AFK BRB Chocolate (CA version)

Yep, same thing

That was actually the context of when she said it - she read the bugs bunny comic books (which I didn’t know existed) and said that character’s name.

I knew a girl who was raised in a small town in the middle of nowhere, without TV or movies, but she read a lot. She had so many things like that. Yosemite rhymed with hose-mite.

You’re joking, right? Under what standard are words in American English pronounced incorrectly? I mean, let’s just take this example:

They say it that way because in the US that’s how it’s pronounced. The argument that it’s pronounced differently in other countries, so the US way is wrong, is stupid. Even within a language/country, there are regional dialects.

I grew up in the US, but my dad was from England. There were lots of times I said a word the way I had always heard my dad say it, only to have people correct my mispronunciation. The one that pops into my head was capillaries (the little blood vessels). My dad always said ca-PILL-ah-rees, not CA-puh-lar-rees. Neither is wrong, it’s just pronounced differently here and there.

When I check the dictionary, it says in the US it’s pronounced goo-dah.

I would personally like to see more support from other countries, just like I hope I would stand up for my invaded neighbor in my hypothetical scenario. I would not reward Putin in any way or he’ll just do it again with another country.

The salient part of my analogy is that his “investment” is in being completely in the wrong by every measure. No one should support him continuing on the path he’s been on.

It’s the logic of what I replied to that doesn’t make sense to me.

So was it a government (state or federal) water treatment plant? If so, I can tell you how it happened. The government contracting agencies have boilerplate text they’re supposed to add to contracts to make sure salient requirements get flowed. They’re supposed to delete or tailor anything that doesn’t make sense, but the contracts people aren’t usually very technical. We had requirements flowed to us about password management and account monitoring, but no one logs into a rocket engine or a torpedo. When we’d point it out, they’d say “oops, we should have deleted that.”

Wow, I’m dumbfounded by this logic.

Let’s say you and I live next door to each other. One day, my family and I break into your house and move in. You tell us to leave, but we punch you in the face. You try fighting back, but we don’t leave, and days and weeks go by. I’ve moved some of my furniture into your house. How would you feel if people started saying that the problem is now too complex. I’ve obviously invested too much in living in your house for me to just pack up and go home. The solution is going to have to be more nuanced than that.

This seems to be the logic you’re defending.

If you are calling out someone for their non-conventional opinion, you are against free speech.

Nope, that’s not what that means. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of consequences of your speech and it doesn’t mean guaranteed anonymous speech. And as far as the constitution is concerned, the right to freedom of speech only means the government can’t stop you from expressing your opinion.

So you have the right to say what you want without government interference, but other people can tell you that what you said is shitty, your employer can fire you because you opinion isn’t consistent with their values, the forum/venue where you expressed your opinion can ban you, etc.

Probably a bleed-over from the embedded side. Spent a lot of years working embedded control systems for NASA and DoD - bare metal systems, often interrupt driven - and it was common to have 50% margin requirements. They know those systems will grow over time, and they often have lifespans measured in decades.

Thanks, that makes complete sense.

Most people I’ve talked to have said, overall, the Madonna Inn is kind of a letdown. A lot of things seem cheaply done and the walls are thin. Was that your experience?

I suppose they’re trying to show all the things the tray can do, not an accurate representation of a person relaxing in the tub.

Oh, yeah, it looks like one of those “world’s finest” bars they sell for school fundraiser (they’re a lot skinnier than they used to be).

Wouldn’t want your pasta to spoil your appetite for chocolate.

So he’s sitting in soup.

What is that he’s dropping? Looks like a slimjim, but the packaging is wrong and it wouldn’t make sense with spaghetti.

And why is the water brown?

I mean, unless you work in a coal mine or in the sewers, you probably aren’t covered in a thick layer of grime when you get in the tub. Most people are going to have a very thin layer of dried sweat and body oil, which will be a tiny, tiny percentage of the water in the tub.