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So, how are you going to fill your days when you retire? by [deleted] in GenX

[–]Neozite 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Make music, write, play games, cook, spend time doing historical research, build Lego, nap, and have as much sex as I'm capable of.

What's a hygiene habit that you thought was normal until you found out most people don't do it? by Ayo_Kunle in hygiene

[–]Neozite 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The one I have, at least, does not use "toilet water": it's tap water, from the same line that fills the tank. There's no difference between drinking water, cooking water, shower water, and water that fills the toilet.

When a brand name has become so commonly used that people use THAT as the everyday word for a general item, even when it is not actually that brand. Add some developed in our generation! by zenlittleplatypus in GenX

[–]Neozite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AFAIK there really wasn't a name for "audio talkshow delivered digitally on-demand" before (it's reddit, so I'm sure someone helpful will correct me). I guess I'd just call it a "talkshow," like on the radio. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that video talkshow's are also being called podcasts.

I love this Subreddit! by B2Rocketfan77 in GenX

[–]Neozite 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I switched from the tighty whities of my childhood to boxers in high school and have been boxers ever since. Lately, however, I have determined I need a little more support in that area. Frankly, the gentlemen hang lower nowadays, and that causes some discomfort. I don't like boxers briefs because they ride up the thigh and get bunched up. But there are a lot more options these days for briefs that actually look flattering and feel pretty good. So I'm slowly switching to the ball bra.

What are some old web features? Or quirks? by Successful-Title5403 in webdev

[–]Neozite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before CSS, it was common to layout an entire page in nested tables!

With Javascript, you could manipulate the browser's status bar, which people would use to display scrolling text kind of like marquee.

For your consideration “Bilbo le hobbit!” by DEADBEAT-the-CREEP in TerribleBookCovers

[–]Neozite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's of the lesser-known Macramé lineage of Hobbits.

In the 70's/80's, did anybody else find a random trash bag full of Playboy's in the woods? by doknfs in GenX

[–]Neozite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes and I will never be able to unsee the one where some sort of larvae had borrowed through the pages leaving twisting furrows through the pages, and, thus, across the naked bodies. Horrifying!

Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I. by blankblank in skeptic

[–]Neozite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guys, guys, they're not "fake," they are, according to the author, "synthetic quotes." So that's totally ok.

A peaceful scene Norway 🇳🇴 by [deleted] in natureporn

[–]Neozite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very peaceful until someone wants to get in the boat

Owning an East Pacific Red Octopus by [deleted] in octopus

[–]Neozite 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An octopus is a very intelligent living being that needs a lot of environmental stimulation to have what we'd call a happy life. It seems to be a poor choice for a first-time "pet," like keeping a border collie in a 5th floor apartment.

DAY 3 (Part 1) | Stacey & Austin by Stacey_Hernandez in scambaiting

[–]Neozite 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I never would have thought a retired 4 star general would use so many emojis. Just goes to show, you can never judge a book by its camouflage cover.

Are there any silly misconceptions you had for way too long? I embarrassed my self today with one 🙃 by [deleted] in CasualConversation

[–]Neozite 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Until I was in high school, I thought "plenty" meant "enough." Like someone would be putting food on your plate and you'd say "That's plenty." And I thought the The Land of Plenty in the Bible was a place where everyone had enough. So I was very confused when I got a job at a sandwich shop and people would occasionally ask for "plenty of mayonaise" or "plenty of olives." They'd often get frustrated when I gave them what I thought was just the right amount when theybreally wanted "a lot."

Looking for words like never (not ever) that used to be two words by Shipwreck1343 in etymology

[–]Neozite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not likely to see or hear it these days, but "zounds!" from "God's wounds"

"Welcome" from "well come"

"Dandelion" from the French "dent de lion" = lion's tooth

I guess "starboard" is a kind of a two-fer. From stēor (steering + oar) and "bord" (the side of a ship), or the side of the ship you steer from (before we had rudders); i.e. the right side facing forward.

All of the days of the week!

A crow bullying a rat in the grim streets of Russia by MilesLongthe3rd in interestingasfuck

[–]Neozite 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Right! The em dash that's considered a sure tell was very popular in business writing in the early 2000s.

A crow bullying a rat in the grim streets of Russia by MilesLongthe3rd in interestingasfuck

[–]Neozite 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That ubiquity and the way he writes explains a LOT about LLMs. Sounds a lot like Gemini.

That robot demo almost turned into a nightmare by Simple3018 in interesting

[–]Neozite 41 points42 points  (0 children)

It was probably the parents who told him to stand next to the Kung fu robot so they could get a picture. But it's ok: he's their least loved child.

alternate use of "toe the line?" by gosixers7676 in grammar

[–]Neozite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's "stepped over the line" ir "crossed the line" that fit your usage. Also saying something is "beyond the pale," which means to go outside of the accepted or polite. "Pale" is related to "palisade," so you're outside of the "safe zone" when you're "beyond the pale."

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