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[–] joeyv120@ttrpg.network 137 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

~~Shm.~~ Smh. The fucking people who call all sodas "coke".

Them: What kind of Ford do you drive? Me: a Chevy.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's from Coca-Cola (headquartered in Atlanta) having total dominance of the south for a long time.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 2 years ago

Atlanta is the most random place you can headquarter a company.

CNN is headquartered in Atlanta and like what? Why?

[–] MuThyme@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I could say the same thing about people calling all soft drinks "soda"

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Dude it makes perfect sense.

The “so” is the first two letters from the word and the “d” is the third letter. And the “a” is obviously because…..

[–] MuThyme@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I'M SHOOK

You've changed my whole world

[–] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

At least it's based on "soda pop".

[–] JayDee@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What does "shm" mean? I'm currently only reading it as an onomatopoeia and I don't think that's right.

[–] Auzymundius@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Likely a typo for smh, which essentially means "shaking my head".

[–] rustyredox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Huh, and here I thought "smh" was short for something like "*so much hate". That makes more sense.
Wonder what other abbreviations, on the Internet or elsewhere, go completely and blissfully misinterpreted by folks for years.