• FunkyStuff [he/him]
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    4 days ago

    Both of these responses are sobering reminders that half of the online world is using these treat printers to get information that is clearly completely useless.

    • urmums401k [she/her, they/them]
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      3 days ago

      Not even treat printers. The podcast trash future called them 'garbage dispensers' and it is a perfect name.

  • Runcible [none/use name]
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    3 days ago

    "...I don't have opinions or the ability to endorse political candidates. However I can provide an objective comparison..."

    This is exactly how liberal media writes its propaganda

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 days ago

      I always have a hard time explaining this but it's cockney rhyming slang. where a two word phrase is reduced to the first word, then the second is rhymed with a different word to form new slang. For instance to "take a butcher's" means to look at something, since look rhymes with "butcher's hook."

      In the case of seppo, it's derived from "septic tank" since tank rhymes with yank. So it refers to Americans.

      • RNAi [he/him]
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        3 days ago

        we call usians septic tanks

        1 - Why I learned this just now

        2 - Spanish gotta up its game immediately

        • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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          3 days ago

          Australia has its own form of cockney rhyming slang and derivative terms. The only one I know other than seppo though is "have a squiz." (Have a look, since Squizzy Taylor was a famous crook)

        • JustSo [she/her, any]
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          3 days ago

          A lot of Australian slang has roots in cockney rhyming slang.

          edit: but yes seppo is an aussie thing, I don't think I've seen english people use it ever.

    • plinky [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 days ago

      Name for us-ians i sometimes find funny

  • jUzzo6 [none/use name]
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    3 days ago

    Some time ago, I asked chatgpt: “provide list of top ten countries enabling tax evasion” - weasel words how the concept is not precise and no list “provide list of top ten countries with least press freedom” - instant list from some of the anti-communist think tanks