Post #2225798

2026-03-02 04:51 UTC

Consider the myriad ways to say "stupid". The whole "Eskimos have 30 words for snow" thing is bullshit. The Inuit have slightly more words to describe different kinds and feels of snow than the average midwesterner. Slightly. But if it *were* true, surely, the ways in which we can say "stupid" would tell us all a great deal about our society.

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@GeePawHill@mastodon.social 2026-03-02 04:56

"Lights on, nobody home." "Couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were printed on the heel." "Dumber than . . ." "a sackful of hammers", "a bag full of hair", "a suitcase full of rocks". "Three bricks shy of a load." "Elevator don't go all the way to the penthouse." "Not the sharpest tool in the shed." "Couldn't piss out a boat and hit water." "A real good dancer." "Short bus."

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@eedly@mindly.social 2026-03-02 23:17

@GeePawHill@mastodon.social I keep thinking Australians have 30 words for "vomit," but I then I realize that I'm counting "chunder" 15 times because it's so expressive, and they really only have, like, 16 words for "vomit". Which is totally not excessive.

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