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Azul Crescent's silly scribbles

I'll never stop being amused at the idea that "tea" is also means "gossip."

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[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This guy kinda looks like Reese from ODS.

[–] MajesticTechie@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Presumably that's a reference, but I don't get it, sorry.

[–] MajesticTechie@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Something Reece used to say back in the older ODS vids

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, I see. I never watched the older ones. I'm honestly still not sure whether I like them, but I like some of their (newer) videos.

Thanks for explaining, as well as teaching me how to correctly spell his name!

[–] MajesticTechie@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's actually Reice. We both had it wrong 😂

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I was going off of the subtitles so that makes sense.

I bet if we keep trying we can come up with further incorrect spellings.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 45 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I think they're trying to reference "spilling the tea" i.e. gossip. Never seen it as "having tea", and I can see why; it's confusing.

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In Renaissance era high society, a tea party is often the place where rumors brews. So basically, "having tea" implies discussing the latest rumors.

[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The etymology is from “t”, being short for “truth”.

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I looked into it, and you seem to be right.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did renaissance even know about tea?

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tea began to be commercially imported in Europe around the early 1600s.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Ok, That's technically still the renaissance.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah. If Azul would have gone for “I like knowing the ‘tea’🤫” the punch🧃 might have landed.

[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

I'd go with "Sometimes it spills. Delightful!"

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why make a new expression when we already have "spill the beans"? Can we stop wasting so much food‽

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

There's no use crying over spilt milk.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You don't have any tea to spill?

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I watch over my tea like a british colonialist. Not a drop spilled. Not even for Christmas. Damn good thrashing is what you lot deserves.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol, well, I'm an American. I'll just throw your British tea into a damn harbor, because I can't afford your damn tea. Guess I could've just stolen it, on second thought, rather than... throwing it in the harbor. Shit. We really are a bunch of tea wasters. My bad.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 2 points 1 day ago

Of course, this means war ol' chap. Wheres's my thrashing cane?!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

It’s tough but fair.