The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

SuddenStorm

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Yesterday was the slowest day I've ever seen at Disneyland. Every ride was basically walk on, all day. Longest I saw Pan was 20 minutes. Space was 10 most of the day. Touring Plans reports it as a 1/10 for crowds.

Was kind of surreal to be honest. Instead of rushing around, we spent like 2 hours on Main Street eating, browsing, and just enjoying an empty Disneyland.

Today's looking like it's just as slow, so I guess I know what I'm doing today...
 

mickEblu

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Yesterday was the slowest day I've ever seen at Disneyland. Every ride was basically walk on, all day. Longest I saw Pan was 20 minutes. Space was 10 most of the day. Touring Plans reports it as a 1/10 for crowds.

Was kind of surreal to be honest. Instead of rushing around, we spent like 2 hours on Main Street eating, browsing, and just enjoying an empty Disneyland.

Today's looking like it's just as slow, so I guess I know what I'm doing today...

Lucky. Just how close do you live to DL?
 

mickEblu

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When I use an acronym like ROTR or IASW or read an acronym in another’s post, in my mind I’m sometimes saying it as a word like ROTOR for ROTR and sometimes spelling it out like I-A-S-W for IASW but never am I translating it to the actual name of the attraction as I’m reading it even though my brain recognizes it as said attraction. I guess that’s kind of the point of using the acronym right? Is this how it is for most people? Does anyone actually translate the acronym into the full name of the attraction as they are reading?
 
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ddbowdoin

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I haven’t had sugar in a year... my wife wanted these, they’ve been calling my name from the freezer for a few nights now. I’ve avoided the temptation.
 

Disney Irish

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When I use an acronym like ROTR or IASW or read an acronym in another’s post, in my mind I’m sometimes saying it as a word like ROTOR for ROTR and sometimes spelling it out like I-A-S-W for IASW but never am I translating it to the actual name of the attraction as I’m reading it even though my brain recognizes it as said attraction. I guess that’s kind of the point of using the acronym right? Is this how it is for most people? Does anyone actually translate the acronym into the full name of the attraction as they are reading?
I do, I translate out the full name in my head when I'm reading....
 

TROR

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When I use an acronym like ROTR or IASW or read an acronym in another’s post, in my mind I’m sometimes saying it as a word like ROTOR for ROTR and sometimes spelling it out like I-A-S-W for IASW but never am I translating it to the actual name of the attraction as I’m reading it even though my brain recognizes it as said attraction. I guess that’s kind of the point of using the acronym right? Is this how it is for most people? Does anyone actually translate the acronym into the full name of the attraction as they are reading?
Some I do, some I don't. If there's a pattern, I don't know it.
 

ParkPeeker

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When I use an acronym like ROTR or IASW or read an acronym in another’s post, in my mind I’m sometimes saying it as a word like ROTOR for ROTR and sometimes spelling it out like I-A-S-W for IASW but never am I translating it to the actual name of the attraction as I’m reading it even though my brain recognizes it as said attraction. I guess that’s kind of the point of using the acronym right? Is this how it is for most people? Does anyone actually translate the acronym into the full name of the attraction as they are reading?
I translate it as I'm reading, because those are not common enough acronyms and spelling it out sounds weird to me, and sounding it out even weirder. Now far more common acronyms like lol or af, I read lawl/el oh el and aff/ ay eff. These pronunciations are commonly said aloud in public so it doesn't sound weird in my head.

I still find the acronyms useful (when I understand them). Visually it's easier on the eyes having one block of space representing a ride rather than a whole phrase. Rise of the resistance looks like text without paragraphs, ROTR looks like text with paragraphs. It's also more organized and you know it's one thing, almost like putting quotes on a phrase to show that the words are one thing. And you can type it faster.
 
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mickEblu

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I’ve been on Reddit for a couple years now. Can someone explain to me why everyone speaks in some sort of alien language on those subreddits? What the hell are people talking about in the comments sections? It’s like every comment is some inside joke and I have no idea what people are saying. Not so much the DL subreddit but many other ones.
 

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