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[–] [email protected] 117 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A little long maybe, I assume it won't be long until it's just "likensub".

[–] [email protected] 82 points 2 months ago (2 children)

My son, always remember to smash that like button and subscribe..*sniff* and please, whatever you do, leave a review because it helps new people find the channel. Oh god, I'm no good at goodbyes....

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago

No good at likensubs*

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Please comment as it drives the algorithm!

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Future etymologists will conjecture that it has something to do with the popularization of an obscure lichen meme combined with a contraction of the word "submissive" within the BDSM context, and only started being used as an ironic punctuation to statements after another popular meme, similar to the origin of how "F" is used as a common, brief response to a tragedy.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Lichen Sub-Scribe. Clearly a fungal person who is notating every occurrence and likes to be dommed.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 months ago (3 children)

How does the warewolf YouTuber end his videos?

"Lycansubscribe!"

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How does the botany YouTuber sign off?

Lichen subscribe!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

And of course there's Oh the Urbanity's "Don't forget to bike and subscribe!"

[–] tigeruppercut 8 points 2 months ago

And when they give a speech on stage, they do it at something lycopodium

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

lycanscrub, lyescrub, lysob

[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

This has the vibe of the Sims 2 voice that would leave for work saying “Shy-bye”.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

me taunting a qing dynasty accountant, who is growing increasingly sick of my shit

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Please comment, it helps my mental algorithm more than you realize.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This vastly underestimates the laziness of English speakers. No: It'll be shortened to...

Donferget

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

donfergen lycanscribe

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Don’t forget: you’re here forever

Do it for her

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

yelling at a forest: Lichen Subside!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Liken(sub)scribe

Lik(uns)cribe

Licrib(e)

Lickrib

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

In the Idiocracy timeline we’re likely in, it becomes McRib

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] AI_toothbrush 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Lick you later!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

no, lick MY ribs!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Slightly offtopic:

When I go to the source in my browser, I see that this toot has been boosted roughly 800 times and roughly 1400 favorites.

However, when I go to this toot via my Mastodon app, I'm seeing 256 boosts and 1 favourite.

Why is this different in my app vs the fosstodon link to the toot?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Maybe the instance you’re logged into on your Mastodon app defederated from some others? Hmm

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

similar boat here: what I’ve noticed is that, on your instance, 'foreign' toots will only show the favourites coming from your instance. So, if 3 people from your instance favourited a toot that has 1500 favs total, you will only see 3 next to the star

this isn’t true for boosts, and I don’t know what causes the difference there. Its probably something to do with an incomplete federation (either because of blocks or simply because your server isn’t aware of all the others; I’ve noticed that the difference is much larger now that I’m on a smaller instance with less connections), but I’m not sure

for toots coming from other people on your instance, you will see the full count on both favs and boosts

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (6 children)

We live in Czechia and my SO is teacher in local school. She asked a 6th grade girl what she wants to draw today and she literally responded "IDK". It's kind off weird how internet slang is slowly merging in everyday IRL vocabulary.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

When I was younger, there were people who would actually say lol. I wouldn't say it's new, but I think the advent of the internet has certainly accelerated some aspects of linguistic evolution.

It would be fascinating to be a fly on the wall in a couple hundred years' time to see where English goes from here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do this, I hate it, but I can't get rid of it so I've started to accept it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

for me "lol" and "lmao" are desperately trying to replace non-lexical sounds of amusement like "hah!" and "eeey!"

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I mean it's kinda same when people say www instead of world wide web, even though the word has less syllable than the letter

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Thanks, I hate it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Good morning, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and likensub!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is already happening. Ive heard various reports from people working with schools/kids saying it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

chat, can anyone confirm this?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it was a rhetorical question that only served as a vehicle for me to utilize "chat".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I know; check my nickname, based off my real name.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

wow, sorry. i did not even pick up on that.
i have a bad habit of not reading usernames. lol

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