Today I Learned...

[Essence Lumin]

Take the tour.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Take the tour.

*gigglesnort*

 

[Robert Jung]

Is there any place in America by the way where Wieners are being called Frankfurters instead?

Sometimes called "franks" in CT and other NE states.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Is there any place in America by the way where Wieners are being called Frankfurters instead?

Some brands, notably Ball Park, Hebrew National, and Bar-S, package them as "franks". Probably as close as you get.

Funnily enough, even though Lexxi posted you a pic of Oscar Mayer calling them wieners, it seems to be the case that they only use that particular term for their "regular" variety. Other varieties are sold as franks:

I think OM only retains "wieners" because of their old quite famous commercial jingle, because I haven't seen any other brand calling them that, not nationally.

But whatever they're packaged as, I never hear people use either "wieners" or "franks" when actually talking about them, or selling prepared ones. Everyone here just calls them hot dogs.

 

[Lexxi]

I use weiners all the time.
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Spoiler

When talking about these cute little doggies with the miniature legs.

 

[Free]

I use weiners all the time.

PERFECT OUT OF CONTEXT QUOTE!

 

[Free]

 

[Isabeau]

TIL that swiping down on my keyboard gives access to the second character.

FFS I’ve been pressing three keys to get to ! and ? all this time. Must have been on a pee break when that was taught.

 

[Essence Lumin]

TIL that swiping down on my keyboard gives access to the second character.

That must depend on your phone's keyboard. With my swiftkey keyboard if I hold down the period for 1/2 a second it looks like this then I swipe over for whether I want ? ! or , .

 

[Govi]

Similarly, hold a letter key down on the Swiftkey keyboard and up pops a selection of the same letter with all the accent, ligature, and/or diaresis/umlaut combos of various European languages. Maybe others, too, that use the Roman alphabet.

 

[Free]

I tried swiping up on them, and then holding them down, but I'm not seeing any of this on my laptop's keyboard. I do get the key characters repetitively typing out to the screen, though...

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

That works on my iPad but apparently they have that turned off on the iPhone which is some dire shenanigans if you ask me.

 

[Isabeau]

Yeah, I should have mentioned it was on my iPad. With all the accents in French, I already knew how to add those quickly, whichever language keyboard I was using, but these two where frustrating me to no end and I knew there must be an easier solution.

In any case, the iOS keyboard on iPad (spellcheck, etc.) sucks in many other ways, too.

 

[Erich Templar]

Can't get it to work...

 

[Isabeau]

Today I learned what those gurgling sounds coming from your stomach are called.

Borborygmi
(borborygmus sing.)

Almost sounds half Russian and half Japanese.

 

[Isabeau]

TIL that the cat was used in anti-suffragette posters and that cats were then reclaimed by suffragettes. Anyway, I went down a rabbit hole.

Symbols of the Women's Suffrage Movement (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

Anti-suffrage organizations in Britain used cats to try to make the point that women were simple and delicate. The cartoons implied that women’s suffrage was just as absurd as cat suffrage because women (and cats) were incapable of voting.

Cats were also used symbolically in some American anti-suffrage ads. A number of American cartoons showed men at home with a cat, taking care of the children. The cat symbolized a loss of the man’s masculinity. Some people believed that if women participated in politics, men would be left at home to raise the children.

In England, suffragists reclaimed the cat. Postcards, posters, and cartoons showed cats in purple, green, and gold demanding access to the ballot. In the United States, there was also some reclaiming of the cat as a symbol of suffrage.

Which led me to the Cat and Mouse Act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_(Temporary_Discharge_for_Ill-Health)_Act_1913

Which led me to this poster

FEATURE: Anti-Women’s Suffrage Cartoons – Twin Cities Arts Reader

Anyway….

Helen (@tenerduende.bsky.social)

😺🌿

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[Beebo Brink]

JD Vance's "miserable childless cat ladies" is just a re-packaging of "witches & their familiars."

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

JD Vance's "miserable childless cat ladies" is just a re-packaging of "witches & their familiars."

I am so disappointed in that I have a fluffy familiar but can't use magic.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I am so disappointed in that I have a fluffy familiar but can't use magic.

You cast spells on everyone you meet. <3

 

[Isabeau]

McKinley Valentine (@mckinleaf.bsky.social)

"clue" originally meant "a ball of string" (spelt clew) since Theseus used a ball of string to find his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth, "clue/clew" became a metaphor for "thing that helps you solve a puzzle" or "thing that points you in the right direction"

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