@theobronzor Honestly i think you gotta ask the person who’s talking what they need from you. If they wanna engage in conversation about it then yeah a lot of these can be helpful, you just gotta know if its appropriate to start hitting these dialogue options.
@theiaincameron These are also two countries where their biggest city was once the capital of the country. Whether theyre the only ones i dont know but it is something they share
The field armies of the French Revolution Army being named after their planned area of conquest is very funny. Imagine being a country and your neighbour ominously names an army after you.
@brokebackstan Important to remember midterms are in 6 months, this may be to stop dem voters from feeling inspired enough to show up and vote. Right before an election is often the only time politicians are actually receptive to their constituents
@pipes_46@IsaacKing314 And prescriptive describes a language as its “supposed” to be used, even if its speakers use it otherwise. Especially in speech (as opposed to in writing) descriptive analysis of grammar seems much more useful in understanding a language
@pipes_46@IsaacKing314 I dont see insisting otherwise as performative and delusional, though i do agree that “guys” is gender neutral. I see it as the difference between prescriptive grammar and descriptive grammar, where descriptive describes grammar as its actually used
@starshipTARDIS Thats CRAZYYYYYYY i felt like i was gonna die the first couple days i was on zoloft. I looked it up and my side effects were normal which was helpful but god i cannot imagine going through that without access to that kind of info. I’m sorry that happened to you thats horrible