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atocci@kbin.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

I'm trying to prove a point. Without looking it up, what are these?

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I'm trying to prove a point. Without looking it up, what are these?

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atocci@kbin.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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  • Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world
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    Aglet. Thanks Phineas and Ferb!

    • FermatsLastAccount@kbin.social
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      Don’t forget it

    • rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.ee
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      Terraria for me

      • Gene@lemmy.world
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        Terraria made me think they were some sort of instrument because of how it looked.

        • rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.ee
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          I kinda gathered that they were part of a footwear because they’re part of the boots upgrade, but yeah, I had to look up the term afterwards

  • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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    I’m too old to know what Phineas and Ferb is, but when I was young I used to love knowing obscure words like:

    • The indent between your upper lip and your nose is called the philtrum (more commonly known now because of piercings

    • The recess on the bottom of a wine bottle is called a punt.

    • The infinity symbol (like a sideways 8) is a lemniscate

    • The cap on the pointy end of an umbrella, or any other tubular thing (including a pencil) is called a ferrule

    • The space between your eyebrows is your glabella

    Etc. Anyway, aglet was one of those. I was always so happy when I had an opportunity to use one (“Oh, man, my aglet broke!”).

    • SariEverna@lemmy.ca
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      And the infinity symbol is likely related to the analemma, the shape the sun traces out over the course of a year.

    • gencha@lemm.ee
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      These are awesome! Thanks

    • Arashikage@lemmy.world
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      The cardboard ring around a coffee cup is called a Zarf

    • ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works
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      Another fun one: the # symbol is an octothorpe

    • waz@feddit.uk
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      But are you old enough to remember Tom Cruise discussing them in the film Cocktail? (in the cinema on the original release‽ )

      • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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        Well, it came out when I was 26, but I don’t think I saw it.

  • OldWomanoftheWoods@lemmy.world
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    Aglets.

  • BURN@lemmy.world
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    Aglets, and it’s 100% due to Phineas and Ferb

    • Tar_alcaran@lemmy.world
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      A-G-L-E-T

      • atocci@kbin.socialOP
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        Don’t forget it!

  • dtc@lemmy.world
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    Telomeres for your shoestrings

    • Pinklink@lemm.ee
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      I like you

  • Ansis@iusearchlinux.fyi
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    Aglet. Not Phineas & Ferb. Terraria.

  • BKBenji@lemmy.world
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    I personally don’t know what they’re called but to my cat that’s called food.

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    Aglet. Thanks phineas and ferb!

    • SammyBecker@lemmy.world
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      I got it from simpsons lol

  • SeriousNick@lemmy.world
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    Aglets. Terraria my beloved.

  • Oinkzilla@lemmy.world
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    Aglets

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    Aglet. Another shout-out to Phineas and Ferb.

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    Aglet - phineas and ferb

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    Aglet. Archie comics did a bit on them, that’s where I learned

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    Easy. The 80s and older crowd will know this from some inherent eldritch knowledge or have no idea. But everyone else will know this from Jimmy Neutron.
    scrolling through the comments, seeing Phineas and Ferb everywhere

    I’m only in my mid twenties. Y’all need to stop making me feel old.

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      I know it from an Archie comic I read in the 90’s

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      I watched Jimmy Neutron, but I guess I never saw (or maybe just never processed) that episode.

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      I know it from Justice League Unlimited.

      https://youtu.be/QkEBvqaXXHc

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    Aglet - Jimmy Neutron

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