Ember

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[–] Ember 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sure, have your pet peeves. That’s perfectly fine. However, making someone feel bad about it and implying they should feel guilty, when they’ve already made a huge accomplishment in learning another language, isn’t. You’re not wrong, but you’re still an asshole.

[–] Ember -3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I’m a native English speaker. Honestly… who cares? We can still understand them just fine. Do you speak four+ languages like they do? I studied a second language for 10 years in school and barely remember it. I self-studied a third for a couple of years and it’s HARD. What in the world do they have to be guilty for? Being way better at being multilingual than the average native English speaker?

[–] Ember 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Looks like espresso machines

[–] Ember 12 points 2 months ago

Not the person you replied to, but just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to write up such an informative answer. I learned quite a few things from it.

[–] Ember 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think people tend to choose the more unique/recognizable name to call candidates by. For example, we also call Bernie Sanders by his first name more often than his last. “Harris” is a more common name than “Kamala”. “Clinton” could be confused for Bill, but “Hillary” isn’t going to be mistaken. I don’t think it has anything to do with the candidate’s gender.

[–] Ember 8 points 6 months ago

I, too, think that the best way to get people on my side is to burn their homes and livelihoods down. /s

[–] Ember 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As long as they don’t give the milk to their innocent children either…

[–] Ember 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As a family that tries to cook as many of our meals as possible and generally visits the store once a week, it can be a big endeavor. To make balanced, healthy meals for the whole week requires a large variety of ingredients. This makes meal planning before the trip and having a list necessary, and then there’s a lot of searching for things that may not always be in stock.

Additionally, we often restock household necessities and toiletries on this trip as well, which requires more planning and a longer list. Add all this together with carrying all the bags, putting things away, etc, and it can be pretty exhausting.

[–] Ember 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I see, thank you kindly for your explanation. I knew he’s still the head of the Republican Party but I didn’t expect him to still be able to influence foreign relations to such a large extent. That’s just wild to me.

[–] Ember 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I’m a bit out of the loop on this - how the heck did a guy who isn’t even in office any more undo the diplomatic progress of the President? Does he actually still have any sway with foreign leaders?

[–] Ember 4 points 11 months ago

I speak some Japanese, and I read it as “Why does nobody remember my world/Why doesn’t anybody remember my world?”

It’s definitely saying the world is what was forgotten.

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