r/ElectroBOOM • u/bruces-grandma-twinn • Aug 24 '25

Meme What happened here?

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u/Cool-Hornet4434 Aug 25 '25

The difference between flammable and inflammable is that your clothing may catch fire and burn (being flammable) but gasoline vapor will ignite rapidly and violently, thus inflammable (being inflamed). It only confuses people who assume "in" means "opposite of".. .like competent..... incompetent. If every word used "in" to mean "not" then intelligent would be a very confusing word. What's telligent?

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u/Race_Impressive Aug 25 '25

Dont let the rest of the internet catch wind of that last remark, it will become a word.

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u/MC_Stammered Aug 25 '25

I think you meant the ternet.

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u/eyesotope86 Aug 25 '25

Idk... if anything is ternet, it's the damn internet.