owenfromcanada

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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

You know we don't count Gary. Not after last time.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 11 points 9 hours ago

A search engine from 2012? Not sure these days.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

In other words, most people have an above-average number of legs.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 12 hours ago

It's rumored that the cold war ended in no small part due to his fritattas.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 12 points 12 hours ago

Yeah, I've heard that--in fact, I made the joke largely because I expect lots of people to mentally start saying, "well actually..." before getting to the punchline.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Ooh good point. Though there's only around 120,000 giraffes in the world, not sure what the probabilities are that any are trying to swallow a gerbil at any given time (and probably a more localized time window, given they're less spread out).

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 13 hours ago

Right! Corrected

 

Most humans don't have any giraffes in their necks at all!

 

They both nominally have ~~5~~ 7, but I'm guessing there's at least one person choking on a fish or chicken bone at any given time to slightly skew the average.

Edit: corrected to 7

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 19 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

GUS4MAYOR2026

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

The human embodiment of Internet Explorer, everyone.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Seriously guys, I'm a doctor! I have a PhD!"

"Sure buddy, what was your dissertation about again?"

"Uh... the beneficial effects of marine mammal urine on--"

"Whale piss! Enjoy your pee-hD, weirdo."

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

It's like the wholesome counterpart to "boob." Both kinda sound like what they describe, but "bosom" feels classy.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

The general meaning is the appearance of truth or validity.

But I usually use it to describe something that is "believable" even if the underlying premise is not. So a fantasy story that pays close attention to detail and is highly consistent might be described as having versimilitude. On the other hand, a story where the characters make out-of-character choices might be lacking versimilitude, even if there are no overtly "fictional" elements to the story.

That's usually how I've heard it used, not sure if it's the "main" usage though.

 
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