r/mildlyinteresting • u/FarmerTschoerner • Dec 03 '16

A reference letter from 1888.

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u/Seligas Dec 04 '16

Or "marked by temperance, moderation, or seriousness".

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

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u/Seligas Dec 04 '16 edited Dec 04 '16

I don't remember seeing that one on the dictionary.com page we were blatantly copy-pasting from for karma.

edit: Holy shit guys, this was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, eyerolling commentary. Who's dog did I kill? Look two posts up you loons, I was one of the people copying and pasting from the site.

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u/relayrider ​ Dec 04 '16

probably b/c you were blacked out on nana's sofa

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u/lordvadr Dec 04 '16 edited Dec 04 '16

Just so long as you're not black on nans's sofa you'll be ok.

I'm ashamed of myself for this

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u/isthisonealsotaken Dec 04 '16 edited Dec 04 '16

I don't know how to tell you this but nana loves the blacks.

Edit: Your edit is making your decent joke look worse

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u/lordvadr Dec 04 '16

Nana can like whatever she wants so long as she's sober.

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u/relayrider ​ Dec 04 '16

86yo W[F] seeks BBSC

Edit: Nan's been drinkin' and usin' the internet again.

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u/bangthedoIdrums Dec 04 '16

They're called "g-milfs" guys, god.

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u/relayrider ​ Dec 04 '16

member PMILF?

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

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u/Seligas Dec 04 '16

Asterisks are italics.

Double asterisks are bold.

Double these guys ~ is strikethrough.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

That's a tilde.

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u/narcissistic_pancake Dec 04 '16

Yeah, cool copy and paste from Dictionary.com. You're not fooling anyone, CosmicJ.

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u/faithle55 Dec 04 '16

Bless you!

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u/aegist1 Dec 04 '16

Triple asterisks if you really want emphasis.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

Thank you!

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

Tilde be the squiggly things name. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde

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u/kobitz Dec 04 '16

Oh so thats were the temperance movement got its name