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[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 4 points 10 hours ago

for the lazy:

mnopqrstuvwxyz

[–] M137@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago
[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 143 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fuck it, that was a quality answer.

[–] b_tr3e@feddit.org 52 points 2 days ago

But not a quality audience.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 50 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I would have silently gone in my head ABCDEFGHIJKL and then said "MNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", but I suppose I could have said "MABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", or should I say "MABCDEFGHIJKLOPQRSTUVWXYZ"?

Come to think of it, why do our letters have a standard order, and if they have to, why that one? A better order, off the top of my head, is OUEIAPKGHXBDPTMNLWYVZSFRCQJ

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

The reason the alphabetical order is like that is because it was passed down all the way from the 14th century BC and potentially before, so a lot of sound changes and mild order changes happened (like Z going from the letter after E to the last letter) and you have the modern English alphabetical order

[–] officermike@lemmy.world 65 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You left out an 'N.' I'm gonna have to escort you out of the comment section.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Clearly they're drunk, get 'em outta here

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If drunk people aren't allowed on Lemmy, we're collectively gonna have a problem.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

watches as weekly active users of all communities plummet

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 6 hours ago

Down the stairs

[–] grue@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Come to think of it, why do our letters have a standard order, and if they have to, why that one?

Because some Phoenician jerk picked it arbitrarily about ten thousand years or so ago and it stuck.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those dang Arizonans are nothing but trouble, I tells ya..

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago

Thank god they make decent ice tea

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Basically. 99 Percent Invisible did a podcast on this very topic: Episode 468 Alphabetical Order

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

But your version doesn't match Twinkle Twinkle Little Star as well.

[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I strongly believe we should teach the alphabet as qwertyu iopa sdfgh jkl zxc vb n and m

[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Why not Dvorak? I have been told its way more efficient typing, though also completely incomprehensible.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Because what you were told were mostly lies.

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

It's not more efficient, but it does feel better on the hands, in my opinion.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

if you're having issues with dismissing that voicemail notification you need to wipe data from the "phone services" app, it doesn't show up normally and you need to enable "show system apps". don't disable it, just wipe the data

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago

I'm not, but thanks.

[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Light mode keyboard and dark mode app? Shame on you

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 day ago

The system changes modes at sunrise/sunset but Voyager is always dark mode.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Because then it would start with .

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago

Maybe Seedy He Effed G, Hate I JK Ellen Mellow Pee

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Look 'm in the eye and say M A C A B. It's not about repeating the alphabet, it's about asserting dominance.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The fuck? You'd think a casino would let the drunk dude keep losing money.

[–] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago

Probably a liability or legal issue if they're too drunk.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Should he have said, "Mthe alphabet"?

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mmmmm, ohhhhh, the aalphabeeeeet

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Funny but no casino would stop a drunk guy from losing money at the table

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 day ago

It's a high bar; he might have been poor and making the rich people uncomfortable.

[–] Bonus@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

That answer should have been worth a free drink and a taxi home

Can see myself doing this while not drunk lmfao

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago

Fine: "the alphabet starting with emm"

[–] umbraroze@piefed.social 8 points 2 days ago

Alphabet starting with M? Hey, prescriptivist dingdongs, you can't just say there is now apparently an alphabet that starts with M! Those things don't exist in vacuum - if you make something like this up, you have to go all the way and define such an alphabet clearly!

Rules mean nothing unless they clarify established language use conventions! Which is why I think descriptivist approach is better in most cases.

[–] TheThrillOfTime@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

Sounds sober to me

Malllphhhhpabehhhh