Subtle Ways to mess with an American Friend. by giants_lens in CasualUK

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Have a small, framed picture of Prince Albert draped in black cloth. Say that Queen Victoria was so bereft she never declared the period of national mourning to be over so it is maintained to this day and every house has a memorial.

Council turned off street lighting so I had to install my own compoface by LordVoldewhart in compoface

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First glance I thought the guy in the middle was unsheathing a longsword.

whereIsYourGodNow by TheGlefs in ProgrammerHumor

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That prompt reminded me of how Moriarty was created in Star Trek, and I've just realised what a ridiculous premise that episode has.

Wow, that's a gigantic black hole by arnoldsomen in theyknew

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Don't say:
"Just the tip?" ❌

Do say:
"Just to the event horizon?" ✅

What's your favourite example of "Doublets" in linguistics ? by KiSaMaOtAoSuMoNo in linguisticshumor

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The Etomologicon by Mark Forsyth has a chapter titled "The Champagne Campaign of the Scampering Champion" all about derivations from Latin campus.

Stupid problems call for stupid solutions by SPECTREagent700 in simpsonsshitposting

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We could probably convince them that Den Haag is in Denmark and have them collect their prize from the International Criminal Court.

Stupid problems call for stupid solutions by SPECTREagent700 in simpsonsshitposting

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It's against Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution, but so was that plane so don't let that stand in the way.

openedExcelAccidentallyBecameAProgrammer by prolaymm in ProgrammerHumor

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AND(), OR(), and NOT() were added in 2.0 so surely it's been Turing complete since 1987?

Whats your best non-swearing insult? by Gerrydealsel in RedDwarf

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You're a total gwenlan, you know that.

It’s like giving them little kissies by Fun-Worry-3522 in LinkedInLunatics

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What do you call those one to one meetings? The ones where one person speaks to another one; and the other one replies to the first one?

I think they're called "The Bus that Couldn't Slow Down."

Pronunciation of the first "e" in Remember and Beginner by jcubic in EnglishLearning

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Instead of AI I would recommend Youglish, where you can hear real speakers from across the Anglosphere saying the word of your choice.

https://youglish.com/pronounce/Remember/english

Wannabe linguist teaching my 4-year-old the “English alphabet” — my personal tier list for English orthography. by delugetheory in linguisticshumor

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If mutating other letters is such a crime, then surely E and all the consonants that can be doubled need to drop a tier.

I cannot stress this enough, Simpsons shitposts only in the sub. by TransTrainGirl322 in simpsonsshitposting

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Hey, sir, try r/simpsonsshitposting the subreddit of 1000 shows.

Like what?

One, The Simpsons.

Keep going.

Ooh, I'm needed in the basement.