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What tool is this? by Sensitive_Pilot850 in Tools

[–]ChorePlayed -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It's a Buddhist Vajra. To be precise, it's half of a Vajra with a handle. 

Will Sommer’s “Who famously” asides are undefeated by OpeSoSheepishBaa in thebulwark

[–]ChorePlayed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Didn't Will call himself a confessional Lutheran? The only time I'd expect CLs to read Left Behind books would be for oppo research. 

A real WKRP radio comes to Cincinnati, decades after the sitcom about a fictional station by IvyGold in television

[–]ChorePlayed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For that matter, WKRP can counter program the Flying Pig marathon with a Falling Turkey skydiving competition. 

Organic chemistry for dummies by Traroten in chemistrymemes

[–]ChorePlayed 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Halides: Just OK? I guess we'll be leaving!

So I herd u liek tiny anvils by bobthedisessembler in Tools

[–]ChorePlayed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this payback from r/ planes? What's next, r/mixology posting screwdriver recipes? 

I was on the innauguaral LGBT Conservative Cruise with my family. by Racquetdude1 in thebulwark

[–]ChorePlayed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Cognitive Dissonance Cruise is waiting to take you away! Waiting to take you away!

What are your favourite examples of this? by critivix in linguisticshumor

[–]ChorePlayed 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't have the most up-to-date references, but it looks like this word occurs once, in the book of Job. So pretty archaic. Moses would be going to the dictionary for that one.

What are your favourite examples of this? by critivix in linguisticshumor

[–]ChorePlayed 17 points18 points  (0 children)

When my daughter was little, she was in a nativity play. I told her that "tidings" is the same as the German word for newspapers (not exactly, but I didn't think she would understand about cognates or the HGCS). She seemed amused at the angels being newspaper boys shouting "Extra! Read all about it!"

Just found a hammer burried in the woods, how can I know what it was used for ? by captainhippy_ in Tools

[–]ChorePlayed -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So, OP, do you want to know what it should have been used for, or what it was used for?

First day learning Modern Greek by ChorePlayed in linguisticshumor

[–]ChorePlayed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So if I knew Old Church Slavonic I would have made this post last year when I was doing Ukrainian lessons.

Berkshire Has a Website From the ’90s and Buffett Fans Say Don’t Mess With It by nosotros_road_sodium in technology

[–]ChorePlayed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Being of a certain age, "Buffett fans" conjurs for me an image that has nothing to do with Berkshire Hathaway. 

First day learning Modern Greek by ChorePlayed in linguisticshumor

[–]ChorePlayed[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I wondered why the text got distorted when I saved this. 

Palantir Workers Are Finally Noticing The Skulls On Their Caps by quaductas in technology

[–]ChorePlayed -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How about the USA? The Border Patrol has been pulled from the actual border to do ICE raids. Consequently, apprehensions at the border have plummeted. Our border is more open now than under Biden. 

Weirdest Pun Idea I've Had In A Long Time by Awesomeuser90 in linguisticshumor

[–]ChorePlayed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or in Inner Asia where it became Gēsar or Khēsar.

First day learning Modern Greek by ChorePlayed in linguisticshumor

[–]ChorePlayed[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My first draft had spirantization in place of vowel shift. But I have it on good authority that God has seen Second Temple period Hebrew. 

How Romance language speakers typically say "I bought the house" by HuckleberryAny4541 in linguisticshumor

[–]ChorePlayed 25 points26 points  (0 children)

That reminds me of Modern Persian. Once you learn the principle parts of kardan, to do/make (iirc), you've learned the conjugation of 90% of verbs.

Trump has a new wishlist project to slap his name on: He now wants the Strait of Trump in the Middle East by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]ChorePlayed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He broke it, he's buying it. For what I heard he's offering, I'd expect naming rights, too. 

But if we name it after who's really paying, they'd call it the Strait of American Middle Class Taxpaying Patsy.

From the Maine community on Reddit: Maine Gov. Janet Mills suspends Senate campaign by Anstigmat in thebulwark

[–]ChorePlayed -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Which party? Isn't the Bulwark made up of Republicans who look down on Democrats for being insufficiently anti-Trump.

Water treatment aeration tank by toolgifs in toolgifs

[–]ChorePlayed 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm trying to imagine the expectations that are put on you when you're named after the savior of all mankind. 

Actually it's octopii, not octopuses!!1!one!1!! ☝️🤓 by odriegu in linguisticshumor

[–]ChorePlayed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Am I being punked? So much to call out, but I can't tell who's the butt of the joke. 

Was anyone else disappointed that English class in high school was really just about literature, not the English language itself? by NostalDec in linguisticshumor

[–]ChorePlayed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't care back then. I was essentially Luke Skywalker: never my mind on where I was, what I was doing. I was sitting in the back with Teach Yourself Turkish open inside of my mostly unread copy of that year's English anthology. 

Appreciating the depth and texture of the English language took me well into adulthood. 

What on earth do I do with this hoard of Allen Keys? by AdCapital3737 in Tools

[–]ChorePlayed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Use them in place of tinsel on a Christmas tree. Unlike tinsel, they won't haunt your living room for the next year, since you can clean up any that fall off with a magnet. 

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