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Aw, shit. I knew it was some kinda doo-wop business
Aw, shit. I knew it was some kinda doo-wop business
Is this a Grease reference?
Pretty much anything by Marina and the Diamonds. Specifically Pimadonna Girl, though.
It’s not based off him, it is him
Dang. Sounds pretty ubiquitous then. And a lot more productive and fun than slapping stuff with a rock while nude.
I’ve been into computers for over 20 years and I couldn’t tell you what uses rust. I am aware of it, but I am completely unaware of how narrow or broadly it is used. I keep forgetting people aren’t talking about the game.
If by “a while back” you mean “from the dawn of time immemorial until this day,” then yes
Dude, I got it! These were the original “tricky” golf balls. Golf probably started as rolling a rock into a hole, but when that got too easy, they started going “bet you can’t get that weird shaped one in there,” and then that got popular enough that people started making their own.
Of course, there were always the purists that believed the rocks should remain round and the hole should be the thing that moves.
That’s why we have golf and mini golf.
Actually, on second glance, they do appear to have “numeric” engravings at all the places that might settle facing up or toward you. Very interesting.
Those are actually for butt stuff.
No, but seriously I could see them being used in some sort of “marbles” -type game. Or, like, maybe some kinda twisted mini-croquet.
Seems pretty simple to me. Everybody loved to gamble, so they needed to be sturdy, and also big shiny metal trinkets are cool. They have different sized holes to denote the different values of the sides, and the knobbies make them bounce and roll in unexpected ways and keep them from rolling once they come to a rest.
I think they’re dice.
I read somewhere a few years ago that the decline of “you’re welcome” is due to a shifting in definitions or whatever- “you’re welcome” has come to mean “you are always welcome to my free labor” whereas “no problem” says something more like “I don’t have an issue spending my time on you.”
You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. If you try to convey tone and meaning, people get upset; if you just rely on context and the flow of conversation - well, that’s subjective and cultural in some cases.
Memes are the key. Complex modern hieroglyphics that convey all meaning through image (and text descriptions spoken by ai computer voices for the blind)
I thought I recognized your name - you were in my red lobster thread recently; the bankruptcy due to shrimp.
;-p
This sounds familiar