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[–] Lost_My_Mind 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean.......yeah. I'm unclear how this was a revolation to you. It would be like me saying "$20 is more useful than this rock I found!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean, depends on the rock: granite: yes; diamond: probably not.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

It also depends on the circumstances. If I'm being threatened by an animal, including another human, I'd rather have even the granite rock than $20.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Because you can use it in both the country and the city

[–] BeatTakeshi 5 points 5 months ago

The entry Obvious can be found under the section O

[–] fubo 4 points 5 months ago

Depends on if you need to know what "qualia" means, or if you need to know what a "Parisian doobjob" is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've always felt that Urban Dictionary and a Dictionary are situationally useful. I would've never known what 'eepy' meant if I used a normal dictionary (honestly, I guessed what it meant just to test myself), which is always late to add new slang words. All the same Urban Dictionary would never be useful for finding the meaning of a well established word.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Then again Wikitionary has both, so just use that for everything (including scrabble if you wanna get chaotic)