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gchamonlive
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toyg
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> an escape goat
Autocorrect hall of famer, there.
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gchamonlive
4 hours ago
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Scapegoat, got it. Can't blame the autocorrect though... I honestly thought it was spelled like that, which is a shame since I've been studying English my entire life as a second language.
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ilikepi
1 hours ago
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There's a name for this sort of phenomenon...
https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/242/escape-goat/
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_aavaa_
4 hours ago
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At least that misunderstanding didn’t cause a nuclear accident:
https://practical.engineering/blog/2025/4/15/when-kitty-litt...
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gchamonlive
3 hours ago
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Luckily these strayed goats weren't irradiated
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co_king_3
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I agree with you, I was just joking.
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gchamonlive
4 hours ago
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Oh now I see... Joke's on me then I guess :D
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enobrev
4 hours ago
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It wasn't clear to me that this was a joke either. I assume the same for others since the post is grayed out.
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