@[email protected] to Political [email protected] • 2 years ago"All the land was claimed by others before we were born"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square375fedilinkarrow-up11.33K
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•2 years agoOff topic but I read it as handicap emoji . I’m a boomer and use emoji and acronyms infrequently.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoIt’s been around since 1963, good luck with that. It will fade into obscurity once the last of the boomers are gone.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoI read it that way too. Our brains tend to guess the word and fill in the blanks based off of the first and last character of a word. I’m sure the length helped in this case too lol
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoSame. Handicap is a far more common word than handclap, so it was a good guess!
Off topic but I read it as handicap emoji . I’m a boomer and use emoji and acronyms infrequently.
The word boomer should be cancelled
It’s been around since 1963, good luck with that. It will fade into obscurity once the last of the boomers are gone.
OK, boomer
Don’t think I am one. Born very early 80s.
OK, millennial
Think I’m GenX
I read it that way too. Our brains tend to guess the word and fill in the blanks based off of the first and last character of a word. I’m sure the length helped in this case too lol
Same. Handicap is a far more common word than handclap, so it was a good guess!