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The Daily Star really pulls it's weight. The original claim was just "cheating", it was the jokey British Tabloid press that made up the sex toy angle. The da
by xnorswap 3y ago
The Daily Star really pulls it's weight.
The original claim was just "cheating", it was the jokey British Tabloid press that made up the sex toy angle.
The daily star isn't supposed to be taken seriously, but somehow it spread and took off a life of it's own.
- apetresc 3y agoIt was Eric Hansen's (chessbrah) stream that made up the sex toy angle. Everyone else just riffed on that original joke.
- nathanaldensr 3y agoFYI: Possessive its.
- rvbissell 3y agoI'll bet they know that. I know that. Getting it wrong is gonna happen, because (stated anecdotally/without proof) there is a phonetic component to typing muscle memory. In a casual written conversation, I'm not hammering out keys on my QWERTY keyboard thinking about spelling. I am mindful of spelling, it's just not the primary foreground process. IMO, of all the English misspellings to cringe over, this one is the easiest one to apply forbearance & focus on the message.
- eigenket 3y agoYeah, for non-British people, this is the newspaper which ran headlines such as: * Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster * Freddie Starr DIDN'T eat my hamster * Freddie Starr dead - but did comedian really eat a hamster? They can be safely ignored.
- joe__f 3y agoIn my local Sainsbury's, the Guardian and the Independent are on the top row just above comfortable eye level. Staring you in the face is the Star, Sun and Daily Mail.
- xnorswap 3y agoAlmost as good as the classic Sunday Sport headlines: > World War 2 Bomber Found on Moon, 14 August 1988. > World War 2 Bomber Found on Moon Vanishes, 21 August 1988.