TheRealKuni

I wouldn’t recommend you listen to the Dollop episode though, they tend to mercilessly mock their subjects.

There’s a great episode of The Dollop about the Segway guy. 565 - Dean Kamen and It.

everytime

I wish people knew this wasn’t a word.

Literally all words are made up. There isn’t some cosmic rule that says words have to be a certain way.

This means that as usage changes, new words are born.

Dictionaries recognize this better than the people who worship them. Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive. Their job is to help people understand one another. Which is why the word “podium” in many dictionaries has a North American added definition for “see lectern.” Because when people in North America say “podium,” the usually mean a lectern. So now the word podium also means lectern.

So if enough people use “everytime” with sufficient frequency, it will enter dictionaries. Just like “anytime” did after people started using it in the 1800s. Same with “everyday.”

Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t recommend using non-standard vocabulary in a formal setting, like an article or a paper or some technical document. But Lemmy posts are informal.

Edit: Also, for what it’s worth, I frequently offer corrections for spelling and syntax. Just…this type of vocab isn’t worth correcting (in my mind anyway).

Is there a difference between white and caucasian?

“Caucasian,” the classification from when we thought race was biological rather than social, referred broadly to people from Europe, and some from Northern Africa, and parts of the Middle East and West Asia. Caucasoid was one of three, alongside Mongoloid and Negroid.

Now in North American English “Caucasian” refers to people who are generally white and from European descent. It is sometimes seen as having a more polite or scientific connotation than “white.”

It can also refer to people from the Caucasus region.

I dunno, I figured it was a response to seeing the “do you have any questions FOR the opposite gender” thread. And it seemed an appropriate response. THAT question might be considered stereotypical Reddit drivel. This one is more interesting, simply because it’s a step removed.

I dunno about you, but my ass is on the seat, and the package generally stays above my legs relative to the seat.

Today I found a kitten and, luckily, I had a kitten-sized chair to put it in.

As I like to say about music: “If it’s not baroque, fix it!”

Voyager is really nice. Definitely modeled after Apollo. You can find it in the App Store, or you can use the web app version at https://vger.app if you prefer.

Extension cables: If you have a desktop or tv, you can just grab some USB, hdmi or audio extensions and swap things using that instead of leaning behind the device.

This is what my receiver is for, with regard to the TV. But yeah, even in that case I have a spare HDMI that hangs out near the front of the TV for laptops.

Kettles

Lots of Americans have ones that sit on the stove. I have one that plugs in.

Part of the issue is that most outlets in American houses only provide 120v power, only special outlets provide 240v. So even though an electric kettle will boil faster than one on the stove, it’s not significantly faster like it is in other places.

West Michigan, helping turn a previously red district purple.

I actually kind of love Michigan. It’s a beautiful state and the people are generally kind and friendly. But it does have some bullshit, especially when you get outside the cities. Though I suppose that’s true everywhere.

I still get paid for lunch, because I eat at my desk while I work. 😅

That “little moment of redemption” was him fulfilling his destiny and bringing balance to the Force. He doesn’t become a Force ghost because he’s been like, forgiven of his sins or something. He becomes a Force ghost because he dies at peace in the Force.

You can have your headcanon about the Force ghosts and Luke being insane if you’d like, I’m not trying to like, fight you on it or anything. But it sort of misses the point, in my opinion.

By that point he had joined the Flying Dutchman’s crew and thus did not die when the curse was lifted. But Will didn’t know this, so your point stands.

Stars James and Dave Franco as Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero, respectively. Definitely worth a watch.

As far as I can tell no one has mentioned American History X yet. That is a powerful (but fucked up) movie.

Have you seen Disaster Artist? It’s great.

The book was so much better.

I mean, it’s YA so it’s not exactly literary gold. But it was better than the movie by far.

My bully from grade school is serving up to life in prison for attempted murder (he shot two teenagers while he was an adult, something gang related I think) and also sex with a minor.

Not that he doesn’t deserve it, he absolutely does, but part of me feels bad for him. He never stood a chance. His home life was fucked, he was always on this path and nothing was going to stop it.

Mummy don’t know daddy’s getting hot
At the body shop
Doing something unholy