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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Part of the point (the whole point?) of rhyming slang is that it's opaque and convoluted. That's what makes it fun. It also makes it a bit of a shibboleth - you only understand it if you're part of the culture.

If you're eating with an Australian and they ask you to "pass the dead horse", it means they think you're Aussie enough to know what it means. Or they know that you won't know what it means and they're fucking with you intentionally.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

nods Lady, of Gaga.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Fun fact: in the rest of the world it's just called "licorice". No black. That red stuff isn't licorice at all.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Fun fact: Lady Gaga chose that name because of that song.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago

You can tell it's made up because it has "it's said that" in it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Looks like one of these babies

Big M

[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 weeks ago

Borat voice my wiiiiiiiife

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Wow, haven't seen a roflcopter in a long time.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 weeks ago

They have played us for absolute fools.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

It's one word, all lower case, four words, all upper case.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The exception is password managers. It's a very rare tool that makes things more secure and easier.

Your OS probably comes with one, and if not there are cheap or even free ones available.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

My take is irrelevant. Here's a reputable news source about the issue: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-04/paris-olympics-imane-khelif-clinches-medal-in-boxing/104181158

Tl;dr: she is and always has been a woman. The source of the controversy is the International Boxing Association, which claims she "failed an unspecified eligibility test to compete last year over elevated levels of testosterone."

Later in the article, in reference to the IBA: "the Russian-dominated body — which has faced years of clashes with the IOC — has refused to provide any information about the tests, underscoring its lack of transparency in nearly every aspect of its dealings, particularly in recent years."

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