And now I just converted that little scenario into a random encounter for my d&d session on Monday.

There were like 20 different kinds of small birds where I grew up. Adult me can’t tell you the species of any of them.

Gimp refers to sexual exploitation.

No, it doesn’t.

Libreoffice only tells geeks exactly what the product is.

The target market is primarily geeks.

no one can pronounce it.

Sounds like your coworkers should expand their horizons. Libre is a common word in (at least) 2 widely spoken languages.

Being quick and catchy is a pretty low bar.

Not when you’re naming a product. You think its hard to get people to use Lemmy, imagine trying to sell them on “Federated Link Aggregater Website.”

It sounds silly in conversation.

As does Google, Instagram, and Tiktok but they at least managed to pick silly sounding names that don’t sound like a child trying to describe a loose bowel movement.

Gimp is a funny acronym that explains exactly what the software does. Libreoffice also tells you exactly what the product is. Lemmy is quick, catchy, easy to remember, and has a story behind it. Apache is… pretty bad.

Ploopy is literally “poopy” with an extra letter.

After reading up it sounds like a decent product but they should definitely consider rebranding.

I’ve got to say “Ploopy” is one of the absolute worst names I’ve ever seen. Before I even saw the picture, I thought “I bet it looks like shit.”

Yes, that was the joke.

I’m more interested in the mouthfeel.

Mouse -> Mice

Louse -> Lice

House -> Hice

Yup. I bought The Forest for $2 a year ago and I’m sure I’ll play it eventually.

It doesn’t.

Having the same issue and I don’t know how to update to the latest firmware without the app.

And I don’t get to stop going to work every day.

You can also tell it’s fake because it’s from 4chan.

Back in my reddit days I wrote a long comment about the fact that zombies are scary because they are the ultimate persistence hunters.

I remember this thread. One of the responses was from someone who thought that the beep his car made when locking the doors got quieter when activated from further away.

It was (maybe still is) on Game Pass which gave it a ton of exposure.

An average of 45 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump’s deployment of the Marines and National Guard in Los Angeles, while only 37 percent approve.

37% is way too high

Sometimes you’re trying to reach that last sock and you just kind of get your head and shoulders wedged in there with your genitals fully exposed. This is a normal thing that happens to people all the time.

According to some… uh… documentaries I’ve seen it can also be a cousin, step parent/child, or repair man.