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Eli the Bearded
@elithebearded@fed.qaz.red
He/him of Usenet fame, if Usenet can be said to have fame. Diverse interests that tend away from "new"ness. Non-fiction reader and art appreciator.
I probably won't follow back and will freely block accounts that look suspect.
Icon is from a "Signs of the Times" art project decorating traffic control boxes in Emeryville, California. Profile banner is my Dr Monocle character, a one-eyed spy using his small size for stealth.
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I always wonder where Ted and Carol have ended up.
I don't remember where I learned it, but the trick of using a rubber band to get a better grip for opening a jar has been really useful. Works better than the rubber pads that get sold for that purpose
Just a quick question, does anyone outside of legacy Usenet readers know what "(plonk)" means? I just saw it used here, but I am sure that person is an old Usenet hand.
"(PLONK)" and similar stylizations is meant as the "sound" someone makes falling into your personal filters (killfile, blocklist, what not)
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This is new to me
6 votes
28.6%
Of course I knew that
13 votes
61.9%
[plonk]
2 votes
9.5%
21 votes total · 21 voters
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