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#1 2018-03-15 02:49:45

Dixon Wragg
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From: Cotati, California
Registered: 2008-07-04
Posts: 1375

"black whole" for "black hole"

After weeding out all the obvious puns, etc., I ended up with:

God forbid I forget to send the elevator back up, and run out into a black whole to my death!
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Realizing that one day, confidential data may fall into the mighty internet black whole with no way to undo it is a pretty strong incentive for making use of technology’s wonders.
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Apparently other lethals and tacticals are immune to the suction of the black whole so you can easily toss another lethal through it.
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“Whole” for “hole” here may reflect people’s understanding that black holes are a phenomenon of absolutes. They’re wholly black (though their intense gravity does trigger some visual phenomena in their vicinities), and if you fall into one, you’re wholly fucked. Some theorists even suggest that each one may contain a whole universe.

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#2 2018-03-15 07:40:23

DavidTuggy
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From: Mexico
Registered: 2007-10-11
Posts: 2714
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Re: "black whole" for "black hole"

And that one had slipped through the wholes in our nets, huh? Amazing.


*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .

(Possible Corollary: it is, and we are .)

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#3 2018-03-23 11:02:23

yanogator
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From: Ohio
Registered: 2007-06-07
Posts: 237

Re: "black whole" for "black hole"

I’m sure that many of them are just bad spelling, but I am equally sure that not all of them are.


“I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin

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