TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1755arrow-down18
arrow-up1747arrow-down1image"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksTriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up66arrow-down4·4 days agoits interesting the slang that persists… “i call getting to shoot people!”
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down2·edit-24 days agoI mean, it’s still America. I guess the location of the shooting has changed though. It should mean having your desk at the front of the classroom by the teacher’s desk now.
minus-squarecatgames@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoThe modern version would be “I call running the Spotify!”
minus-squarejawa21@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoThe amount of naval terminology that has stuck around in English is mind boggling.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoAhoj! I’m Czech. We don’t even have any access to sea…
minus-squareRavuAlHemio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoNo direct access, but “jump into the Elbe and wait” is still a valid strategy…
minus-squareWrufieotnak@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days ago… And hope no German bridge crushes on you!
its interesting the slang that persists…
“i call getting to shoot people!”
I mean, it’s still America.
I guess the location of the shooting has changed though. It should mean having your desk at the front of the classroom by the teacher’s desk now.
The modern version would be “I call running the Spotify!”
The amount of naval terminology that has stuck around in English is mind boggling.
Ahoj! I’m Czech. We don’t even have any access to sea…
No direct access, but “jump into the Elbe and wait” is still a valid strategy…
… And hope no German bridge crushes on you!
And other shit.