shriram.bsky.social
Brown Computer Science / Brown University || BootstrapWorld || Pyret || Racket I'm unreasonably fascinated by, delighted by, and excited about #compsci #education #cycling #cricket and the general human experience.
👤 Joined on 09 Mai 2023
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@shriram.bsky.social@shriram.bsky.social → @parentheticallyspeaking.org@parentheticallyspeaking.org → @shriram.bsky.socialA halloween cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
Show PostI treasure the time a friend (age 13, went to a nice convent school) made a mistake and ejaculated “Oh, penis-breath! I mean…sugar!”
Show PostIn English “shit” can be swapped for inoffensive alternatives like “sugar” or “shiitake mushrooms”. My favourite in German is to swap Scheiße (“shit”) for Scheibenkleister, which is an adhesive glue for window panels (so you’re essentially exclaiming “pane paste!” or “panel putty!”).
Show PostA minced oath is a polite swap for a swear or a blasphemy (like “gosh” for “God”) and the best one I’ve come across is from Palestinian Arabic, where yifḍaḥ ḥarīmak (“may your womenfolk be dishonoured”) becomes yifḍaḥ ḥarīšak (“may your caterpillar be dishonoured”). * read on for more (a thread)…
Show PostMy friend who passed away loved dinosaurs. When the coffin arrived at the crem the entrance music was the Jurassic Park theme tune, and the funeral director walked solemnly behind wearing an inflatable dinosaur costume. The whole crem dissolved into helpless laughter.
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