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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

esoteric and pedantic is the sweetest plum

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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...