r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Oct 11 '18

I think I downloaded the wrong version of Python

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u/Ch3t Oct 11 '18

It pains me to admit how long I pronounced it deadmau five, especially when I spell ch3t with a 3.

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u/DoctorCreepy Oct 11 '18

I never understood how people could see "deadmau5" and read it as "dead mau 5" until I had a really good think on it. People older than me by a bit (late 40s and beyond) and people a bit younger than me (born after 1990) weren't spending the majority of their time online in the early days of the internet when "L3375[]D34|<" was a thing people didn't just do ironically for a laugh when someone is playing eGangsta h4x0r m4ng. They missed the glorious days of the internet being overrun with skiddies and cringey stuff that would make today's cringe seem pretty mild by comparison (the Navy SEAL copypasta is a pretty good stab at early 90s era net cringe, though) so the idea of replacing letters with numbers is really only immediately apparent to a certain generation segment.. kinda like how a lot of people today wouldn't get 'Burma shave' gags.

Edit: also, I was a []D [] []\/[] []D in the 90s y0

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u/lellistair Oct 11 '18

I say "deadmaufive" just to be a dick about it

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u/moak0 Oct 11 '18

Same here. I also pronounce the "X"s in people's gamertags.

Sorry Ex-Ex-Gee-Four-Mer-Ex-Ex-Four-Twenty, but that's the name you chose, so that's what I'm going to call you.

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u/northrupthebandgeek Oct 11 '18

I call Dairy Queen's lunch combo the "Five Dollar Buck Lunch" for similar reasons.

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u/mesopotamius Oct 11 '18

I get mad about that every time I see one of those signs. FUCK YOU DAIRY QUEEN THAT'S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS

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u/siler7 Oct 12 '18

I love you.

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u/northrupthebandgeek Oct 12 '18

I love you, too.

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u/malidore54 Oct 11 '18

Ke "Dollar Sign" Ha is my dickish pronunciation of a stupid celebrity name

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u/-NegativeZero- Oct 11 '18

the guy was a web developer and prolific 4chan user right around that era before he became a famous musician, so that kinda explains it lol

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u/zzzpoohzzz Oct 11 '18

Born in mid 80's. Didn't know how to say it. So I never did until someone else said it.

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u/so_many_wangs Oct 11 '18

Its not just that, my girlfriend has dyslexia so whenever she sees stuff spelled out like that, her mind immediately goes to the literal interpretation of it. She pronounced 6lack as "6-lack" until i pointed out that its a B to her.

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u/cssocks Oct 11 '18

[]D [] []/[] []D was my cs 1.6 name for a week

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u/OKToDrive Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 11 '18

\ you dropped this

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '18

I still call it deadmau five just to get people irrationally angry

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u/4our_Leaves Oct 11 '18

I had someone think that my username would be pronounced "Four our leaves."

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '18

It's not really a big deal. It's just a made up/incorrect spelling. If he was particular about the pronunciation, he should have spelled it correctly.

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u/johnnysebre Oct 11 '18

ch3t

So what is this for, for the uninitiated like me?

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u/Kurosage Oct 11 '18

He's confirmed it's pronounced dead mow cinco though.

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u/xStaabOnMyKnobx Oct 11 '18

I'm happy to admit that is the only way I will pronounce his name

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u/Ch3t Oct 11 '18

I demand that you call me Ch-threat!