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I hate double standards. When a guy hooks up with a lot of girls, he’s a “player”…

by cringeyjokesman August 13, 2022, 1:30 pm

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TIL Previous to the Euro there was the Latin Monetary Union in which many European countries would mint coins to the same LMU standards allowing for ease of exchange. The LMU was established in 1865 and disbanded in 1927. The standards fell out of favor due to currency debasement and WW1.

by whatilearned July 18, 2022, 10:13 am

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What is an animal you desperately want to show affection but can’t due to safety reasons and societal standards?

by QuestionGuy July 8, 2022, 7:31 pm

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TIL there was an advert in the UK for the food ‘faggots’. It was found to have breached the advertising standards code due to the line “I’ve got nothing against faggots, I just don’t fancy them”. Facebook also banned many users for using the word on their platform.

by whatilearned July 6, 2022, 12:14 am

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What’s an opinion you have that’s considered unacceptable by societal standards?

by QuestionGuy June 20, 2022, 6:49 am

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TIL the CSS color name “rebeccapurple” (#663399) is in honor of Rebecca Meyer, the daughter of web standards author and advocate Eric Meyer, who died of childhood cancer in 2014.

by whatilearned June 8, 2022, 1:12 pm

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What is the difference between whataboutism and recognizing double standards?

by QuestionGuy May 25, 2022, 5:54 am

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TIL several teachers in Texas took a proficiency course that allowed them to be armed in class to defend against school shooters. Despite some of them accidentally shooting the cardboard cutout of a child 6 times in the head, they all passed the Department of Public Safety’s standards.

by whatilearned May 24, 2022, 11:25 pm

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TIL “wi-fi” doesn’t mean “wireless fidelity” or anything else; it was made up as a marketing tool and is a user-friendly name to refer to technology that adhered to standards known as IEEE 802.11.

by whatilearned May 19, 2022, 5:44 pm

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TIL about the colour in CSS called “rebeccapurple”, which was named after the daughter of CSS standards pioneer Eric Meyer, who lost her life to cancer on her 6th birthday.

by whatilearned May 17, 2022, 1:15 pm

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What is considered normal by today’s standards but will be strange for people far in the future?

by QuestionGuy March 24, 2022, 7:33 pm

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What is the most infuriating case of double standards you’ve come across?

by QuestionGuy March 16, 2022, 11:59 am

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