• ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    My coworkers would giggle whenever I say “ah fuck”.

    But one time I dropped the “oh fuck” and they all rushed over to help.

    Great coworkers.

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    2 months ago

    It’s like a universal rule that the size of the exclamation is inversely correlated to the side of the mistake.

    Ex: “Motherfucker!” Would probably follow something like a stubbed toe, or losing a game to a little mistake. Whereas a tiny little “whoops” is probably going to burn down buildings.

    If there isn’t a name for the phenomena, there should be.

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      2 months ago

      Monday morning at a software company dude walks into the bathroom smelling like stale tequila. Sits on the toilet next to my stall. Grunts, moans, says exactly this. Proceeds to have explosive diarrhea and pukes on his shoes. It was 7am. What a start to the week. He just powered through. Ran his shoes under the sink and simply went to work. Something tells me this wasn’t his first rodeo.