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[the-indigo-symphony]

Just discovered I have polls!! Should I:

use my power responsibly

fuck around and find out

Voting ended onFeb 2, 2023

[the-indigo-symphony]

Meme slang and plural modification of words – how do we pluralize a joke? (A shower thought ramble)

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Was thinking about a plural version of "gurl" and "boi" today and I think the best option that captures both the one-syllable beat and general vibe of these words is "plurb".

You'd think the best idea would be to simply change one of the vowels like the other words do, but what does that get you? "Plar" sounds too different. "Pler" looks too different. "Plyr" both looks and sounds like a name from LOTR. And of course, "plor" is a word already, meaning "to cry".

However, there is an argument to be made for "plir". It's pronounced the same as "plur", which is a point in its favor, as both "gurl" and "boi" are pronounced the same as their original form. But I present a counterpoint – "plir" does not actually sound at all like its original form, because the word we are trying to meme-ify is "plural", not "plur". Furthermore, as the original word contains two syllables, adding a letter as the end of its slang version (as "plurb" does) allows the word to maintain an illusion of being long enough for two syllables, even if it is only pronounced with one. This puts "plurb" ahead of "plir" when it comes to keeping the spirit of its original word. ... Also, I don't like the look of "plir". It doesn't look like a meme word.

One might bring up concerns that this word would get mistaken for PLURB – a shortening of the slogan "peace, love, unity, respect, and brotherhood." But the more common shortening of this slogan is simply "PLUR", without the B, leaving us free to make all the "plurb help" jokes we wish to.

This whole post is, partly, a joke, but I love expanding language to suit my not-always-serious needs, so I ask you, my dear followers and plural community: will you accept "plurb" into your hearts?

[the-indigo-symphony]

If I had any merch making skills I would make a button series out of the worst insults I've ever received on here. "Cute and quirky" "gendie" like these sound like they're from random shitposts, not attempts at hurting my wittle feewings

[the-indigo-symphony]

This is very silly but while scrolling through our dash I just saw the words “I have an idea for trust issues!!” and without context my first thought was that Anon was giving advice on how to START trust issues. Like. For fun. XD

-Luz

"Hello, everybody, and in today's video we're going to be going over how to give yourself trust issues, or in the case of already having them, making your trust issues even worse

"step one: buying into the paranoia without falling into conspiracy theories"

[the-indigo-symphony]

One of our subsystems always tries to be responsible about their/our breakdowns. Which, you know, you'd think would be a good thing, except the way they try to "be responsible" mostly ends up as

*sobbing* "yeah this kinda sucks y'all in co-con should probably hang out in the innerworld until this is over"

Like. My dude.

[the-indigo-symphony]

Why are human meatsuits so confusing and hard to pilot

Like where tf my extra hands

And where'd my tail go

But on the plus side the meatsuit has fluffy hair

Mood. I tried to walk like how I feel like I should the other day and always felt off-balance without my tail there to help me. The floofy hair isn't bad, though.

[the-indigo-symphony]

Existing is weird. When I first showed up I was barely a fragment, more of a floating concept tethered to whom I'd split from. And now I'm supposed to have opinions and responsibilities? I would like to go back to being "the unknown shapeshifter in this system," please /lh