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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's like a universal rule that the size of the exclamation is inversely correlated to the side of the mistake.

Ex: "Motherfucker!" Would probably follow something like a stubbed toe, or losing a game to a little mistake. Whereas a tiny little "whoops" is probably going to burn down buildings.

If there isn't a name for the phenomena, there should be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

"Motherfucker!" Would probably follow something like a stubbed toe

Can't confirm, a stubbed toe would be "ouch!" or "shit!" for me.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ruh roh: dying in a hurricane on a ship in the middle and the ocean

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

There actually is a ship log where the final message was indeed "Run roh" I'll see if I can find the sauce

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

And the worst one : fuck fuck fuck FUCK FUCK NO NO NO FUCK FUUUCK.

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

Monday morning at a software company dude walks into the bathroom smelling like stale tequila. Sits on the toilet next to my stall. Grunts, moans, says exactly this. Proceeds to have explosive diarrhea and pukes on his shoes. It was 7am. What a start to the week. He just powered through. Ran his shoes under the sink and simply went to work. Something tells me this wasn't his first rodeo.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

When you go from
low back unrounded to
high-mid back rounded
you know there’s trouble.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

The quieter the oops, the bigger the fuckup

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

holy fuck = “I don’t even realize this catastrophic error could exist.”

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Could also be "what are you even on about?"

[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My coworkers would giggle whenever I say "ah fuck".

But one time I dropped the "oh fuck" and they all rushed over to help.

Great coworkers.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Those are some nice people.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Plot twist: OP is a flight traffic controller

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

"I can't believe you've done this."

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago

A small but important distinction.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

... fuck = "this will probably end the world."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Or just "...oh"

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

… welp = “it’s over, make peace with your god”

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Ruh roah... We are all collectively about to die