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VetOfTheSeas discuss.online VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online
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Foofighter discuss.tchncs.de Foofighter@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-08-04
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My wife and I use the goldenen oriols whistle

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ExtremeDullard piefed.social ExtremeDullard@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-08-25
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It's Türkiye now.

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moondoggie lemmy.world moondoggie@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-06
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My wife and I use the Tusken Raider battle cry.

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SourDragon lemmy.world SourDragon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-21
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My spouse and I often play Marco Polo if we ever get separated in a small store or somewhere. Many times the local college students join in. It's always funny

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Jackcooper lemmy.world Jackcooper@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
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Was it necessary to refer to someone in their late 30s as aging

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snrkl lemmus.org snrkl@lemmus.org
Joined: 2024-06-16
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I have family who worked in casinos all their lives, and they use the kissing sound they're taught to use when working in the casino when out and about.

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toynbee piefed.social toynbee@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-09-12
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Back when malls were really a thing, I once walked past a friend in one without noticing her. She apparently noticed me, though, and happened to be walking past a police officer.

This was in roughly 2001, so well before ACAB was a thing.

She briefly addressed the officer, told him my full name, and asked him to get my attention. He turned around and shouted my name in a very authoritarian manner. It was alarming, but I can't deny it got my attention.

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teslekova lemmy.ml teslekova@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-08-05
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I have family who worked in casinos all their lives, and they use the kissing sound they're taught to use when working in the casino when out and about.

Tell me about why they use the kissing sound in casinos.

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corsicanguppy lemmy.ca corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
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My mother's house used a cuckoo sound: when it was dinner time, her mom would summon the kids home with the loudest of cuckoos that could be heard for blocks around. Kids who didn't present for dinner ... didn't get dinner.

This has become a running joke even amongst us grandkids, and the cousins all joke about it. But when I was on the other side of a LONG ferry queue (reminiscient of a wally-world parking lot) I heard the lilting tones on the wind of a far-off 'cuc-koooooo' and there was the (ex-army, some related voice-training) sibing waving enthusiastically.

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corsicanguppy lemmy.ca corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Tell me about why they use the kissing sound in casinos.

they use the kissing sound they’re taught to use when working in the casino

https://youtu.be/RFSjKzkE4aU?t=68

It's an attention signal and it seems to sound like a cartoon smooch.

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corsicanguppy lemmy.ca corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
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My wife and I use the Tusken Raider battle cry.

I haven't heard that since the Revenge of the Nerds movies -- and what a mess those were.

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BitUnWise programming.dev BitUnWise@programming.dev
Joined: 2026-04-15
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That's not echolocation...

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agamemnonymous sh.itjust.works agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-15
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Was it necessary to refer to someone in their late 30s as aging

Everyone at every age is aging.

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OozingPositron feddit.cl OozingPositron@feddit.cl
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Everyone at every age is aging.

But especially people in their 30s.

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RampantParanoia2365 lemmy.world RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-02
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Was it necessary to refer to someone in their late 30s as aging

I took it as aging past childhood, but growing up would be better.

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RampantParanoia2365 lemmy.world RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-02
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My mother's house used a cuckoo sound: when it was dinner time, her mom would summon the kids home with the loudest of cuckoos that could be heard for blocks around. Kids who didn't present for dinner ... didn't get dinner. This has become a running joke even amongst us grandkids, and the cousins all joke about it. But when I was on the other side of a LONG ferry queue (reminiscient of a wally-...

I like how your story turned into prose.

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NigelFrobisher aussie.zone NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-08-07
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That's not echolocation...

The concept of bird calls would confuse non-scientific readers.

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NigelFrobisher aussie.zone NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-08-07
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It's Türkiye now.

When Erdogan extends his majority they are planning to add more accents.

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Omega_Jimes lemmy.ca Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
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The world forces you to grow old, never let it force you to grow up.

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teslekova lemmy.ml teslekova@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-08-05
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they use the kissing sound they’re taught to use when working in the casino https://youtu.be/RFSjKzkE4aU?t=68 It's an attention signal and it seems to sound like a cartoon smooch.

Thx.

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