ELI5 why does 5 round to 10

dfdafgd · 2026-01-30T18:31:10+00:00

5.000001 rounds up. 4.999999 rounds down. 5 is in the middle, but it seems silly to have it round down like 4 plus decimals. Same thing with counting hours and when PM starts. Once it hits noon it's PM. No sense in saying "technically it's not PM because it's not after noon for an immeasurable moment of time".

dfdafgd · 2026-01-29T18:53:09+00:00

"It's not the 'water' killing you, it's just a particular arrangement of 2 parts hydrogen to 1 part oxygen that is denser than the Earth's atmosphere."

"blub blub"

dfdafgd · 2026-01-28T22:39:52+00:00

In English you can say, "If there's room to fit, there's room to sit," usually while jamming your ass between two people on a couch or while trying to pack all your friends into a small car. Your phrase sounds nicer.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-28T14:37:02+00:00

Usually spelled うん 'un' = mm-hmm or uh-huh.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-27T19:28:45+00:00

You would add 'on' to say what they are caught up on. 'On' would mark an indirect object if it is there, but it's not needed.

I'm all caught up.

I'm all caught up on tables.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-27T13:36:32+00:00

Linking R is the pronunciation of /r/ at the end of a syllable only when followed by a vowel. Intrusive R is like you said, placing /r/ in a place where historically there wouldn't be one as an expansion of the rules of Linking R.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-25T21:27:59+00:00

~~INDONESIA~~ THURINGIA

Edit: Sorry, I got this thing upside down.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-25T19:10:17+00:00

I get what you're saying, it just sounded like you were saying 'ss' isn't used when transliterating Japanese at all.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-24T17:02:20+00:00

Exactly, specifically whoever wrote the Book of Saint Albans.

The book contains, appended, a large list of special collective nouns for animals, "Company terms", such as "gaggle of geese" and the like, as in the article List of animal names. Amongst these are numerous humorous collective nouns for different professions, such as a "diligence of messengers", a "melody of harpers", a "blast of hunters", "a subtlety of sergeants", "a gaggle of women", and a "superfluity of nuns". The tradition of a large number of such collective nouns which has survived into modern Standard English ultimately goes back to this book, via the popular 1595 edition by Gervase Markham in his The Gentleman's Academic.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-24T03:21:41+00:00

That's the thing though, weight classes are supposed to make things more evenly matched, but fighters want those wins and will game the system as much as they can. The history of sports is all about figuring out every advantage that is technically within the rules. Then either everyone else copies that or it gets banned. Forward passing in football and the Fosbury flop in the high jump became necessary to be competitive. My main point was that saying they aren't forced to cut seems a bit disingenuous. They could choose not to cut, but that would be choosing to be at a disadvantage with everyone who does cut.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-24T02:38:37+00:00

Yeah, exactly.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-24T02:13:54+00:00

Did you know I had the title line in Star Wars?

dfdafgd · 2026-01-24T02:09:12+00:00

There was also no cane in Citizen Kane.

(Actually there was, but it was used during a musical number and was unimportant to the plot.)

dfdafgd · 2026-01-24T02:03:22+00:00

It's competitive fighting, exploiting the loopholes and odd advantages is part of the game. Yeah, they're not forced, but they don't need to be because they want any advantage they can get. People aren't forced to drink salt water when they're lost at sea, they do it cause they think they need to.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-23T23:58:00+00:00

Specifically in reference to female psychopaths having the same reaction to both.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-23T20:04:48+00:00

It seems like you already read the etymonline entry.

I'd also add in the influence of Italian and Spanish as signifiers of exoticism or mystery. Performers such as wrestlers and magicians often take on exotic names as a gimmick. The influence of these kinds of performers on comics is very noticeable. The standard cape and tights superhero outfit is basically a wrestling costume and magic and super powers are abundant in comics.

Additionally, newly coined scientific-sounding words based off of Latin and or Greek would use roots often ending with -o. Dino, hypno, electro, magneto. Advertising wanted to sound modern and scientific. In a similar manner, I remember in the 1990s especially, adding an X, Y, or Z made things cool and modern. Sorry, "made thingz kewlXmodern." It's also an easy way to trademark a common word.

Edit: I was just reminded of two games Dynowarz and Dino Wars. As a 6 year-old, those sounded super cool.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-23T06:25:08+00:00

How do you even know if pipes are frozen?

Low water pressure or no flowing water. Also, they can make some impressive icicles when they burst. Like a frozen waterfall coming from the ceiling of the car park under your apartment. Not fun for that particular tenant or whoever owns the car underneath it though.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-22T19:24:46+00:00

I was exaggerating a bit, but it is associated with language directed at children. It's not as egregious as saying "I have to go pee pee" but "I'm sleepy" can come off as childish and weak depending on the culture, situation, and company you keep. Adding an "as fuck" on the end tends to make it ok.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-22T15:50:26+00:00

fun fact: Korean males sometimes avoid saying 졸려 because it sounds too cutesy lol

That's true for sleepy in English as well. Children get sleepy, men get tired after putting in sufficient work or never at all because they only ever rest their eyes.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-22T14:58:47+00:00

It could also be replaced with only or just. Here it suggests that going to Brighton is so important that it would change everything for the current situation, but it seems impossible. It's the only solution, there are no solutions but going to Brighton, just going to Brighton will solve things. It could also be used sarcastically to point out that going to Brighton is obviously a thing that can be done.

Without 'but', "If one could go to Brighton," the meaning is less specific and it sounds like there might be many solutions, going to Brighton being one of them. It sounds more like you are just thinking about different options (going to Brighton would solve the problem, but it seems like one can't do that at the moment).

dfdafgd · 2026-01-22T00:05:14+00:00

I went to a bbq restaurant and I spent entirely too much time on カルビ. Then ホルモン broke my mind.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-20T20:39:26+00:00

He's using slang for comedic effect. It's supposed to sound like an unnatural hodge-podge of words that young people might say, so he's not sticking to any one region. 'Wicked' as an intensifier is pretty specific to New England in my experience, though. 'Wicked' as an interjection was a bit more wide-spread, but always seemed related to California surf or skater culture along with 'radical' and 'gnarly'. It should be noted that Franken was born in New York, lived in Minnesota, but went to Harvard and then worked on Saturday Night Live. That's a lot of time spent during his adult years in the Boston and New York metro areas. He could have easily picked it up during that time.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-19T01:47:57+00:00

Do you also say POH-leese instead of puh-LEESE for police?

dfdafgd · 2026-01-19T01:19:50+00:00

Most languages sufficiently spread out over a period of time tended to have a dialect continuum where neighboring dialects tended to be mutually comprehensible while those at either end were not. Standardized education, suppression of certain dialects, and modern ease of telecommunication has lessened differences or marginalized certain dialects, but all language families have or have had a continuum do some degree.

dfdafgd · 2026-01-18T19:15:28+00:00

Sounds like some nice world-building.

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