That’s basically what I was taught, too.

Edit to add: Ha, I just realized how similar our usernames are. Neat! :)

Ooh, I do! I’ll check it out, thank you! I appreciate it :)

Thank you for sharing this! I remember liking America’s Test Kitchen and I’m commenting in hopes that I remember to watch this later when I’m able to. I’m already a big fan of using different power levels, though, which I’m guessing this is about. I wish more people would give it a shot and learn how to use it (and other little ‘tricks’) well!

Hell yeah, good recommendation! I fucking love them.

Holy shit! This is how I just found out that bastard finally died! WOOHOO! 🎉

I remember seeing this meme many times over the years with the caption of “Is Kissinger even in this thing!?” I guess he was! He still lived entirely too long, though.

I don’t know what the rules are on whether or not we can say things like “I hope he fucking suffered!” or similar, sooooo, I guess I won’t say anything like that.

That is exactly my story, too! I’m glad we both found our way here like that. Fun stuff :)

YAAAY!!! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I’m so glad he’s got a nice, good home and is happy and at a healthier weight. That makes me happy.

I’m thankful for my sweet cat, Ziggy! :) Thanks for asking, OP!

You said a “jackdaw is a crow.” Is it in the same family? Yes. No one’s arguing that. As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be “specific” like you said, then you shouldn’t either. They’re not the same thing. If you’re saying “crow family” you’re referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens. So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people “call the black ones crows?” Let’s get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too. Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It’s not one or the other, that’s not how taxonomy works. They’re both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that’s not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you’re okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you’d call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don’t. It’s okay to just admit you’re wrong, you know?

I like the way your brain works.

I think you’re right. Let’s hope he doesn’t speak in class today.

No… we’re the wheat!

Nose blindness is a thing.

It definitely is, and I wish more people knew about it and would realize that it applies to them. Including a lot of people in this thread.

I found this introduction post on discuit

To my brain, that sounds like what someone would call their penis while jokingly trying to get their partner to take their temperature.

“Open up for the thermomeater babe, gotta make sure you don’t have a fever!”

…I was referring to taking a temperature orally, but I guess they could mean rectally, too, lmao

What a wonderful, helpful, thoughtful, and kind comment! I love it! People like you help me keep a little faith in humanity and websites like this. I appreciate you so much!

Yeah, I see people use commas as pauses where commas definitely aren’t supposed to go and that make no sense whatsoever (to me, anyway, but I know not everyone has the same education, resources, etc.) all the time. I think that’s part of what’s going on here.

It sounds like our brains work very similarly, fellow random-parentheses-using scatterbrain! I’m both glad I’m not alone and also sad that you experience this frustrating shit, too, haha. I feel for you.

I much prefer the way you break up your thoughts, by the way. It flows better, makes more sense, and reads in my head voice more like it would if you were speaking (to me, anyway!)

Good call! I hadn’t thought of that factor; even though my English keyboard does that, too. I can’t type random things it didn’t know until it was taught like “BLARGH” without it auto-capitalizing the entire thing, like it just did here.

Which is extra hilarious when it’s more nonsense memey things like “SQUART” or “VAGANAINIA” or “PREGANTE” or “DIYUCK” that my friends and I would spam each other with. Looking through the list of words it added to my ‘personal dictionary’ was hilarious. I struggle to get it to type all that nonsense in lowercase and it tickles me!

Thank you! They’re talented musicians, they absolutely fucking rock, and I love them so damn much. I immediately thought of my love for Creed when I saw this post, haha.

Dear God, yes, font size options, PLEASE! I cannot express just how depressing it is to finally get a game I’ve been wanting to play so badly for years only to immediately realize I can’t play the damn thing because I can’t see the text to read it and figure out what the hell is going on or what I’m supposed to do. :(