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an interesting linguistics find! so I'm reading this text from 1908 and it keeps referencing "hp" in the context of "not being at full hp" "applying your full hp to a task" etc

and I'm like....... okay that is a perfectly normal way to describe energy and reads totally clear to me, but I KNOW you don't mean hit points/health points which is the first place my brain goes, so what are YOU using hp to mean

and it's not explained in-text, which means it was common enough to not warrant explanation to the 1908 audience, so gotta look elsewhere

horsepower. turns out it's horsepower.

and I'm absolutely FASCINATED that a commonly used initialism from 1908 now stands for something different AND YET the contextual meaning is still the same to a 21st-century reader

I could hand this guy my nintendo switch and he'd be like, ah yes I understand, this ''''pokemon'''' loses horsepower throughout the fight

language is amazing

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you have no idea how willing i am to lose friends. i will never go along to get along

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Zeppelin tech is only going to get better, so it's paramount for businesses to learn how to use zeppelins, and experiment with zeppelin tech in their workflows. If you don't experiment with zeppelins in your business, you're at risk of being left behind. One company found that the introduction of zeppelin tech into their stacks increased productivity by 10x.

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doormat that says "burglars dni". is that anything.

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Underutilized aesthetic: when you try to do something a little too specific with your modern OS and it pops up a window with a completely different UI style than the rest of your computer software to do it, usually from an older version of the OS

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690 days of war and yet nothing shattered me more than seeing my school, the place where I spent 7 years of my life, turned into a military fortress. A place that once held my dreams and childhood now carries only fear and ruins.

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a mildly horny vampire trying to impress you: i witnessed the crucifixion of jesus

a moderately horny vampire trying to impress you: yeah ive never missed a warped tour an extremely horny vampire trying to impress you: ive been getting really into model trains lately

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Shitty things about being isekaied #34; every time I use the restroom I automatically reach for my phone I left in my jacket pocket back on earth, and my hand goes exactly where I keep my knives on my belt, so I always walk out of the john with a fresh hand wound

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Me: yeah in the future we make fun of hipsters again. But we don't call them that, we call them "guys into stomp clap hey" and joke about how they like mediocre overpriced burgers and make podcasts

The 2010s fandom blogger I time traveled to, visibly shaking: can we please go back to that thing you said about destiel

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welcome to the future

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trying to find a 30+ group online is like no i dont want to join your sex dungeon discord server

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YEAH MAN THE FOOD STARTS ROOM TEMPERATURE. THEN IT HAS TO GET REEAAAALY COLD FOR LIKE A WEEK BEFORE YOU GET IT. THEN YOU GOTTA KEEP IT A LITTLE COLD. THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT SCALDING HOT. THEN YOU LET IT COOL BACK TO ROOM TEMPERATURE IF NOT A LITTLE WARM. THEN YOU CAN EAT IT. IF YOU DONT DO IT THIS WAY YOU WILL DIE

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a little tutorial

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debate is the cornerstone of democracy uwu

saw a stupid centrist comic earlier today and got pissed off enough to make this in response