Brian 👾Jan 25, 2023

Since JSON is pronounced Jason (this is an undisputed fact), I declare DNS is now pronounced Dennis.

It's not DNS
There's no way its DNS
It was DNS

Becomes....

It is not Dennis
There is no way its Dennis
Yep, it was Dennis

And here is a picture of Dennis in his natural habitat.

Show threadBryan RedeagleJan 25, 2023
@tecnobrat Unless you're in the UK, in which DNS looks like the following:
Show threadPaul Wilde  :dontpanic_nobg:Jan 26, 2023
@redeagle @tecnobrat fun fact about these Dennis the menace-es: both the US and UK versions debuted in the same day (!) despite having, allegedly, no knowledge of each other until the debut date.

I use the phrase "fun fact" rather loosely

and p.s. the UK Dennis the Menace is miles better... he has Gnasher 
Show threadPaul Wilde  :dontpanic_nobg:Jan 26, 2023
@redeagle @tecnobrat and, of course, looking at the two images, which one do you think is going to be more DNS-like? I vote UK Dennis, the US one looks far too well behaved.
Show threadBryan Redeagle
@paul @tecnobrat I did know that and would certainly consider it a fun fact. As someone from the US, UK Dennis is definitely more menacing. US Dennis is mostly bad puns.
Jan 26, 2023 at 6:48pmWeb
Show threadPaul Wilde  :dontpanic_nobg:Jan 26, 2023
@redeagle @tecnobrat I must admit my knowledge of US Dennis is fairly limited apart from the film back in the 90's and an, actually pretty good, video game I had on my Amiga 1200.
Is he still published at all? UK Dennis is still everywhere, he's even been on stamps!
Show threadBryan RedeagleJan 26, 2023
@paul @tecnobrat Yes. American comics just keep getting passed on to other authors. Except Garfield, that's been automated by a team of interns for years now. Dennis is not as popular as it once was, but that really applies to most US newspaper comics.