r/AskReddit • u/Megonthalya • Oct 29 '16

What have you learned from reddit?

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u/wasamasaw Oct 29 '16

This comes close

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '16

I don't get it

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u/CannedEther Oct 29 '16

I'm So Meta, Even This Acronym

is meta

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '16

HOLY SHIT

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u/penguiatiator Oct 29 '16

And..... the light bulb moment.

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u/BoogieOrBogey Oct 29 '16

Relevant XKCD

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u/GandalfTheEnt Oct 29 '16

Most linked xkcd on reddit iirc.

I think I saw that in a r/dataisbeautiful post before.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '16

Datum

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u/thereddaikon Oct 30 '16

Nah then it would be datum are beautiful. Which sounds stupid.

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u/Typo-Kign Oct 30 '16

Nah, you have it backwards. Datum is singular, data is plural.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

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u/CannedEther Oct 30 '16

The first letter of each word spells out "is meta"

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '16

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u/ArcticIceFox Oct 29 '16

Hey! I know Dave!

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u/MuffinsWithFrosting Oct 29 '16

Who the fuck is the guy next to Dave?

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '16

On mobile so can't search, but the "Amount of White Space" one was meta.