PeriodicallyPedantic

joined 2 years ago
[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I knew about diamonds and I believe about milk.

But you can pry indoor plumbing and hot water heaters from my cold dead hands. Sometimes the marketing works because it's a good idea lol

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Bathrooms are a scam invented by Big Shit to sell more pooping

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Selling is a scam invented by Big Sales so they can sell more sales

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I appreciate them for making walking easier

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think you need to read the comic again.
It's calling the USA (white) uncivilized, and everywhere else (mostly not white) civilized.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I thought as much just from playing videogames and knowing how a claymore is supposed to work in the general sense.

But I would argue that this is poor and ambiguous labeling, but I guess it's simple enough of a device that it becomes clear anyways. Presumably with opposite labels on the opposite side.

[This is the] front
[Point it] towards the enemy

Vs

[The] front
[Should be pointed] towards the enemy

I imagine someone panicking, not thinking clearly, thinking that an instructional label is on the side they should be looking at, and therefore putting it the wrong way around. Like if there was a sticker on a rifle that said "front towards enemy" you wouldn't hold the rifle such that the sticker was facing the enemy.

It takes so little effort to fix ambiguous labeling, it makes me annoyed when it's not fixed, especially in safety critical situations.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Is that text an instruction, or a description?

Like is that on the back, telling me to point the front towards the enemy?
Or is this informative, telling me that this IS the front, and that it should be pointed at the enemy instead of me?

I'd assume they'd put text they want the user to read on the side that should be facing the user, but I get the feeling that that's not what they did.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

Edge with the homies

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're thinking of fragile.

Fungible is a brand of prepacked lunches, typically containing crackers, bologna, and cheese.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It didn't have to a URL to an image. It could have been a serial number showing ownership of a thing, etc.

But block chain isn't really necessary for a registry, and in the end the money was in scamming people by selling them urls to images.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

I prefer my burgers as red black trees

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My thighs touch each other in the wrong way, when I'm sleeping on my side. I need something smooth between them.

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