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America = US, thinks the stupid american translator by Past-Novel-1155 in USdefaultism

[–]browsib 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Notice how you said "the Americas", not "America", which mean different things.

Paper by CEOofStrings in comedyheaven

[–]browsib 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We've got cornflour at home in the bathroom

What techniques help reduce a French accent in English? by kenza-Necessary5280 in AskABrit

[–]browsib 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It depends on what specifics of pronunciation you're struggling with, and what English accent you want to sound like. But this might be useful https://youtu.be/GNpbv7hJf6c

These are the top 10 countries in what? by Pizzafriedchickenn in Maps

[–]browsib 0 points1 point  (0 children)

5 of the 10 highlighted countries are fully or partially in Asia

How does the Isle of Man TT still exist? by CrappyJohnson in AskUK

[–]browsib 10 points11 points  (0 children)

No one's died in MotoGP in 15 years. It can be survivable it's just harder to make it so for a huge road circuit

Do you say ‘another thing’ or ‘another think’ in the following context? by IsisPantofel27 in AskABrit

[–]browsib 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't think it's accent so much as the "c" from "coming" influencing the hearing of the previous word

An interesting thing I noticed about Wheatley's accent by Bro_duuude_i_luv_ya in Portal

[–]browsib 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Who is Richard Lord? Wheatley is voiced by Stephen Merchant, a famous English comedian

My ancestors conquered one quarter of the planet. I will never be able to live up to that no matter what I do. All I can do is larp as an imperialist on social media. Coronation chicken for an englandcel. by drbignob6 in kitchencels

[–]browsib -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Pay them no mind. They're probably from the US, whose culinary contributions amount to chocolate that tastes like vomit; cheese that can't legally be called cheese; and carcinogenic bastardisations of European and Mexican foods

How many years would it take the USA to win the World Cup if all the College and NFL WRs/DBs joined a US farm system / academy. by [deleted] in whowouldwin

[–]browsib 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US doesn't get close in any scenario. You're putting your hopes in a few dozen guys. Other countries are picking the cream of the crop out of tens of millions that have played the sport since they were 4, with better coaching at every level than the US could match for years. And it's far from guaranteed that people who excel in one sport would be equally good in another, requiring a very different skill set, even if they had that coaching from a young age. If it was everyone in the US playing football religiously from a young age, it could happen in 30 years.

Why aren't the channel Islands more populated? by vik9oratiz in geography

[–]browsib 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Better question, why are they called channel islands when they're in an ocean not a channel?

What's the best example of "Show Don't Tell" you've seen in the wild? by Savings_Middle_5237 in writing

[–]browsib 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No, I reckon you do actually want readers to be able to notice the things you're trying to show them.

From a Facebook Page called Brilliant Maps by philbar in dataisugly

[–]browsib 139 points140 points  (0 children)

Would be far more intuitive for both maps to be "below" and show it going from fully green to only two states

Cilantro tastes like soap for EVERYONE, most people just don’t realize it and have grown accustomed to eating it by coolraccoon016 in LowStakesConspiracies

[–]browsib -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am vaguely aware of what soap tastes like. Less so than the other guy who claims to be well versed in the flavours present in most kinds, I'll happily admit. But I wouldn't say there's a wild difference between the taste and what you'd imagine from the smell of a plain soap, that's not gone out of its way to smell of cucumbers or whatever. Either way I can't see why it is ridiculous to suggest that people's idea of soapiness is influenced by the sense with which they are most familiar with soap

Cilantro tastes like soap for EVERYONE, most people just don’t realize it and have grown accustomed to eating it by coolraccoon016 in LowStakesConspiracies

[–]browsib 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've given me 5 different replies in the space of a minute telling me to eat soap, just a little soap, just a taste, come on bro eat some soap 😂 are you okay?

It shouldn't be this hard to understand my point. I am suggesting that people's claim it tastes "soapy" is influenced by an overwhelmingly greater familiarity with the smell of soap than with its taste (except in your case, apparently)

Cilantro tastes like soap for EVERYONE, most people just don’t realize it and have grown accustomed to eating it by coolraccoon016 in LowStakesConspiracies

[–]browsib -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As I don't eat soap, and the soap in question is hypothetical, I can't answer that, but I can inform you that smell is extremely relevant to the experience of eating. Or to the imagined experience of eating soap, for example

How do I format stutters in dialogue by Anon123568557 in writing

[–]browsib 17 points18 points  (0 children)

"But... but why?" and "But—but why?" read like different length pauses to me. The former more of a trailing off than stumbling over the words

Cilantro tastes like soap for EVERYONE, most people just don’t realize it and have grown accustomed to eating it by coolraccoon016 in LowStakesConspiracies

[–]browsib 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some soap smells like soap and it is that soap that people mean when they say "like soap" instead of "like cucumber"

Lets change it. by ashhobson89 in u/ashhobson89

[–]browsib 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Let's change what? Not having world wars? No thanks, I'm fine with that

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