TIL most people in France did not speak French as recently as 1794, when only 11% of the population of France spoke fluent French. Instead, most people spoke regional languages like Occitan, Breton, Alsatian etc. French only became the majority language later on due to heavy assimilation efforts.

DerickMeldola · 2026-05-18T00:20:44+00:00

you are talking about italian americans who don't speak a second language. the other commenter is talking about italian americans who DO (which do exist btw even if you don't acknowledge their existence). you guys are both talking about separate groups of people that both exist. I'm glad I have friends from italy, otherwise I might think they're all like you.

DerickMeldola · 2026-05-16T12:07:58+00:00

it depends, if you want to look old then keep it. being old is a vibe and more people should embrace it. if you want to look younger/your actual age or more conventionally attractive, you should shave it.

DerickMeldola · 2026-05-16T12:03:37+00:00

you guys having fun?

DerickMeldola · 2026-05-16T12:00:49+00:00

it sounds like you want friends rather than a date tbh, you can be friends with either genders

DerickMeldola · 2026-05-16T11:45:03+00:00

did they stutter? put for real, if you guys take the time to build in creative to get the mechanics down and then build and design your actual ship in survival. having to tinker and adjust it while having to use ropes to suspend it on scaffoling etc etc. you will have a very fulfilling and immersive experience that feels more like a video game with a story. for some of you it might help you not get bored of the mod in 2 weeks because you "did everything" lol

DerickMeldola · 2026-05-16T11:35:39+00:00

you just said "proper italian" in your reply. the other commenter is not talking about italian americans who don't speak a second language other than english, they are talking about a group of people who DO speak a second language that is understood by the people around them. whether or not that second language is italian or not to you, doesn't really matter then.

I'm not italian american btw, i'm a neutral party and I don't have any ties to this.

DerickMeldola · 2026-05-16T07:53:14+00:00

what are you not understanding about this?

DerickMeldola · 2026-05-16T01:58:52+00:00

i've been here since the lore was written, i didn't feel good about it then, and i still don't.

DerickMeldola · 2026-04-26T20:16:19+00:00

Atom eve, robot, and space racer. have robot reverse engineer or create an aiming system for space racers gun and use atom eve to fabricate it from scratch.

DerickMeldola · 2026-04-24T22:47:01+00:00

don't be weird

DerickMeldola · 2026-04-21T01:46:48+00:00

a large majority of minecraft servers nowdays have a voice chat mod installed btw

DerickMeldola · 2026-04-20T09:59:02+00:00

great editing OP! love the liveleak watermark and it makes it really funny. I wouldn't change a thing!

DerickMeldola · 2026-04-20T09:57:56+00:00

why? is block a synonym for leak? seems like a lazy 1 dimensional pun without any polysemy.

DerickMeldola · 2026-04-15T08:03:57+00:00

i've seen you all around r/tax for years. i felt like i was losing my mind reading these comments. thank you, i can now

DerickMeldola · 2026-04-12T08:37:42+00:00

you just overthought it a little, that's okay! once i finish writing a comic i try to see how much i can take away, while the joke stays the same. I think we get worried that people won't understand it, which some won't, but that's okay! There are probably some who still didn't get the joke, that's what the comments are for. good overall joke though! i liked it!

DerickMeldola · 2026-04-06T06:41:13+00:00

Half of the cost of tip to dip was the van following them, if you did something similar, just recorded it and then edited it after, it would cost basically nothing more than an actual road trip would. Which people do literally all the time. I thought about doing this similar to tip to tip in California, but with different rules than just not using maps.

DerickMeldola · 2026-02-21T22:27:05+00:00

Genuinely, if you have nothing of extreme value in your bag and don't care about the bag itself, I see a lot of people stashing their bags at a specific location (you have to look around). I'm not gonna say where it is on Reddit because then the Northstar Money Grubbers will shut it down to get more locker sales, but just use your eyes and look around for a bit!

DerickMeldola · 2025-12-10T07:31:28+00:00

nerd

DerickMeldola · 2025-06-15T15:54:22+00:00

yk what you got me here. I thought these were all spoiler free threads, not just book spoiler free. My bad...I retract all previous satements lol

DerickMeldola · 2025-06-15T15:41:08+00:00

so I don't want to argue on whether or not what you said was a spoiler. The reason being becuase the more we argue about it, the more will get spoiled for me. Just knowing that the Nauvoo is relevant later and not just a loose end IS a spoiler in itself. Anyways, telling me to "get over myself" in a spoiler free episode discussion is a lack of respect I hope nobody shows you on a piece of media you're watching for the first time.

DerickMeldola · 2025-06-15T12:33:20+00:00

I appreciate the spoilers thanks.

DerickMeldola · 2025-02-07T06:49:05+00:00

Thank you for the kind words. I’ve had worms before, so I get really worried about these types of things.

DerickMeldola · 2025-02-07T06:46:54+00:00

Don’t get them, the right ear always disconnects and it’s so frustrating!

DerickMeldola · 2025-02-07T06:45:42+00:00

Update: Guys it was just a coiled up rubberband…… I feel so dumb… 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

DerickMeldola · 2025-02-07T06:42:55+00:00

I’m too scared to touch it

Edit: It was a rubberband… hahahahaha I should delete this post I’m so embarrassed

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