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[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 days ago

I read that as "water flavored powder", and was going to say that sounds terrible.

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 days ago

My point is there could be a @taylorswift but it doesn’t matter because people know which account is hers.

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 days ago

Taylor Swift's Twitter handle is @taylorswift13 and it doesn't seem to be a problem for her.

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 days ago

Yea is pronounced the same as yay.

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 days ago

FYI it should be "yea or nay".

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 week ago

Interesting. This explains why posts never seem to have more than a few likes on the small Mastodon instance I use. I have to say I'm not a fan.

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 week ago

"One haircut, please."

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

Thank you for this comment. I wanted to reply but didn't want to add too many personal details, or get into a big argument about it.

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago

In a perfect world, yes, but it's not always easy to change plans at the last minute.

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 1 week ago

My first thought too, but it didn't work in this case - even opening the link on my PC told me to install the app.

Luckily I found that just replying "yes" to the message worked.

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

update - after doing some research online, I found I was able to just reply to the text message with "yes" and it confirmed the reservation.

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's hard to beat Obra Dinn, but The Witness is another of my favorite puzzle games.

Edit: "hard to beat" meaning it's a good game, not that it's difficult (although it is in fact pretty difficult).

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/til@lemmy.world

Back in school I heard the story that Haydn wrote the "Surprise Symphony" because he was sick of people sleeping through his music, and wanted to startle them awake. It seems like this was a myth.

From the Wikipedia article:

In Haydn's old age, his biographer Georg August Griesinger asked him whether he wrote this "surprise" to awaken the audience. Haydn replied:

No, but I was interested in surprising the public with something new...

Why do all the cool stories from history end up being made up?

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

I'm thinking in the U.S. and Canada. For example, if you're on vacation, you've checked out of your hotel room and have several hours until your flight, and you have some cans of beer left over. I know you could sneakily drink them in a park or something, but I'm just curious if there's any way to do it that's legal.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

Was in south Ontario, the sky was clear for about an hour before totality, and then about 15 minutes before, a big dark cloud came in and ruined it.

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I'm probably still doing it with some word.

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