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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 144 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fuck it, that was a quality answer.

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

But not a quality audience.

[–] M137@lemmy.world 60 points 2 months ago
[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 51 points 2 months 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

[–] officermike@lemmy.world 64 points 2 months 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 months ago (1 children)

Clearly they're drunk, get 'em outta here

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

watches as weekly active users of all communities plummet

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

Down the stairs

[–] grue@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months 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 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

Thank god they make decent ice tea

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

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

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

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

[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months 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 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Light mode keyboard and dark mode app? Shame on you

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

I'm not, but thanks.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Because then it would start with .

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

Because what you were told were mostly lies.

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months 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

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

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

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months 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.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Should he have said, "Mthe alphabet"?

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mmmmm, ohhhhh, the aalphabeeeeet

[–] Bonus@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago

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

[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago

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

[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 10 points 2 months ago

Can see myself doing this while not drunk lmfao

[–] umbraroze@piefed.social 8 points 2 months 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.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

for the lazy:

mnopqrstuvwxyz

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago

Fine: "the alphabet starting with emm"

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

Sounds sober to me

[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

Malllphhhhpabehhhh