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[NotAllThere]

52 in octal
2a in hex

But the point is that in the radio series of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Ford and Arthur pull letters from a scrabble bag and get the result "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?".

[sadkingbilly]

ok

[NigelJK]

"But the point is that in the radio series of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Ford and Arthur pull letters from a scrabble bag and get the result "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?"."

I always thought there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.

[hobnob]

Various snowflakes have adopted it since it is a lot nicer than saying "Kill", apparently. (Same logic as others are using the hideous "unalive", both as adjective and verb. )

Personally, I agree with your sentiment: I'd much prefer it if people didn't say "unalive" or "grape". However, I think the reasons are a bit more nuanced. For instance, there are lots of people on this forum who use the word "tulip". Is that because they're all snowflakes who would clutch their pearls and faint if they used a real swear word? Or is it because they don't want the forum software to block their post and/or ban their account?

Similarly, if you know that social media algorithms (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube) would hide your videos/comments for using certain words, are you being a snowflake if you use substitutes? After a while, that can become a habit, and some people will copy what they see other people doing.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Tulip appears because the forum "software" bowdlerises the original word. Never did figure out what daffodil was.

[sadkingbilly]

Tulip appears because the forum "software" bowdlerises the original word. Never did figure out what daffodil was.

whereas sh1t just happens

[malvolio]

Personally, I agree with your sentiment: I'd much prefer it if people didn't say "unalive" or "grape". However, I think the reasons are a bit more nuanced. For instance, there are lots of people on this forum who use the word "tulip". Is that because they're all snowflakes who would clutch their pearls and faint if they used a real swear word? Or is it because they don't want the forum software to block their post and/or ban their account?

Similarly, if you know that social media algorithms (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube) would hide your videos/comments for using certain words, are you being a snowflake if you use substitutes? After a while, that can become a habit, and some people will copy what they see other people doing.

Possibly, but you can reverse that argument. Such substitutions wouldn't be necessary if people were grown up enough and well educated enough to accept the language as it is written and not retreat from harsh reality. We seem to have a generation who fail those criteria quite badly.

One more generation and we will all be Peppa Pigs...

[sadkingbilly]

[DoctorStrangelove]

One more generation and we will all be Peppa Pigs...

Speaking of which, I hear Bunter, the Fat Owl of the Remove, has spawned again.

Anyone know what the current count is?