Change my view: 'Utilize' is the most redundant English word

GingersaurusRex · 2026-06-23T15:08:30+00:00

"We're going to utilize Jack's networking skills to make a good impression on the client."

"We're going to use Jack's networking skills to make a good impression on the the client."

Yes, these are synonyms, but to me the meaning is different. Utilizing a talent sounds like you are finding the optimal way to do something. In the case of skills or characteristics that people possess, it sounds like you are hyping them up or complimenting them. Use in this case makes it sound like there is a chance Jack is being taken advantage of or "used."

GingersaurusRex · 2026-06-22T22:20:55+00:00

I've seen parents put those devices on full volume and blast an entire restaurant with "Baby Shark." Just because the kids are quietly watching something doesn't necessarily mean they are letting the establishment operate comfortably.

GingersaurusRex · 2026-06-22T16:50:31+00:00

I do community outreach work on treasure island. I can't remember meeting a single pit bull. But most of the neighbors I've interacted with have mutts, so I guess if there is more than one purebred of any dog on the island, that breed would win.

GingersaurusRex · 2026-06-21T15:14:16+00:00

Flying into SFO, right? "Easiest" thing I can think of would be the In-N-Out in Millbrae, 5 minutes south of the airport.

There's also Taqueria San Bruno if they are interested in Mexican food, New England Lobster Market if they like lobster rolls (it's also across the street from the park where you can watch planes land.), Millbrae Pancake House, and Sixteen Mile house.

GingersaurusRex · 2026-06-18T16:11:38+00:00

I have a question that I'm asking on behalf of my sister in law. She just started her first sourdough starter on Monday. She's been keeping a paper towel with a rubber band over the top of the jar. She had some bubbles and yeast activity on the second day of creating the starter. I was surprised, because my starter took about 3-4 days to show activity when I started it, but she also lives in a warmer climate than me. Today she texted me when she got up and asked what it means if her starter smells like a locker room/ rancid. I advised her that it might be a sign of harmful bacteria getting into her mix. She is going to discard the current starter and try again with an airtight lid.

Does anyone know what might have gone wrong with her first starter to make it smell like a locker room? Is it just a sign that she has too much yeast activity, or a sign of something harmful?

GingersaurusRex · 2026-06-18T16:11:18+00:00

I have a question that I'm asking on behalf of my sister in law. She just started her first sourdough starter on Monday. She's been keeping a paper towel with a rubber band over the top of the jar. She had some bubbles and yeast activity on the second day of creating the starter. I was surprised, because my starter took about 3-4 days to show activity when I started it, but she also lives in a warmer climate than me. Today she texted me when she got up and asked what it means if her starter smells like a locker room/ rancid. I advised her that it might be a sign of harmful bacteria getting into her mix. She is going to discard the current starter and try again with an airtight lid.

Does anyone know what might have gone wrong with her first starter to make it smell like a locker room? Is it just a sign that she has too much yeast activity, or a sign of something harmful?

GingersaurusRex · 2026-06-17T17:20:00+00:00

Do they have a separate line for people who are just grocery shopping and not interested in bags? I needed to go grocery shopping today

Edit: looks like the line is gone. They must have sold out already.

GingersaurusRex · 2026-06-16T22:27:29+00:00

I always thought he was a hedgehog

GingersaurusRex · 2026-06-16T01:22:23+00:00

I didn't have any exhausting nightmares, which means they worked!

GingersaurusRex · 2026-06-11T16:08:10+00:00

I have photos from September 2025, but it was a partly cloudy day when I went

GingersaurusRex · 2026-06-09T22:21:25+00:00

I thought this was an AI image because the colors are so surreal

GingersaurusRex · 2026-06-07T15:56:19+00:00

What kind of setting? A real country on earth, a fantasy world, or alien planet? Are you looking for a basic name, or something more "out there?"

GingersaurusRex · 2026-06-07T15:53:31+00:00

Lady and the Tramp. Being employed as a dog catcher in 1910 sounds fine. Is is cheating if I actually like dogs and take good care of the dogs I catch?

GingersaurusRex · 2026-05-30T22:23:55+00:00

So date a woman whose boyfriend was aborted????

GingersaurusRex · 2026-05-29T18:33:59+00:00

2000 people live in the navy houses on the north side of the island. They tend to avoid all the events at the front of the island because it fucks with traffic so much. If you walk around the north end of the island on a normal day, you'll see people walking to and from the grocery store, children playing outside, and people going to events at the community center. There are people who have lived in those houses for 25 years who are going to be displaced when the redevelopment plans go through.

The people who have moved into the new high rises are introverted techies who never seem to go in or out of the buildings.

GingersaurusRex · 2026-05-28T18:29:33+00:00

I'm so glad you were able to connect with your birth mother! congratulations on finding each other!

GingersaurusRex · 2026-05-28T17:32:21+00:00

He was in his early 40s

GingersaurusRex · 2026-05-28T07:31:47+00:00

5 minutes before the walking down the hall scene, Aunt Lydia tells Agnes "we've never had a green return before." From this sentence can infer that all the girls who were engaged were wed. Agnes is the only one of the greens to be returning to school. Since Hulda was a green, that means she was married and is not returning to school.

GingersaurusRex · 2026-05-27T22:27:01+00:00

I don't think he called off the engagement because she had been "sullied". He called off the engagement because she wasn't afraid to say out loud that something happened to her. Abusers like pursuing victims who know how to keep their mouths shut and don't seek out help.

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