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Did you know that the tilde is the most useless and unneeded glyph ever?

Posted - April 4, 2019

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  • 13251
    And why should we care about this?
      April 4, 2019 12:21 PM MDT
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  • I don't care if you care or not. 
      April 4, 2019 12:59 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    til·de
    /ˈtildə/
    noun
     
    1. an accent (~) placed over Spanish n when pronounced ny (as in señor ) or Portuguese a or o when nasalized (as in São Paulo ), or over a vowel in phonetic transcription, indicating nasalization.
      • the tilde symbol as a part of a URL.
      • a symbol similar to a tilde used in mathematics to indicate similarity, and in logic to indicate negation.
     
     
     
    Funny, but I used to NOT HATE those things.  I can't imagine what happened.
    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at April 4, 2019 1:05 PM MDT
      April 4, 2019 12:22 PM MDT
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  • But it can mean the difference between a baby and a drunk. Kind of a big deal.
      April 4, 2019 1:01 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Except for one thing. That is an accent mark  ' not a tilde  ~

    Accent marks are totally different and this meme is incorrect. This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at April 4, 2019 2:44 PM MDT
      April 4, 2019 1:04 PM MDT
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  • It’s a strait tilde, no homo. 
      April 4, 2019 1:06 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    You're good. You could work in the White House.  
      April 4, 2019 1:23 PM MDT
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  • Lol :) 
      April 4, 2019 5:48 PM MDT
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  • 44178
    (They don't have tildes on Canadian keypads and keyboards.)
      April 4, 2019 1:06 PM MDT
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  • I just want to know why Randy loves AC current so much.
      April 4, 2019 1:13 PM MDT
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  • 44178
    HUH?
      April 4, 2019 1:18 PM MDT
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  • I thought you knew electronics. Tilde is often used to represent AC current in diagrams.  Since it looks to be flowing in two directions
      April 4, 2019 1:21 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Because AC/DC would make Randy off himself.  He is the Ladies' Man.




    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at April 4, 2019 8:24 PM MDT
      April 4, 2019 1:24 PM MDT
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  • +/-
    This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at April 4, 2019 5:48 PM MDT
      April 4, 2019 1:28 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Yes.  Got it.
      April 4, 2019 1:29 PM MDT
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  • 44178
    Oh...I didn't get the connection. I agree.
      April 4, 2019 6:57 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    I thought our musical keywords might have a tilde but they don't either eh.
      April 4, 2019 4:57 PM MDT
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  • 32539
    In Spanish the  '  is called a tilde. 

    campaña = campaign    campana = bell
      April 4, 2019 2:40 PM MDT
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  • you just used a tilde as a tilde to try and prove that a accent mark is a tilde.
      April 4, 2019 6:40 PM MDT
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  • 52906

      THANK YOU!

    ~
      April 4, 2019 8:23 PM MDT
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  • No, no.you don't .  Nobody has it.
      April 4, 2019 1:30 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    I'm telling you I got this.

      April 4, 2019 1:34 PM MDT
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