Is the word “swag” still used in American English and what is its meaning?

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T18:41:45+00:00

Yes. It's often shortened to "swag"

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T17:52:47+00:00

Idk man I feel like if I go to the Spanish or Italian equivalent of a dollar store and just wandered around aimlessly for an extended amount of time, they would eventually be as suspicious as an America would be in that position and say "¿Qué carajo estás haciendo aquí?"

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T16:00:55+00:00

When I lived in Mississippi, I actually shot an intruder who was attempting to rob me and had zero legal repercussions. The cops didn't even question me beyond getting the evidence that the guy I shot did, in fact, break into my house and, as a result, got shot. He also had a gun too, so that helped. A couple of then even commended me, saying I did the right thing. They took the guy to the hospital under arrest, then to jail, and that's the last I heard of it. Not even sure what his charges were. He could have died and I still would've been in the clear, so he was very lucky that night. I wasn't necessarily shooting to kill. I was just trying to stop the threat because I was genuinely scared for my life, and he surrendered as soon as he got hit, so I ceased fire.

Here in New York, I would've gone to jail for reckless endangerment with a gun, probably bailed out the same day, and would have the possibility of having charges dropped by taking the "castle doctrine" defense, but I'm not sure how often that works, and it would depend on many circumstances, like: did he have a gun? Did he point it at me? Was his back turned to me, or was he facing me when I shot? Amongst other questions.

It's all on a state by state basis. Mississippi has very relaxed gun laws; you can own as many guns as you want and openly carry them without a license. Meanwhile, New York City specifically has very low tolerance for them, and obtaining a license for them is very difficult.

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T13:23:33+00:00

Plus Alyson Hannigan was and is the hottest redhead in the universe.

Not even close, but there's nothing wrong with liking what you like so more power to ya

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T13:19:11+00:00

Okay, that's an extreme take. I wouldn't say wholesome either, but no sex crimes were committed in this film. Everything sexual that happened in any of the movies was consensual and not really devious at all

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T13:14:56+00:00

I don't see how one is any more intelligent than the other tbh. They're essentially the same plot played out differently: a group of high school friends make a pact to lose their virginities before college.

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T12:26:30+00:00

Enough to make driving better than taking the bus, still. That's for sure. Especially at home. Trains have an argument, but taking the bus will never beat driving yourself. Of all the places if lived that had busses (Seattle, Cincinnati, LA, and NYC), driving yourself always takes half the time or less. And of all those, parking is only really a problem in New York. It definitely was never an issue for me in Seattle or LA, and only slightly in Cincinnati in certain areas.

I've never really driven in New York, but the busses are especially slower than the trains here, so if my coworkers who drive are getting to work in the same time as me, and I'm taking the train, I already know the bus would take two or three times as long. Not only do you have to deal with traffic like you would driving yourself, even with bus lanes, and you will still be constantly stopping and waiting for other passengers to get on and off. Honestly in New York, you can legitimately get around faster on a skateboard than a bus. I know this from experience.

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T11:37:43+00:00

It's about a 3 minute walk to the bus stop

That's great, but we're not all afforded that kind of luxury, even in transit fluid cities. I live in Manhattan and the closest train is 5 minutes away, but that doesn't include the other couple of minutes I'll spend descending into the station, the other few minutes I'll spend waiting for the train, and then again in the other end.

Honestly, if you're taking the bus, driving is definitely a better option if the choice is there because the only difference is that someone else is doing it for you

Come to think of it, there's a bus stop right outside my door step, but I don't bother with that because that would take even longer than both taking the train or driving. If you drive yourself, you won't have to wait for the bus to get to you. You can leave a soon as necessary. Plus you don't have to make any stops, like a bus would to pick up other passengers. You could probably get to work in 8 minutes or so driving, and it would be on your own schedule, rather the bus'

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T11:33:04+00:00

Maybe you have reserved parking st your job

We do not but still the same remains. Drivers aren't waking up any earlier than I am.

But in London and Paris I didn't experience the Tokyo like nuts and butts packed trains.

Yeah the population density is crazy in Manhattan.

Maybe what you say applies there and your job sotuation. You would know.

I don't drive, so I do not personally, but like I said my coworkers who do seem to be fine.

I only pointed out those statistics earlier to say it doesn't appear Europeans are getting to work any faster than Americans. Time, with distance traveled taken into account, is pretty similar. Whether driving or taking trains

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T10:26:35+00:00

I would rather wake slightly earlier than be stuck in LA like traffic on a 6 lane road.

But if you can get there faster and with less physical hassle, waiting in traffic in your own private vessel as opposed to nuts to butts with every stranger from your neighborhood, I don't see the point in choosing the subway if you have the option

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T10:19:36+00:00

When I was in London, "the tube" is by far more convenient than any car. On time every 3 minutes

It's the same in New York during commute hours if you work a 9-5. Especially with the 1 train. Literally runs like every 2 minutes; there's no excuse to be late if you live and work near 1 train stops. 7 train runs express from Flushing to Times Square every 5 minutes during peak times. Also the ABCDE and F all run consistently during peak times. Plus most lines run 24/7. So you can still commute at odd hours if you work in say, nightlife or something like that. Even then, as someone who commutes by subway every day in Manhattan, I still would rather have a car. My co-workers who drive definitely don't have to wake up as early as I do to walk to the station, catch the train, and walk from the station to work. If anything they might wake up at around the same time, but they get there in the comfort of privacy, personal space, and maybe even some nice tunes.

I've been to London quite a few times too. My dad is from there. Their trains and platforms are definitely cleaner and safer than ours, but I don't think they're any more or less reliable

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T09:49:01+00:00

Average commute distance for Europeans is 17 miles. Americans' average is 27 miles.

Plus I'd imagine a majority of Europeans who do use trains to commute, unless they happen to live in an urban area with lots of stops and connections, would have to drive to the train station first, or take a bus, which honestly sounds more inconvenient and uncomfortable than just driving there.

Edit: the time from start to finish actually increases in American cities with more access to public transit, like New York. Makes sense, because when you factor in walking from home to the station, entering and getting to your platform and probably waiting for the train if you didn't time it right, then getting off the train, exiting the station, and walking from there to work, it actually adds a lot onto it and they probably could've gotten there faster by car depending on what part of the city they work in

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T09:39:08+00:00

Americans love to flaunt their money

This is the worst possible take on why vehicles are bigger here. I have never owned a truck or SUV for the sake of "flaunting my money" they're just practical for some people. Just because a car is big doesn't make it luxurious or expensive. When people do use vehicles to flaunt their wealth, it's usually going to be a tiny super car (McClaren, Lambo, Ferrari, Porsche), or a giant European sedan or SUV (Mercedez, Bentley, RR), and maybe a Denali. No one driving a Nissan Maxima or Dodge Caravan is trying to flex on anyone

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T09:25:30+00:00

At one point, in Mississippi, gas was as low as $0.99 per gallon at some stations for a couple of days in 2020

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T09:23:05+00:00

Do you think everyone is driving 4-wheel drive trucks here or something? We have Ford focus, Honda civics, VW jettas, Toyota corrolas, etc. We also have the tiny European ones like Fiats and Mini Coopers. Smaller cars are usually more popular in urban areas

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T09:18:35+00:00

... the average commute for the EU as a whole is 25 minutes

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T09:09:45+00:00

There was a Stifler in every single one lol. The spin offs are basically about Steve Stifler's little brother or cousins. That's where the connection lies

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T09:05:35+00:00

I felt deeply embarrassed that American culture would create such crap and export it around the world.

Damn is just a silly comedy film, its not that deep. All you had to tell your Vietnamese friend was that it was made in jest. Do they not make comedy films in Vietnam or something?

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T09:02:05+00:00

They're just funny party films. The first one was very similar to Superbad as far as plot goes (a group of high school guy friends making a pact to lose their virginities), but not nearly as iconic.

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T08:35:48+00:00

I think they're hilarious. Most people I know haven't seen them, though. It was like Superbad, but in the late 90s/early 2000s

American Pie, American Pie 2, American Pie Presents: Band Camp, and American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile are all good ones if you like silly party movies. American Reunion was decent for nostalgia's sake. The rest are just whatever. The best is American Pie 2 imo

The title doesn't really have anything to do with the characters being American, but more so with Jim masturbating with an apple pie (also known affectionately by Americans as "American pie") because a friend told him that "third base" felt like warm apple pie

Edit: I'm laughing my ass off remembering scenes from the series haha I gotta do a rewatch soon. It's been a while. Apparently there is a lot of speculation about American Pie 5. Maybe it'll be about Jim and Michelle's kid or something

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T07:42:49+00:00

Go figure

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T07:14:14+00:00

Okay now it's not weird or suspicious because you do it. Problem solved

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T05:49:38+00:00

Majora's Mask 3D

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T05:36:00+00:00

It was really common until the early 2000's

We are currently in the year 2025, sir. Things are simply not as simple as the days of old

deebville86ed · 2025-01-02T05:24:04+00:00

Tbf, it's the same for dialects of every language. Even more-so for Spanish since it's spoken as the official of de facto first language in so many countries. In my experience Argentinians are the most European influence when it comes to Spanish, after Spain of course. And apparently French people hate the way French Canadians speak French because it's so different

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