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What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on? (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago by notnotmike@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don't want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That's ludicrous!

That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use "less" when they should use "fewer"

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[-] aeharding@vger.social 9 points 2 months ago

Skydive terminology. Its not a chute, dammit, it’s a canopy or a wing.

[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

esoteric and pedantic is the sweetest plum

[-] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

https://xkcd.com/2501/

even if I've seen so many videos about paramotors, I still sometimes call them chutes out of habit, or out of necessity since noone else is going to understand

[-] BalooWasWahoo@links.hackliberty.org 2 points 2 months ago

It's all okay, buddy, I got you. Just remember to pull. Or is it throw? >.>

<.<

Bill's gonna come and find me now.

[-] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

It's Parachute not paraCanopy or paraWing, hell I'll even take paraplegic is what can happen if ya don't use your chute!

I'll see myself out now...

this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2024

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