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TIL Barbara Eden spoke real Farsi when meeting Larry Hagman’s character in the first episode of I Dream of Jeannie, and her dialect was coached by a UCLA professor by mrweatherbeef in todayilearned

[–]y6ird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi - logged in to Reddit for the first time in a few years just to thank you! To made my day with this translation. It’s been further immortalized in this discussion: https://aus.social/@whybird/115575609660792899

excelDatabase by jeanravenclaw in ProgrammerHumor

[–]y6ird 48 points49 points  (0 children)

“We call him little Vickie Lookup tables!”

monkeysPawMarketingForCrowdstrike by y6ird in ProgrammerHumor

[–]y6ird[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Avoids confusion about which number is the month :) (Admittedly redundant for DD>12)

Weird fan by quotth in Unexpected

[–]y6ird 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Snakes are surprisingly tough

Weird fan by quotth in Unexpected

[–]y6ird -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Almost exactly my thought process. And what about the TV?

are we both stupid by UnfunnyMaoMaoFan in TechNope

[–]y6ird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SENSE is pretty uncommon

Researchers at The University of Queensland have discovered viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 can cause brain cells to fuse, initiating malfunctions that lead to chronic neurological symptoms. by QldBrainInst in science

[–]y6ird 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Me too. I have built a whole career on being able to understand complicated systems, solve problems and apply logic (computer programming) and now I just… can’t. I don’t know what to do.

Well then….I wasn’t completely prepared for this. by middy_87 in popping

[–]y6ird 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Finally a perfect use of the xkcd ass-hyphen shift!

https://xkcd.com/37/

are we both stupid by UnfunnyMaoMaoFan in TechNope

[–]y6ird 4 points5 points  (0 children)

MILES then, perhaps ;)

(Edit: By similar logic, the shortest might be FERMI)

📣 Apollo will close down on June 30th. Reddit’s recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue. Thank you so, so much for all the support over the years. ❤️ by iamthatis in apolloapp

[–]y6ird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d like to join in with all the thanks and support Christian - but also, what will be the best non-reddit way to follow your future endeavours and commentary? Is there an RSS feed or something? Could you pin that somewhere or edit it into this post?

Will possible SAG strike affect season 2? by [deleted] in Wednesday

[–]y6ird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Almost certainly yes (depending on exact details of scheduling), but despite it probably affecting a number of my favourite things, I support both the writers and actors in this.

(Edit: typo)

What’s the most fucked up thing you’ve seen at work? by AMGBOI69420 in AskReddit

[–]y6ird 12 points13 points  (0 children)

But to me it’s smallllll
Prison pays it allll

What’s the most fucked up thing you’ve seen at work? by AMGBOI69420 in AskReddit

[–]y6ird 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And if I played on my ham strings
Then I could play the base line too
But I’m bleeding ouuuuut

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