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  1. Comment on Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter reuniting for Broadway production of ‘Waiting For Godot’ (Fall 2025) in ~arts

  2. Comment on What is your strangely specific phobia? in ~talk

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    Your description of the battleship encounter in the game kind of got my heart racing!

    Your description of the battleship encounter in the game kind of got my heart racing!

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Grammar errors that actually matter, or: the thread where we all become prescriptivists in ~humanities.languages

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    As far as using pronouns, I'm pretty good at keeping with what an individual wants. It's just something that happens when I read they/them, so nobody else really knows it is happening except you...

    As far as using pronouns, I'm pretty good at keeping with what an individual wants. It's just something that happens when I read they/them, so nobody else really knows it is happening except you fine folks!

    1 vote

  4. Comment on What is your strangely specific phobia? in ~talk

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    Yeah, I have that one, too! Especially when I can't see like in a cloudy pond or lake. Similar to your pool story, I remember going for a night swim at the public pool as a kid. It was the first...

    Yeah, I have that one, too! Especially when I can't see like in a cloudy pond or lake.
    Similar to your pool story, I remember going for a night swim at the public pool as a kid. It was the first time I was in a pool with the lights on, and the lights were shaped like the ports on a sub or boat. I did not like that.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Grammar errors that actually matter, or: the thread where we all become prescriptivists in ~humanities.languages

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    I'm going to get in trouble with this one. I am definitely an ally, and I will use any pronouns that one prefers, but when "they" or "them" are used in a paragraph, my eyes immediately start...

    I'm going to get in trouble with this one. I am definitely an ally, and I will use any pronouns that one prefers, but when "they" or "them" are used in a paragraph, my eyes immediately start searching for the group of people that was previously mentioned until I realize my mistaken assumption. Those words are ingrained in me as words to describe groups, and I have not been able to shake that over the years that they have changed to become ungendered pronouns.

  6. Comment on What is your strangely specific phobia? in ~talk

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    Submechanophobia, the fear of machinery underwater. Not necessarily marine machinery, could be a submerged car or household furniture. My brain says, "Warning! That shouldn't be there!" and I...

    Submechanophobia, the fear of machinery underwater. Not necessarily marine machinery, could be a submerged car or household furniture. My brain says, "Warning! That shouldn't be there!" and I don't want to look at it, let alone be in the water with it. I first realized I had it when I saw the propeller room of The Queen Mary ship in Long Beach, CA when I was a kid. There are lots of pictures of it online if you search, it looks like several other people have had the same experience.

    8 votes

  7. Comment on The US "Ice Cream Truck Song" is rooted in racism in ~music

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    We have Mister Softee here which has its own 75 year-old jingle. The lyrics are about ice cream.

    We have Mister Softee here which has its own 75 year-old jingle. The lyrics are about ice cream.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on The truly disturbing story of Kellogg's Corn Flakes in ~food

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    I log in every once in a while to collect the holiday items and reminisce.

    I log in every once in a while to collect the holiday items and reminisce.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Wolfs | Official trailer in ~movies

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    More like Harvey Keitel's kids. Which would make sense since his name was Winston Wolf.

    More like Harvey Keitel's kids. Which would make sense since his name was Winston Wolf.

  10. Comment on Best "dad" jokes and puns! in ~talk

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    A vet clinic near me has a sign out front displaying puns that they swap every once in a while. My favorite is, "I didn't choose pug life; pug life choose me."

    A vet clinic near me has a sign out front displaying puns that they swap every once in a while. My favorite is, "I didn't choose pug life; pug life choose me."

    5 votes

  11. Comment on Book recommendations, specifically in ~books

  12. Comment on Microsoft Teams is/was down. What's your fallback? in ~tech

  13. Comment on What was your first computer game? (Soundcheck question 2023) in ~games

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    Watching that now, and it's pretty good! Lady on phone: "My machine's humming, do you know why?" Jerry Lawson: "Because it don't know the words, lady! Bye!"

    Watching that now, and it's pretty good!

    Lady on phone: "My machine's humming, do you know why?"

    Jerry Lawson: "Because it don't know the words, lady! Bye!"

    1 vote

  14. Comment on What was your first computer game? (Soundcheck question 2023) in ~games

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    As far as computer games, I played a lot of text adventures on the IBM PCjr (usually ranked worst PC ever in polls lol) but I would be repeating other comments here. Instead I will mention the...

    As far as computer games, I played a lot of text adventures on the IBM PCjr (usually ranked worst PC ever in polls lol) but I would be repeating other comments here. Instead I will mention the Fairchild Channel F video game system and games since that's the oldest I remember (although I heard there was Pong in the house, I was too young to remember playing it). The Fairchild had a drag racing game, a casino game with a few different kinds of poker, a tank game and similar Berserk-style alien invasion shoot-em-up. Several others (12 total) on the first EPROM game carts. The joysticks could be pushed, pulled, twisted, and moved forward, back, left and right which is like nothing ever except in a Cronenberg movie. Very cool for the Seventies!

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Taylor Swift does not exist in ~music

  16. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

  17. Comment on How do you feel when people sign off an email with a single letter? in ~life

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    This is required at my job (very large insurance company) including branding images.

    This is required at my job (very large insurance company) including branding images.

  18. Comment on Why did you select your username for Tildes? in ~tildes

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    Rance Muhammitz is a character played by Theodore Bickel in the Movie 200 Motels (featuring Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention). Rance owns Centerville. Is he a man? Mysteries abound.

    Rance Muhammitz is a character played by Theodore Bickel in the Movie 200 Motels (featuring Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention). Rance owns Centerville. Is he a man? Mysteries abound.

    2 votes