Thinking about a conversation I was having with an acquaintance years ago. He was a friend of a friend and we were talking about food. I forget the exact phrasing but I brought up loving avocados. He said “what’s that?” I was a bit surprised and explained. He responded “OH thats crazy I thought that was one of those made up words”. The statement was like a flashbang I had to contemplate for a few minutes. PERSONAL STORIES ONLY, DO NOT INCLUDE A STATEMENT FROM A CELEBRITY OR POLITICIAN.

  • AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 hours ago

    Okay fine personal one’s first:

    • I once overheard someone saying it was hard to go left on a round about because the entrance slopes right…. As in they were not using a round about like a round about. (Tbf the round about in question was originally an intersection that was poorly modified into a roundabout)
    • I had a psychopathic roommate who, when I called him on it, flat out admitted that given a choice between killing himself or thousands of others he’d choose the mass murder option. I also once asked him if he thought slavery was morally acceptable and his response was “if it would benefit me then yeah.”
    Famous Quote I originally put because I didn’t read the whole post before commenting lol

    “Darwin realized that animals are far less likely to reproduce when they’re dead” -Philomena Cunk

    Stunned because I was expecting nonsense, but ended up hearing what is now my favorite description of evolution ever. It just makes evolution seem entirely obvious, like it’s stupid we took so long to make that realization.

    • felsiq@piefed.zipEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      I love philomena and can’t believe I haven’t heard that one, do you know offhand where it’s from so I can fix that?