The art of the insult has truly declined over the centuries.
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2024
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I just call people a “dingleberry” or a “loser from losertown” nowadays.
Anyone else disturbed by the font? At least I'm hoping it's font that makes it just look like 1s and Is have been swapped...
This is how they used to write them back in the 1920s or whenever it was Jefferson got hit with a chair.
1780s
It's just an old style of printing numbers. Look how the 3 has a descender.
AKA "we get it, Quake 3 engine, you use real fonts."
Here comes Stone Cold with the steel chair. Baw gawd!
I'll be the spoil sport.
They very much disliked each other, but the quote is a complete fabrication.
It's true, he just hit him with a chair without saying a word
Yet paradoxically he did
There is likely a German word for that and it's super long and hard to say/spell.
Supercalifragilistigexpialigetisch