olbaidiablo

@olbaidiablo@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: House flies always launch backwards, no exceptions. Creep behind them and they'll jump into your crushing hand.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, their night vision is terrible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Invading or pissing off Japan, China or Canada. All of whom own a sizable amount of the US national debt. Any one of whom can dump said debt and cause a default on the US debt causing hyperinflation. With hyperinflation, they can’t pay for their military and thus are dead in the water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's quite impressive that most English speakers across the world understand each other, despite variations in accents/dialects⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have distant cousins out that way due to one of my ancestors having 2 families at the same time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨at what point in life it's too late to go back to school?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It depends upon the job you are pursuing. I went back to school at 35 to pursue a trade in HVAC. I don’t recommend doing that much later. I ran into a lot of age discrimination when attempting to find a job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's quite impressive that most English speakers across the world understand each other, despite variations in accents/dialects⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How are you with New Brunswick French? I find it significantly easier to understand than Quebec French. Partially I think it’s because they speak slower in New Brunswick.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's quite impressive that most English speakers across the world understand each other, despite variations in accents/dialects⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Quebecois is definitely difficult. I can understand people the next province over (New Brunswick) no problem as they tend to speak slower and many of their dialects like chiac have a lot of English words in them. But Quebecois tends to be spoken very quickly, and in some cases words run together much more. I’m a bilingual French Canadian and I have a lot of issues with that accent, which is strange as my family mostly came from Quebec originally. My grandfather, whose first language was French could watch tv from France and understand it perfectly, but had a lot of trouble with Radio-Canada reporters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's quite impressive that most English speakers across the world understand each other, despite variations in accents/dialects⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A definite exception would be the Newfie accent from eastern Canada. People in the same country cannot understand them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Palantir Stare aka The Thiel Razzle⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He looks like a necropedozoophile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK tricks for one of the cheapest meals: beans and rice⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want to stretch out your ground beef use 1/4 lb of medium instead of lean and use TVP to fill in the rest. The TVP will absorb the fat and flavour, is quite a bit cheaper than ground beef and is shelf stable. TVP also has more protein than ground beef.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's your take on employers banning the use of languages other than English between coworkers at the workplace?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Here in Canada rule is generally that you speak one of the two official languages when working (English or French). I would think the same thing would go for whatever other country you’re in. Official language(s) only.