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Saw these weird statue-like things in a parking lot (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by outer_spec@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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[–] Unlocalhost@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Damn, I thought they were dalek's

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 20 points 1 year ago

Dalek to Queen's Rook 5. Exterminate.

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Well now I can't unsee that, dammit

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

dalek's

Explain the apostrophe. What am I not seeing?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lots of people believe that the s character is dangerous and has to be segregated using apostrophes or it will attack the others and eventually destroy the alphabet.

The origins of this belief currently remains mysterious.