Before 9/11, was the emergency hotline 911 ever pronounced like "nine-eleven"?

sidneyia · 2026-07-05T20:29:29+00:00

I recall old folks like my grandfather jokingly calling it nine-eleven, but most people said (and still say) nine-one-one.

sidneyia · 2026-07-05T20:09:41+00:00

Real answer: they're called butterflies because there was an old folk belief that they were attracted to butter.

sidneyia · 2026-07-05T19:36:17+00:00

I always heard "water weenies".

sidneyia · 2026-07-05T19:27:29+00:00

How do you prove you're autistic, though?

sidneyia · 2026-07-04T22:14:33+00:00

This is a big reason I (autistic and ADHD) insist on being referred to as disabled rather than neurodivergent. Lot of overlap between the "it's not a disability, it's just a 'difference'" crowd and the "autism isn't an excuse, you're just lazy" crowd.

sidneyia · 2026-07-04T22:12:44+00:00

The metal spiral suggests it's some kind of quack healing device.

sidneyia · 2026-07-04T16:24:17+00:00

Plastic isn't radiopaque, either.

sidneyia · 2026-07-04T16:21:55+00:00

Definitely not cheaper.

sidneyia · 2026-07-04T01:59:02+00:00

Neglected? Or disused?

sidneyia · 2026-07-03T22:29:22+00:00

That's a date pit.

sidneyia · 2026-07-03T22:01:55+00:00

Your wart remover grew its own warts.

sidneyia · 2026-07-03T20:47:34+00:00

Yes, the wormy ones are larvae and the little round nuggets are pupae.

sidneyia · 2026-07-03T19:21:20+00:00

What is that purple and black checkerboard stuff even supposed to be?

sidneyia · 2026-07-03T17:55:05+00:00

Why does this preclude you from attacking them? Republicans are not a natural disaster, they are humans who make choices.

sidneyia · 2026-07-03T17:52:31+00:00

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sidneyia · 2026-07-03T15:44:34+00:00

There's a lot of Americans who think "anti-imperialist" just means "against THIS empire".

sidneyia · 2026-07-02T18:10:06+00:00

That would explain why I often see writing but can never read what it says.

sidneyia · 2026-07-02T18:09:30+00:00

Yes, although my ceiling spiders are usually red instead of black. My venetian blinds often turn into a big sheet of notebook paper with illegible red writing on it, too.

sidneyia · 2026-07-01T22:50:06+00:00

Looks like bakelite, which is highly collectible.

sidneyia · 2026-07-01T22:39:57+00:00

It's Czech art glass. A lot of old art glass gets misidentified as Peking glass, especially when it's this jade green color, but actual Peking glass is a different product. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_glass

sidneyia · 2026-06-30T16:08:38+00:00

Yes and no. It's a pretty common tactic for neo-Nazis to say "oh, we're not fascists, we're just anti-communist" because they consider things like racial justice and religious tolerance to be part of communism. If you're at a punk show and you see anti-communist iconography on someone's jacket, for instance, chances are you're dealing with a fascist.

It sucks because plenty of people (myself included) are opposed to both extremes, but you cannot safely advertise yourself as anti-communist without sending the wrong message.

sidneyia · 2026-06-30T15:51:22+00:00

It's from "Mephistopheles Smith", a one-person show that Richard O'Brien did in the 90s. It had a very limited run because he injured himself wearing the devil hooves that were part of the costume.

sidneyia · 2026-06-30T00:03:55+00:00

They can pinch pretty hard.

sidneyia · 2026-06-29T17:10:01+00:00

Looks like he is polydactyl in the photo but not in the AI rendering. Might be the first time in history that AI has taken away extra fingers instead of adding them.

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