directed back at them.
I also happened to learn shortly beforehand that many years ago “'ape” was somewhat commonly used as a verb to mean “imitate” or “copy.”
I’m sure you can figure the rest out.
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And the only cost was the USA itself.
How about we just go back to “lies” so the simple-minded folks who always fall for that crap can have a chance of “getting it” for once?
13·2 days agoMayday, Jeeves! Mayday!
I honestly didn’t know it was still around. Wonder how it compared against the sludge that is now Google’s crapified results. Guess I’ll never know.
These puns all sound the same OneNote.
Wonder if this will work on the innumerable obvious covers of popular songs by no-name bands which get listed as being from the original artists. Probably not, which is why I stopped using Spotify even before so many of their other shitty moves.
0·4 days agoRemember that the number represents new claims only. So for one week there were not so many layoffs/firings - doesn’t mean people found jobs.
Romulan Bird of Prey de-cloaks…
0·5 days agoThey’ve got both hands firmly on the steering wheel, so I see no problem here.
0·6 days agoWe sure this isn’t manufacturing consent?
I love chicken, but that doesn’t mean I wanna learn to kill one, pluck all the feathers, & all the other crap that goes into making one ready to eat.
0·8 days agoInterpreting “I live in America” as a continental reference makes you the exception in my experience. If I lived in one of those other countries on either American continent, I likely would have said the name of the country instead of the name of the continent (let alone without specifying which one).
Honestly fully expect you’re trolling, but I’ll play nice nonetheless.
0·8 days agoWeak, but deserved sarcasm. I’m so incredibly sick of Google’s superficial changes for the sake of “change” modus operandi. This won’t matter, but they’re regularly breaking long-established workflows with other changes, and marketing them as “improvements.” I hope the forthcoming Moto GraphineOS phones are both good and affordable.
Hoser! Dad wants his joke (and tie) back, eh?
(Done in my best Bob & Doug McKenzie imitation - don’t ask me which one…)
0·9 days agoI just did some searching, and cannot confirm what I thought was true. I’ve no idea where I picked it up because I’ve thought that was the case for decades now. Man, do I feel clueless. Sorry for the confusion. TIL.
Sorry, I thought most everyone assumed “America” equated to the (supposedly) “United States of America” (which is the answer to your question) unless specified otherwise.
It’s my understanding that Zed is used in England and possibly Australia for zero. I never knew Canadians used the word at all - let alone for a different meaning - until now.
American here who always thought “Zed” was used for zero. Now I’m wondering if I ever made an ass of myself misinterpreting someone.
Yeah, there are some issues with that. Ars has a better article.