morphballganon
@morphballganon@lemmy.world
- Comment on What are we being distracted from? 22 hours ago:
Whatever product or service the US’s huge payments to Israel are for.
Why are we sending money to them? What’s the good or service being transacted?
Whatever that is, that’s what they’re distracting us from.
- Comment on What do you recommend I carry in my first wallet? 1 day ago:
Plenty of people are answering your question, so let me give you a warning. If you put a gift card to an obscure store or punch card for a barbershop in there, you will absolutely forget you have it.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Probably AI
- Comment on If the color of the Sun was orange, wouldn't the clouds and everything white also be orange? My friend is adamant that 30 years ago the "real" Sun was orange but got replaced with a white LED. 2 weeks ago:
Is your friend RFK?
- Comment on Im stupid but have money 2 weeks ago:
Are there any decent flats? So a slight upgrade but won’t cause you to go broke over time
- Comment on Are you people all bots? 3 weeks ago:
If I am then I was very advanced for my creation date.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
Precisely, thus they are the more similar to toddlers. Make sense?
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
There are such places.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
Great attitude you got there
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
Not Italy perhaps, but there are such places.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
We do. That’s exactly what the “toddler”-insulter is lambasting.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
I don’t know about Slovakian, but such places exist, yes.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
Oh, pardon me, I forgot you’re allowed to find someone seeking a path forward in life as dreadfully inconvenient, because where you were born grants you superiority, m’lord
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
Not new. Aircraft carriers exist.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
The phrase is typically used to refer to babysitting, i.e., I’ll make sure the kids don’t leave or kill themselves. So the “down” serves a purpose in the present use, regardless of its applicability to historic situations.
“Holding the fort” just meant not letting enemies in
“Holding down the fort” also includes preventing things from getting out of hand
But I like the bouncy castle imagery as it’s less mundane
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
Why wouldn’t we give our family members a tip on how they can also get out, on a platform where they would see it?
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
… just as much as bouncy castles?
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
Do toddlers where you are keep a hand free to multi-task, be available to lend a hand where needed, or use a napkin?
Or is dedicating both hands to stuffing your face the more toddler-like method? Maybe think before you fling shit.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
If you ask an American they will assume you MEAN their job, whether it’s their “main life thing” or not, because that’s how people talk here
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
Oh we non-idiot Americans find the doofuses who do that annoying too
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
Your assumption that bouncy castles are more likely than aircraft is amusing
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
Oh yeah that’s definitely representative of the majority of us, got us figured out you have
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 5 weeks ago:
If it means we can get citizenship somewhere else and get out… you’re offended by us figuring out our options? Oh how inconsiderate of us
- Comment on How does Chuck Schumer still have a job? 5 weeks ago:
The simplest explanation is that the oligarchs have assured him he’ll continue getting his salary if he continues being ineffective.
- Comment on How long until we can start shorting years to 2 numbers again? 1 month ago:
They are correctly listing the month first.
You say the day first, the person listening has exactly 0 idea what the hell you’re talking about until you get to the month.
You say the month first, and they understand, and can form an understanding of your whole message faster than if you made them wait by saying the day first.
“When are you getting married?”
“Twenty-second of February”
/^ until February was said, the listener could glean nothing of value at all from the speaker.
- Comment on xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers 1 month ago:
I can confirm you can in fact get back pain before the age of 40
- Comment on What are some good games to play while sick? 1 month ago:
Zelda: The Wind Waker.
There’s a part where you heal a sick person, toward the middle.
Also, a kid with a snot drip hanging from his nose, in the beginning.
- Comment on How bad is it really to listen to music with headphones? My mom told me if I keep doing that I'd go deaf... Is that fearmongering? 2 months ago:
Using headphones is more polite since you’re not forcing it upon others.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Simpler meals. Skimp on cleaning when necessary.
- Comment on How Old We're You when You Learned the Word, "Fascist"? 2 months ago:
When Jeffrey Lebowski got a mug thrown at his head