I forgot to mention. If you use country balls to explain something I'm not taking you seriously.
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I didn't think your original points seemed controversial enough to even be hills, but this ONE! This right here... I don't even have a clue what it is.
You can about geopolitics in a simplified and comedic way but there's a limit. If I used sock puppets to explain the election to you wouldn't you would think that I thought you were the stupidest person ever?
It's like, I'm an adult I can understand the concept of countries not liking each other without the need of simplistic cartoons. This is how you would explain geopolitics to a five-year-old.
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Thongs aren't uncomfortable
I'm a fat, unsexy dude, I bought a goofy leopard-print thong to get a laugh out of my ~~life~~ wife once
It's not my favorite pair of undies by a longshot, I still prefer my usual boxer-briefs, but it's certainly not uncomfortable. Even wore it to my city's naked bike ride to bike around in.
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spelling "catsup" as "ketchup" is as juvenile as spelling "night light" as "nite lite"
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Ohio isn't part of the Midwest
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all of Rory's boyfriends in The Gilmore Girls were terrible, but Logan is the worst
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using a slur "because it's not a bad word in my culture" still isn't okay
Question about the first one. Do you consider English a living language that evolves over time?
To that point, do you ever phonetically say boatswain instead of bosun? Which way do you spell it? How do you (personally) pronounce Worcestershire sauce? How do you feel about onomatopoeias in general?
I would argue that words evolve with vernacular and sometimes the spellings become antiquated. In the case of Worcestershire sauce, pronunciation can vary greatly from spelling. If ketchup bothers you, are onomatopoeias even words to you?
Eventually, insisting on the old spelling becomes more ridiculous than going with the newer. Since you spell it catsup, can you bring yourself to use a squeeze bottle for it or are you still tapping that 57 hoping to get it to ooze?
Seriously though, since this is the hill you'll die on, convince me otherwise about vernacular and spelling.
a living language
Yes
do you ever phonetically say boatswain instead of bosun?
I never have occasion to say either.
How do you pronounce Worcestershire sauce?
Wursht-uh-shur
How do you feel about onomatopoeias in general?
Love 'em. My current favorite is "shakshuka".
are onomatopoeias even words to you?
yeah, by definition
insisting on the old spelling becomes more ridiculous than going with the newer
Given the choice between looking ridiculous to others and feeling ridiculous to myself, I will always choose the former.
can you bring yourself to use a squeeze bottle for it or are you still tapping that 57
They're not mutually exclusive. I also use packets and those giant pump containers.
convince me otherwise about vernacular and spelling
I'm not interested in convincing you away from a position with which I agree almost completely. Words change, language evolves, slang becomes informal speech becomes recognized usage. Some changes are improvements, some are not, but neither you or I have much hope of shifting the tide either way. While my time lasts, though, I'll keep spelling the vinegary condiment as "catsup" and the pastry as "doughnut" and the cultured dairy as "yoghurt".
For the “Midwest”, in my opinion:
- Ohio is in the Midwest (or at least the places you can order “pop”…maybe this isn’t a thing in Ohio…I don’t know…Ohio sucks…Go Blue)
- North/South Dakota shouldn’t be
- Kansas shouldn’t be
- Nebraska shouldn’t be
see, i've always felt that kansas is just about the most midwest there is
That's not an opinion, you're just wrong on the facts. And that's okay! The first step of learning is discovering your own ignorance.
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