• ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish
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    3 days ago

    A hydroplane is a very specialised speedboat. The word they were unsuccessfully grasping for was aquaplaning

    • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
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      3 days ago

      One the one hand, “hydroplaning” is another word for “aquaplaning” so you were wrong to correct OP.

      But, on the other hand, the message being conveyed was clear enough that you knew what they were saying, so you were wrong to correct OP.

      But, that said, on the other, other hand your tone is just gratingly smug and, even if your actual point was valid (to reiterate: it wasn’t), based only on your condescending manner you were wrong to correct OP.

    • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.socialEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Yes, you could write that and feel smart. Or, and hear me out on this one, you could check real quick and see that both are correct and describe the same thing.

  • gibmiser@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I broke my foot pretty badly and was writhing on the floor in pain and making all kinds of noise.

    Wife and friend are helping me hop to the car and my son, 5, squeezes between us and the door and says “Dad can I have ice cream?”

    • UnequalExchange@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      …sorry for your pain . Hope youre doing better 🫂

      But stories like this make me wonder where the #KidsAreFuckingStupid part of lemmy is cause there are just stories after stories like this and I just gotta read them cause lol!

      My favorite one was where the kid got angry at the oven because he couldnt bake next to the squash and other vegetables already inside the oven…🙃

  • saltesc@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Got caught in a snowstorm at night going over a mountain pass. Partner had never been in the situation before. I’d slowed down to around 40kph, lights off to fogs to see, and kept depressing the brakes every few mins to test traction, just to feel the car slide, so I’d go back to engine braking eben slower. They had no idea and just kept talking away while I’m like, “Uh huh… Mm hm… Yep…”