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As someone who doesn’t use Mastadon, I immediately went to the toots -> farts connection. I get that a Mastadon is an elephant, elephants trumpet or “toot”, so
by imgabe 6y ago
As someone who doesn’t use Mastadon, I immediately went to the toots -> farts connection.
I get that a Mastadon is an elephant, elephants trumpet or “toot”, so, toot is a post. A lot of people are going to think of farts though.
- myself248 6y agoI didn't realize they were meant to be trumpets, I thought it was a deliberate lambasting of the implied quality of tweets or whatever. Huh. Posts it shall be.
- LegitShady 6y ago>I thought it was a deliberate lambasting of the implied quality of tweets You are not alone
- bscphil 6y agoLikewise, I've never heard it used in a different way. At best, in my head, it was an onomotopoeia that could be used for the sound a kazoo or paper trumpet makes... but usually a fart.
- skierguy 6y agoSame. As an American, I would be much less likely to use or spread good word about a product that centered around the act of "tooting". Our culture sees the word as silly, childish, and a bit gross. I could get used to it eventually, but if it's the first thing I see about the product, I'm probably going to find something else to use that doesn't make me think of farting or introduce fart terminology into my everyday word choice.
- tarboreus 6y agoYes. If you wanted to be charitable, the other connotation is tooting your own horn, which isn't that great either. Bragging is better than farts, though.
- inopinatus 6y agoBeing a native English speaker from another country I don't possess this association at all, and have to dig quite deep to remember that Americans do. I do get tootsuite => toute de suite i.e. a sense of immediacy, the present moment, with greater impact for being a bilingual pun. Along with that, the onomatopoeic elephant. Cynical take: notwithstanding the denial in the PR, that original author knew the scatological allusion, and that it has parochial scope, i.e. they actively intended to annoy Americans, and in particular those with a prim streak.
- gojomo 6y agoAs a very young child & native American English speaker, I was told the rhyme, Beans, beans, the magical fruit, the more you eat, the more you toot. That cemented the association with farts, but 'toot' as in 'toot your own horn' (idiom for self-promotion), or even just literally tooting a horn, are also strong associations. So it's not exclusively, or primarily, a word for farts to my ears – but that's one of the top few potential meanings.
- fennecfoxen 6y agoBeans, beans, they're good for your heart. The more you eat them the more you fart.
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- inopinatus 6y agoYes, this is the rhyme I learned as a kid, warning against the gastrointestinal consequences of oligosaccharide consumption but extolling the cardioprotective nutrients they accompany. The GP form I have never encountered before, and by my assessment falls short in pedagogical qualities.
- DoreenMichele 6y agoI'm pretty sure that's supposed to be musical fruit. That's why they make you toot.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 6y agoI take it as self deprecating. Most things people write online is shit- including my comment. Get off your high horse, you aren't special, you're making farting noises online.
- thiht 6y agoFYI it's MastOdon, not MastAdon. This mistake occurs a lot. Maybe it's another issue with the naming by the way.