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[–] [email protected] 70 points 9 months ago (7 children)

What if water is also the oldest nickname and its been so long that we forgot what the real name was

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Anyone who discovers water's actual name would have total power over it and command all the seas. Turns out water was actually an eldritch demon whose only purpose was to create a legion of legions of living creatures entirely dependent on it for their survival. One day the being that is water will be ready and their grander plans will see us all conquering the stars.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I am Mr Nimbus!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He’s gonna say that a lot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

He controls the police

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

You need to relax, bud.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Probably was like walterburg fluid and eventually simplified to waduh

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That's actually speculated to be the case with the word "bear." There was a superstition that saying its true name might summon it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Bears were the original voldemort

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Dihydrogen monoxide.