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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 76 points 1 month ago (1 children)

86 Means "get rid of"

47 Means "Nazi Orangutan"

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Such an efficient encoding algorithm.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

Real quick, too.

[–] seathru 23 points 1 month ago

"I couldn't do my job. Can someone else?"

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 31 points 1 month ago (3 children)

“Just James Comey causally calling for my dad to be murdered. This is who the Dem-Media worships. Demented!!!!” Donald Trump Jr. posted on social media.

No Dems worships James Comedy.

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

As always, it's just projection.

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 8 points 1 month ago

And that's coming from a family that has never incided violence!

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

James Comedy! 🤣 Damn, I'm hearing that one seven years too late.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

God that article was gross to read. Those lying disingenuous fucks. They make me wish I believed in hell because there's no way they'd be headed anywhere else

I guess at the restaurant when we'd put 86 tomatoes, we actually wanted to kill the tomatoes

[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I mean, 86 is a real expression outside the Internet and was a popular slang at some point. Wikipedia says it exists in hospitality sectors, meaning simply to eject something or someone, but it specifically refers to putting someone 6 feet under, which is explicitly murder.

[–] PuppyAttack@lemmus.org 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Wikipedia says it exists in hospitality sectors, meaning simply to eject something or someone, but it specifically refers to putting someone 6 feet under, which is explicitly murder.

Wikipedia says some slang dictionaries make the claim it refers to a grave but that is not the primary use or agreed upon origin:

Eighty-six or 86 is American English slang used primarily in the hospitality industry and sometimes in the military.

In the hospitality industry, it is used to indicate that an item is no longer available, traditionally from a food or drinks establishment, or referring to a person or people who are not welcome on the premises. Its etymology is unknown, but the term seems to have been coined in the 1920s or 1930s.

Military personnel might use "86" informally to refer to scrapping equipment (e.g., "That old radio got 86'd") or ending a plan or mission (e.g., "The op was 86'd due to bad weather"). It's not an official term in military doctrine or manuals, but it's part of the informal jargon that soldiers, sailors, or airmen might pick up and use, influenced by broader civilian language.

[–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It does not and has never explicitly referred to murder. That’s just not true.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago
[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

I mean the POS device literally had the button and the numbers appeared on the ticket at the chain restaurant where I worked

[–] Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Comey had his chance

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

I thought 86 was when a restaurant was out of a food item?