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None of it happened while Ds had any modicum of control either. Bernie represents what the democratic party should be, not what it is and has been. They pivoted hard to the status quo and we are footing the bill.

Yep. Affect is verb; effect is noun. That’s how I remember. Editing text is a major part of my job, and I still sometimes have to step back and use the rule.

And just to head them off, there’s exceptions to rules and I just don’t care about them.

I’m an American. I actually like America, for what it’s worth. Canada, however, has the superior anthem.

For me, water goes in, stays forever. Something that’s happened since I’ve aged. Swam competitively in high school, never had a problem. Now, if I tilt my head wrong in the shower, good luck.

suck air through a shag carpet.

Welp, that’s a new euphemism.

Whenever I watch movies, sometimes I need to remind myself not to get caught up and to just allow the story to tell itself.

I’m a stenographer. People ask me if I am concerned with AI taking my job and I say notttt yettt.

I have been very fortunate to have good service for essentially the entirety of my life of broadband. Only going back to when optimum first showed up, they were the only game in town, and it would have issues during times of day when there was too much traffic at the node. Since FiOS showed up (not to shill), it’s honestly been phenomenal, when you put aside the typical bullshit the providers pull. The actual service of packets in packets out, or whatever the Internet is, has been great.

I have great service. I just hate that I have to play the game of “pretending to cancel”.

You didn’t fucking curse one goddamn time in your reply.

Eh, I’ve done enough of both of them to say that it’s sometimes hard to look at your phone screen. I have two kids. I still get together with friends one time every year to “trip balls,” it’s become a bit of a ritual weekend for six adults with children of various ages. Step one is we all get rid of the kids. That is probably the only gripe I have here with Rachel, but she also does have a sober adult in the house.

I just couldn’t and wouldn’t do any of it with my kids anywhere around me. Imagine you’re peaking and little Susie fucking vomits all over her bed and needs mommy, because kids fet that way. Do you want to be on mushrooms/MDMA?

I generally agree with you though. I doubt Rachel is taking three or four tabs of acid and disappearing, or a .3 of MDMA. There are most definitely doses that are manageable yet mind-altering. I guess the kid thing comes down to risk tolerance and personal preference. I don’t think the kid is somehow unsafe.

The franglais in me screams that neufant ought to be acceptable. I’m sure Canadians are saying it, who knows what language they really speak.

Yeah, OP is full of shit. They’re coming here to complain, no way they didn’t complain over there. And that rule has been steadfast for probably the whole 14+ years I’ve been over there, and honestly has been a rule on any (good) forum I’ve participated in in the past nearly 25 years. If you get suspended, you do not come back with another account and post about it.

Franglais is my language of choice after several drinks in any French speaking country. I am from Jersey, New, so it’s the best I can do with my education.

That is news to me. Never thought to dig too deeply into my French studies in middle and high school (two decades ago), and so “apple of the earth” was just appropriate. Like, yeah, why wouldn’t it be apple of the earth?

Igorrrr are solid, definitely doing some different shit. Dunno the others.

Your list shows up perfect when I go to respond, but in normal view, Lemmy doesn’t put your lines in.

You know what to expect here.

I enjoyed it, burned through all four. I had read The Realm of the Elderling series by Robin Hobb and decided to take a break from the more traditional fantasy. Did Mistborn, then Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, before getting into the Bobiverse. PHM into Bobiverse was a pretty seamless transition. I’ve since moved back to traditional fantasy, because I like my reading to be as exclusive of real life as possible.

I haven’t had a good time in years.