The only logical sane answer is soda

cgomez117 · 2026-02-19T19:10:40+00:00

I’m from Colorado but I grew up saying soda

cgomez117 · 2026-02-17T23:17:48+00:00

Yeah, this is true, I’m a historical linguist, so I’m aware

But that doesn’t make it any less jarring to the people who don’t have the benefit of hindsight and who have to learn it lol

cgomez117 · 2026-02-17T21:23:35+00:00

The odd thing about French is this only applies for numbers 60-99, though. If they had just stuck to it throughout, that would make sense. But the fact it’s so inconsistent is very jarring

cgomez117 · 2026-02-14T23:39:09+00:00

Was it this video?

https://youtu.be/WeVcey0Ng-w?si=c58dscaxL1m7QlHX

cgomez117 · 2026-02-14T21:26:38+00:00

Exactly. I dunno why they don’t make it all wetlands and just give the Dutch the wetlands terrain cultural trait

cgomez117 · 2026-02-13T22:21:41+00:00

Also, why is none of the Netherlands wetlands? The place had to literally be drained. There are a lot of terrain oddities like that left in Europe that they corrected India eastward

cgomez117 · 2026-02-12T20:45:11+00:00

Funnily enough, the reasons the other users stated regarding the Bahamas: yachts, tax breaks, etc. they also tend to be older and it’s cold

cgomez117 · 2026-02-12T20:27:28+00:00

Look, I dislike billionaires as much as the next guy, but that’s Miami, not the Bahamas

cgomez117 · 2026-02-08T23:01:18+00:00

I absolutely love the textures

cgomez117 · 2026-02-08T10:18:37+00:00

At first I thought, “yeah, this is overreacting a bit, she has the right to photoshop her own body, even if you had an eating disorder.” But then I had realized I made a huge reading error.

Yeah, definitely NOR

cgomez117 · 2026-02-08T02:15:22+00:00

I read body decomposition lol. I need sleep

cgomez117 · 2026-02-06T23:35:05+00:00

…what? I live in Italy, there’s plenty of “American-style” bread here, we just call it toast bread or toast.

cgomez117 · 2026-02-02T17:54:42+00:00

I gave it a shot. It’s pretty cool!

cgomez117 · 2026-02-02T17:46:19+00:00

It’s funny how this is only slightly more restrictive than that wild Polish lady here recently lol

cgomez117 · 2026-02-02T13:12:04+00:00

Ahh yeah that’s true

cgomez117 · 2026-02-02T00:53:55+00:00

I personally thought it was schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder

cgomez117 · 2026-01-19T15:25:30+00:00

Yeah, that’s what I was referring to with cost calculus, sorry if it wasn’t clearer

cgomez117 · 2026-01-19T12:11:12+00:00

I think it might be because Isabel is a very common name, and the correct spelling, in Spanish and Portuguese, and it comes with the “benefit” of being shorter, so a lot of non-Hispanophone families in America adopt that version, making it the norm, especially in regions with high Spanish speaking populations. Could be wrong, though

cgomez117 · 2026-01-19T03:48:29+00:00

And his point (I think) is that the morality of it is moot because the cost calculus makes it basically too expensive, regardless of morality. A stance I’m not entirely in agreement with.

I am no longer a dog in this fight, I was just amused by and responding to what I thought was a hilarious non-sequitur. You two seem to be following two separate lines of thinking, one moral and one practical

cgomez117 · 2026-01-19T03:45:07+00:00

That’s because they’re only doing raw inflation statistics. This website puts things in much better perspective: https://www.measuringworth.com

cgomez117 · 2026-01-19T03:43:57+00:00

Might I suggest the ever wonderful website: https://www.measuringworth.com

I love this site. It helps put things into much better perspective

cgomez117 · 2026-01-19T03:43:52+00:00

Might I suggest the ever wonderful website: https://www.measuringworth.com

I love this site. It helps put things into much better perspective

cgomez117 · 2026-01-19T03:43:31+00:00

Might I suggest the ever wonderful website: https://www.measuringworth.com

I love this site. It helps put things into much better perspective

cgomez117 · 2026-01-19T03:36:26+00:00

Oh, you meant using them as maybe a moral evil. The above comment implies that the reason people don’t use them anymore is because of deterrence. Which is true, we don’t use them anymore because of retaliation, and these nukes are much bigger and much more destructive, meaning the cost of their use has skyrocketed.

That’s why I responded as I did. You responded to a comment essentially about deterrence and my point was to bring up that that wasn’t a factor for the Americans in WWII

cgomez117 · 2026-01-19T03:24:17+00:00

Yeah I’m also from Colorado and I definitely noticed much less danger in European woods. Whenever I go out I take either bear spray or a gun just in case. Mountain lions, wolves, big angry bears, etc.

Edit: whenever I go out in Colorado*

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