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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I love that there's something in our monkey brain that is just enamored with moving water.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

This showed up tight after the "I came during a prostate exam" meme and now I can't think of anything else

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Let's try to gauge the limits of language

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Rinderkennzeichnungsfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz

Are we close?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft.

Even more impressive because of it's unholy pronunciation, the Hungarian „longest” word: ’megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért’

/ˈmɛksɛntʃeːktɛniːthɛtɛtlɛnʃeːɡɛʃkɛdeːʃɛɪtɛkeːrt/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Honestly this is true. I experienced it when I was a kid wandering out on a beach in Jamaica in the middle of the night. Staring at the Milky Way and I felt this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I want to experience that. Jamaica was beautiful for the 6-7 hours I was there on my honeymoon. I can imagine how beautiful it would be to walk on those beaches at night with the galaxy hanging above. Man ... you had a lucky childhood my dude.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The duality of man:

A: Something exists, but I can't describe it and neither can anyone else? Sure thing, buddy.

B: I'm going to save this quote for next time I'm feeling down.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

magnetism exists but it's magic for everybody. the more you learn physics the more dark the magic gets.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

I say we all abandon work tomorrow and go wherever this is

[–] [email protected] 58 points 5 months ago (3 children)

And also your mom is so ancient and immense that it transcends the limits of langauge and comprehension.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Ayyy gottem