I figured it was a tech-y joke.

I legitimately, calmly, and matter-of-factly said this once on the phone while spelling something, because the phrase “M as in ‘Mancy’” was seared into my brain from years of reading reddit comments. And then I had to sound like an idiot being like “sorry no no I mean ‘m’ as in ‘Mary’ I’m sorry.”

Welcome!

In effect, the more catastrophic your bet is, the less personal responsibility you have to take for it.

“If you owe the bank $100, that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem.”

What’s the story with the bean posting? I’m new to the Lemmiverse.