I’m not entirely against it, but I’m amused by how common it is to put “whole” inside of “another”, making it “a whole nother”. Can anyone give any other use of the word “nother”?

The thing is that, at least in the UK, many people also say “of”. You might say that in quick speech it’s not possible to tell between “would’ve” and “would of” which is probably where this misspelling came from, but I once was talking to my English friend and after he said something quickly, I asked if he just said that “she would see it?”, to which he replied “she would OF seen it” putting a lot of emphasis on that “of”, making it clear that he wasn’t aware that it should be “have”.

It’s not so much on strict grammar, but it’s a wonderful guide on clear writing and in general, clear expression of yourself. It does have a chapter on use and misuse of English, usually backed by data and only rarely being the expression of the author’s personal preferences: The sense of style by Steven Pinker.

Sardoodledom

I didn’t Google it. I just figured, if it found me a 10% discount, the vendor would also send Honey some % of what I paid for the product.

Same here. Newer found a single coupon for me. I uninstalled it a few months ago, not because I thought it was sketchy, but because I figured it must be better at finding discounts for things that I don’t shop for online, like shoes and pizzas or something.

Why is “unproductive” in quotes?

Other than the age difference, what is wrong with her? Is she a mean person? Two_faced? Is she stupid? Lazy? Treat him like he’s a sugar daddy whose only goal is to spoil her? Does she behave like a 16 year old that’s going to grow up to be an awful adult? You didn’t really give any reason for being against this relationship and for thinking less of him other than the age difference, which I’m not sure is a valid reason to think less of either of them if they are happy together.

I’m only banned from online shopping so I’ll snack on whatever I can buy in a physical grocery store.

3 years? Probably 10kg of dark chocolate, 15L of hazelnut syrup, and 50kg of protein powder.

So I cheated a little, because I’m at a table right now, so I didn’t visualise the table just the ball on the table. It was about tennis size, but no texture, kind of light blue shading into lilac. The person pushing it was really just a hand.

So sounds like the only work I did was imagining the ball. I wouldn’t say I knew in advance, and I wouldn’t say I chose what it looked like. It just appeared and it was light blue.

Edit: the ball started rolling when pushed, but not long enough for me to know whether it fell off the table or not. But the rolling was just a concept. I can visualise things, but I can’t visualise motion. Which I only discovered recently.

Haha luckily yes!

UK. Cold and hot water coming from separate taps. WTF? I was once told that it is because hot water boilers used to have their tops open to the outside, which meant the hot water could contain some debris, so it was important to use it only for washing and not let it mix with cooking water. But in bathrooms in some modern builds that definitely don’t use that kind of boilers you still get separate taps. I told one of my British colleagues about how it’s been bothering me since I moved here and she said “oh yeah, I never realised that I’ve never seen that in any other country”. She also told me that kids are just taught to wash their hands quickly under the hot tap, so that they don’t run the water long enough for it to turn scolding hot. WTactualF?

I come from Poland and yes, totally. When I started school, and missed lessons because I was sick or whatever, I could just take the phone book and find the surname of the classmate I wanted to get notes or homework from. If there were a few surnames on the list and I didn’t know their father (it was always the man of the house who was listed) first name, I could just go by who appeared to live closest to the school. Or just start calling all the numbers until I got the right one.

As a kid, it was a cartoon - The Little Mermaid. As an adult… It is a cartoon - Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse.

2009? It will expire in 5 years and we’ll be inundated with devices that require you to get up from your seat and yell out the name of the brand to end an ad ☹️

I’ve just asked Gemini about cheese that slides off pizza, it didn’t recommend glue.

Oh I didn’t take it as such 🙂 I just disagree.

Sardoodledom

Kovfefe?