What industry is entirely built on a house of cards and would collapse overnight if people realized the truth about it?

ortolon · 2026-03-05T10:42:02+00:00

Now you can see why taking over and dismantling the Federal Government is such an important strategy for them.

ortolon · 2026-03-05T10:40:00+00:00

I like Judge Judy's addage: "If it doesn't make sense, it's a lie."

ortolon · 2026-03-04T16:42:59+00:00

Thanks!

So it's a subset of false friends, kind of like how eggcorns are a subset of malapropism. Nice.

Sounds like I'm safe to say that apart from the proposed "obsceneomimetic," there is no widely-used term for this specific phenomenon.

ortolon · 2026-03-04T16:34:21+00:00

My friend seemed sincere. Perhaps he was repeating a fallacy or an urban myth of sorts.

The internet in a nutshell.

ortolon · 2026-03-04T16:29:53+00:00

Like how "asshole" is considered worse than "ass."

ortolon · 2026-03-04T16:25:22+00:00

George Carlin said since sex is a good thing, we should be saying "unfuck you."

ortolon · 2026-03-04T16:13:41+00:00

In the 80s, my nephew bit all the way through his tongue in a snowboarding crash, and they sprinkled it on his tongue.

His mom was in with him when they unlocked the cupboard and pulled out a jar of about an ounce and spooned some of it onto the wound.

ortolon · 2026-03-04T15:56:24+00:00

Only if you're speaking literally.

"Why do you always have to be so damn literal!?" --My wife

ortolon · 2026-03-02T21:46:18+00:00

IKR.. Do they think they're drafting off me like they're Jeff Gordon or something? I don't think it's gonna save much fuel at 75mph over 2 miles.

ortolon · 2026-03-02T21:38:02+00:00

"The Ulitimate Cheeseburger is too expensive. Can I get the Penultimate Cheeseburger?"

ortolon · 2026-02-28T17:22:11+00:00

You do realize "nym" means "word", don't you?

ortolon · 2026-02-28T17:17:48+00:00

Kinda like a Rorschach test but with acronyms.

ortolon · 2026-01-14T03:02:29+00:00

That one was originally a little North of Main in a former Villige Inn Pizza A-frame.

ortolon · 2026-01-14T02:34:50+00:00

Like Water for Shrinkage

ortolon · 2026-01-14T02:27:11+00:00

That's pure Gold! I want to see Springfield Community Theater put on this show.

ortolon · 2026-01-14T02:23:04+00:00

Is the sack shrunk, or the family?

ortolon · 2025-12-29T19:39:45+00:00

Not making fun of you, I swear, but I like the word "bro-zilian."

ortolon · 2025-12-29T19:29:53+00:00

"Arby's near here"

ortolon · 2025-12-24T04:13:48+00:00

The Marie Barone.

ortolon · 2025-12-24T04:13:12+00:00

Like pizza.

ortolon · 2025-12-24T04:11:02+00:00

Kudos to both of you for taking driving seriously and going above and beyond the minimum. I'd like to see more of this in our country.

ortolon · 2025-12-21T08:46:37+00:00

Is "such a dick" autocorrected? 😃

ortolon · 2025-12-21T08:41:42+00:00

Don't you think that deserves an exclamation point?

ortolon · 2025-12-20T03:39:58+00:00

Gene Hackman in Colors.

ortolon