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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 140 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fuck it, that was a quality answer.

[–] b_tr3e@feddit.org 50 points 1 week ago

But not a quality audience.

[–] M137@lemmy.world 57 points 6 days ago
[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I would have silently gone in my head ABCDEFGHIJKL and then said "MNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", but I suppose I could have said "MABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", or should I say "MABCDEFGHIJKLOPQRSTUVWXYZ"?

Come to think of it, why do our letters have a standard order, and if they have to, why that one? A better order, off the top of my head, is OUEIAPKGHXBDPTMNLWYVZSFRCQJ

[–] officermike@lemmy.world 65 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You left out an 'N.' I'm gonna have to escort you out of the comment section.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Clearly they're drunk, get 'em outta here

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If drunk people aren't allowed on Lemmy, we're collectively gonna have a problem.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

watches as weekly active users of all communities plummet

Down the stairs

[–] grue@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Come to think of it, why do our letters have a standard order, and if they have to, why that one?

Because some Phoenician jerk picked it arbitrarily about ten thousand years or so ago and it stuck.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Those dang Arizonans are nothing but trouble, I tells ya..

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 6 days ago

Thank god they make decent ice tea

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Basically. 99 Percent Invisible did a podcast on this very topic: Episode 468 Alphabetical Order

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

But your version doesn't match Twinkle Twinkle Little Star as well.

[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I strongly believe we should teach the alphabet as qwertyu iopa sdfgh jkl zxc vb n and m

[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why not Dvorak? I have been told its way more efficient typing, though also completely incomprehensible.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Light mode keyboard and dark mode app? Shame on you

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 points 6 days ago

The system changes modes at sunrise/sunset but Voyager is always dark mode.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

if you're having issues with dismissing that voicemail notification you need to wipe data from the "phone services" app, it doesn't show up normally and you need to enable "show system apps". don't disable it, just wipe the data

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 1 points 6 days ago

I'm not, but thanks.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Because what you were told were mostly lies.

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

It's not more efficient, but it does feel better on the hands, in my opinion.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Because then it would start with .

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 days ago

The reason the alphabetical order is like that is because it was passed down all the way from the 14th century BC and potentially before, so a lot of sound changes and mild order changes happened (like Z going from the letter after E to the last letter) and you have the modern English alphabetical order

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 4 points 1 week ago

Maybe Seedy He Effed G, Hate I JK Ellen Mellow Pee

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Look 'm in the eye and say M A C A B. It's not about repeating the alphabet, it's about asserting dominance.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Should he have said, "Mthe alphabet"?

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Mmmmm, ohhhhh, the aalphabeeeeet

[–] Bonus@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Funny but no casino would stop a drunk guy from losing money at the table

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 30 points 6 days ago

It's a high bar; he might have been poor and making the rich people uncomfortable.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The fuck? You'd think a casino would let the drunk dude keep losing money.

[–] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 days ago

Probably a liability or legal issue if they're too drunk.

Can see myself doing this while not drunk lmfao

[–] umbraroze@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago

Alphabet starting with M? Hey, prescriptivist dingdongs, you can't just say there is now apparently an alphabet that starts with M! Those things don't exist in vacuum - if you make something like this up, you have to go all the way and define such an alphabet clearly!

Rules mean nothing unless they clarify established language use conventions! Which is why I think descriptivist approach is better in most cases.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 5 points 5 days ago

for the lazy:

mnopqrstuvwxyz

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 6 days ago

Fine: "the alphabet starting with emm"

Malllphhhhpabehhhh