pruwybn

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[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Frankincense was actually the name of the wise man.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In his book Rationality, Steven Pinker says that the way we mentality categorize things is not by a strict definition, but with a number of properties that make things more it less like the category. So it's like, if it has green vegetables, it's more likely to be a salad, if it's served hot is less likely, etc. This avoids issues like this where trying to strictly define things leads to absurd results. I think he even used salad as an example in the book.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 5 days ago

You got rid of your books because Marie Kondo told you to.

I got rid of my books because there's no space for them in my tiny apartment.

We are not the same.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The question is, how do you pronounce it?

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Sucks that someone took a Buttersafe comic, cut the attribution off the bottom, and stuck their own shitty watermark all over it.

Edit: please ignore this comment, it has been fixed

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm glad this meme includes a picture of cheese to remind me what cheese is.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago

Some similar-ish to A Dark Room:

Civ Clicker

Candy Box

Candy Box 2

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

That would be a good band name.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's like in the Beach Boys song "Good Vibrations".

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 weeks ago

OP is not a hoopy frood.

 

I feel like it would be hard to say "brr" with an English accent, because the soft R would just make it sound like "buh".

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/retronet@lemmy.sdf.org
 

Here are the reasons why:

  1. It will be much quieter
  2. It sounds nicer
  3. If you get angry and ring your bell at someone it just sounds silly
 

Anyone remember this old ad?

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