Metostopholes

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More specifically, it means "The Senate and People of Rome."

[–] Metostopholes@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Older millennial here. I know a few random words and phrases in Latin. A couple examples:

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
"Who will watch the watchmen?"
Thanks to the comic Watchmen. Meaning it is difficult to regulate the actions of people in power.

"Alea iacta est."
"The die is cast."
Attributed to Julius Caesar when he crossed the Rubicon river, guaranteeing there would be a civil war. Meaning the outcome is uncertain, but you've passed the point of no return ("crossing the Rubicon" is also used to mean that).

I don't know any ancient Greek though.

[–] Metostopholes@midwest.social 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I once visited a zoo where all they had was a single dog, no other animals.

It was a Shih Tzu.

[–] Metostopholes@midwest.social 17 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It's Minnesota in the US, so pretty sure it's in Fahrenheit. Though it should be like, 40° F there (4.4° C)

[–] Metostopholes@midwest.social 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Tried it, but the gameplay is painfully slow.

[–] Metostopholes@midwest.social 82 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Girlfriend: "These walkie-talkies are ridiculous! This relationship is over!"

Boyfriend: "This relationship is what? Over."

[–] Metostopholes@midwest.social 54 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs was doing shit at his parties that got him currently awaiting trial for sex trafficking.

[–] Metostopholes@midwest.social 9 points 3 weeks ago

I just went through this exact thing (even having to install on my work computer). As others said, if you hit cancel like three times it lets you proceed.

Hopefully you didn't have to then do what I did: spin up a VM so the controller sees the exact bluetooth controller in windows, then go back and pair in Linux. It's extra work sometimes, but totally worth it to not be using windows.

[–] Metostopholes@midwest.social 0 points 1 month ago

Back during prohibition in the US, there was a product called Vine-Glo that was a brick of grape concentrate. It came with a warning: "After dissolving the brick in a gallon of water, do not place the liquid in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty days, because then it would turn into wine."

[–] Metostopholes@midwest.social 154 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Relevant XKCD:

Title text: Sure, we could stop dictators and pandemics, but we could also make the signs on every damn diagram make sense.