AstroStelar [he/him]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.net · 10 days agohubbub about "haboob"hexbear.netimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1102arrow-down1imagehubbub about "haboob"hexbear.netAstroStelar [he/him]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.net · 10 days 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-squareSteamedHamberder [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·10 days agoAngrily calling the secretary of the Navy, insisting they be called “Ocean Generals,” not Admirals.
minus-squaremathemachristian [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·10 days agoStarting to call it sweetsalt instead of sugar
minus-squareCat_Daddy [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-210 days agoUsing roman numerals because our current ones are arabic. The number zero is overrated, anyway.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 days agoWait, Italiano numbers? Don’t we just have the good ole murican ones?
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?