Spyke
lemmy.world

Trying to remember my PIN number at the ATM machine so I can buy some SCUBA apparatus.

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lemmy.zip

Mac is not an acronym.

It is only an abbreviation of macaroni.

Mac and Cheese would be redundant if it were an acronym.

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[deleted]reply
lemmy.world

Yeah, nobody would say the words of an acronym, like PIN number or ATM machine!

(you are correct)

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Oh yeah the Access To Money machines that you see at sketchy convenience stores and whatnot usually have bizarrely high fees

Whereas Automated Teller Machines operated by established financial institutions are a little more trustworthy and reasonable

(I'm only a little bit joking)

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Same feeling with "VIN Number" ._.

Thank you for acknowledging my (fairly manageable) pain

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mrgoosmoosreply
lemmy.ca

think of all the hours that have been wasted in your life waiting for people to finish saying macaroni and cheese or saying the full thing yourself

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leminal.space

It's Mac and cheese, but through sheer awesome coincidence it's also the correct acronym.

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lemmy.world

It's yara (yet another recursive acronym), not to be confused with the malware testing suit/programming language YARA (which stands for Yet Another Recursive Acronym)

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petersrreply
lemmy.world

I feel a little disappointed that yara is not a yara.

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Don't even get me started on Dilbert's "The TTP Project"

Or what happens when you Google "recursion"

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lemmy.world

No no, you've got it all backwards! The singular is macaron or macaronus. The plural is macaroni, like viri.

Next time you order Mac and cheese, say it right 😉

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jpepsreply
lemmy.world

What about multiple servings of macaroni and cheese??

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I know, but the "an" makes it a bit harder to see the recursive nature.

I simplified it for improved clarity

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Common mistake. That stands for "mac and cheese and cheese" which is just mac with extra cheese.

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lemmy.world

Somewhat on the same topic, can someone explain how "asf" came about (meaning "as fuck")? I mean I get it, some lazy bums can't be bothered to type "AF" (with the capital letters), but why add an extra letter out of nowhere?

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lemmy.world

Mac is just a synonym for "good European food Amerikanized into cheap junk with chemicals."

Imagine! Why would one eat "Mac" when you can have pasta with sauce Mornay?

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briskreply
aussie.zone

How is mac and cheese not pasta with mornay sauce?

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Treczoksreply
lemmy.world

Where in your usual Kraft package is the sauce mornay? There is hardly even anything in there that legally qualifies as cheese, just enough so they can't put behind bars for false claims of "and cheese".

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briskreply
aussie.zone

I would assume someone talking about mac and cheese was referring to the dish rather than the kraft snack food

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Well, that Kraft mac and almost cheese is the most common version of that dish in the US.

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