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xkcd #3284: Geology Building

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The administration thinks it's weird, but the geologists say it looks normal.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3284/

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[-] elephantium@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago

Smh, no one understands the difference between a king's time of ruling and the little ropes he uses to control his horse anymore.

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 5 days ago

So you're saying people confuse his kingdom for a horse?

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

Or free rain. English is such a wonderful language isn’t it.

[-] elephantium@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Huh.

I honestly don't think I've ever read that particular phrase before. Free rain. It implies the existence of costly rain.

I'm not sure how anyone would manage that, but it's fun to ponder :D

[-] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

Or constrained rain.

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Sounds very cyberpunk.

Did you think you can just look at the sky, feel the wind on your hair, or experience the rain on your face? Open up that wallet, because none of that is free, especially the rain. Maximum capitalism…

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 16 hours ago
[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 12 hours ago

Space balls was way ahead of its time.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 hours ago
[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago

Totally forgot about that one. 😂
What a work of art!

[-] elephantium@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Ha, I was half expecting your post to start quoting Roy Batty!

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

all i can say is that my life is really strange

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

If you're worried about homophones, don't study Japanese

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Obligatory RRJ link. Warning: if you know any Japanese this might undo a lot of it.

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago

Some times I wonder if some cosmic aliens had a debate about how many collisions one language can have. One of them probably said: “Hold my beer. Give me a planet and 10 million years. I’ll prove you wrong.”

All that stuff about pyramids being built by aliens was probably just that one alien trying to win a bet by messing around with earth. Maybe Japanese was the end result of that bet.

this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2026
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