[-] cynar@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

The line before is also great. They suspect. They hope they are wrong, but they suspect, and have to ask.

[-] cynar@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago

Things like this are often a protest by the builders against the architect. They spot a problem with the design, try and tell them and get shouted at. They then build it to the design, knowing it's stupid, so the architect has to swallow the cost of fixing it.

[-] cynar@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

It was first found in monkeys, but actually originated in rodents. It should technically be rodentpox.

Also, racists and homophobes used it to create stigma against gay men. In was/is particularly prevalent in that group. There were rumours that you caught it from sex with monkeys.

Basically it was renamed to pull the teeth of a nasty and insulting use, and to break a misunderstanding on its source.

[-] cynar@piefed.social 0 points 2 months ago

Ironically, this is (partially) why government social support services originally started in England. Back in the Victorian period, the rich realised it was cheaper to pay a bit more tax to keep the poor fed, than pay for security to stop them being robbed. It was also cheaper than locking them all up.

[-] cynar@piefed.social 20 points 3 months ago

I'm guessing that the computer randomises the answer list, to limit cheating. The rest writer was likely cursing it too.

cynar

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