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- Comment on We all took foreign languages in school and none of us can actually speak those languages 1 day ago:
I never took it in school, and I don’t have much contact with it now either. I’m picking up some Arabic now though.
- Comment on We all took foreign languages in school and none of us can actually speak those languages 1 day ago:
I took Spanish from age 12-22 and German from 18-23 and 29-31.
I speak both those languages, though my Spanish is rusty, because I moved to Germany and don’t have much contact with Spanish speakers.
- Comment on Greedy bastards 5 days ago:
You could always sabotage it
- Comment on Anon thinks about wheat 6 days ago:
Corn is the fanciest grass
- Comment on shoutout to finland 6 days ago:
I know several, but they were mostly born in Germany or immigrated young.
- Comment on Cube me 1 week ago:
That’s not exactly how I would have imagined a kibblesmith smiths kibble, but as long as the pets get the cubes afterwards, I’m happy
- Comment on Cube me 1 week ago:
“Grate” joke? Or did I get double whooshed?
- Comment on The Wagon 1 week ago:
Maybe she doesn’t know if she’s joking or not either. Only one way to find out!
- Comment on Noses run, feet smell 1 week ago:
Because you’re upside down
- Comment on ungulate deez 1 week ago:
Because zero is an even number or because they have an even nonzero number of carpals?
Looking it up, the latter (or I guess both)
- Comment on History of Biodynamics 2 weeks ago:
During the years when Steiner was best known as a literary critic, he published a series of articles attacking various manifestations of antisemitism and criticizing some of the most prominent anti-Semites of the time as “barbaric” and “enemies of culture”.[329][330] In contrast, however, Steiner also promoted full assimilation of the Jewish people into the nations in which they lived, suggesting that Jewish cultural and social life had lost its contemporary relevance[331] and “that Judaism still exists is an error of history”.
This bit feels very reminiscent of the “kill the Indian to save the man” type of racism that led to residential schools. Sure, he may not have thought there was an immutable negative quality associated with race, but he seems to have been a cultural supremacist.
Given that we now know that race isn’t real, I struggle to see the actual difference.
- Comment on Why aren't tall people also wider? 2 weeks ago:
My sister and I are both tall and skinny, but also broader than shorter women. Like, my sisters ribs are all visible from every side and she wears a size 6 pants. I know short women who aren’t nearly as skinny for whom size six pants are too big.
- Comment on Delicious rocks 2 weeks ago:
If you’re an adult in no danger of pregnancy and not breastfeeding, licking the solder wire once won’t hurt you noticeably.
But if you’re worried that you’ll like the taste and might seek it out again, that’s a possibility.
- Comment on Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason 3 weeks ago:
Do they still feel slimy if they’re finely diced? I love the taste but hate the texture of mushrooms, and mincing them to incorporate into a dish is the best of both worlds for me.
- Comment on It's the truth! 3 weeks ago:
You mean like how chamomile isn’t tea? Because I probably call chamomile broth “tea” 100% of the time. Tea for me is anything steeped in muslin in boiling or near boiling water that you might sweeten
- Comment on It's the truth! 3 weeks ago:
I’m also not big on tea, but rooibos tastes like essence of baked goods to me
- Comment on It's the truth! 3 weeks ago:
Or it’s delicious, store brand rooibos
- Comment on Funny how we all do THIS 3 weeks ago:
The weirdest part is how as soon as I decided to give up and wear comfy, ugly (to me) clothes, they came back in style. I straight up started wearing my dad’s old clothes (I’m afab, maybe an egg, but I definitely read as a woman to others) and long socks (in the cooler months- part of getting older for me is that things start to ache when they get cold), which I felt a little insecure about. Then somehow shortly thereafter the kids in my college town started doing it too. I’m glad younger women don’t feel like they have to wear all the uncomfortable stuff I did though, it’s just a little surprising.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Not his fault, but I don’t want to live with him. I would very, very much prefer being robbed to dealing with his antics.
- Comment on Someone has a LOT of dusty computers 3 weeks ago:
I was once given cocaine eye drops in a hospital though (it’s a combined vasoconstrictor and analgesic, which makes it good for facial injuries that tend to hurt and swell/bleed a lot). Just because something can have a clinical use case doesn’t make it safe for anyone to use it regularly.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
And he was a messy little fucker, anyway
- Comment on Was board so I made my own Nativity scene 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Was board so I made my own Nativity scene 3 weeks ago:
Ehh, Jesus isn’t a super uncommon name.
When I was a little kid, we got a Christmas card from the newspaper delivery boy (I swear I’m not that old, but that sounds ancient), signed “Jesus.” My mom was a devout Catholic and got offended at what she saw as tip-motivated blasphemy. My dad let her cook for a bit, until she made to call the newspaper, then he delicately suggested that it was probably pronounced with an “h” sound. My mom probably sounds pretty unpleasant from this anecdote so far, but she laughed her ass off at herself for not thinking about that possibility and felt very sheepish about it.
- Comment on Sun Tzu, the Art of War 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, I felt bad about not thinking Monty python was the funniest thing ever when I was in high school, but I grew up listening to comedians who were standing on their shoulders, so to speak.
- Comment on 102% 3 weeks ago:
0.5% strongly approve, rounds up to 1%. 39.5% somewhat approve, rounds up to 40%. The proportion of people who, to varying degrees, approve is then listed as 41%, because otherwise people would see it as them saying 1+40=40.
People are going to say they don’t understand math either way, so they just need to pick a convention and stick to it.
- Comment on Finally, Common Ground... 3 weeks ago:
To be fair, they’re not entirely equivalent. I wouldn’t bristle at all at being called “an American,” but I would never call someone “a Chinese.” In the plural form with a definite article, it doesn’t feel as bad, but I’d probably prefer to say “Chinese people,” whereas “American people” feels a little clunky, though it’s probably the best option if you want to keep both terms the same.
I don’t think this is necessarily a racist thing though, because I’d probably tend to say “the English/ french/ spanish” and “Guatemalans/ Nigerians/ Tibetans.” Demonyms are definitely a weird area of language that feels biased when you see a direct comparison though.
- Comment on This bedroom game is weird 3 weeks ago:
Okay, wow. Did you know that the Nazis also had pet peeves? You probably even love your dog and dislike indoor smoking, just like hitler.
/j I’m sorry if this actually distresses you.
- Comment on My culture also loves music, dancing and telling stories 3 weeks ago:
It’s definitely too strong a (sweet) flavor for me, but I just dislike adding sweet sauce to savory things. I also find barbecue and teriyaki sauce unpleasant for the same reason.
Chilies and spices are fine by me though, and tbf, I wouldn’t ever describe ketchup as spicy.
- Comment on My culture also loves music, dancing and telling stories 3 weeks ago:
Colcannon is food of the gods and while you need to cook kale a little longer than standard cabbage or other greens for it, it’s a perfectly valid variant.
- Comment on Education is important. 4 weeks ago:
Americans might do better on average at Ancient Greek geography than Ancient Greeks would at American geography, but it’d be close.