palebluethought

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sure, I guess, in the same way that all the water in your body was once dinosaur piss

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

Contract killers don't really exist, and even if they did, it's obviously not covered by the legal system, so, you do.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm... Not really sure what your question is. What do you mean by your laptop "fitting in the community?"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

90% of urban dictionary is 10-16 year old boys making up outrageous stuff for laughs, or putting up some inside joke that their friend group invented that has never been used by anyone else

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You managed to pick the 1% of urban dictionary entries that is an actual term, though

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

It happens pretty frequently in tech job listings, to have a requirement listed for more years experience in some technology than that technology has existed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

? You're saying exactly the same thing I am. I was giving a definition, not an example. Admittedly confusing since I used the (real) word in its own (slang) definition.

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

No, "aesthetic" is generally just a noun, historically. As in "it has a modern/minimalist/cyberpunk aesthetic." Its usage as an adjective just means "relating to the general idea of aesthetics as a field of study," or "someone with a strong sense of and attunement to the design and beauty of things." Using it to just mean "beautiful," basically, is a new usage in just the last 5 years or less.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Using it as an adjective, to mean "has a pleasing aesthetic."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I mean... Babies and small children don't "choose" what language to learn, they just pick up whatever's spoken regularly around them. So whatever their families and community speak, same as everyone else?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Yeah, which nobody would "expect" you to if you're not from there

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Where are you getting this impression? I've never gotten any sense that anyone outside the city is "expected" to know its geography. "Expected" how?

Also there are only 5 boroughs

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