The Official Funny Stuff Thread™
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@topspin said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
As you just mentioned, it works out when you say it out loud. But imagine having to parse that shit.
Thank you for pointing out to me I have never been properly thankful for having missed the period of time where I might have fallen victim to this.
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@Bulb said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Arantor said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Specifically, the £ is a stylised L, a holdover from when our currency wasn't divided
It doesn't have anything to do with the subdivision, just the time the Latin name librae was (also) used. For the same reason the abbreviation for pound as unit is lb. Also the name is based on the Latin version in some other languages—e.g. livre in French, libra in Spanish, libra in Czech etc.
Other currencies (past and present) named after a unit of weight: lira, peso, ruble, shekel, dinar, tical, baht.
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@da-Doctah said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Bulb said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Arantor said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Specifically, the £ is a stylised L, a holdover from when our currency wasn't divided
It doesn't have anything to do with the subdivision, just the time the Latin name librae was (also) used. For the same reason the abbreviation for pound as unit is lb. Also the name is based on the Latin version in some other languages—e.g. livre in French, libra in Spanish, libra in Czech etc.
Other currencies (past and present) named after a unit of weight: lira, peso, ruble, shekel, dinar, tical, baht.
It's almost like people around the world have based their money on specific quantities of something valuable, like, I dunno, precious metals or something.
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@da-Doctah said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Bulb said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Arantor said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Specifically, the £ is a stylised L, a holdover from when our currency wasn't divided
It doesn't have anything to do with the subdivision, just the time the Latin name librae was (also) used. For the same reason the abbreviation for pound as unit is lb. Also the name is based on the Latin version in some other languages—e.g. livre in French, libra in Spanish, libra in Czech etc.
Other currencies (past and present) named after a unit of weight: lira, peso, ruble, shekel, dinar, tical, baht.
You forgot the dollar, which is the SI unit for the mass of hot air that comes out of a politician’s mouth per second on the campaign trail.
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@izzion said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
You forgot the dollar, which is the
SIimperial unit for the mass of hot air that comes out of a politician’s mouth per second on the campaign trail.. I mean, come on.
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@dcon said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Zecc said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Exceptionally, the symbol for the Cape Verdean escudo (like the Portuguese escudo, to which it was formerly pegged) is placed in the decimal separator position, as in 2$50.
LOL! Somebody had to be a total asshole. I think they belong in the "Things that remind you of WDTWTF members" thread.
something something DD MM YY ...
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@Arantor said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Bulb don’t tell me, tell Wikipedia.
Well, you linked the £sd page that didn't really need to be mentioned because the pound sterling one mentions the origin as well (before referencing £sd, which it of course still does).
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@dcon said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Zecc said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Exceptionally, the symbol for the Cape Verdean escudo (like the Portuguese escudo, to which it was formerly pegged) is placed in the decimal separator position, as in 2$50.
LOL! Somebody had to be a total asshole. I think they belong in the "Things that remind you of WDTWTF members" thread.
It's worse than we thought. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_sign#Cifrão says (emphasis mine, and $ replacing the two-stroked cifrão because there's no such symbol in unicode ):
In Portugal, Brazil, and other parts of the Portuguese Empire, the two-stroke variant of the sign (with the name cifrão; was used as the thousands separator of amounts in the national currency, the real (plural "réis", abbreviated "Rs."): 123$500 meant "123500 réis". [...]
In 1911 Portugal redefined the national currency as the escudo, worth 1000 réis, and divided into 100 centavos; but the cifrão continued to be used as the decimal separator, so that 123$50 meant 123.50 escudos or 123 escudos and 50 centavos.
I knew this at the time, as older people (and younger people as well) would sometimes informally replace "mil réis" for "escudo". Or even more informally "marrecos".
@jinpa said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Symbol overloading? They copied the American symbol, but changed the usage to a brand new one.
For some interpretation of "American", sure.
Funny fluff:
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@Zecc said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
For some interpretation of "American", sure.
I guess the only one in a set of one technically qualifies as "some".
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@Zecc said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dcon said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Zecc said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Exceptionally, the symbol for the Cape Verdean escudo (like the Portuguese escudo, to which it was formerly pegged) is placed in the decimal separator position, as in 2$50.
LOL! Somebody had to be a total asshole. I think they belong in the "Things that remind you of WDTWTF members" thread.
It's worse than we thought. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_sign#Cifrão says (emphasis mine, and $ replacing the two-stroked cifrão because there's no such symbol in unicode ):
In Portugal, Brazil, and other parts of the Portuguese Empire, the two-stroke variant of the sign (with the name cifrão; was used as the thousands separator of amounts in the national currency, the real (plural "réis", abbreviated "Rs."): 123$500 meant "123500 réis". [...]
In 1911 Portugal redefined the national currency as the escudo, worth 1000 réis, and divided into 100 centavos; but the cifrão continued to be used as the decimal separator, so that 123$50 meant 123.50 escudos or 123 escudos and 50 centavos.
I knew this at the time, as older people (and younger people as well) would sometimes informally replace "mil réis" for "escudo". Or even more informally "marrecos".
@jinpa said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Symbol overloading? They copied the American symbol, but changed the usage to a brand new one.
For some interpretation of "American", sure.
Funny fluff:
You have a shower that doesn't top out at 120?
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@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Zecc said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dcon said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Zecc said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Exceptionally, the symbol for the Cape Verdean escudo (like the Portuguese escudo, to which it was formerly pegged) is placed in the decimal separator position, as in 2$50.
LOL! Somebody had to be a total asshole. I think they belong in the "Things that remind you of WDTWTF members" thread.
It's worse than we thought. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_sign#Cifrão says (emphasis mine, and $ replacing the two-stroked cifrão because there's no such symbol in unicode ):
In Portugal, Brazil, and other parts of the Portuguese Empire, the two-stroke variant of the sign (with the name cifrão; was used as the thousands separator of amounts in the national currency, the real (plural "réis", abbreviated "Rs."): 123$500 meant "123500 réis". [...]
In 1911 Portugal redefined the national currency as the escudo, worth 1000 réis, and divided into 100 centavos; but the cifrão continued to be used as the decimal separator, so that 123$50 meant 123.50 escudos or 123 escudos and 50 centavos.
I knew this at the time, as older people (and younger people as well) would sometimes informally replace "mil réis" for "escudo". Or even more informally "marrecos".
@jinpa said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Symbol overloading? They copied the American symbol, but changed the usage to a brand new one.
For some interpretation of "American", sure.
Funny fluff:
You have a shower that doesn't top out at 120?
Probably it does. °C.
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@Carnage said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@jinpa said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
It's pronounced forty dollars, but the units are written in the front like any other currency.
cf. 40¢
Yes if we're talking peasant units. I'm talking amounts that can actually buy more than a stick of gum
400kr.
You’re too formal. 400:- plz.
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@Atazhaia said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Carnage said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@jinpa said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
It's pronounced forty dollars, but the units are written in the front like any other currency.
cf. 40¢
Yes if we're talking peasant units. I'm talking amounts that can actually buy more than a stick of gum
400kr.
You’re too formal. 400:- plz.
I was actually told off by a teacher for writing it like that once.
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@Carnage well, duh, you obviously forgot to finish your emoji and thus didn't properly qualify the amount.
Was it 400:-) or 400:-(?
Filed under: funny stuff, guyzz?
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@remi Low-cost chain DollarStore used to write their prices 40:-) , dunno if they still do.
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@LaoC said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Zecc said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dcon said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Zecc said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Exceptionally, the symbol for the Cape Verdean escudo (like the Portuguese escudo, to which it was formerly pegged) is placed in the decimal separator position, as in 2$50.
LOL! Somebody had to be a total asshole. I think they belong in the "Things that remind you of WDTWTF members" thread.
It's worse than we thought. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_sign#Cifrão says (emphasis mine, and $ replacing the two-stroked cifrão because there's no such symbol in unicode ):
In Portugal, Brazil, and other parts of the Portuguese Empire, the two-stroke variant of the sign (with the name cifrão; was used as the thousands separator of amounts in the national currency, the real (plural "réis", abbreviated "Rs."): 123$500 meant "123500 réis". [...]
In 1911 Portugal redefined the national currency as the escudo, worth 1000 réis, and divided into 100 centavos; but the cifrão continued to be used as the decimal separator, so that 123$50 meant 123.50 escudos or 123 escudos and 50 centavos.
I knew this at the time, as older people (and younger people as well) would sometimes informally replace "mil réis" for "escudo". Or even more informally "marrecos".
@jinpa said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Symbol overloading? They copied the American symbol, but changed the usage to a brand new one.
For some interpretation of "American", sure.
Funny fluff:
You have a shower that doesn't top out at 120?
Probably it does. °C.
Could be worse, could be K
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@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@LaoC said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Zecc said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dcon said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Zecc said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Exceptionally, the symbol for the Cape Verdean escudo (like the Portuguese escudo, to which it was formerly pegged) is placed in the decimal separator position, as in 2$50.
LOL! Somebody had to be a total asshole. I think they belong in the "Things that remind you of WDTWTF members" thread.
It's worse than we thought. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_sign#Cifrão says (emphasis mine, and $ replacing the two-stroked cifrão because there's no such symbol in unicode ):
In Portugal, Brazil, and other parts of the Portuguese Empire, the two-stroke variant of the sign (with the name cifrão; was used as the thousands separator of amounts in the national currency, the real (plural "réis", abbreviated "Rs."): 123$500 meant "123500 réis". [...]
In 1911 Portugal redefined the national currency as the escudo, worth 1000 réis, and divided into 100 centavos; but the cifrão continued to be used as the decimal separator, so that 123$50 meant 123.50 escudos or 123 escudos and 50 centavos.
I knew this at the time, as older people (and younger people as well) would sometimes informally replace "mil réis" for "escudo". Or even more informally "marrecos".
@jinpa said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Symbol overloading? They copied the American symbol, but changed the usage to a brand new one.
For some interpretation of "American", sure.
Funny fluff:
You have a shower that doesn't top out at 120?
Probably it does. °C.
Could be worse, could be K
From experience with both a soldering iron and the liquid nitrogen thing they freeze warts with I'd say 120K is significantly less nasty.
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@topspin said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Gustav what is the L supposed to mean?
Le pound, as they say in England
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@Bulb said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Also the name is based on the Latin version in some other languages—e.g. livre in French
I guess the French don't do heavy reading.
A standard paperback book with a length of 300 pages weighs about 15.6 ounces on average, according to multiple sources.
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@jinpa said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Bulb said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Also the name is based on the Latin version in some other languages—e.g. livre in French
I guess the French don't do heavy reading.
A standard paperback book with a length of 300 pages weighs about 15.6 ounces on average, according to multiple sources.So, about as much per book as a can of salmon.
Thank you, ChatGPT.
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@dangeRuss and I'd be totally serious about that keeper!
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@dangeRuss Luckily someone drew circles around the important text.
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@Carnage said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss Luckily someone drew cirles around the important text.
If you think those are circles, you should probably get a thicker pair of glasses
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@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Carnage said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss Luckily someone drew circles around the important text.
If you think those are circles, you should probably get a thicker pair of glasses
I won't circleshame whoever did it.
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@Carnage said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Carnage said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss Luckily someone drew circles around the important text.
If you think those are circles, you should probably get a thicker pair of glasses
I won't circleshame whoever did it.
Note if you said circled it, it would've worked, because I don't think that verb requires it to be perfect circles.
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@loopback0 Good doggo!
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@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Carnage said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss Luckily someone drew cirles around the important text.
If you think those are circles, you should probably get a thicker pair of glasses
Give him a break. He was using Gimp.
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@loopback0 said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Click for the video.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL
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@Carnage said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss Luckily someone drew circles around the important text.
Except that's the number for Georgia directory assistance.
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@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss Luckily someone drew circles around the important text.
If you think those are circles, you should probably get a thicker pair of glasses
I won't circleshame whoever did it.
Note if you said circled it, it would've worked, because I don't think that verb requires it to be perfect circles.
How imperfect can a circle be to still be a circle? See the Heap Paradox.
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@jinpa said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Carnage said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss Luckily someone drew circles around the important text.
Except that's the number for Georgia directory assistance.
Pretty sure that's a 555 number
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@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@jinpa said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Except that's the number for Georgia directory assistance.
Pretty sure that's a 555 number
Yeah, that's how you know it's directory assistance.
(area code) 555-1212 is directory assistance for any area code in the U.S.
I just confirmed it now.
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Also, the Atlanta Humane Society phone number is (404) 875-5331.
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@jinpa said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@jinpa said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Except that's the number for Georgia directory assistance.
Pretty sure that's a 555 number
Yeah, that's how you know it's directory assistance.
(area code) 555-1212 is directory assistance for any area code in the U.S.
I just confirmed it now.
I thought 555 were fake numbers used in movies and didn't go anywhere.
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@Watson said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Also, the Atlanta Humane Society phone number is (404) 875-5331.
Did you call and ask for Angie?
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@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
I thought 555 were fake numbers used in movies and didn't go anywhere.
Previously, they all went to directory assistance, regardless of what the last four numbers you dialed. So even if some TV viewer dialed, 555-1018, for example, (the area code was formerly optional for local calls), they would only be annoying a directory assistance operator, which wouldn't be very entertaining for the caller since they could have done that any way.
555-1212, was the one that was advertised as directory assistance.
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@dangeRuss said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
I thought 555 were fake numbers used in movies and didn't go anywhere.
In the North American Numbering Plan, only numbers in the format yyy-555-01xx are technically reserved for use in fiction, where yyy must be a non-toll-free area code. But the authors of fiction don't always know that.
555-1212 has been directory assistance since well before 411 was a thing (at least in my recollection, though looking it up it may have been highly area-dependent). But they've just about given up on using 555 for anything else at this point.
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@izzion For some reason I'm reminded of a guy (top-level nerd) who went to a costume party in a black jumpsuit covered with a grid of yellow sticky tape. He said he was dressed as the Star Trek holodeck.
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@da-Doctah said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@izzion For some reason I'm reminded of a guy (top-level nerd) who went to a costume party in a black jumpsuit covered with a grid of yellow sticky tape. He said he was dressed as the Star Trek holodeck.
I think it's supposed to be an optical illusion attempt to change your perspective of curves and other body accidents.
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@pcooper said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
555-1212 has been directory assistance since well before 411 was a thing (at least in my recollection, though looking it up it may have been highly area-dependent). But they've just about given up on using 555 for anything else at this point.
"555 numbers were made available starting in 1994 for the purpose of reaching a wide variety of information services. "
Long before 1994, you could reach information by dialing any 555-xxxx.
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