cattywampas
@cattywampas@lemmy.world
- Comment on Are separable verbs a thing in ENG? 11 hours ago:
English. And learning German was as easy for me as Spanish, if not easier.
- Comment on Should I buy a Switch 2 despite owning an OLED? 11 hours ago:
You can have money for both though. If you play 500 hours of BOTW or TOTK at $70, that’s 14 cents an hour for your entertainment. A pretty good deal if you ask me.
- Comment on Are separable verbs a thing in ENG? 12 hours ago:
I guess I’m just built different
- Comment on Should I buy a Switch 2 despite owning an OLED? 13 hours ago:
Unless you want to play Mario Kart World or DK Bananza, then do.
- Comment on Portlandia was spot on 13 hours ago:
I thought it was A+down
- Comment on Are separable verbs a thing in ENG? 14 hours ago:
I found German easier to learn than Spanish.
- Comment on Are separable verbs a thing in ENG? 14 hours ago:
I hate this “three languages in a trenchcoat” analogy. English is very much a Germanic language with some vocabulary from French. And it’s not unique in that regard either.
- Comment on Are separable verbs a thing in ENG? 14 hours ago:
I think learning any second language is hard, but German is probably the easiest for native English speakers because it’s the most closely related of any major language. It was as easy or easier for me to learn than Spanish and definitely easier than when I tried learning Polish or Irish.
- Comment on "it only takes one slow walking person in the grocery store to destroy the illusion that you're a nice person." 14 hours ago:
This does not include slow walking people in grocery stores.
- Comment on Are separable verbs a thing in ENG? 15 hours ago:
I can’t think of an easier language for English speakers to learn than German.
- Comment on Portlandia was spot on 15 hours ago:
And you had to hold it juuuust right to get the ambient light to illuminate the screen because they weren’t backlit.
- Comment on Urine Luck 3 days ago:
Sugar plus oxygen equals energy plus CO2 plus water.
- Comment on We are not the same 3 days ago:
My bet is that Russia probably gets invaded but nobody else uses a nuke.
- Comment on 4 days ago:
They actually made a Disney channel original movie called “H-E Double Hockey Sticks.” It stars Will Friedle and Matthew Lawrence of Boy Meets World and it’s about a hockey player who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for his team winning the Stanley Cup, but then he’s traded right afterward. Good movie.
- Comment on Where did the conspiracy theory that America was behind 9/11? Was there any evidence to back up these claims (real evidence)? 4 days ago:
This is only my speculation as a non-expert who grew up in the 9/11 era.
There will always be conspiracy theories about everything, in large part because people feel a need both to be smarter than everyone else and to have an explanation for why things happen. The world is a big, chaotic place and it’s scary to think about how few things are really under control by a small number of people because in reality they’re the result of the infinitely complex interactions that make up life and society on our planet.
America was a country that had really not been threatened on its home turf since Pearl Harbor and many living in the 90s truly believed that we were untouchable on our own continent. It was a rude awakening when we saw that we were not and that others could hurt us if they really wanted to.
As a leftist I’ve never really liked these conspiracy theories in large part because they reek of American exceptionalism, whether intentionally or not. America is too powerful so it had to be an inside job. Our engineering is too good so it had to be a controlled demolition.
No, we got punched in the face, and I think that a lot of people not being able to accept that is a big part of where the conspiracy theories come from.
- Comment on is the romantic period due, in any part, to the high alcohol content of their food ? 4 days ago:
Was the alcohol content in food any higher in the Romantic period than any other time?
- Comment on Why the water to make the medication work? 4 days ago:
Sounds like a great question for your doctor.
- Comment on Why do cooks and chefs cook in base 5 increments? For example setting the off at 350 , 375, 450 and so on. Is there a reason for this or is this how it always has been done? 4 days ago:
I assume a typo of “setting the oven”
- Comment on They were right all along... 4 days ago:
There is no validity to linguistic shifts. The definitions of words exist as people use them, there is no objectively true way that they are “supposed” to be.
- Comment on They were right all along... 4 days ago:
Regardless of its etymology, that is not how the word “cult” is used today.
- Comment on They were right all along... 4 days ago:
My brother in Jehovah they’re Amish, not an uncontacted tribe
- Comment on How do I figure out where flies are entering my house? 4 days ago:
What kind of flies? House flies or fruit flies?
- Comment on Sick as hell 5 days ago:
If they wanted it to sound scary they shouldn’t have given it as cool a name as the woke mind virus
- Comment on Will the next president of America have to do a world wide apology tour for this administration? Kind of like celebs do when they get their ass in a sling. 5 days ago:
Yes, it’s going to take a generation to undo all the harm this administration has caused.
- Comment on Who makes the best chocolate sandwich cookies these days? 5 days ago:
Oh I’m quite familiar with Tim Tams, but I’m on the hunt for the best chocolate sandwich cookie with vanilla creme.
- Comment on Who makes the best chocolate sandwich cookies these days? 5 days ago:
There are still plenty of sandwich cookies out there. This isn’t an antitrust issue.
- Comment on Who makes the best chocolate sandwich cookies these days? 5 days ago:
Like the kpop band?
- Comment on Who makes the best chocolate sandwich cookies these days? 6 days ago:
These look awesome. I wasn’t familiar with Mr Newman’s cookie game, I’ll have to keep my eye out for these.
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Was this colored with AI or something?