SeahorseTreble

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What can we do when something is too vast to provide representative examples for?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like that.

• What can we do when something is too vast to provide representative examples for?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will people respond better if you say you're teetotal, or straight edge?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Right, like smoking in front of a baby (and exposing them to second-hand smoke). I guess that’s a good example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will people respond better if you say you're teetotal, or straight edge?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, absolutely. I have no problem with other people doing recreational drugs. I see it as entirely their choice as it only really affects them personally. I don’t think it’s immoral or “sinful” (whatever that really means) or whatever.

  And I think most people do respect that. I do appreciate these responses that make it clear that we should respect if someone either does or doesn’t want to consume recreational drugs.

  But I really was just looking for a term to explain abstinence of recreational drugs to people who I know won’t judge or care, but without the baggage or misunderstandings that may come with saying “sober” (possible assumption: former/recovering alcoholic/addict), “teetotal” (possible misunderstanding: doesn’t use alcohol, might still be fine with other recreational drugs), or “straight edge” (possible misunderstanding: not only doesn’t consume drugs, but also is into the punk music scene).

  After gathering data, the best term I could come up with is quite a simple one: “drug-free”. To be clear, we could say “recreational drug-free”, though that’s rather wordy and the meaning of “recreational drugs” is often understood by just saying “drugs” anyway.

  I know you didn’t ask but I just thought I’d say this anyway lol.

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• What's it called when pronunciations are sounded out with normal letters?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  So then the raw vegan influencer that starved herself to death, how isn’t that proof that vegan diets are unhealthy?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, and this is proof that vegan diets are unhealthy, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do bees/pollinators pollinate other plants?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  So, the plants found a way to hijack the bees’ journey by putting some extra pollen on them to transfer to other flowers, since they’re already there taking pollen anyway. That’s awesome.

• Why do bees/pollinators pollinate other plants?
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