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minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 days agoIt took a very long time to find out that “five by five” means “all is well.” In fact, until I looked it up just now to confirm my memory, I didn’t know it was derived from aviation.
minus-squareJimmycrackcrack@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 days agoI knew the aviation context before I looked it up because of StarCraft.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 days agoProbably I heard it there, as I played extensively as a kid, but I guess I never absorbed it. edit: I still am not sure if I like FUTO as a keyboard, but I’m not a fan of it randomly inserting words. Here I have removed one of those.
It took a very long time to find out that “five by five” means “all is well.” In fact, until I looked it up just now to confirm my memory, I didn’t know it was derived from aviation.
I knew the aviation context before I looked it up because of StarCraft.
Probably I heard it there, as I played extensively as a kid, but I guess I never absorbed it.
edit: I still am not sure if I like FUTO as a keyboard, but I’m not a fan of it randomly inserting words. Here I have removed one of those.