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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago (2 children)
  1. Devil makes 400 deals a year

  2. They all go to hell for greed, pride, and general misuse of power

  3. Promoted

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Plus, since it's a demon instead of a genie, they'll likely only responds to purely selfish requests.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

greed

gropes Satan because 😳

pride

see above

misuse of power

plugs the generators back in

what do I win? uwu

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Now it's your turn to explain a cockworkorange....

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In my experience, some questions should remain unanswered.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?

[–] boydster 3 points 3 days ago

The summoning ritual was a success

[–] Scubus 6 points 3 days ago

One of todays 10,000

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's a homophone. Spiritual Soul, as opposed to sole of your shoe. Or a flounder. Or the capital of South Korea. Or the one and only.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

TIL, i pronounced those words differently, probably picked them up separately from hearing them said by a US person and a UK person

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Now I want to know the two pronunciations.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Sole more like "sowl"/"soh-ool", a bit like Phil Collins does in Another in Paradise https://youtu.be/Qt2mbGP6vFI?t=112

Soul/Seoul: sōl, long o sound without inflexion

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

One and only? Somehow it made me remember Seal and now I've got Kiss from a Rose stuck in my head.