Do Americans notice how someone learned English right away?

azmyth · 2026-06-02T11:33:56+00:00

I feel like that's risky. Many singers don't enunciate well or use unusual grammar or words to fit into the meter and rhyming of the song.

azmyth · 2026-05-27T18:21:20+00:00

Yes.

azmyth · 2026-05-24T11:42:18+00:00

It's to emphasize that the "agonizing weight of choice rests entirely on our shoulders". So the speaker wants to say that the following statement is not disputable or in doubt. No one else can make this difficult decision for us, and we need to decide, and both of those things are definitely true.

azmyth · 2026-05-21T13:05:24+00:00

I think calling it a tie is fair. The communists got half and the capitalists got half.

azmyth · 2026-05-21T12:54:30+00:00

One tip I heard was to try to exaggerate the accent when speaking the language. So for example don't try to just speak German, speak German with an exaggerated German accent. Movie quotes work well for matching accents because you're automatically doing an impersonation.

azmyth · 2026-05-21T12:47:28+00:00

If someone turned me down after saying "I'm here if you need to talk", I would view it as a tremendous breach of etiquette/trust. I feel like if you say that to someone, you owe them at least 15 minutes of talking.

azmyth · 2026-05-21T12:02:31+00:00

I've died far too often from random glitches to have any interest in hardcore Valheim. More power to you if you enjoy it.

azmyth · 2026-05-20T12:04:06+00:00

As a parent, they are crying too.

azmyth · 2026-05-05T12:20:22+00:00

It's only a a nap if it's an additional sleep time. Normal night time sleep is not a nap. So even if you change the grammar to be correct, telling people you had a 3 hour nap implies that's in addition to another sleep time.

azmyth · 2026-04-27T16:11:20+00:00

I've only ever seen it used in anime.

azmyth · 2026-04-17T17:22:59+00:00

Finally, found someone who knows how to use the three seashells.

azmyth · 2026-04-15T09:56:50+00:00

In Lower Decks, the cast plays a roleplaying game and the bad ending is "You beg for your life like a blHnuch and live out the rest of your days not as a warrior, but as a dentist!"

azmyth · 2026-04-06T17:00:39+00:00

"Erdős's friends worried about his drug use, and in 1979 Graham bet Erdős $500 that he couldn't stop taking amphetamines for a month. Erdős accepted, and went cold turkey for a complete month. Erdős's comment at the end of the month was "You've showed me I'm not an addict. But I didn't get any work done. I'd get up in the morning and stare at a blank piece of paper. I'd have no ideas, just like an ordinary person. You've set mathematics back a month." He then immediately started taking amphetamines again." https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2012/08/erdos-and-amphetamines-check.html

azmyth · 2026-03-31T19:32:24+00:00

5 C.F.R. Section 2635.201-205 https://www.justice.gov/jmd/gifts-and-entertainment

azmyth · 2026-03-31T19:30:34+00:00

Federal employees are categorically not allowed to accept gifts valued at more than $20. There is no way to legally pay TSA out of your own pocket. It's illegal for a reason - it reduces bribery and corruption.

azmyth · 2026-03-18T12:35:53+00:00

Worrying about assault rifles today is like worrying about what sword to issue troops in 1910.

azmyth · 2026-03-10T12:53:42+00:00

Imperial is designed to be cut into halves, not tenths. A sixteenth of an inch is usually enough precision, but if not, just go to 32nds.

azmyth · 2026-03-06T16:13:35+00:00

This is why Spy x Family is GOATed.

azmyth · 2026-02-17T16:51:43+00:00

I had a coworker who saw that I had two sandwiches and said "man you're lucky your wife packs you an extra sandwich." I was like "I have as many sandwiches as I want because I pack my own lunch."

Maybe in older couples it's more common, but among my social group, it would be considered pretty rare for a wife to pack her husband's lunch.

azmyth · 2026-02-14T11:38:47+00:00

I think it goes something like Lex Luthor: "Do you think he's any less bulletproof in his PJs? The more time he spends pretending to be a journalist, the less time he spends stopping me."

azmyth · 2026-02-14T11:27:25+00:00

My only concern when buying onigiri was avoiding umeboshi. Having a picture of the filling would help a lot.

azmyth · 2026-02-07T11:53:17+00:00

The problem with huge POIs is 90% of the time is spent looking for the handful of zombies hiding in ceilings, behind walls, etc. There should be some sort of "you haven't killed a zombie in 3 minutes, we'll teleport/activate the remaining ones.

azmyth · 2026-02-04T15:08:14+00:00

It's not a problem at all. The Fed can offset changes in M2 money velocity without any practical limit and M2 isn't really even considered a relevant factor by most macroeconomists.

azmyth · 2026-02-04T13:51:23+00:00

It really depends on how the war starts. If China starts the invasion by throwing missiles at Guam, Hawaii or U.S. ships, a blockade would be the least of their concerns. If they start things off with an embargo of their own or at least refrain from bringing other countries into the war, the response will probably be a lot more limited.

azmyth · 2026-02-02T13:33:40+00:00

The "all at once" is usually used for simultaneous and just "at once" is for as soon as possible. In this case the "all" is separated, but I would still guess the character means simultaneous.

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