maryjayjay

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You have 8 seconds.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s a fun list: dailywritingtips.com/75-contronyms-words-with-con…

  It literally includes literally 😉

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You have 8 seconds.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The dictionary is descriptive, not proscriptive. Language evolves

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You have 8 seconds.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Literally has been used as an intensifier for over 200 years. The Oxford English Dictionary includes the definition of figuratively. Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry David Thoreau, James Fenimore Cooper, James Joyce, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain all used it that way in their writing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When was the last time you made Jello?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, we call jam jam. Jelly is maybe purely of the juice of a fruit or berry, thickened with pectin and with added sugar. If you use the whole fruit smooshed up but with chunks we call it preserves. We also call marmalade marmalade. It’s made primarily of the skin of citrus fruit, but you probably know that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨degree in bamf⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s such a straw man. You would have no trouble saying that if someone doesn’t have an axe they are less likely to be an axe murderer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do straight lines and flat planes exist in nature?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Orient it vertically

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What can we do when something is too vast to provide representative examples for?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If I told you that dogs exist and you didn’t believe me, what kind of evidence would you want to see?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1 Star, bit of a dick⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You just have to ask nicely. Go ahead. It’ll be great

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else feel like 90% of the population is stupid?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Think of the average American and realize that 50% are dumber than that” - George Carlin

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most legible scottish person⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I had to read half of Trainspotting like that!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The barbieheimer debate rages⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re not like other girls, are you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1.1 History⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! I’ve read it twice, apparently I needed to be reminded of how much I didn’t know. 😉

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1.1 History⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I highly recommend the book “We Have No Idea” by Jorge Cham and Daniel Whitesom. Great explanations of what we know about the universe (with hilarious comic illustrations) and a profound message of just how much we don’t know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1.1 History⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Unexpected factorial

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Surprising Genius of Sewing Machines⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s all about the bobbin. Because the thread in the needle can pass under the bobbin, the machine can make the two threads cross each other

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe this isn't proper shopping but $18.50 for four veggie burgers, buns, and danish seems like a lot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The people that work in your grocery store need to afford to live in your high cost of living area, too. That means the stores have to pay them more which means they have to charge more. The same goes for the drivers that deliver the groceries to the store, the people that work in the warehouses of the suppliers, etc. It’s higher cost of living all the way down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe this isn't proper shopping but $18.50 for four veggie burgers, buns, and danish seems like a lot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know where you are but a one pound package of 90% lean ground beef at my supermarket in Denver is $4.97