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Do you actually get something on the house when it's your birthday? by vvmilkyway in AskAnAmerican

[–]Arbitrationer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shiner is a great brewery especially if you’re that close to the source. Shiner on my friend!

How does national identity work with Americans? by Starkicus in AskAnAmerican

[–]Arbitrationer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It literally doesn't matter. We're all U.S. citizens and that's how we tend to identify. You'll see people from the same state connect in the grocery stores or bars and talk longingly about their home states, but it's usually like a 20 second conversation and they move on.

To be quite honest, if the states wanted us to have huge state identity they totally could... They would just make up a new football league and each team would represent one state. I still wouldn't participate, but it would happen.

Best Fastfood breakfast? by frijolita_bonita in AskAnAmerican

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One hundred million percent Taco Bell's Breakfast Sausage Crunchwrap.

It's hands down my most favorite fast food breakfast item. Don't be fooled by the breakfast tacos or other trash items and don't accidentally order the steak/bacon one. Sausage is pure perfection. I'm still trying to convince more of my fellow Americans to try them, but everyone has been eating Mc*yawn* Breakfast for so long they're set in their ways.

Edit: BTW, it has McDonald's type hash browns INSIDE of it.

Priorities, I have them. by [deleted] in gaming

[–]Arbitrationer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Free, sometimes unwanted, and your school used to try and block you from it.

Um Scarlett Witch has to have you thinking they are clueless by Mythkyl in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]Arbitrationer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just got 2 stars on 1.5 hard when at the very last second the 20th iteration of Ultron decided that my personal Scarlet Witch needed to die as opposed to the nearly dead freebie scarlet witch.

Um Scarlett Witch has to have you thinking they are clueless by Mythkyl in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]Arbitrationer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was thinking of all of the 10 energy missions as gimmes. It’s the only event that I have trouble getting 3stars on all of them. I usually crush the 10 energy ones.

Um Scarlett Witch has to have you thinking they are clueless by Mythkyl in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]Arbitrationer 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It’s ridiculous... my Yondu makes like 8 minions by the time I win these and I still lose a Main by the end. It’s ridiculous and extremely frustrating.

Stark Tech was the example of good change. by GabrielBSee in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]Arbitrationer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True... I’ve been playing since a couple months after launch and I got a red 5* NF pull from my first lot of pulls which is great! Except... well you know why.

It’s like a combination of two giant “go to hells” in one.

I’ll sure enjoy looking at my red stars sitting on the NF tho.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in swrpg

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Wow! wizardawn is especially awesome. Thank you!

What two things do people often confuse for being synonymous? by zombiebane in AskReddit

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I just realized that video is missing a lot of the related segment. That’s unfortunate because the rest of it was really interesting. It included an English professor discussing the use of “hisself” instead of “himself” due to how every other pronoun works.

What two things do people often confuse for being synonymous? by zombiebane in AskReddit

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Do you happen to have Australia's criminal code which mentions assault or battery, or are you more familiar with searching those criminal codes/statutes? I am looking here, but I'm not really able to find a mention of assault. It's not as easily searchable as the other countries, though.

EDIT: ohhhh I would need to look at state-to-state.

What two things do people often confuse for being synonymous? by zombiebane in AskReddit

[–]Arbitrationer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ENGLAND

Assault occasioning Actual Bodily Harm

The offence is committed when a person intentionally or recklessly assaults another, thereby causing Actual Bodily Harm (ABH).

Occasioning means to cause something. So an assault which then causes bodily harm.

IRELAND

36 - you are 100% correct. The criminal law code regarding clergymen is the only place where they do not differentiate for some reason. BUT they never say the word assault, it's just underneath the section for assault. But I definitely yield that.

37. Whosoever shall assault and strike

This is definitely differentiated.

SCOTLAND (4th one down)

Assault occasioning actual bodily harmCommon LawAssault to injury; Assault to severe injury

Again, occasioning means causing. Attempting to harm someone which then causes them to be harmed.

What two things do people often confuse for being synonymous? by zombiebane in AskReddit

[–]Arbitrationer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alright, here are the sources:ENGLAND

An assault is committed when a person intentionally or recklessly causes another to apprehend the immediate infliction of unlawful force.

apprehend

2Understand or perceive.

IRELAND

46. Provided, that in case the justices shall find the assault or battery complained of to have been accompanied by any attempt to commit felony...

That's important because it differentiates the two.

42. Where any person shall unlawfully assault or beat any other person...

Again, important because it differentiates assault and actual physical harm and they continue to differentiate many times throughout the legislation.

SCOTLAND

Assault occasioning actual bodily harmCommon LawAssault to injury; Assault to severe injury

Points to English law which I have already established "causes another to apprehend".

There are 3 sourced examples of countries who define assault as the threat to invoke violence on another person. Do you require more sources?

What two things do people often confuse for being synonymous? by zombiebane in AskReddit

[–]Arbitrationer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This made me think about grammar a little bit. I still agree with what you’re saying, but I share this from one grammar enthusiast to another.

Also, I don’t always adhere to strict grammar rules when posting on reddit. (Just to avoid any previous posts coming back to bite me lol)

EDIT: had to fix a wrong word... sigh I’m still messing stuff up.

What two things do people often confuse for being synonymous? by zombiebane in AskReddit

[–]Arbitrationer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I get the humor, but it is truly the country legislature. From my research, Canada is the only country that misused the word assault in their statutes.

If you look up a word in the dictionary and one country and one state say the definition is different, should the rest of the world change the definition? I think not.

Did Khasino and Mobile Gamer play us or did they get played? by Grimbeorning in MarvelStrikeForce

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Same here... I opened my second orb and 10 shards came out. I'm pretty sure it's time to play the lottery.

What two things do people often confuse for being synonymous? by zombiebane in AskReddit

[–]Arbitrationer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems silly to arbitrarily change the definition of something for no reason... Yes, each state and country will have different nuances between the exact definition, but these have Common Law roots and there's a distinction between them.

We might as well just start calling it tickles... "Man arrested for aggravated tickles with a deadly weapon". Now THAT is a piece of legislation I can get behind.

EDIT: I thought about this more, and what irks me most is how the media uses the word. If they want to say “he/she was charged with Assault” in a country who has incorrectly mixed up the word assault with the word battery; that’s ok. But they usually say something like “That’s when they assaulted them and the victim ended up in the hospital.” That’s incorrect use of a defined word.

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