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sarron2z
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Posted:   Subject: Nostalgia Quote

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NoneOfUrBusiness
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#2 Posted: · edited   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Using Proto-Indo-European instead of unga bunga is an A+ move.

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Tattorack
lemmy.world

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Joined: 2023-10-28
#3 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Using Proto-Indo-European instead of unga bunga is an A+ move.

Using historically accurate continental Saurian is also a nice touch.

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faythofdragons
piefed.social
faythofdragons@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-06
#4 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Using Proto-Indo-European instead of unga bunga is an A+ move.

I've always lowkey wondered what word has changed the least since PIE

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sunsofold
lemmy.zip
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Joined: 2026-06-09
#5 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

[My] life was better back then [when I didn't have to do any of the work involved in supporting myself].

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smeg
feddit.uk
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Joined: 2023-07-01
#6 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

I've always lowkey wondered what word has changed the least since PIE

Family relationships are top of the list, things like méh₂tēr seem pretty similar

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massive_bereavement
fedia.io

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Joined: 2024-06-14
#7 Posted: · edited   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Using Proto-Indo-European instead of unga bunga is an A+ move.

It's weird from maybe 50 people, 11 not only knew what PIE is, but also could recognize it.

What's going on with Lemmy/mbin.

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Ariselas
piefed.ca
Ariselas@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-03-14
#8 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Nah, everything actually was better before 2001, everything.

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crandall
lemmy.today
crandall@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-08-11
#9 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Maybe they're all right and everything has just been getting worse all the time

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faythofdragons
piefed.social
faythofdragons@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-06
#10 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Family relationships are top of the list, things like méh₂tēr seem pretty similar

Dang, they were really saying bʰréh 5000 years ago

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tal
lemmy.today

tal@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-04
#11 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

It's weird from maybe 50 people, 11 not only knew what PIE is, but also could recognize it. What's going on with Lemmy/mbin.

!linguistics@mander.xyz?

Though it's currently down...

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psx_crab
lemmy.zip
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Joined: 2025-01-11
#12 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Nah, everything actually was better before 2001, everything.

Like the slavery, it's better before everyone banned it.

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Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ
piefed.zip

Sxan@piefed.zip
Joined: 2025-06-18
#13 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Like the slavery, it's better before everyone banned it.

It wasn't better for everyone, just for Geoff.

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MajorMajormajormajor
lemmy.ca
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
#14 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Like the slavery, it's better before everyone banned it.

Turns out it's easy to make money if you don't have to pay your workers.

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psx_crab
lemmy.zip
psx_crab@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-01-11
#15 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Turns out it's easy to make money if you don't have to pay your workers.

No opex = more profit

Easy math.

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Obviouslywrong
lemmy.world
Obviouslywrong@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-10-21
#16 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

It's weird from maybe 50 people, 11 not only knew what PIE is, but also could recognize it. What's going on with Lemmy/mbin.

It's widely taught in school focusing on history or linguistics

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ohshit604
lemmy.halstead.host

ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host
Joined: 2026-07-18
#17 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Artist got lazy with that middle box there, definitely a copy paste of the one on its left without the castle.

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NoneOfUrBusiness
fedia.io

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-06-13
#18 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Family relationships are top of the list, things like méh₂tēr seem pretty similar

"Way" is also a big contender. PIE for it is weǵʰ.

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NoneOfUrBusiness
fedia.io

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-06-13
#19 Posted: · edited   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

It's weird from maybe 50 people, 11 not only knew what PIE is, but also could recognize it. What's going on with Lemmy/mbin.

The funny numbers are a pretty easy tell if you've seen PIE words before since no non-reconstructed language is written like that.

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RockBottom
feddit.org
RockBottom@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-03-15
#20 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

When aboriginal people have a circular view of time, they won't say something like that.

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bridgeenjoyer
sh.itjust.works
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-06
#21 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Nah, everything actually was better before 2001, everything.

Yep.

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abbadon420
sh.itjust.works
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-28
#22 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Nah, everything actually was better before 2001, everything.

Well yes, the 90's was the best era for the consumer market, as proven in The Matrix. But actually it's true also.

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explodicle
sh.itjust.works

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Joined: 2024-04-11
#23 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Nah, everything actually was better before 2001, everything.

Found the cis

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iamthetot
piefed.ca

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Joined: 2026-01-08
#24 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

Maybe they're all right and everything has just been getting worse all the time

In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

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Derpenheim
lemmy.zip
Derpenheim@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-03-07
#25 Posted:   Subject: Re: Nostalgia Quote Reply

I've always lowkey wondered what word has changed the least since PIE

Almost certainly one whose meaning has not changed. Like familial relation, piece of nature, or body.

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