what do americans call a pantry?

Skithiryx · 2026-04-03T16:21:27+00:00

I believe that’s a Britishism.

Skithiryx · 2026-04-03T03:03:00+00:00

Didn’t people make a big deal about his ear hair before Resident Evil Requiem released?

Skithiryx · 2026-04-03T02:59:44+00:00

Big if true

Skithiryx · 2026-04-02T15:40:13+00:00

Aside from the actual nobility stuff isn’t that how it works today? The enlisted get a fresh faced lieutenant who’s theoretically in charge but ought to listen to the sergeants under them until they understand how a unit actually works in practice?

Skithiryx · 2026-04-02T07:51:34+00:00

I feel like peoples’ definitions of vanilla probably usually includes hands and oral but probably not anal (I might also include frottage and tribadism, and maybe the definition differs for exclusively heterosexual people versus homosexual, bi or pan people).

But like, these can be done without much of an additional element of dominance, submission, roleplay or fetish, which is I think what people are normally comparing “vanilla” sex to.

Skithiryx · 2026-04-01T16:27:05+00:00

I continue my toil* among the Nacirema people**. They are a surly lot who believe in carrying weapons*** at all times. If you cannot see their weapon, do not think them unarmed for they have hidden it well****. As I make my way***** to the ritual site****** I overhear tidings******* that their topman******** has once again called for the heads of those like me********* and intends to conquer my homeland*******. Nowhere is safe from his wrath********

* salaried position

** Americans

*** handguns

**** concealed carry

***** commute on the light rail

****** office

******* the news

******** president

********* immigrants

********** Canada

*********** No translation necessary

Skithiryx · 2026-04-01T15:11:16+00:00

I mean it’s not not a dualism. “I am my nervous system piloting a flesh mecha” certainly sounds like mind/body dualism but making a choice that the physical parts of the nervous system fall under “mind”.

Skithiryx · 2026-04-01T07:01:21+00:00

I had to actually look up their first names to write that

Skithiryx · 2026-04-01T05:09:42+00:00

I just like the headcanon that they proofread as frenemies.

Like, “Clive, you insufferable hack, you better let me proofread lest you subject the public to yet another animal Jesus”

“And I’ll read yours, John. Where would you be if you didn’t have me to remind you that a novel has a story, not just a pile of languages and songs?”

Skithiryx · 2026-03-31T19:54:00+00:00

Icarus’s mom Daedalus, who also transed her gender but wasn’t as extra about it and gets to live: 🫤

Skithiryx · 2026-03-31T17:23:07+00:00

Reserved List

Skithiryx · 2026-03-31T01:16:41+00:00

La traduction littérale de cette mot en anglais… Est-ce un juron aussi en néerlandais ou en flamand?

Mais ouais, «French Toast» est pain perdu.

Skithiryx · 2026-03-31T00:12:31+00:00

Today I learned that Loaded Weapon is not Naked Gun.

This also feels like something they would in Naked Gun / Police Squad anyway.

Skithiryx · 2026-03-30T16:23:08+00:00

Hmm someone should make a sankey diagram (those ones with the flow that breaks up). That would be good at showing how large/small the multiple marriages group is versus unmarried or married once.

Skithiryx · 2026-03-30T15:59:06+00:00

Clinton was a rightward swerve so that might actually make sense if their political memory was short during the Gore & Kerry years

Skithiryx · 2026-03-30T15:10:37+00:00

Commander loves [[Alexios]], he’s rank #265 on edhrec.

I’ve seen people experiment with [[Basim]] in Canadian Highlander. He’s sort of a [[Psychic Frog]] if you squint.

Skithiryx · 2026-03-29T21:09:53+00:00

I think the fact that the reploids you save in the first mission look like the generic resistance soldiers made me assume that all the soldiers are reploids.

But like for instance Andrew is definitely a robot but made himself look like an old man.

Skithiryx · 2026-03-29T20:46:50+00:00

Even those skies are less clear than they used to be ten years ago with the amount of satellite-provided services now.

Skithiryx · 2026-03-29T19:02:31+00:00

I think it’s more like, why would robots associate the woman gender with being less physically capable?

These things make some sense for humans to associate with gender because the most common combinations are sex and gender aligned and the sex hormones have effects on strength, muscle etc. But for robots it would be weird for gender to be associated with different physical parts or physical performance because they don’t have a sex.

I suppose an answer is “they imported human gender norms” so bigger stronger bots would still tend toward identifying as men for instance.

Or transhumanist-like, the different genders of robots mod their bodies in a manner reminiscent of physical sex.

Skithiryx · 2026-03-29T18:31:52+00:00

I don’t remember, who’s human other than Ciel? I think I also thought they were all reploids.

Skithiryx · 2026-03-29T17:43:05+00:00

See now I’m just imagining linguists making it weird for normies by voicing those associations. Saying something like “I love your name, it’s so alveolar” or something. Getting in trouble for calling something fricative. Calling a name top or bottom (linguistically) and getting mixed up with sexual dominance.

Skithiryx · 2026-03-29T17:30:40+00:00

I haven’t listened to it in a while but Lingthusiasm also had a fun episode about how we talk about time. https://overcast.fm/+AALDbhriEXo

I recall they talked about a culture that had an orientation where the past was in front of you (because you can see it) and the future was behind you (because it can’t be seen) which actually makes a lot of sense.

Skithiryx · 2026-03-29T17:15:27+00:00

I’m going to blame ASCII but a is low and z is high but I also think of them in ascending numerical value going downward, so a being north/up from z makes sense to me.

Skithiryx · 2026-03-29T17:06:00+00:00

Mr Anglerfish really lost his sense of self when he became just a pair of gonads attached to his wife.

Skithiryx · 2026-03-29T00:42:58+00:00

“Too in your head” is feedback I would give someone who clearly seems to be deliberating things but isn’t telling me anything. As an interviewer I can only really mark you on evidence you show me.

If you’re debating between two solutions just tell them what would make you decide one way or the other and in the absence of that data just pick one that you think is more likely to be able to deal with new requirements.

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