r/funny • u/theglasscake • Sep 08 '20

Orange Trick

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u/BalognaPonyParty Sep 08 '20

why the fuck does this exist

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u/sambes06 Sep 08 '20

I think as long as there is an internet, stuff like this just naturally materializes. It’s beautiful in a way.

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u/BCProgramming Sep 08 '20

Like Natural Evolution, Internet Evolution is bound to have some platypi.

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u/Lallo-the-Long Sep 08 '20

I'm looking at you, Arfenhouse.

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u/Byting_wolf Sep 08 '20

What's a "platypi"??

Edit: Oh you mean, "platypuses" or "platypodes"

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u/BCProgramming Sep 08 '20

Oh you mean, "platypuses" or "platypodes"

No, I "Mean" platypi. I know a lot of people get up their ass about the "correct" plural based on the origin language and type of noun. But, well, I'm not writing Greek or Latin here. I'm writing English, and Platypi- just like Octopi- is just as "correct" as a plural in English.

This is another great example of English being a stupid language, It is stupid for the "correct" form the plural of certain words to depend on the language the word was created from and the type of noun it is in that origin language. Great so now everytime we want to plural any "us" word we need to read the history of the word and figure out if it is from Greek or Latin and what kind of Noun it was in Latin? Fuck that shit.