• @shalafi
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    3422 hours ago

    Or invent the internet.

    • @UnderpantsWeevil
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      1921 hours ago

      glances at who builds all the processors and hardware components

      Time to start learning Chinese and/or Korean.

      • @SpaghettiYeti
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        820 hours ago

        See, those are essentially the raw goods now. Finished goods are entertainment and the internet.

        • @UnderpantsWeevil
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          419 hours ago

          The trillion dollar piece of one of a kind manufacturing equipment where I get my raw goods.

    • Sabata
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      718 hours ago

      How long until internet slang/lingo snowballs out of control and becomes an actual language? I mean, it’s already constantly spawning words and a diverse enough environment.
      I notice sometime I lack an optimal word to describe a concept IRL that an internet term would fit perfectly but would be cringe or meaningless unless the listener was also terminally online. There’s also stealing terms from other languages that catch on, but that don’t work offline(IE. Zeitgeist, pantsdrunk, kawaii) that get spread around enough to be generally know, even if a bit odd.

      Yes, including brainrot. Especially brainrot. It’s not all pleasant.

      • @idiomaddict
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        316 hours ago

        That all leads back to cultural exchange and trade through the sea though.