Wrong place wrong time during a controlled demolition
teardownthewalls
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Cake day: March 4th, 2025
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teardownthewalls@lemm.eeto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL research has found that swearing can reduce the perception of pain (providing a measurable analgesic effect) by as much as 33%. Because swearing is processed in so many different parts of the ...English5·3 months agoI remember seeing this as well. I’m much more of a Brian Blessed than a Stephen Fry, unfortunately for my pain threshold…
teardownthewalls@lemm.eeto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL the Scottish term for counter-clockwise is widdershinsEnglish21·3 months agoThis is a big part of why I love them so much. Hardly a week goes by that I don’t think of the “boots theory of socio-economic unfairness” from Men at Arms!
teardownthewalls@lemm.eeto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL the Scottish term for counter-clockwise is widdershinsEnglish7·3 months agoBill Phillips seems like a pretty cool guy, certainly fits the mad scientist archetype!
I actually haven’t read Making Money but I will now :)
teardownthewalls@lemm.eeto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL the Scottish term for counter-clockwise is widdershinsEnglish74·3 months agoI learned this term from Terry Pratchett a few years ago as the disc in discworld rotates and the four cardinal directions are rimward, hubward, turnwise and widdershins. Instead of north south east west.
Edit: though I never knew it was a real word!
And the Darwin Award goes to…