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[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"My bad, let me flash my plugin right now."

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That image is showing an extremely understated "shout".

, Dumbledore shouted excitedly.

[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Witness my RUNTIME ERROR.

[–] mech@feddit.org 10 points 2 days ago

I still tremble when I think back on those dark times.
Can you imagine? Spending an entire day troubleshooting your Xorg.conf, and at the end of it you couldn't even unwind with some porn!

[–] inari@piefed.zip 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

or in the original,

フラッシュコンテンツを見ようとしてるが、フラッシュプラグインがインストールされてないぞ

[–] Ediacarium@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

So manny happy smileys in there

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

It's like they're happy to tell a story!

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

マジ〜。ふざけなッ。

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago
[–] egrets@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

First archive of the page:

Respect

In the old days of feudal Japan, a samurai warrior would shout "Mi no hodo o shire!", 'Know your place!' at anyone who dared to show insufficient respect. And with that, a sword would be brought swiftly down upon the poor unfortunate's head. Well, you might not have to fear a sword any more but it would still be wise to always remember your place. Even if you don't have the language skills, a softening of the voice, a discreet awareness of the other person's personal space and undemonstrative body language go a long way showing respect.

Later versions seem to have "身の程を知れ", but it looks like they changed the page a few times.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

In the old days of feudal Japan, a samurai warrior would shout "You are trying to view Flash content, but you have no Flash plugin installed!" at anyone who dared to show insufficient respect. And with that, a sword would be brought swiftly down upon the poor unfortunate's head.