this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2025
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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 week ago (2 children)

fucking wild you busted out a Dollar Tree word like abstruse but came here to brag about how you didn’t read the article because you couldn’t understand its extremely simply worded headline

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

need to start charging these guys $100 a word so they can complain about the merchandise

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tired: Veblen goods

Wired: Veblen words

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 0 points 1 week ago

Y'all get to send me to the dictionary, but it doesn't go both ways. I see how it is.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting -2 points 1 week ago

In my defense I had been awake for maybe 20 hours. It's not that bad a headline, I was just brain-dead and lazy.

Abstruse isn't a difficult word though, is it? Second time this week people are poking fun at me for words I've been using conversationally since I was young.