If I learned nothing else from Alien: Earth, it’s that…

I haven’t used it for any auctions since coming back to it after 20 years, just “buy now”. And yes, you have to be carful you’re not buying from China. I found the same issue with Amazon, particularly when buying less mainstream things.

I’m open to suggestions but in my particular situation, it’s the best option I’ve found.

I haven’t bought anything from Amazon since last November and I live in a small city. I’m also not shopping at Target or Walmart which also severely reduces options.

For that weird one-off stuff I’ve been using eBay. I hadn’t used eBay for probably 2 decades and in my mind it was still an online auction house, but a friend convinced me to give it a chance. He sells on eBay and assured me when there is a dispute they always side with the buyer and most things can just be bought outright. And a lot of the stuff in brand new.

I’ve also bought a couple things direct from the manufacturer that I normally would have previously gone to Amazon for. It’s more expensive but not so much so that it bugs me more than giving the money to Bezos would.

JD has the charisma of a damp gym sock…

It’s always DNS

Do we call Republican senators Republic Senators?

Maybe we should

Good Bubble

A regular John Lewis of capitalism…

Not really fit for purpose either from what I understand (not that I think Apple should have pulled it)

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Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater

And if they don’t want further harm on their constituents back home, then they need to reopen the government. It’s very simple: Pass the clean continuing resolution, and all of this goes away

“That’s a nice constichincy ya got yourself there. It’d be a shame if something happened to it”






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Actually I think the mob-speak is less blatant

How is he centralizing government?
How is he regulating industries?
How is the opposition being suppressing violently?

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Having an argument on semantics seems like a waste of time tbh…

ETA: Ok - when I made this comment I was expecting this to be you taking issue with the nuance of the exact definition of Fascism.

I was NOT expecting you to state the defining characteristics of Fascism that Trump is most plainly exhibiting and then deny he’s doing them.

I am a fool for not seeing this coming. You got me 🤡

I feel like I owe you money for this kinda therapy…

I’m so jealous.

Part of the reason I asked is because I want to get to this point so badly but my brain just freezes whenever I’m unsure of everyone in the audience’s understanding of both languages
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Interesting. Is this speculation or fact?

That’s a great way to put it, though sometimes I run into situations where I know some of my audience will understand language A and not B and some will understand B but not A.

I always end up just freezing; it’s like my brain is rebooting or something.

Wait - does the LA Governor need to have the Federal Government activate the LA National Guard?

I thought state governors could activate their own state’s National Guard.

“Trainer” probably would work just fine in US English but I can see what it wouldn’t with British English. Of course that only makes things more complicated…

“Handy” definitely does not work in U.S. English especially using it as a noun

I don’t even know how coupé is pronounced in French…

I have a guess but those are usually way off when it comes to French pronunciations

If you ask a Japanese person if they own a “computer” they will not understand. You have to call it a “con-puuu-ta” or even “pa-so-con” which is personal computer.

In Thai it’s just ‘com’.

If you’re ready for the bill at a restaurant it’s ’check bin’ which for some reason is ‘check’ and ‘bill’ combined. When I first learned this people were confused why I didn’t already know it, “but it’s English?!”

Definitely serious. Loanwords fall all across the spectrum regarding how much they’re integrated from their source language into the “local” language and most folks don’t know or care about word etymologies enough to even consider it. If you’re not native there’s a good chance you’re mispronouncing loanwords even when you’re trying to use their native pronunciation.