I have been there.
this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2025
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I do this with every post in Ye Power Tripping Bastards. I just can't stop myself.
I read books.
Some Lemmy users write full books
When someone gets in a clever retort.
the inventor of gifs clearly stated it was pronounced "jif" like the peanut butter.
"jif" is therefore more accurate.
everyone knows it's prononced yiff
oh...ja!
God it feels good to be factually correct.
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This argument makes no sense to me because the rule that every letter of an acronym has to sound like it does in the start of it's word doesn't apply to other acronyms that people commonly use.
Laser - Light amplification by stimulated emition of radiation. Note that it is commonly pronounced lazer, but the word isn't pronounced ztimulated.
YOLO - You only live once. Note that "once" starts with a "w" sound, but YOLO ends in a ō sound.
SIM (as in SIM card) - subscriber identification module. Note that identification starts with the "eye" sound, but we don't pronounce it sīm.
I could go on, but I think I've made my point
Only the first letter should match, then the rest of it is pronounced like a word, in whatever pronunciation sounds coolest.
Also, all abbreviations should be pronounced like words, that's why we have those new Internet abbreviation words like "loll", "lemow", "roffle", "roff-lemow" "wutf" etc.
"I need to charge my phone, do you have an usba to usbsy cable?".
Now calling it a seyem card
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If the inventer of bridges told you you were supposed to jump off them, would you?
No, but I would acknowledge that the bridge was designed for jumping off of it
Similarly, we can recognise that the gif creator intended for it to be said jif, and also not use that pronunciation because it's dumb, and we hate it.
See? It works both ways.
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You are right, I absolutely agree.
haha, look at you, letting people sleep
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