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[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 65 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It seems you dropped your meme in piss.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago

I've seen Breaking Bad. This is just what the memes look like in Mexico.

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Redshift like screen reddening = piss filter

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

If that is the case, then you're using the wrong filter. I've used practically every one of them available and I've never run into that issue.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's also been telling you "NO", though..

[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Community note: the alphabet has not been telling you to “ST*U” but that would be funny

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And the days of the week have been saying WTF - MTWTFSS

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Don’t forget Jason’s been hiding out in the months of the year too:
JFMAMJJASOND

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

M - Mundane

T - Taxing

W - What

T - The

F - Fuck

S - Serene

S - ...oh Shit...

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Skua@kbin.earth 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The post was clearly written sometime in the 14th century when the UU digraph had become widespread but the U-V distinction had not. No wonder it is so yellowed, I'd say it's actually in great condition for its age

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

It might have been dabbed with a used teabag to give the impression that's it's older than it is

[–] smee@poeng.link 11 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Why do people say double "U" when they mean a double "V"?

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There was no distinction between V and U when W first started being used. They were considered the same letter, with V just being the style for writing it at the start of words (like that long S that looks like an f). So you would write "have" as haue and "upon" as vpon.

When it was representing a consonant in classical Latin, it sounded like a modern English W. So the famous veni vidi vici - I came, I saw, I conquered - was pronounced more like wenee weedee weekee.

Eventually the V sound started to emerge in some places where Latin and its descendants had used that W sound before, and people started treating the two forms as different letters. By this point the W was already in widespread use, though, so whatever people already called it had a good chance of sticking

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

The implications for Latin had escaped me until you pointed them out.

That's amazing, and I demand the public be aware of wenee weedee weekee.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

In Finnish and probably bunch of other languages it's "double v"

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

I speak cursive.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

In French (and no doubt countless other languages) it is 'double v'. So to answer your question: The English language is flawed and for most people, it's too jarring to correct it

[–] MagisterSieran@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

W is not double anything in German.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

French, not German

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

And all the vowels and consonants will look up and shout "Hi" and I'll look down and whisper "No."

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

All Balls Calls Dick Energy False.

[–] notabot@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Great! Had I Just Known Little More, Now Only Peaceful Questions.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank god for Lemmy, there's a huge lack of alphabet mnemonics out there.

[–] notabot@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

Really Starting To Understand Very Xanthous Yammering Zarvanites.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

The OOP must be Laughing My Nuts Off at our inability to comprehend their machinations.

[–] Dequei@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

This is really really old