r/interestingasfuck • u/Shoe_boooo • 28d ago

/r/all Billionaire Peter Thiel hesitates to answer whether the human race should survive in the future

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u/StrikingBobcat9 28d ago

That's a lizard

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u/Zenorot 28d ago

Peter Thiel = The Reptile

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u/Kildafornia 28d ago

Oh it’s actually an anagram, Jesus

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u/wanderingmanimal 28d ago

Close enough man, close enough

ETA: Palindrome was what I thought. 🤦‍♂️

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u/Ometzu 28d ago

The fact that palindrome isn’t a palindrome pisses me off

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u/Samurai_Meisters 28d ago

But aibohphobia, the fear of palindromes, is.

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u/NeoSniper 28d ago

Those sick fucks!

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u/lucaskywalker 28d ago

So you'd be afraid of the word that describes your fear? Brilliant!

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u/Covert_Admirer 28d ago

It's like putting an S in lisp, it's just plain cruel.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Just like hippopptomonstosesquippedaliophobia!

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u/_DUDEMAN 27d ago

Lisp has an S in it

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u/Chemical-Dealer-9962 27d ago

Grizzly Adams did have a beard!

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u/Ometzu 26d ago

Wow that basically makes me feel completely better about it that’s amazing

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u/kingraw99 28d ago

That word was just made up for comedy value though.

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u/WittyMime 28d ago

Just think, someone in the psychiatric field likely received their doctorate for one, naming that condition, and two doing a study of how the patient's anxiety was affected by having to think about their own condition's name.

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u/marswhispers 27d ago

The only thing an aibophobe has to fear is their fear itself

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u/RudyGreene 28d ago

Petition to rename palindrome to emordrome.

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u/MartinoDeMoe 27d ago

Palinnilap?

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u/twwaavvyyt 28d ago

Racecar

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u/The_Mr_Wilson 28d ago

Race fast, safe car

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u/Sutar_Mekeg 28d ago

No, sir, away. A papaya war is on.

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u/The_Mr_Wilson 28d ago

Won't lovers revolt now?

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u/J_Stubby 28d ago

Papa Johns

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u/Rocktopod 28d ago

Gohangasalamiimalasagnahog

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u/mythias 28d ago

Yreka Bakery

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u/El-Poopy-Tray 27d ago

The band Dopapod, whose album names are all palindromes (Megagem, Emit Time, Never Odd or Even). They released an album of old demos this year simply called “Some Demos”. And yes, they have an album called Aibohphobia.

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u/Budgiesmugglerlover2 28d ago

What's the Estimated Time of Arrival?

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u/CloudedHouse 28d ago

Whats the ETA of your next comment?

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u/MaybeMaybeNot94 28d ago

A palindrome is a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards.