toomanypancakes@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 天前What's an unexpected skill you have?message-squaremessage-square102linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up189arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an unexpected skill you have?toomanypancakes@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 天前message-square102linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDemonmariner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 天前I can sew, although I kind of hate it. Sewing is an essential skill if you own a sailboat and have no money.
minus-squarespicy pancake@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 天前“own a sailboat and have no money” that’s a redundant statement :]
minus-squareHadriscus@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 天前I think that would be antithetical, or paradoxical. Redundant means superfluous (=more than is necessary)
minus-squarespicy pancake@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 天前See the common conception of boat owners is that they’re rich. And they certainly might start out that way. But a boat is a hole in the ocean into which money is thrown, and thus boat owners quickly become not rich
minus-squarepmk@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 天前I’ve heard that boat owners are happy on two days. The day they buy it, and the day they sell it.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 天前Yes, that’s why saying “redundant” is a humorous way to imply that sailboats suck up all your money.
I can sew, although I kind of hate it. Sewing is an essential skill if you own a sailboat and have no money.
“own a sailboat and have no money” that’s a redundant statement :]
I think that would be antithetical, or paradoxical. Redundant means superfluous (=more than is necessary)
See the common conception of boat owners is that they’re rich. And they certainly might start out that way. But a boat is a hole in the ocean into which money is thrown, and thus boat owners quickly become not rich
I’ve heard that boat owners are happy on two days. The day they buy it, and the day they sell it.
oooooohhh, I get it. Indeed
Yes, that’s why saying “redundant” is a humorous way to imply that sailboats suck up all your money.