Never change Lemmy
Source: lemmy.world/comment/5668411
comrade19, So that’s how it happens. I thought I was getting old when I had to look up ‘based’ on urban dictionary.
TimeSquirrel, 
Thank god for that website, I can't imagine being an aging millennial in 1980 with all the kids talking about "radical" this and "cowabunga" that and not have anything to look up.
Pizzasgood, 
Twas a tubular time.
samus12345, 
samus12345, “Cowabunga” shouldn’t have been a mystery to them, at least, because it originates from Howdy Doody in 1949.
TimeSquirrel, Wow. I totally thought it was just a Ninja Turtles thing. Thanks for that info.
samus12345, Ninja Turtles got it from 60’s surfer slang (since that’s how Michelangelo speaks) and gave it new life for a few years.
dependencyinjection, Pretty based of you to admit.
can, I’m curious, how recently did you have to look it up? For me it feels ancient compared to the likes of “rizz” but that’s probably due to the circles I’ve been in.
someguy3, Wtf is rizz?
can, He got rizz = he’s got game (?)
If that helps. I’ve read here recently it’s short for “charisma”
Edgarallenpwn, Based has been around for 10+ years. So weird hearing people say it again
comrade19, Oh no i didn’t know what rizz meant. I had to look it up mid this year. Gg life, im now going downhill for sure :(
TropicalDingdong, noun-pilled.
sour, 
is double v
prayer, Still a dub
Bene7rddso, Latin didn’t have the letter U, so they wrote V when they said U
tacosanonymous, This post is the first time that I realized reply lines were in rainbow order.
dukk,
captainlezbian, Hey! I’ve been invited to sports before. Some people think that me being large, tough, and angry would make me good at roller derby, unfortunately I’m also uncoordinated even when sober
FreshLight, Wait is this person using Lemmy on a mobile browser?
Is it comfortable to use?
wason,
FreshLight, Thanks! I’m using Boost for Lemmy atm but I’m not 100% comfortable using it.
idunnololz, 
I recognized my baby immediately when I saw the screenshot 💜
samus12345, Is it really pronounced “dub”? I’ve never heard it spoken.
prayer, Yeah, unless it was a really important win, then you might say it out entirely to emphasize your utter dominance over them.
can, Not exclusively, but sometimes.
Prater, Duh-b
lustyargonian, I internally say massive win but I do hear youtubers call it massive double u
samus12345, Ironic that pronouncing a single letter is more cumbersome than the full word.
lustyargonian, u v DOUBLE U x y z
samus12345, “Every single other letter is one syllable, can we just pronounce this one ‘wuh’”?
“No, it must have THREE!”
lustyargonian, English is indeed a funny language.
samus12345, Germans: “Ridiculous! We will pronounce it like ‘vay’”.
“Well, that’s a lot…”
“…AND ‘Y’ WILL BE ‘OOPSILON’”!
ಠ_ಠ
lustyargonian, TIL!
KSPAtlas, 
Lots of languages do upsilon, it comes from greek
samus12345, They do, but it’s silly when the vast majority of letters are pronounced with one syllable.
Kase, Every single other letter
Noooo, you forgot “and z” has two /s
mexicancartel, I call it zed or zee both have one syllable ri8?
KSPAtlas, I always hear it as double u
wheeldawg, Honestly don’t think it’s universal, but most of the time, yeah.
Holzkohlen, 
Good lord this screenshot hurts my eyes. Use dark mode for goodness sake
wason, Light mode during the day, dark mode at night
SorryQuick, I’m reading this at night though. Think of all the poor souls that will get flashbanged in the next few hours.
Asudox, 
I’m a victim
SeekPie, (edited ) Lol
We use the same app AND settings
(For anyone who’s curious: the app’s “Eternity for Lemmy”, the predecessor successor of “Infinity for reddit”)
Star, predecessor
I think you meant successor.
SeekPie, Yeah, thanks. Fixed it.
(English isn’t my first language)
Star, (edited ) English isn’t my first language
It isn’t mine either, we’re all learning :)
dependencyinjection, Not that it matters but it’s a little insane that 8 people thought to downvote you because of how you choose your theme settings.
Like I’m dark mode on everything at all times, but I won’t downvote you for being different. Some folk be wack.
wason, There’s gotta be something…
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S, 
Oof ouch my eyeballs
regbin_, Doesn’t that mean your brightness is set too high?
Johanno, No your Mode is wrong!
glibg10b,
someguy3, Bright mode? [Hiss.]
ako946659663, So this is why Golden State Warriors are called “Dubs”! Today I learned.
The nickname comes from people shortening Warriors to the letter W. The shorter form of the letter W is pronounced “Dub.” It also helps that W represents the word “win” in the world of sports, so when their fans refer to them as the Dubs, they are also referring to the team as winners.
bin_bash, 
The moment when we change to dark mode and then we need to see shit posts with big white screenshots
wason, Totally
lapommedeterre,
glibg10b, I was there when it was written
wheeldawg, If this some light mode joke I’m too dark mode to be able to read?
radioactiveradio, Was this when all the Johns in the world assembled into a field to fight?
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