“Darwin was way off! Try again!”
I’m honestly bewildered at how wildly obtuse this person is.
“Darwin was way off! Try again!”
I’m honestly bewildered at how wildly obtuse this person is.
Not the first time this week an article written in that archaic newsspeak style confused the shit out of me. “Journalist shot in 2020 protests dying from injuries.”
So, are they protesting the idea of dying of injuries? Are they dying of injuries incurred in the protests from back then? A simple “is” would have clarified everything but can’t have articles in our article headers!
7,000 lbs, fucking hell. Who needs such a massive vehicle??
Anyone who’s seen Lore Lodge says that they probably should be called a terrorist organization
Rocking those classic 990s
Definitely. Deserts can have incredible biodiversity. A lot of species of cactus, sedges, euphorbia, composite flowers, wrens, songbirds, the list goes on.
Barren deserts probably are so destitute and lacking in humidity that practically nothing can grow there.
I find Germans have an easier time replying to things very frankly and without garnishment or humor. I can ask a German, “How are you?”, and he may reply with “I’m fine” and it can be taken at face value.
Americans tend to be more, I don’t know, conflict avoidant in their replies? There’s more expectation of subtext, of irony, and it’s not as typical to take “I’m fine” at face value.
“Can’t complain” is another good one. It’s often heard as, “I can’t complain [because nobody would listen anyway]”. Tone is important, as is environmental context. Blue collar workers at the site say this, yeah their day is going to shit. Your buddy says it over drinks, maybe he’s having a neutral, normal time of life, or maybe his life is going to shit and he’s giving the ironic answer to avoid diving into his real issues, while still communicating that things are not perfect.
Last week I was asked how my day was. It had been a perfectly normal, decent day, good time at work, beautiful weather, and my reply was “Life’s a peach”. I got back, “That bad, huh?” Yeah, the American habit of taking genuine expression and searching for a darkness under it can be tiring sometimes.
Why is that white person giving a presentation on racism? The issue doesn’t pertain to them.
Lovely spot! However, the location I’m looking at is far from where you showed me.
There is a lake on Victoria Island in the arctic archipelago that I am reasonably sure has never been seen by a real person, and it is unnamed. Furthermore, the lake has a small island on it. One of my life’s goals is to see this lake and island someday.
Nah, his milk doesn’t contain enough plaster of Paris, asbestos and starch to be from back then
Like a prion
Folded for the very first time!
1 + 1 = 2, or sometimes it’s 6, you know things can move sometimes
WWII war crimes, apparently
We will dive into the history of this franchise, but fir—
The franchise began in 1967, when…
Me:
I have heard it analogized that English is a language that follows other languages into dark alleys to beat them up and steal their words.
Mine is full of ‘oreos’ (Oreoles), ‘emeralds’ (Admirals), ‘see-ment’ (cement), and very cute regionalisms like ‘roundy-rounds’ (roundabouts). I love it
They’d be looking like that one chick from the 2016 election that screamed Noooooo!
It’s remarkable how believable AI can be as long as you don’t zoom in.