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[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 months ago
[-] deltapi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

? That's usually a reference to British soldiers especially during the musket era. What's it mean here?

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

it's a joke that a lot of people copyedit or mark students' work in red pen, a pun on the thin X line, a(n arguably risible) belief that those in a particular uniform are the only thing keeping society intact.

[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The squiggly line that spell check draws ~~Uber~~ under misspelled words

[-] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago

It draws under words usually, not über them

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