Pronouncing MIBMMTIS sounds like a rimshot.

werehatrack thought this was worth mentioning said Sun, Jul 25th 2021 at 9:13am ET

The “Maybe It Bothers Me…” Irk trope (which should not stop) has been around more than long enough to get acronymized, but really useful acronyms are pronounceable. Writing this one out, it stuck me that yeah, it kinda does come off like a rimshot. And somehow, that’s just appropriate.

You didn’t really expect deep philosophical musings, did you?

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phendrick said Sun, Jul 25th 2021 at 12:28pm ET:

You didn’t really expect deep philosophical musings, did you?

Nah… I generally leave that to the four-letter-word wielders on this site.

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- @phendrick OTOH: I have, at times in the past, been a four-letter-word welder.
  
  phendrick said Sun, Jul 25th 2021 at 12:29pm ET
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- @phendrick a fuck welder? hopefully not a shit welder.
  
  carl669 said Sun, Jul 25th 2021 at 10:16pm ET
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- @carl669 @phendrick Where does boob welder fit on the scale of good to bad?
  
  yakkoTDI said Sun, Jul 25th 2021 at 11:55pm ET
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- @carl669 @phendrick @yakkoTDI
  Somewhere below dick welder, probably.
  
  Kyeh said Mon, Jul 26th 2021 at 12:23am ET
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- @carl669 It’s been a while, but I believe the instructor might have used those or similar words…
  
  phendrick said Mon, Jul 26th 2021 at 12:44am ET
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- @carl669 @Kyeh @phendrick @yakkoTDI Thanks for the laugh before bed
  
  PooltoyWolf said Mon, Jul 26th 2021 at 8:42am ET
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