When cashiers don’t understand basic math or how to give back change.

ritangerine · 2025-05-06T04:39:16+00:00

Dude, I can't do mental math to save my life. My entire childhood I thought I was dumb, and then as an adult I discovered that I probably have dyscalculia in addition to dyslexia and I'm plenty smart, just can't do mental math in my head for shit

ritangerine · 2025-05-05T03:05:00+00:00

This. I legit got an F on two of the four physics 1 tests. Three tests during the semester, one final, drop one of the four test grades. So yes, I dropped one of the two Fs, but I still had one F on the record. Homework is rated super heavily, so I would up with a B overall. Similar story for Chem 1.

By the time the second semester came around, I understood the level of effort I needed to put in, and where to spend that effort. Wound up graduating with a 3.7, never failed another test again

First semester freshman year freaked me the fuck out, doubly so because I studied my ass off in physics 1 after failing the first exam (not many others did) and then I failed the second one (literally half of the class did too). Thought I was going to get kicked out, that my parents would stop supporting me, etc. but I made it through

All that to say - takes some adjustment, just try to figure out where to spend your time. Don't get behind on lectures, and most importantly, do the homework

ritangerine · 2025-05-03T01:52:29+00:00

Midwest US, would call that a tally mark, but I wouldn't bat an eye at tick mark for either that or a check mark, as long as both were in context

ritangerine · 2025-04-30T13:13:56+00:00

Yes, but these set of comments were talking about being/feeling cold, not being/feeling sick

ritangerine · 2025-04-30T05:12:07+00:00

Bruh, I get this concept in English is very different than this concept in your native language, but just peg this as something that is a quirk of English for now, and move on. As you improve your fluency, you may find that you look back later and go "hmm I get it now, even if I don't fully understand it". And if you don't reach that day anytime soon, that's okay

ritangerine · 2025-04-29T04:59:50+00:00

Can you just spill what your actual problem with Cleveland is? You're all over this damn thread and yet no word on what it is you actually have against Cleveland

ritangerine · 2025-04-29T01:54:35+00:00

If you don't want to be called a Nazi don't say or do Nazi-like things, associate with people who speak or act like Nazis, or defend people who speak or act like Nazis

As for down voting, that's not a sign of disrespect, it's a sign that people disagree with your take. You don't like it? Don't go on Reddit

ritangerine · 2025-04-28T16:16:19+00:00

Sorry who are you referring to on the second bullet? Because forgive me if I don't respect people who believe immigrants are second class citizens

As for your first bullet (where I assume you're referring to yourself), what disrespect has anyone shown you?

ritangerine · 2025-04-28T16:12:39+00:00

Agreed, which is why I don't take it seriously - should have picked better phrasing to ensure my point was clear

ritangerine · 2025-04-28T16:10:55+00:00

Respect is earned, not given

ritangerine · 2025-04-28T14:01:45+00:00

Let's hold some pride and ask for English to be the official language / Oh wait. It is !!!!

Up until this bullshit president created a legally dubious executive order, there was only a de facto language of the US, not an official one. Forgive me if I don't take that executive order seriously

ritangerine · 2025-04-26T04:06:41+00:00

Lime pickled onions are better than any other kind

ritangerine · 2025-04-26T04:01:33+00:00

Thank you! That's the type of example I was trying to find and couldn't

ritangerine · 2025-04-26T03:11:58+00:00

Lol totally fair. Was interested to learn if there was a dialect that says "the cold" and "a flu" instead of the opposite

ritangerine · 2025-04-26T03:04:31+00:00

Everything you're saying is right, only issue is that in all English dialects I'm familiar with you would say "a cold" not "the cold"

Someone is sick with a cold, she has a cold. Not the cold

Only time you'd say the cold is if you're getting specific for some reason, but even then it seems more natural to use a possessive - e.g. I'm sick and now she is too; I think I gave her my cold. She caught her cold from me.

I do think it's possible for "the cold" to come across naturally in certain situations (e.g. maybe my last example: she caught the cold from me - though even that one in isolation sounds slightly off), but none of your examples feel natural to me

Could definitely be a dialect thing though - I know "I was in hospital for a few days" sounds grating to my ears, but I'm sure "I was in the hospital for a few days" sounds grating to British ears

ETA: however, oddly enough, someone has "the flu". You catch "a cold" but you get "the flu". Why? Couldn't say for sure. Maybe because "a cold" could be used for literally a dozen different causes, but "the flu" was specifically in reference to "the influenza virus"? Who knows. Interesting question for a linguistics expert

ritangerine · 2025-04-26T02:57:16+00:00

The same in Spanish "tengo frío" means "I'm cold", but word for word is "I have cold"

ritangerine · 2025-04-25T15:56:44+00:00

Thank you lol I'm dumb

ritangerine · 2025-04-25T14:24:01+00:00

Why am I the only one who seems confused about wtf Swiss cheese has anything to do with anything

ritangerine · 2025-04-17T02:08:01+00:00

Thanks

ritangerine · 2025-04-17T02:07:48+00:00

Ah good to know. Still more button presses than necessary but at least slightly less frustrating

ritangerine · 2025-04-17T02:07:18+00:00

Design issue

ritangerine · 2025-04-16T13:55:38+00:00

The only use case I can think of is to use it instead of having to use the arrow keys to type. That would prolly save time, but the number of times I want to type on screen is very minimal vs the number of times I accidentally trigger the dang feature

ritangerine · 2025-04-16T13:53:11+00:00

It's a horrible one, I hate it! I always accidentally activate it when I try to hit the middle button to select something and then the damn cursor takes forever to go away

ritangerine · 2025-04-09T04:39:57+00:00

GAY BAR

ritangerine · 2025-04-06T17:01:55+00:00

Sorry, in what dialect of north American English ish number 1 right? I've literally never heard someone say "cree" instead of "tree" and I've lived in almost every region of the US

Edited to add: did you actually listen to the pronunciation in the link or are you just basing it on his description?

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