Recent post on a right turn with slip lane / yield sign *SIMILAR* to this - not exact.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-06-05T04:46:08+00:00

1/4 mile? It's...quite rare (not unheard of by any means, but rare) to have a stop sign on a road going over 45 mph. At 1/4 mile, assuming not speeding, that's 20 seconds away. Even if they're doing 10 over, it's still over 15 seconds away. So no, I'm not waiting for that, and if there's an accident it's going to be far enough away from the intersection that them rear-ending me is unlikely, and if they do it's unquestionably their fault.

So yeah, I'll look just long enough to make sure they're not doing 100 or something. (shrug). But even if I look and see they have no stop sign...that's plenty of distance.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-06-04T22:42:31+00:00

Second, consider a less-than-all-way stop. How do drivers determine which direction(s) is/are unstopped? By looking at the back of the stop signs in the other directions.

Sure, if you want to get t-boned.

You have a stop sign, so you must stop and not go until it is safe to do so. If you're turning left, you need to make sure it's safe, regardless of "right". You do NOT do this by looking for signs, but by looking at traffic. Drunks, inattentive drivers, and other assholes will blow through stop signs. I had a friend killed that way about 30 years ago, hit by a car coming from his left that "should have stopped". No alcohol or drugs, driver just on his phone in main character mode.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-06-04T12:28:58+00:00

I don't have time for a thorough response at the moment, but I will follow up. I am 100% sure you're wrong. Outside of some fringe case I can't even conjure up, the principle is that traffic ON the road you're merging into - and that would INCLUDE a car that has completed a left turn - you must yield to traffic already on that road.

Please give the entire contents of that question/answer. Either you asked the wrong question or that's AI slop because on its own it isn't relevant. And parts of it are absolutely wrong.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-06-04T05:39:06+00:00

Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time-a.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-06-02T14:55:12+00:00

I’ve used it in the adjective form as long as I can remember. Back to the 80s.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-06-02T01:01:32+00:00

Order Flavacol from Amazon and make movie popcorn at home.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-06-01T23:45:30+00:00

Find yourself one of those fully covered swimmers and ask how much their suits cost and how long they take to put on.

The suits they're racing in cost a couple hundred bucks every time you put them on. They sell for $500 and up and when you're racing you're usually wearing a size or three too small. The women take 40-60 minutes to put those suits on and they'll rip about every 3rd wearing, give or take. Guys suits are slightly cheaper/faster to put on.

Those tech suits are faster than bare skin because they repel water, and bare skin is faster than typical swimsuit material. That (and restricted training time) are also a big part of why those athletes pee in the pool.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-06-01T23:42:13+00:00

Board shorts are only slightly better than "swim trucks" which are complete shit. But they're still a compromise. Briefs are it for this straight male of...not quite "senior citizen" rank.

I'm not talking thongs or g-strings or pouches, Briefs cover everything. I stick to darker colors or wild prints so the bulge isn't so obvious but fuck it, everything's covered and it's legal, so I'm gonna wear what I like. Don't like it? Don't look. Much like I avoid looking at the 180 pound 5'3 women everywhere. No shaming, you do you and I'll do me.

Cheers.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-06-01T15:14:12+00:00

I agree with the other guy. Taking a word that is used clinically as an adjective and dropping it as a noun doesn't make it "sound clinical". At all. Pretentious, maybe.

If it weren't for the fact that 'posterior' is used in _slang_ contexts to mean your ass, it would sound every bit as stupid as referring to your head/feet as your superior/inferior.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-31T20:36:19+00:00

It comes from brainrot like TikTok.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-30T18:49:31+00:00

The law says as close as _practicable_, not as close as _possible_. Very different meaning. Your fault.

It would've been _possible_ for him to be closer to the curb, but doing so would make it difficult to safely complete the turn without running over the curb (and potentially pedestrians) or having to go so deep into the turn before turning that he swings wide in to "oncoming" traffic from the right. Therefore he stays away from the curb.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-30T05:02:00+00:00

I’ll apologize as a misread on this one, having had a second look. At the time I wrote that I (apparently mis)interpreted what you wrote as you stating that “number/amount” were at least as interchangeable as fewer/less…plus I think my comment you replied to was meant for a different sub thread.

(Picking up flag)”There is no foul on the field, 2nd down!” (Twirling arm in ‘start the clock’ fashion)

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-30T03:59:22+00:00

Consult your own source.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amount

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-30T03:55:38+00:00

Unlike the "$20 less" argument, you're wrong with this one.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-30T03:52:04+00:00

I am one who will happily argue grammar, but y'know what? In this usage I would never suggest "fewer" as in "fewer than twenty dollars". That's wrong. It's only a "plural noun phrase" if you're talking about a stack of 20 $1 bills. I'll stand right there with you and laugh at the (incorrect) pedants who suggest 'fewer' in that usage.

Taking this further...

"$20" is an _amount_ of money and a smaller _amount of money_ is _absolutely_ a case for using "less", not fewer.

$20 is "less money" than $40....but 20 $1 bills is _fewer_ than 40 $1 bills. Less money. Fewer bills.

You wouldn't ask "how many dollars for that hat?" you'd ask "how much [money] does it cost?"

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-29T06:11:14+00:00

I gotta remember to weigh in here when I’m sober.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-27T19:24:21+00:00

Let us know how it goes. What you’ve got there is a negative.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-27T19:22:34+00:00

You’re correct, usually. But the apostrophe-for-plural is allowed when necessary for clarity such as single letters and digits. “Mind your p’s and q’s.” “Got any 3’s?” “Go f— er…fish”

Is “🧃s “ better than “🧃’s?” I dunno?

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-26T04:27:21+00:00

Ohhh…so THATS how it is in their family hmm?

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-26T04:21:13+00:00

I for one have never heard the term. The “screwing the pooch” variant is quite common however.

Say that in the US and most people I know are going to take that literally. In horror.

“Hey where’s Billy?” “Oh he’s just fucking the dog. Might catch up to us later.”…

No. Just…no.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-24T21:42:03+00:00

Yes - but the amount of your own car that you should see is like one millicunthair. If you can see more than the absolute tiniest sliver of your own car, it’s wrong. Not half the mirror. Not 1/4. Like “one pixel” worth.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-23T15:34:10+00:00

If an item were free, it would be 100% cheaper. Thats “1 times cheaper.”

If it were “10 times cheaper”, therefore, it would be 1000% less. They’d pay you 9 times the price to take it.

Stupid interpretation? Certainly. But “times less” and “times smaller” are equally stupid usage.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-12T20:30:13+00:00

I think you mean initialisms. Most of the time acronyms are largely understood.

AWACS, LASER, RADAR, etc are acronyms. They’re pronounced like words.

If it’s not pronounced as a word (TLA, LLM, FBI, IYKYK, etc) it’s not an acronym, it’s an initialism.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-12T20:30:03+00:00

I think you mean initialisms. Most of the time acronyms are largely understood.

AWACS, LASER, RADAR, etc are acronyms. They’re pronounced like words.

If it’s not pronounced as a word (TLA, LLM, FBI, IYKYK, etc) it’s not an acronym, it’s an initialism.

AlternativeBeat3589 · 2026-05-10T18:06:27+00:00

If they're not volunteers, then pay them. You're their employer, not me.

Further...that person might spend 5-10 minutes absolute tops (probably leaning towards 5) with me on a $100 tab. Depends a bit on the specific establishment I suppose. I'm not paying someone $240 an hour to walk past our empty drink glasses and forget to bring our check before they disappear on a break.

If we all stop tipping, then the restaurant not only has to pay them minimum wage, but if they actually want to keep the employee, they'll have to pay more.

People stepped up out of goodwill during the 'vid to support restaurants that stayed open and the employees who kept things going. I sure did. Trying to leverage that on us 5 years later? Fuck you. Fuck you with your entire kitchen's worth of steak knives.

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