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russell
on Nov 20, 2013
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English Has a New Preposition, Because Internet
My favorite: Putting Root Beer in a square cup makes it regular beer because math.
It took me a few seconds to get my head around that one.
triangleman
on Nov 20, 2013
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The author of that tweet could have eliminated "beacuse math" entirely.
hnriot
on Nov 20, 2013
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and you're admitting that on hn! The capital triggered your brain to think of proper nouns, rather than just a plain old noun.
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It took me a few seconds to get my head around that one.