AstroStelar [he/him]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.net · 4 months agohubbub about "haboob"hexbear.netimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1104arrow-down1imagehubbub about "haboob"hexbear.netAstroStelar [he/him]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.net · 4 months agomessage-square36linkfedilinkfile-text
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20250826152542/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/05/31/arabic-weather-term-haboob-is-apparently-troubling-for-some-texans/
minus-squaremathemachristian [he/him]@hexbear.netMlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·4 months agoReturning to analog when I find out where algorithm comes from.
minus-squareSteamedHamberder [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·4 months agoAngrily calling the secretary of the Navy, insisting they be called “Ocean Generals,” not Admirals.
minus-squaremathemachristian [he/him]@hexbear.netMlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 months agoStarting to call it sweetsalt instead of sugar
minus-squareCat_Daddy [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-24 months agoUsing roman numerals because our current ones are arabic. The number zero is overrated, anyway.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoWait, Italiano numbers? Don’t we just have the good ole murican ones?
Returning to analog when I find out where algorithm comes from.
Angrily calling the secretary of the Navy, insisting they be called “Ocean Generals,” not Admirals.
Starting to call it sweetsalt instead of sugar
Using roman numerals because our current ones are arabic. The number zero is overrated, anyway.
Wait, Italiano numbers? Don’t we just have the good ole murican ones?