3-6 predicted. Got 8. At least it will be a white Christmas.

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[–] 15 points 10 months ago (6 children)
  • [–] [S] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    I actually looked up whether "snowblowed" was a word. There is no true consensus. Urban dictionary's definition is a little different than the message I was trying to convey so that was no help. Altho it does sound intriguing (the one that does not involve cocaine). I figured everyone would get the point either way.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    All human written languages are subordinate to the spoken language, with the exception of constructed languages like for software programming. In the convoluted uh mismashed uh, flexible language that is English, even when a word is supposedly misspelled, if it can still convey the sounds of the spoken word, then it can likely be understood. And that's the ultimate goal of a language: to convey thoughts to others.

    I personally do not subscribe to the notion of prescriptivism, which believes that the dictionary is the final authority of words in English. However, the dictionary does serve as a reference, so people who heard the word "ornithology" can look up what it means.

    TL;DR: humans have error correction capabilities

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    It bugs me that snow blower sounds as lame as leaf blower when it’s actually 10x more awesome.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Meanwhile it's gonna be 80 degrees here in Austin. Merry Christmas!

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Your neighbours love you

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I know it's not the takeaway, but that picture is perfectly framed. I wouldn't mind having this poster-sized on my wall. Nice job on the 8-hr snowblow and on the nice picture to showcase it.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I love me some skiing and snowboarding and what not. But I'm so glad I live somewhere where I don't have to clear the driveway.

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