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pruwyben
pruwyben @ pruwybn @discuss.tchncs.de
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Indiana Jones was named after the state Indiana, which was named after American Indians, which were named after India, which was named after the Indus River, which was named for the word for river...

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  • True, it kind of turned into that.

    • Indiana Jones was named after the state Indiana, which was named after American Indians, which were named after India, which was named after the Indus River, which was named for the word for river...

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  • That means there's yet another layer! Assuming the dog was named after the state.

    • Emojiis are hieroglyphics

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    • It's Been Just 11 Days, But 100,000 Have Already Signed Petition to 'Impeach Trump Again'

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  • I'll waste 5 seconds signing a petition.

    • Watch out!

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  • When you see a hog.

    • But the peices will be backwards

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  • "In the game of chess, you can never let your adversary see your pieces." -Zapp Brannigan

    • Permanently Deleted

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    • The Video Game History Foundation Library opens in early access

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  • This sounds like an onion headline.

    • What mis-stated phrases or words do you feel still need to be corrected (online or in person) in 2025?

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  • I feel like the vast majority of people online use "yay or nay" instead of "yea or nay".

    • If the Reddit mascot's name is "Snoo," then the Lemmy mascot's name is . . . ?

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  • Bean

    • Solarpunk AF

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  • New SimCity 2000 arcology just dropped.

    • I am having an existential crysis about this

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  • With no explanation? You monster.

    • Are you a Nazi for driving a Tesla?

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  • This post has way too much nuance for a site with downvoting.

    • Pixelfed just overtook Lemmy as the 4th most used Fediverse software.

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  • Mastodon

    • Pixelfed just overtook Lemmy as the 4th most used Fediverse software.

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  • I've been wondering about that - the Misskey numbers are very weird, with MAU even lower than the number of new users that join in an average month. But this is a good explanation, thanks. It's just too bad there's not a good way to get MAU for them.

    • Unexpected realism

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  • As Zach Weinersmith said in his book A City on Mars, “Leaving 2C warmer Earth for Mars would be like leaving a messy room so you can live in a toxic waste dump.”

    • Boss Mode

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  • He also discovered that the speed of light equals c.

    • ”Ask Lemmy” should rebrand as “Lemmy Ask the Internet”

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  • I like the idea of renaming it in general to clarify that it's for open ended questions and not support.

    • Pixelfed just overtook Lemmy as the 4th most used Fediverse software.

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  • I dunno, I only follow capybarabot.

    • Pixelfed just overtook Lemmy as the 4th most used Fediverse software.

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  • If you look at monthly active users instead of total users, Pixelfed is a strong 2nd place.