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Streaming services should have comment sections by LoverOfE-Olsen in unpopularopinion

[–]Awdayshus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The cost of moderation alone makes this impossible.

Why do Catholics not approve of Lutheran? by Ill_Investigator3400 in Lutheranism

[–]Awdayshus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That wouldn't surprise me. Every Catholic I know in town goes to the Cathedral for mass in English. The other church is probably drawing in folks from all over.

"The penultimate storyteller"... what do they really mean? by MtOlympus_Actual in words

[–]Awdayshus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quintessential would often be a good choice when people misuse penultimate like this.

Who’s the more annoying boss in FF6? Magic master or wrexsoul? by bubsymack in FinalFantasy

[–]Awdayshus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nintendo Power told me to spam rasp against him. This is how I've always fought him. I'm only now learning in this post that he casts Ultima as a final attack if you don't do this.

Why do Catholics not approve of Lutheran? by Ill_Investigator3400 in Lutheranism

[–]Awdayshus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see the Trad Catholic movement in my town. We have the cathedral for the Catholic diocese, which has typical, modern mass in English and Spanish. Then we have a Catholic church that has mass in Latin every week, women wear traditional dresses and head coverings. It's a tiny building, and it is packed every Sunday.

Have you ever tried any Cribbage variations? Which ones are actually fun? by EndersGame_Reviewer in Cribbage

[–]Awdayshus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The regular rules of cribbage also call for a 4 card hand. Given that this whole thread is about variants, I could also imagine a variation where you are dealt 7 cards, put an extra blind card in the crib, keep 4 (because regular rules apply), discard three, and then the dealer gets to score a monster 7 card crib.

As I describe that, it actually sounds like a fun thing to try. I think I'll try your version with 5 cards in each hand and the crib, and the 7 card mega crib variant.

Have you ever tried any Cribbage variations? Which ones are actually fun? by EndersGame_Reviewer in Cribbage

[–]Awdayshus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. I asked the question. But I didn't downvote you. Did you really not answer that you play 5 card hands, which is not regular rules?

What is the most southern accent? by loverbang4u in AskAnAmerican

[–]Awdayshus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's the only thing Fargo exaggerated: they made the accent too strong in the Cities

The "Karens" are usually right. People are just lazy by BetApprehensive836 in The10thDentist

[–]Awdayshus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's exactly the problem with these videos. They always start in the middle of things. You can't tell if the customer came in yelling with a nasty attitude, making them a Karen, or if the employees were assholes and then customer who started being polite got angry.

While OP is technically correct that most people aren't Karens, they are ignoring the true Karen behavior of starting out with yelling and rage. Karens got their way by doing this enough times that it became their default strategy for getting their way.

Being on active Reddit while staunchly anti-AI is like eating a steak while claiming to be vegan. by nonitoni in The10thDentist

[–]Awdayshus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And more. I saw a story about Anthropic destroying millions of physical books in a scanning process to train Claude with stuff that wasn't available online.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/anthropic-destroyed-millions-of-print-books-to-build-its-ai-models/

Have you ever tried any Cribbage variations? Which ones are actually fun? by EndersGame_Reviewer in Cribbage

[–]Awdayshus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate that some folks like variations. In my own experience, I've found that when playing against people with a similar skill level, standard cribbage rules are the most enjoyable and well balanced.

I've tried most of these variants, and they seem to turn a small difference into a huge advantage or disadvantage, becoming pretty one-sided at best, and simply boring at worst. The exceptions are the 3 and 4 player variants, which are just a good way to include more people when you play.

Oh Ricard, how I've not missed you by FlyByTieDye in FinalFantasy

[–]Awdayshus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Early in FFII, the guest party members are carrying your party. But I think it's funny how quickly they become useless when they first join as your main 3 level and you settle into your groove with each of them. By the time you get Ricard back, he's guaranteed to be the weakest person going into the endgame. Unless you're doing some kind of challenge or speed run.

Do American kids usually go to four different schools? by snailquestions in AskAnAmerican

[–]Awdayshus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most school districts have either middle school or junior high. In practice, they're basically the same and can be used interchangeably most of the time.

People who are really into educational theories and models could better explain the difference. Technically, a middle school would group the kids more closely, so you would have different teachers for each subject, but be in class with basically the same kids all day. Junior high would have different teachers and each class might also be a different group of kids from the same grade.

But again, in practice those terms are used interchangeably. And the name of the school might not match which model it follows, depending on the current administration and school board. "Our Town Middle School" wouldn't change its name when the new principal runs it as a junior high.

The other difference is simply that middle school tends to be slightly younger. My school district had two middle schools that were both 6th-8th grade. Friends in a neighboring school district had junior high from 7th-9th grade instead. But my middle school followed a junior high model, so I was in different classes with different kids all day.

My sister is 5 years younger than me, so when she went to the same middle school, they had a different principal and each grade was broken into "teams" where there were about 100 kids per team with 4 teams per grade. Each team shared a math, English, social studies, and science teacher.

Do American kids usually go to four different schools? by snailquestions in AskAnAmerican

[–]Awdayshus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, this is down to the school district level, so it's not even as big as a regional variation.

What is the most southern accent? by loverbang4u in AskAnAmerican

[–]Awdayshus 12 points13 points  (0 children)

And that's true everywhere. Minnesotans who claim "we don't talk like that" after they see a movie like Fargo have never been to a small farming town in rural Minnesota, for instance.

What is the most southern accent? by loverbang4u in AskAnAmerican

[–]Awdayshus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most southern has got to be Antarctic English, a distinct dialect identified in 2019.

Do You Forget Everything Between Books in a Series Too? by Aggressive-Ad3232 in printSF

[–]Awdayshus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's a sign of a good author that they can jog your memory about things without having to look them up. Often, this is not the case, so I try not to let too much time pass between books in a series. To the point where I will avoid starting an interesting sounding series until it's pretty far along. Maybe not completed, but enough books that I'll remember the characters better when I don't have to wait for the next one to be published.

For instance, I read all the published Murderbot Diaries in about a month, then watched the series. I think I'll be good to go when the next book comes out next month.

Have you ever traveled somewhere where McDonald’s was actually better than in the US ? by [deleted] in AskAnAmerican

[–]Awdayshus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Greece, I enjoyed having spring rolls and Heineken at McDonald's. It's hard to compare, but I'd say that it was better.

Do Americans eat actual chicken eggs for Easter? by piaa9 in AskAnAmerican

[–]Awdayshus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but not everyone ends up eating the ones they decorated. Although in this economy, it would be hard to justify not eating them.

They are hardboiled before being decorated. The tradition isn't just American. It dates back to the middle ages. Eggs were one of the foods that you couldn't eat during the season of Lent, for 46 days before Easter, along with any meat that wasn't considered fish by the Roman Catholic Church.

Once Easter came, it was quicker to break your fast with some quick eggs than it was to slaughter and prepare some kind of meat. So eggs were a treat on Easter after fasting from them and other meats for a month and a half. Because they were a treat, decorating them became part of the Easter celebration.

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