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18107@aussie.zone to Anything But Metric@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 4 months ago

A large boulder

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A large boulder

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18107@aussie.zone to Anything But Metric@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 4 months ago
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  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    They meant to say “small car” but just made typo.

    Happened five years ago so there’s a bunch of articles about it.

    https://denvergazette.com/outtherecolorado/news/author-of-viral-large-boulder-the-size-of-small-boulder-tweet-explains-what-happened/article_497cc4fe-1573-5af2-8fcd-f0a4cbaf2bb3.html

    • babybus@sh.itjust.works
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      I want to see a car as small as this rock.

      • tostiman@sh.itjust.works
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        4 months ago

        Here you go friend

        peel p50

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    • Hawke@lemmy.world
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      That’s more than a “typo”.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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        Typo is short for “typographical error” and while originally just for small spelling mistakes it’s use has been expounded to cover autocorrects and completely wrong words. Your phone won’t let you type a misspelled word, but hitting the “right” wrong keys can cause completely different words to come up. Because of this people use it for “brain farts” as well, they meant to type one thing something went wrong, and a different word showed up.

        It’s a typographical error still.

        So, you can try to fight language evolving, but it’s probably not going to work, even linguistics do t accomplish it when they try.

        Thats why “literally” can literally mean figuratively now.

      • Sidyctism II.@discuss.tchncs.de
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        sort of the typo equivalent for a whole sentence

  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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    They’re just trying to make the large boulder feel good about its body jesus christ guys lay off.

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    Damn pioneers parking their boulders wherever they please. No respect.

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    Can’t park here mate

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    It looks like it’s only about a hogshead. I wouldn’t call that the size of a small boulder.

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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      What kind of megafauna hogs do you have where you live?

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    deleted by creator

  • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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    How much is that in football fields per square fathom?

  • rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com
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    I was working near here when this happened and never heard of this. Incredible mistake 😁

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    All cops are idiots.

  • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    it’s compressed

  • Anticorp@lemmy.world
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    Reads like AI.

    • PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee
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      No, it doesn’t. It’s just a simple mistake. LLM would never abbreviate mile marker “mm” without specific instruction to do so.

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        I also remember this post making the rounds way before a.i. was able to write a coherent sentence, so yeah it’s not a.i.

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        K

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    Americans will do anything to avoid the metric system.

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      deleted by creator

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        Heh my bad, was from all and didn’t read

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