TIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows why
TIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows why
The pages of medieval books are stalked by a ferocious monster: the fighting snail.
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The exact same thing will happen hundreds of years from now with amogus memes and
:.|:;83 0 ReplyIs there a god damn font character for loss??
32 0 ReplyIs this loss
13 0 ReplyOmg, I instantly knew what it meant and assumed the poster said it was loss even though he didn't.
2 0 ReplyYes, this is loss
2 0 ReplyOmg, I instantly knew what it meant and assumed the poster said it was loss even though he didn't. I translate loss references into the word "loss' like it's a fucking hieroglyph. I bet it would be the same with amogus drawings.
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...Is loss a Unicode character now??
1 0 Reply:.|:;~:.|:;~
2 0 ReplyCool! I never thought of that!
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