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- Comment on Outdoor plants are a different breed 9 months ago:
Lawn grass isn’t native, for one thing.
- Comment on What happened to the flat earthers who demonstrated that the earth is round in the netfilx documentary ? 11 months ago:
I agree, except WTF is catering to flat earth?
- Comment on What happened to the flat earthers who demonstrated that the earth is round in the netfilx documentary ? 11 months ago:
You don’t have a choice over whether or not you’re fat. If you ask a fat person if they want to be fat, I can guarantee that the vast majority of them will say no.
Believing in flat earth, on the other hand, is a choice. The people in the Flat Earth movement don’t want to leave; in fact, when faced with contradictory evidence, they just dig their heels in.
- Comment on What happened to the flat earthers who demonstrated that the earth is round in the netfilx documentary ? 11 months ago:
Did you watch the movie? Because the experiments showed that the earth was round, they decided that there must have been something wrong with the experiments.
- Comment on What does .: come from / what does it mean? 11 months ago:
The way I remember it is “i.e.” means “In other words” and “e.g.” means “for Example”.
- Comment on Where did the abbreviation "w/" for "with" come from? 11 months ago:
Yeah, “O.K.” came first, “okay” was later. It has a weird history. According to the American Heritage Dictionary:
During the 1830s there was a humoristic fashion in Boston newspapers to reduce a phrase to initials and supply an explanation in parentheses. Sometimes the abbreviations were misspelled to add to the humor. OK was used in March 1839 as an abbreviation for all correct, the joke being that neither the O nor the K was correct. Originally spelled with periods, this term outlived most similar abbreviations owing to its use in President Martin Van Buren’s 1840 campaign for reelection. Because he was born in Kinderhook, New York, Van Buren was nicknamed Old Kinderhook, and the abbreviation proved eminently suitable for political slogans.
- Comment on Is there any christian religions that don't believe in space? 11 months ago:
Friendly reminder that depending upon where they live, their vote may be worth more than yours.
- Comment on Where did the abbreviation "w/" for "with" come from? 11 months ago:
It’s actually an initialism for “Oll Korrect”. I’m not kidding.
- Comment on Where did the abbreviation "w/" for "with" come from? 11 months ago:
It isn’t a random 4-letter word. It’s a common preposition. It’s like using “&” or “+” instead of “and”.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
I want both sides to win.
- Comment on Where did the abbreviation "w/" for "with" come from? 11 months ago:
K.
(That’s an initialism for “OK”.)
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
This question is basically “Why should I care about other people?”
Sorry to tell you this, but if you have to ask that question, you’re a sociopath.
- Comment on Where did the abbreviation "w/" for "with" come from? 11 months ago:
Those are initialisms, not acronyms.
- Comment on How do you get the dry boogers out if you don’t pick your nose? 1 year ago:
I twist a tissue into a cylinder and stuff it up there. You could also use a cotton swab.
- Comment on How did people refer to clockwise movement before the invention of the clock? 1 year ago:
Morning, midday, evening and night are arbitrary. Why not just morning and night? Why not morning, mid-midday, midday, evening, mid-evening, and night?
The number of seasons is likewise arbitrary. Some Native American tribes had more than 4 seasons.
- Comment on How did people refer to clockwise movement before the invention of the clock? 1 year ago:
Pratchett’s just using real-world (albeit archaic) terms: widdershins and deosil.
- Comment on Reddit is a shithole 1 year ago:
I run Garuda, which is an Arch derivative. Never had much of a problem with it. I update it once or twice a week.
One thing it does is take a snapshot of your previous system before updating, so if something from the update breaks your system, you can roll it back.
- Comment on Reddit is a shithole 1 year ago:
I got into a reddit fight with someone claiming they never once tried to plug a USB in incorrectly.
How would you know?
They claimed they went through like 7 in 3 years.
Wild guess: they eat a lot of pizza lmao
- Comment on No one really understands our struggle 1 year ago:
Not to mention ownership of land is a human concept we can live without.
How would you do it differently?
- Comment on No one really understands our struggle 1 year ago:
I think the real test is if you give their deposit back. I’ve never gotten my deposit back without a fight, even after cleaning the apartment top-to-bottom. That’s why I always take photos before leaving.
- Comment on How are slavery reparations fair? 1 year ago:
If you steal something, it should be sent back. It doesn’t matter whom it goes to.
- Comment on Do they also know C++ or Python? 1 year ago:
Tio estas amuza; mi konas multajn en mia urbo.
- Comment on Do they also know C++ or Python? 1 year ago:
Esperanto estas la plej bona kaj utila internacia lingvo.
- Comment on Do they also know C++ or Python? 1 year ago:
You can learn Dine (Navajo) on Duolingo.
- Comment on The fact that people this stupid exist 1 year ago:
Cancer can be caused by a virus, but it can also be caused by other things.
- Comment on If you know, you know 1 year ago:
Yeah, that’s the first thing I thought of, too. It’s called l’appel du vide (“call of the void” in French).
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- Comment on Are vegetarians allowed to eat their own bogeys? 1 year ago:
They also don’t consent to being artificially inseminated and having their calves taken away from them.
- Comment on Are vegetarians allowed to eat their own bogeys? 1 year ago:
Because of point 1.a, vegetarians eat animal products, like milk, eggs and honey.
The production of all three involves harm to the animals and is done without their consent.
- Comment on Are vegetarians allowed to eat their own bogeys? 1 year ago:
There is harm from milk and honey, though, which is why vegans are against it.