The Official Funny Stuff Thread™
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@Bulb said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@remi said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Normans
Normans or Norsemen?
"Yes," obviously.
Even ignoring the easy joke, they're really the same thing in French ("Normands"). Also, it's part of the jokes in the story, because they're Norsemen but they exhibit some of the caricatural traits of Normans (I remember in particular that they cook everything with cream, which apparently at the time was seen as typical of Normandie).
(also also, Norsemen feature in a couple of other stories but I don't remember if their names follow the same pattern in those stories -- the confusion with Normans is continued, with e.g. drinking something called "calva")
@nerd4sale said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Obélix already has a menhir on his first appearance.
Fair enough. I thought this wasn't an integral part of the character in the first few stories, but rereading the very first album, I was clearly wrong.
Also and related (and TIL), it would seem that Obélix' name is actually not related to "obelisk" but rather to the "dagger" in typography (called "obèle" in French). This sounds even more plausible when noting that Astérix is obviously also a typographique mark, and furthermore that Goscinny's family apparently owned a printing shop (so he would have been familiar with all those terms).
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@remi said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Even ignoring the easy joke, they're really the same thing in French ("Normands").
I'd have expected French of all languages to distinguish them given one are a group inside France and the others are foreigners. But then it's not like they are not related (Normandy had significant influx of Norse settlers. That's obviously much later development than late Roman republic, but what's a little anachronism to a satirical comic that's mostly built on them).
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@Bulb tbh, "normands" for Norsemen is not really used anymore, modern use tends to prefer "vikings" (or "scandinaves," "norvégiens" etc. in more ic fashion). But that's a fairly new evolution of the word since the relevant Astérix' story still uses that name.
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@remi said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Also and related (and TIL), it would seem that Obélix' name is actually not related to "obelisk" but rather to the "dagger" in typography (called "obèle" in French).
Saith Wikipedia:
A dagger, obelisk, or obelus † is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used.
Checks out.
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@remi said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Also and related (and TIL), it would seem that Obélix' name is actually not related to "obelisk" but rather to the "dagger" in typography (called "obèle" in French). This sounds even more plausible when noting that Astérix is obviously also a typographique mark, and furthermore that Goscinny's family apparently owned a printing shop (so he would have been familiar with all those terms).
But that didn't stop them from going with the obvious visual jokes once they already had the names. Which is great.
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@dkf what are you referring to? On top of my head I can't think of [m]any visual joke that involves either of the two main characters' names? But I can't claim to remember all stories and it would drag this thread back on track, so go ahead!
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@remi Overthinking!
An asterisk is a small typographic symbol, so Asterix is a small Gaul.
An obelisk is also a stone monument, so Obelix is involved in stone monuments (though those have to be menhirs because actual obelisks aren't Gaulish).
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Well I feel those are really far too contorted to really be voluntary, but, meh, if you think otherwise, good for you.
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@topspin insert <they're the same thing> meme image right after that.
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@remi said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Also and related (and TIL), it would seem that Obélix' name is actually not related to "obelisk" but rather to the "dagger" in typography (called "obèle" in French). This sounds even more plausible when noting that Astérix is obviously also a typographique mark, and furthermore that Goscinny's family apparently owned a printing shop (so he would have been familiar with all those terms).
When you've already used an asterisk to mark a footnote*, an obelisk is the traditional† symbol to use for the second footnote.
*As here.
†At least as far as these things have traditions.
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@Watson said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@remi said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Also and related (and TIL), it would seem that Obélix' name is actually not related to "obelisk" but rather to the "dagger" in typography (called "obèle" in French). This sounds even more plausible when noting that Astérix is obviously also a typographique mark, and furthermore that Goscinny's family apparently owned a printing shop (so he would have been familiar with all those terms).
When you've already used an asterisk to mark a footnote*, an obelisk is the traditional† symbol to use for the second footnote.
*As here.
†At least as far as these things have traditions.I contest that*
*At least the tradition** idea
**Why should we slavishly adhere to such outdated*** notions
***Though one might argue that something like*4 might be superior.
*4Then again, you rarely run into Terry Pratchett***** anymore.
*****GNU
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@Rhywden And now we just need Bill Nighy to narrate.
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@LaoC it’s meant to be Freddie Mercury, based on the Queen song “Bicycle Race”.
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I'm sure these are super-safe, considered they are being generated in whatever server sdasdbjasdbkakdb.online is.
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@Zecc Funny, but I refuse to support anything that continues pushing gibberish and not generating best effort memorable sequences (xkcd://936). Everyone who disagrees with me about this is wrong.
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@Applied-Mediocrity My own passwords use a healthy dose of both things. They are mostly memorable phrases but I also throw in the occasional typo or random character sequence for good measure.
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@Applied-Mediocrity It throws in a few too many of the funny characters in, but you often need some to appease the brain-eaten password policies. But on the other hand the dictionary is probably way too small. You should throw in some uncommon words when making up a passphrase.
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For years the passwords that I care about (so don't autogenerate in keepass and never actually know them) have all been perl regexp.
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@Dragoon said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
For years the passwords that I care about (so don't autogenerate in keepass and never actually know them) have all been perl regexp.
You can validate your password using your password.
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Fess up, who of you was that?
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@topspin said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Fess up, who of you was that?
Not me. I would have suggested they use a barcode font, so it can be scannered back in later. OCR is too unreliable.
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I think we need to stop Beyoncé from going on tour at this point.
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@Atazhaia said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
I think we need to stop Beyoncé from going on tour at this point.
I mean, it'd be more strange if there wasn't a dead music legend while on tour. There are a bunch of them, so there should be a few in line to kroak every year.
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@Carnage https://news.sky.com/story/tina-turner-dies-aged-83-12888593
Thursday 25 May 2023 13:34, UK
Tina Turner - one of rock's great vocalists and most charismatic performers - has died aged 83.
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@Bulb said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
But on the other hand the dictionary is probably way too small.
Use more words.
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Fuckers.
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@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
My sister worked in elderly care.
One towel to start at the head and work down.
One to start at the feet and work up.
One to wrap around the waist afterwards.
And they all go into the laundry after each use.
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@PleegWat said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
My sister worked in elderly care.
One towel to start at the head and work down.
One to start at the feet and work up.
One to wrap around the waist afterwards.
And they all go into the laundry after each use.Yes, but assuming a woman isn't washing your balls. We mostly use a new towel every time but also the towel does tend to forget a lot over the span of the day.
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@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
assuming a woman isn't washing
yourher balls
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@boomzilla said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Funny how doing the wrong thing suddenly makes people care about you. I was replacing a propane tank at Walmart yesterday. The instructions were that I MUST NOT bring the old tank inside, just leave it outside, pay inside, and then wait for an employee to show up. 10 minutes later and I'm still waiting. But when I brought the tank inside and scared a couple employees shitless, I only had to wait 10 seconds. I wonder if I should skip straight to the last part next time.
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@PleegWat said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
And they all go into the laundry after each use.
The elderly or the towel?
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@TimeBandit said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@PleegWat said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
And they all go into the laundry after each use.
The elderly or the towel?
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@boomzilla I really have to wonder what the Shit. C landlord was imagining when they requested the picture...
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@TimeBandit said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@PleegWat said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
And they all go into the laundry after each use.
The elderly or the towel?
The towels go in the laundry. The elderly go in the towels.