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[–] Paulemeister@feddit.org 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] specimen@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think there’s a wacky Japanese comic book about this

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd say its more bizarre than wacky.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] degen@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

The body standards are out of this warudo

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

According to etymonline, it's from the French estandart meaning a military banner, or from the Medieval Latin standardum. These in turn possibly come from the old Frankish standhard, so literally to stand hard like a flag or a long-standing tradition.