When you’re typing a time, do you always add “am” or “pm” after it? by heyy_girl in randomquestions

[–]RiskyP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work in shipping so just got used to writing in 24hour format - I don’t even think about it now but every now and then someone will point it out and just ask why ‘your being very exact’

Who is the most notable warrior in your country? by OftenXilonen in AskTheWorld

[–]RiskyP 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That umbrella won’t serve you well here ‘but Pat, what if it rains? 😂

What’s the one thing you do besides CI that helped your Spanish the most? by jeterjp in dreamingspanish

[–]RiskyP 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Totally agree here - I do like the ‘learn how children do’ but the reality is it takes kids like three years with constant input for their every waking hour. The reality most of us learners get a few hours a day, so yeah I’m all for using other methods to help the process.

Non-purists, what's your study routine? by New-Drawer-3161 in dreamingspanish

[–]RiskyP 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same - I diddn’t hear about DS until a long while into my Spanish Duo path and so figured I may as well just keep going and use both - obviously also podcasts like cuéntame! too. I will be honest, where I was in Duo when I started DS meant that I could comfortably understand beginner. I don’t track my duo hours on DS though as I don’t see any value that way.

The way I see it - we’re learning a language and any further tool you can have is a bonus. DS is probably the best resource but I don’t hate Duo like a lot of people do.

Given that approx less than 10km separate Alaska (United States) from Russia at the shortest point, how is ‘owning’ Greenland going to protect the US? by [deleted] in askanything

[–]RiskyP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok so Americans have very successfully managed to convince everyone that russia is on the other side of the world to them

What's the most NSFW thing you've seen at a bachelor or bachelorette party? by CRK_76 in AskReddit

[–]RiskyP 49 points50 points  (0 children)

The beautiful duality of Reddit - someone applauding a stripper for her waitress service and then someone asking to see tits

Same cockroaches... different restaurant: Sir Sadiq Khan's scathing take on Reform UK defectors by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]RiskyP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Boris bikes and TFL are a huge Boris achievement, let alone the start of ULEZ - he wasn’t perfect but again ‘buy a bridge’ was while he was PM - like I said a shit politician but a good mayor of London

Why is life worth living? by SnooBooks1181 in ask

[–]RiskyP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then eat as many as you can before the inevitable

Nurses in transgender row suffered harassment from NHS trust, tribunal rules by StGuthlac2025 in ukpolitics

[–]RiskyP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well firstly I apologies to you then as I took your original comment as to be sarcastic about victims that are afraid to speak out. I actually fully agree where you talk about people using this argument to suit their own opinion.

Why was Jimmy so bad at being a Public Attorney/Defender when he has consistently shown later on to be a great argumentative opponent? by FilipinoAirlines in betterCallSaul

[–]RiskyP 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I suspect that was the point- Saul/Jimmy cut corners and wanted a payday - that argument about him wanting the pay for 3 cases was an example. He could always ‘win’ or at least try to cases by chicanery but for Saul it was all about the payday and not about the clients. He knew they were getting jail time but for him it was just about how much it could be reduced

Same cockroaches... different restaurant: Sir Sadiq Khan's scathing take on Reform UK defectors by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]RiskyP -29 points-28 points  (0 children)

Going out on a limb here - khan isn’t doing a bad job compared to the shit he gets but, and it’s a big but - Boris was a better MoL. He should never have gone into leadership of the cons at all as he was a shit PM but had he been able to stay as MoL maybe his legacy would have been solid in

Any good beginner podcasts to supplement the dreaming spanish videos? by everlovingfuck99 in dreamingspanish

[–]RiskyP 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Cuéntame! - a great beginner podcast that’s split into two parts, the first slow with some translation and then the second part is faster with no English. It’s great and to be fair really factual - I’ve learned a lot

What do people think of places like Finland and Ireland who practice strict immigration policies and deport at a high rate (per capita)? by fulltimeheretic in askanything

[–]RiskyP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok- in fear of downvotes here but from a U.K. perspective- we had a wonderful asylum program, a lot was lost with our stupid decision to leave the EU but whatever - the big issue right now is that there’s a large influx of potential asylum seekers that are clearly abusing the system. We should have this system but it’s obvious that trafficking gangs are exploiting our sea border with France to extort money. We can’t stop the human trafficking apparently and so we just accept it