https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/29191692
I don’t even know what to think about this one. I’m not angry, more confused than anything. There’s only one mod there so i asked them, and they said “It’s against policy. It’s the abbreviations policy.”
I see no such policy anywhere, so who knows what’s going on. Is it only the NYT that can’t be abbreviated? What about the US? Is LOL forbidden too? And if so, why are we forbidden from laughing there!
They didn’t even remove the comment.
The mod is user qrstuv. Maybe the only abbreviation allowed is when they say one? That’s a power trip!
I wonder if using the word taxi, instead of taximeter cabriolet, will prompt a ban.
Before we know it, people will be calling the popular public conveyance a ‘bus’, rather than the proper name of ‘Omnibus’.
Shock. Horror.
If I were a mod, I’d ban anyone who used “taximeter cabriolet” on sight. /s
You are banned, you should have used “I would” instead of “I’d”
They also dared to say “mod” and not “moderator”. That’s added moderator disrespect, and we cannot allow that!
I want this community now
Excuse me, my name is also Taximeter Cabriolet
Yes moderator, this guy right there.
Wait… Taxi Cab is short for something?
Depends how long the ride is.
The short version of Limousine ofc
“taximeter cabriolet”
Today, I learned!
That must be where “taxi cab” and “cab” came from too
close. “Cab” is derived from extracting the first syllable from Steve Caballeros’ last name. not just one of the great skaters, his family also invented the modern car and public transportation. so, as you can see, that is why when you rent out half of a taxi, you say, “I’m doin’ a ‘half cab!’” rather than a ca or an ab, as those are each ⅔ of a cab.
the math starts getting pretty wonky, when you get into renting tiny fractions of caballeros, which is why the Cabernet was invented - to make the entire process more straight forward.
hope that clears up everything!
Dude I had a Caballero board when I was a kid, I loved that thing.
🤯