I have used the greek alphabet way more often than the average non-greek person, due to math, and yet it took me 37 years to realize omega and omicron are just greek for "O big" and "O small"
Chris K
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![How Accurate Is History?
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[A photo of a series of books called "History: Fiction or Science?", ordered in reverse.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5ddo6elbuywr24wfmm2so23b/bafkreia74pmtqedzxxobeuu4z6fcrcotbpb7lvcqpge5e6qnntc2agfu5u)
![Two Wikipedia subheaders
The first is "Wirtschaftlicher Aspekte," with the text "Das weltweite Marktvolumen für Jeans-Stoffe wurde für das Jahr 2022 auf 27,1 Milliarden US-Dollar geschätzt.[26]"
The second is "Sexuelle Aspekte," followed by a photo of many pairs of jeans being air-dried on a wooden fence, with the caption "Jeans beim Lufttrocknen," and a photo of a row of mannequins wearing jeans, pictured from the waist down, with the caption "Schaufensterpuppen in Jeans"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5ddo6elbuywr24wfmm2so23b/bafkreieqsy6p3fgnk6yoc2ffz527l6nje7qiivdamm77zzu4injw76ada4)
![spigot: HOW COOL WOULD IT BE TO SIT ON THE TOILET ALL DAY
pants: I NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT
pants: ... [[FIELD]]
pants: ... [[PASTORAL]]
pants: ... [[ISLAND]]
pants: ... [[ROOM]]
pants: IT WOULD WARM UP EVENTUALLY
spigot: RIGHT](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sljbbyjg5lwnfhnn4qk6pbed/bafkreiecp3lptjyzpsxcc5aquu2g4rki76r4sfnsjsa7he3lmhw7mr7ldu)
![achewood, by Chris Onstad
Ray: Daaamn, my MENSA renewal is here!
[[ The letter ]] Hello, Ray Smuckles! It's time to renew your membership in MENSA, the international society of geniuses! To renew, simply answer the following riddle, mail in your check, and prepare for another *incredible* year as *yourself*! Sincerely,
[[The test]] Eight letters have been dropped on the ground next to a volume containing the complete works of Pliny the Elder. When untangled, what do they spell? RUTABAGA
[[The form]] Know: $65 (do not guess) Your Answer: THANKS! (a blank, filled in by Ray) Don't know: $75
[[A check from Ray to Mensa for $75, signed -=RAY=- ]]
[[Ray seals the envelope and puts it in the mailbox.]]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5ddo6elbuywr24wfmm2so23b/bafkreihr35yfsnqpahlfcanatnsy3q3q2gk6itbasgktngawaak5gvi4gi)
![Page 6 of the Super Mario Compact Disco 1993 Japanese booklet contains a very small photo of singer Reiko Chiba wearing a T-shirt with "Macintosh" replaced by "[profane term starting with f]intosh".
Source: "Critical Kate” Willært, bsky.app/profile/katewillaert.bsky.social/post/3k3pjtc7g6d2p, Discord user "marklincadet"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:heeihz7xdhf7dbjx4befobqw/bafkreidb32p4b5ytpqgmn3udfiu46unyi7vzq5cvo2yqnczmgyi5jd7vbq)
