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[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

From this post and talking to old heads on lots of different jobs, the world, both working and otherwise used to be a lot more fun.

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Firstly, this is great.

But more importantly, "WEAKE Gay"? I feel that in my soul. That's my spirit animal right there.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 month ago
[-] kbin_space_program@kbin.run 20 points 1 month ago
[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

It’s like manual DNS for phone numbers.

[-] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Before the internet there were phonebooks for your city and/or region which listed household and business phone numbers among other info. This is where the term "yellow pages" came from which was the section for businesses categorized by type of business ("crime fighting" here) .

[-] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

You've never seen a phone book?

[-] kbin_space_program@kbin.run 36 points 1 month ago

Yes I have, just trolling the other Millenials.

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago
[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

We're millennials. We don't have lawns.

[-] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

That's a relief lol

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

It's an adjustably thick paper construct used for leveling uneven furniture.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I think it's another name for those folding smartphones. They kind of look like books.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Now this is a proper banboozling.

[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Did you know that ketchup was invented in Ketchum? Now you do!

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

This seems too good to be true. But also true because history be like that.

[-] brossman@infosec.pub 6 points 1 month ago

ok but what about the person named gay weake

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I'm sure he endured a ton of taunting as a kid, and probably as an adult too.

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