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Recently I wanted to refer to the general populace of the divisions by zero, but it occurred to me we don't have a good shorthand for it,. I.e. like one talks about "lemmings" or "redditors". We could use something for members of lemmy.dbzer0.com.

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[–] nomugisan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This just in: gay people are elitist because they have their own culture and in-jokes! How dare they exclude homophobic straight people by calling themselves fags and other things

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i think they were agreeing with us :^)

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sorry abt that :p they just misunderstood your reply

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh no, I know it's my fault. You know I have a folksy, colloquial way of speaking, and I type like I speak.

[–] nomugisan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I kinda just completely misunderstood lmao oopsies

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

It's okay you're still my babe!

(Unless you dislike southern US style terms of endearment. In which case you're still my... uh, m@te.)

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's quite charming, though maybe an acquired taste?

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

I type like I talk, and I work with folks in a caregiving capacity who respond well to someone who doesn't sound clinical, who maybe talks like just another person in the community, and here in the southern US, that's a specific accent and affectation... So...

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"Can you imagine?" in this context usually is a scoff or an expression of disbelief.

"Doesn't lend well" here means those two things don't mesh.