Nemo

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Quidk! I need a chili recipe. What would you add to a pound of hamburger, diced jalapenos, chili powder and bloody mary mix?⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  even then

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Quidk! I need a chili recipe. What would you add to a pound of hamburger, diced jalapenos, chili powder and bloody mary mix?⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  “Add” beans to chili? It’s a bean dish! The main ingredient is beans!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is #FFFFFF white, but mixing red green and blue paint is black?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The colors on a monitor are defined by what wavelength they emit. The colors of paints are defined by what wavelength they fail to absorb. When you mix colors on a monitor, you add more wavelengths that are emitted. When you mix paints, you add more wavelengths hat are absorbed, meaning fewer are reflected for you to see.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do gourd fries taste like?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, kabocha squash seems more likely, it’s got a firmer flesh and a more traditional “gourd-like” appearance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do russian parents insist on being treated to home cooked meals?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, to be fair, we are talking about “special occasion” food specifically, not weeknight goulash.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do russian parents insist on being treated to home cooked meals?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I go put to eat because I can get a meal that’s almost as good as homemade with about four hours less preparation on my part. That’s why people go out to eat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do russian parents insist on being treated to home cooked meals?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s more personal and shows live and care. Its special and tastes better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do gourd fries taste like?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Salt, a little pepper, delicious. Next time I think I’ll sprinkle a little paprika or ras al hanout.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do gourd fries taste like?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  butternut squash

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do gourd fries taste like?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Because pumpkins are a kind of gourd.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do gourd fries taste like?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I made them, at my house.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do gourd fries taste like?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Having had some this week, pretty much exactly like sweet potato fries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why was Rock 'n' Roll seen as the grooviest shit in the 50s when it's just averagely groovy (ie. unremarkable) today?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you think Rock is unremarkable today you’re listening to the wrong Rock.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should I NOT do in front of rich people?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  One of the ballinest moves I ever saw was the hired band at the high-end corporate executive event where I was the cocktail waitress playing “Sixteen Tons”. And not just playing it, singing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is ironing clothes significantly less common now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  no thanks

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is ironing clothes significantly less common now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  we invented wrinkle-free fabric blends

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE AND WHICH COMMUNITY TO POST IN.....?????⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  it’s right next to the Shift key

  it’s next to the right Shift key

  FTFY

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE AND WHICH COMMUNITY TO POST IN.....?????⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a button on the keyboard to tell you which one. It’s right next to the Shift key.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One hand vertically in from of sternum, wry expression.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a good present to get your dentist and dental assistant as a way of showing thanks?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A watch stuck at 2:30.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it true that in the US we are a low context culture and In France, they are high context culture? The video I'm going to attach explains the differences.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I grew up where Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota cone together.

  The thing is, they’re not really offering to do your errand for you. They’re noting that they could and asking if you want them to. And if you genuinely need it, you can then ask them to, but, and this is crucial, there’s a cost. They’ll be doing you a favor, and you will need to act like it, ideally by both apologizing for the trouble and repaying the favor at a later date.

  It comes back to the idea of not asking people to do something unless you’re reasonably sure they’ll say yes. You can do this either by making gambits like the ones above to try to assess their preferences (polite) or by applying pressure (pushy). Because the only thing more rude than saying no to a request is putting someone else in a position where they have to say no to yours.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should longer hair be handled by salons or male barbers?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I went over a decade where my only haircuts were handing a pair of scissors to a drunk girl at a party and pointing to a spot on my ponytail.

  Worked great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it true that in the US we are a low context culture and In France, they are high context culture? The video I'm going to attach explains the differences.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re right about the “I’m grabbing a ___, do you want one?” though.

  Contrast with “I suppose I could grab a ___ for you next time I go to town” to which the correct response is “Oh, no, I wouldn’t want to put you to the trouble, I’m going into town soon myself anyway” because they’re not actually offering to do it, just trying to feel out how important it is to you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it true that in the US we are a low context culture and In France, they are high context culture? The video I'm going to attach explains the differences.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The US has more than one culture, at least in terms of communication style. California is fairly low-context, and big cities in general tend to favor lower contexts, but more rural areas and smaller cities in the Midwest and South tend to have higher-context communication. I can’t compare it to Paris or Tokyo, of course.

  It’s certainly been a problem for me, as a Midwesternern, when coastal colleagues and acquaintances don’t know what the hell I’m saying because they don’t bother to think about why I’m saying it, and where I think they’re shockingly rude by saying things bluntly like I’m an idiot child who can’t form any sort of theory of mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you spell the sound Transformers make when they transform?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Vrrrrrschrrrrr

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Question for the Americans. If Canada, Venezuela, Mexico, or Greenland dropped a nuke on Washington DC, would you be angry at the bomb dropper, or would you think we had that coming?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d be scared and panicked, no time for anger.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Before social media/internet/cell phones/landlines/payphones; how would 2 friends living across the same city arrange in person meetings and stay in touch?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’d show up at their house earlier that day to say, I’m going to be at X place at Y time, I hope you can join me?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why there is no clock that displays time 4:20:69 ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Long story short, it’s because the ancient Sumerians were the kind of people who could count to twelve on their fingers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should be emoji reaction for "me too" in the general sense⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  👋✌️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people pronounce ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) like it's a word?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I do say FBI, though: pronounced like “Phoebe”

  But nobody likes it when I do.