#hashtags, #facebook

[Lootifer]

No its still a hash sign. Something with a hash at the start is the hashtag (e.g. #shitthreads).

And it is definitely the sign for number (e.g. you're #1 translates to YOU'RE NUMBER ONE!). That I agree with.

I just dont get the pound bit. Sounds old fashioned and lame.

[BigBallinStalin]

No its still a hash sign. Something with a hash at the start is the hashtag (e.g. #shitthreads).

And it is definitely the sign for number (e.g. you're #1 translates to YOU'RE NUMBER ONE!). That I agree with.

I just dont get the pound bit. Sounds old fashioned and lame.

[tzor]

I just dont get the pound bit. Sounds old fashioned and lame.

Most people use Lb. these days, so the use of # to represent pounds is sort of exceptionally rare.

(On the other hand, measurements will still use ' more minutes and " for seconds, especially when it relates to degrees, minutes and seconds))

[2dimes]

#245

Vs


245#

See the difference?

[AndyDufresne]

2dimes

vs

dimes2


--Andy

[2dimes]

Know bananas.

No bananas.

[jonesthecurl]

Knob nanas.

[Lootifer]

#result

[rdsrds2120]

Since when has that become a "hashtag?" I always knew it as the pound sign, like when you're calling an automated call center and they ask you for a number followed by the pound sign.

-TG

The symbol '#' is indeed a pound sign. That symbol followed by text together makes a hashtag.

BMO

[AndyDufresne]

RDS, we had a beautiful hijack going, and then you just have to come in and post some on topic content.


--And

[Army of GOD]

#include <iostream>

[Army of GOD]

In Commonwealth English, the symbol is usually called the hash and the corresponding telephone key is called the hash key. In American English, the symbol is usually called the pound sign (outside the US, this term often describes instead the British currency symbol "£") and the telephone key is called the pound key.[1] In Canadian English, this key is most frequently called the pound key, in reference to telephone buttons,[citation needed] but in technology is always referred to as hash.

[rdsrds2120]

RDS, we had a beautiful hijack going, and then you just have to come in and post some on topic content.


--And

What's funny is that I had posted it from my phone, and hadn't seen the rest of the comments at the time. Boy do I feel late to the party.

BM

[Lootifer]

#donkeyballs

(#thisthreadistoremainsfwplox)

[2dimes]

It used to be the Number key on the phone but because we hang out with Americans and copy them we changed it.

[Lootifer]

It used to be the Number key on the phone but because we hang out with Americans and copy them we changed it.

F*CK CANADA; UP YOUR FUCKING GAME. JEEZ.

[2dimes]

It used to be the Number key on the phone but because we hang out with Americans and copy them we changed it.

F*CK CANADA; UP YOUR FUCKING GAME. JEEZ.

Come on over if you want to be #ed.

[Lootifer]

Since your avatar is saying "alllllll righhht" as ytou posted that, then ok, brt.

#rudeboysunite

[2dimes]

I'm more likely to be playing.

[notyou2]

That certainly isn't what we call Hash in Canada.

[ender516]

Where are the other nerds who should have already told you to call # an octothorpe?

[Army of GOD]

Just saw this on Facebook. Granted, it was shared on instagram, but I don't want to see stupid fucking hashtags that literally are so non-specific they could refer to anything:

"#AudreyHepburn #picture with #quote from #icingbyclaires."

"#picture"? ISNT EVERYTHING ON INSTAGRAM A GOD DAMN PICTURE. f*ck ME IN THE ASS