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[–] 46 points 8 months ago (8 children)

big alphabet HATES this one trick: i before e except after c

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  • [–] 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It's the best rule, there are only 923 exceptions to it in the scrabble word list.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    The original rule was "I before E, except after C, or when it rhymes with May, like neighbor or weigh." My mom's maiden name was an exception to this rule, so she always adds, "and my maiden name."

    BTW, in German, you pronounce the syllable based on the placement of the second letter in the "E-I" combination. If it's "EI" it rhymes with I, and if it's "IE," it rhymes with E.

    But people screw it up anyway. By German rules, Epstein should be pronounced Ep-Styne, not Ep-Steen.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    “ ‘I’ before ‘e’ except after ‘C’ and when sounding like "A" as in neighbor and weigh, and on weekends and holidays and all throughout May, and YOU'LL ALWAYS BE WRONG NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY!!!!”

    -Brian Regan

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    But why do you follow arbitrary rules? Why are you part of the system, maaaan?

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    I was at a strip club once for a bachelor party and went to the stall to do a bump. Confronted by a giant turd out of place. Go back to the boys and describe that to a friend of the bachelor. He leans in and whispers ’that was me’. Some people just wanna burn it all down

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    "I" before "e", except after "c". Literally the easiest rule to remember because it's alliterative. And, yes, I know it's far from complete, but it would have worked here.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    3 weeks ago I went camping while jacking off and I came across my family doctor's grandma staring at a pile of leaves. As I got closer I noticed it wasn't a pile of leaves at all but rather a man that I recognized from somewhere. I realized I had seen him while on a trip to the UK last year at an authentic British fish and chips place my wife and 6 uncles had lunch at. He was vinegar balls Edward, an old fisherman who comes to your table for you to squeeze malt vinegar out of his balls onto your fries for an authentic British experience.

    So here he is on my camping jack just laying there dead, I did what any smart person would do and I pulled out my Swiss Army knife and hacked off his sack. 2 weeks later I went back to the UK and sold his scrotum and balls to that restaurant, they were about to go out of business without malt vinegar so they were extremely appreciative when I brought them the vinegar balls. The mayor of the town named a street after me and gave me six packs of smokes. I smoked them all that day despite being a non smoker because I needed to show that I was thankful for the gift.

    In 3 months I'll be going on another camping trip with my step grandpa, no jacking off allowed this time but maybe I'll find a corpse that'll haunt me forever. All it takes is 6 packs of smokes and a pocket full of belly buttons. That's right, I'm totally a smoker now because smoking is the coolest fuckin thing anyone could ever do.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It's not quite at the William S. Burroughs level of batshittery just yet but you're not far off.

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    [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Been there, done that

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    unrealistic expectations as always 🥀

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    Me working at Jimmy Johns - slicing meat like a boss

    Ms Thunder-Thighs Crack McPipe skips the line and goes straight to bathroom.

    Boss comes out an hour later “Hey meat slicer. I need you to clean the bathroom.”

    SHIT EVERYWHERE. On the floor, on the toilet, on the walls, ON THE 15 foot ceiling.

    I quit in the spot.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I am a janitor and the dreaded time came when someone informed me of a massive mess in the bathroom. I go in there expecting the scene from Dumb & Dumberer with the chocolate based on what was described to me aaaaaand... There was like a single sheet of soiled toilet paper on the floor. 🤦‍♂️

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