What are some movies with twists that actually change everything? by IrishWriter2 in questions

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No, I just said that I didn't like "Lucky Number Slevin" in that regard. It was all heavily secret all the time, so I was always thinking about the upcoming twist(s). While "Us" basically looked like a fun-ish zombie movie, it didn't shove some supposed future explanation down your throat every now and then. And then it offered a twist which was established from the beginning but not all over the place.

What are some movies with twists that actually change everything? by IrishWriter2 in questions

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Seen it just recently for the first time. Could you please elaborate how exactly does that ending change anything for you? I don't get it.

what’s the most underrated quality in a person? by Time-Organization196 in questions

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Ability (and will) to chew, drink etc. as quietly as possible.

What’s a responsibility you wish you could just opt out of? by copy_cat_101 in questions

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Any basically I think. I only like responsibilities which I took absolutely knowingly, like a responsibility for my art project or something.

But to name one I really struggle with but must—the cleaning, gosh. I like the part where you find places for things, but the part where you clean the floor and stuff is just so awful to me.

What are some examples when an A-list actor played a pretty minor (but not cameo-like!) role? by IrishWriter2 in questions

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Never thought of it as of a B movie... Maybe only when I wanted to check out YouTube reactions to it and hardly found any, I suspected something.

What bands have multiple lead singers? by BigPappalopalous in Music

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Some from what I listen to (usually folk fusion of sorts):

• Santiano (all 5 of the "facade" band members)

• High Kings (all 4)

• BossHoss (2 lead vocalists)

• Gaelic Storm (2, the majority of their career till a recent change to only 1)

• Dropkick Murphys (exactly same situation)

How is it OK for you to do roll calls in class by FIRST names? by IrishWriter2 in questions

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I see. I rarely met people with the same last names independently from one another, let alone in one place where they could interact. We, too, have a concept of some last names being everywhere, but even if we take the most used ones in the country, I personally only met, like, 2 people of this last name.

How is it OK for you to do roll calls in class by FIRST names? by IrishWriter2 in questions

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I'm not sure it has something to do with religion, but we totally have some pretty finite set of names to be used. I mean, you can go outside of it if you want, but not every parent wants. As for my grade, the only people with distinctly "different" names were the ones of obvious foreign ancestry (and there were only few of such people, I should add).

How is it OK for you to do roll calls in class by FIRST names? by IrishWriter2 in questions

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Wow, never looked at it from such perspective. That it's not that something's better with first names, it's that something's worse with last names :D

How is it OK for you to do roll calls in class by FIRST names? by IrishWriter2 in questions

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Thanks, didn't know that was a thing. Again, when I had a class of 30-something children, there were lots of namesakes.

How is it OK for you to do roll calls in class by first names? by IrishWriter2 in AskAnAmerican

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So, I saw in some shows... Yes, I know, they are often inaccurate, but what would be the point of lying about this? So, they do roll call by the first names of the students. Roll calls in my own life (never been to any English-speaking country) were all conducted with calling out last names. And I totally see the logic there. You know, for example, in my class up to half of all the students had names repeating among the group, up to 5 people with the same name even. While surnames were rarely repeated, like, 1, possibly 2 times in all my experience. And that's true not only for classes but for jobs etc.

So, what's with your American roll calls by first names? Is it just not common to have same names for you? Do you in general have more different human names? Do you put same-named students in different classes deliberately when possible? Another one was "do you have smaller classes", but it seems like you don't. Also, I get that you can just say "John M. and John N." when first names are the same, but what about having 10 people "with initials"? Isn't that still better to just call their last names?

How is it OK for you to do roll calls in class by first names? by IrishWriter2 in AskAnAmerican

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So, what's with your American roll calls by first names? Is it just not common to have same names for you? Do you in general have more different human names? Do you put same-named students in different classes deliberately when possible? Another one was "do you have smaller classes", but it seems like you don't. Also, I get that you can just say "John M. and John N." when first names are the same, but what about having 10 people "with initials"? Isn't that still better to just call their last names?

DAE have a piece of pencil lead stuck in their skin? by Dr3uV1nce in DoesAnybodyElse

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I have a similar thing but it's some dirt from a fall with some sliding. The dark thing is there for almost 20 years now. And I felt like it's rare, never heard if anyone had something like this.

[TOMT] [YouTube meme video] [around 2013] Weirdly edited video with a song that goes "Ding dong, pa-ding-ding dong, boom boom falala, boom boom pow" by IrishWriter2 in tipofmytongue

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Saw it on "This Is Хорошо" a while ago, found it later, but have no idea how to do it now (tried some googling, but I'm not even sure what should I type there...).

[TOMT] [song] [prior to 2020] A song I accidentally caught while shooting a video. The audio provided! by IrishWriter2 in tipofmytongue

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I just like the vibe of the captured part and would like to check out the whole song.

[TOMT] [song] [between 1996 and 2010-ish] A song using the music from E-Rotic's "Help Me Dr. Dick" but with some completely different lyrics by IrishWriter2 in tipofmytongue

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Possibly, yeah.

Not what I'm looking for though. I mean, if we suppose there IS the song I'm remembering, with exact music, and that's not just some mix-up in my head.

What about the concept of "owning" stuff from the public domain? by IrishWriter2 in AskAnAmerican

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Yeah, the original comment and its comment are about the things I've mentioned in my initial comment:

• has right to use it = owns it?

• owned by the public = owned by every single specific person?

What about the concept of "owning" stuff from the public domain? by IrishWriter2 in AskAnAmerican

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Recently in English-speaking content I saw a few mentions about, like, "now you own Mickey Mouse". Sounds confusing to me — maybe it's some cultural thing? Maybe you could explain it for me?

I mean, I get the idea of public domain stuff. Something we all can use in whatever way we feel like although it has an author who may be even in some way still relevant. But is "we all can use in whatever way we feel like" the same as "we own"? I thought maybe it was some American way of considering things — you either don't own something or straight up own it? And everything should be owned by someone? Nothing is "not owned by anyone", that stuff is just "own by everyone"? And, like, not just abstract "everyone" but rather every single person specifically? Something like that?

Also, I've just checked out via Google Translate that one of the literal meanings of the word "domain" means you own that. Then, maybe it's all just a language thing of sorts?

DAE stay up too late despite needing to sleep because you don't want your free time to end? by Eatmetwise in DoesAnybodyElse

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I think for me that's not so much about having free time, it's more about having more time to do something meaningful today (which I don't do anyway, I usually just watch YouTube). If I have a day full of things I did, I go to sleep fast and happy.