Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMy buddy's Christmas card. Thought it was junk mail from the local grocer.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1645
arrow-up1645imageMy buddy's Christmas card. Thought it was junk mail from the local grocer.lemmy.worldGhostalmedia@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoTook me a second but it’s plasma.
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year ago Plasm is a noun that can mean plasma, germplasm, or a formative material. Guess it’s both? (Merriam-Webster)
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoI wonder if it’s a regional thing.
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoDefinitely, often from Vermont or Canada ;)
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’m from Canada and have never heard or seen plasm.
minus-squarebrsrklf@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoToday I realize Canadian are tree vampires.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI think it’s a “being unnecessarily technical/obtuse as a joke” thing: plasma, as in “blood plasma” - thus, tree blood plasma ~= maple syrup
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago… yes plasma with an ‘a’. Not plasm on the card.
Took me a second but it’s plasma.
Guess it’s both? (Merriam-Webster)
I wonder if it’s a regional thing.
Definitely, often from Vermont or Canada ;)
I’m from Canada and have never heard or seen plasm.
No, syrup!
Today I realize Canadian are tree vampires.
I think it’s a “being unnecessarily technical/obtuse as a joke” thing: plasma, as in “blood plasma” - thus, tree blood plasma ~= maple syrup
… yes plasma with an ‘a’. Not plasm on the card.
“Ectoplasm”
from the spooky ghost