Personally I love oranges but cant stand orange juice.
Decimate means 1/10th destroyed, lost, whatever. I don’t care that the dictionary says that meaning is obsolete. I get that the meaning of words changes over time, but it has the prefix deci. 1/10th. You don’t get to decide something that starts with 1/10th means near total even if it’s a scary sounding word.
This is my anthill and I’m dying here.
I have so many like that one. At some point in English one billion dropped its value three orders of magnitude and it is spreading to other languages. What now is called a billion it was one thousand million or a milliard.
More recently, one dude used the word hallucination for what AI do and everyone ran with it, there was already a word to describe that phenomenon, fabulation. Hallucination means something completely different.
So we get to hundred, then thousand up to hundred thousand, why would we use a thousand thousand for a million, or ten hundred thousand, or a hundred thousand thousand? A new word at each separator just makes easy parsing.
One hundred seventy three thousand million four hundred sixty two thousand four hundred twenty just sounds so much worse and harder to parser when hearing it.
Yeah, there was a word: milliard. Billion came after that, when the number is a million million.
Does English have sufficiently scary words that are also etymologically correct?
A population being halvsied just doesn’t hit the same, you know?
“Those guys split us right down the middle, then finished half of us off.”
In battle, right?
Bimate removal of half.
Decimate comes from decimatus past participle of decimar removal of 1/10.
If your military unit is getting bimated, make sure you say “bye, mate”
My anthill is myriad. It’s the same as many. “Myriad stars”, not “a myriad of stars”.
I read a Matt Helm spy thriller where the hero knows that his boss has been replaced by a double because the real guy would never use ‘decimate’ to mean ‘eradicate.’
My personal gripe in this area is people misusing “objectively”.
Such as declaring that a certain movie or game is objectively good.
If an art work has been popular for years, has won dozens of awards, is used by experts as an example of excellence, isn’t it ‘objectively’ good?
I understand your point, that a person might not like a particular movie or game and therefore think it’s ‘not good.’
I’m saying that even when you’re talking about a subjective experience there are criteria that a disinterested party can rate and successful or unsuccessful.
If an art work has been popular for years, has won dozens of awards, is used by experts as an example of excellence, isn’t it ‘objectively’ good?
If I don’t like that piece of art, am I wrong? Am I objectively incorrect of the opinions inside my own head?
Lots of people dislike award winning movies, songs, and games. Are those people measurably wrong? No. The plural of subjective opinions is not an objective one.
You can dislike something, and still appreciate its merits.
Say I get a bowl of broccoli soup. Is the bowl clean? Is the soup the right temperature? Was it made with wholesome ingredients? I may not want it because I don’t like broccoli, but I wouldn’t tell someone else not to try it.
Objectively, it’s a good bowl of soup.
See?
If a piece of art was created 100 years ago and every professional critic of the time thought it was trash without any merit, and then 100 years later the critical reception of that same piece had changed and it was considered a piece of high art, is that piece of art objectively good? Objectively bad? Was it objectively bad 100 years ago and then somehow became good?
Good point.
But, unless you’re talking about a hypothetical situation where the art was hidden away and rediscovered, the work must have had some merit or it wouldn’t have lasted 100 years.
If I fuck someone 10 times then havent i decimated them?
No, you’ve only gone and dekamated them.
Penultimate must send you into spasms as well
I didn’t even know it had an alternate or wrong meaning
Meanwhile I hear it used correctly maybe 5% of the time
Seems like we all have different experiences with this word
I’m going to guess, based on the pattern of other misuses, they use it like “ultimate”, but with emphasis?
Do we have any other words where adding the prefix “pen” to it means “next to”?
Pen is more like “almost”, like in peninsula, almost an island.
Don’t start, the other lemming just taught us it’s almost an isle; island is a completely different unrelated word that they shoved an s in by mistake
I see, I thought they were synonyms, english isn’t my first language.
In fairness, so did they!
I always interpreted it as “break into ten pieces”
It comes from the Latin “decimatio”, a form of Roman military punishment where every tenth man had to be executed by his mates.
“You did poorly, as punishment we’ll take away 10% of your capability” seems counterproductive.
From what I’ve read it was used to punish things like cowardice or mutiny.
It was super brutal, they were divided in groups of ten people, draw straws and had to execute themselves the one with the short straw using clubs.
D&D is not as good as it is popular. It’s a very idiosyncratic game that’s mostly focused on a particular kind of play, but people treat it like it’s a general purpose tool.
Clearly people can have fun with it, and that’s what really matters. I’m still convinced many of them would have more, easier, cheaper, fun if they picked up a different game.
It’s most useful because it’s popular. I can travel to the other side of the country, find a local game shop, and sit down at a group and have a shared understanding of the rules.
This is broadly true, but given the low level of rules mastery I’ve seen I say “shared understanding of the rules” is a generous description.
Still, like a national fast food chain sometimes you just want something familiar even if it’s not as good as other options. You know it’s not likely to be worse than your expectations
every time i’ve played it i’ve always been shocked at how boring and nonsensical it all is.
it’s also slow as fuck.
Yeah I’ve played a few rounds with my buddies. My honest opinion is that it is too boring and constrained to me. Because the whole storytelling and the World Building is limited both by the DMs intent as well as mental capacity.
I have played with two friends that both have Avid experience in being dungeon masters and both with freedom for the players in mind. however, I still don’t feel free playing it. Everything is an option according to them but it’s ultimately isn’t.
Everything is an option according to them but it’s ultimately isn’t.
It really is a more restrictive system than people think. If you have a concept that’s like “psychic batman” you can’t really make that concept go in DND. Trivial to make in the other games I play the most (fate, CofD).
I don’t think this fits the topic because it is not “doesn’t matter at all” tier. This matters. Hasbro is a massively shitty company and D&D just keeps getting worse (a raging barbarian gets to use strength to hide and to notice things, and gets advantage on the roll in 2024 rules…).
It is very important to the health of the hobby that people start playing, and giving attention to, other game systems.
I could accept it matters more than 0, but it is pretty far down the list of issues given the state of the world.
I occasionally become insufferable and recommend people play other games, but people don’t really care. It’s like getting people off twitter.
Pancakes are fragile narcissists. You need a WHOLE FUCKING INTERNATIONAL HOUSE TO SLAKE YOUR EGO, YOU THIRSTY, PATHETIC BREAKFAST FOOD!!
You’re nothing, nothing, compared to the waffle!
this is wrong. pancakes now. pancakes tomorrow. pancakes forever. specifically, my grandma’s chocolate chip pancakes
Sounds like you’re in the pocket of big pancake.
When was the last time you walked into a Waffle House at 3am on a Saturday night?
You’re talking big shit for someone who doesn’t even own his own meth pipe.
That’s hilarious. 😂
If you’ve never worked on a holiday you shouldn’t be allowed to go to stores and restaurants on holidays.
I don’t say “bless you” when someone sneezes, because it’s an archaic tradition based on superstitious nonsense.
Are you a “Gesundheit” kinda person?
If I like someone, I sometimes go with “shut the fuck up” 😊
Pineapple on pizza is fine. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to eat it.
I am here for this battle, I will die on this hill.
Jalapeño, Pineapple and Pepperoni … Spicy, Sweet and Savory
It is a great blend of flavors across the palate.
I prefer to have the pineapples drained/squeezed a bit before adding to the pizza as it helps to caramelize the sugars in the pineapple. The oven has to boil off all that liquid before it can start doing so. Also all that excess pineapple juice will be drawn out first before boiling off which can make the dough soggy if you don’t allow it enough time in the oven.
But also, who cares in the grand scheme of things… pizza is great without pineapple too.
Try pineapple, onions, and olives. Same sort of thing; sweet, savory, flavory. My go-to.
I’m looking forward to trying it.
How big on those onion slices? I use a mandolin to slice mine paper thin for pizza but I’m willing to go thicker.
What kind of olives? Are we talking black olives or something more exotic?
Black olives, and red onions sliced about 1/4-1/8 inch or so thick. I’m sure really thin would work just as well, but I can’t vouch for it because I’ve not had it. Diced onions work well too, and white onions will do if red aren’t available.
Oranges are the worst kind of orange. They taste quite good, but if I need to use tools to eat it, I want something at least as good as a grapefruit.
Oranges are the worst kind of orange.
Pardon?
Sorry, I should’ve realized that could read as ambiguous or nonsense.
To rephrase: Navel oranges are the worst variety of fruits that taste approximately like an orange.
At least where I’m from orange on it’s own can mean either navel orange, or any similar fruit like tangerine, mandarin, or clementine.
I think the word you’re looking for is citrus
There isn’t a good word that signifies just the citrus that look and taste more or less like oranges.
Grapefruit lovers unite!
…So sorry for those on medications who can’t eat grapefruit.
It’s “by accident” not “on accident”, you uneducated fools.
Whatever.
I’ve always thought the same, but one day I realized the opposite of ‘by accident’ is ‘on purpose’. They’re both prepositions and nouns, so why couldn’t we say ‘on accident’ and ‘by purpose’? They’re at least grammatically correct if not socially.
You have made an enemy today… lol
Because prepositional phrases can have distinct definitions from those of the individual words that comprise them.
Do those have different definitions though? If I do something ‘by purpose’, I don’t think it means anything different from doing it ‘on purpose’. What other meaning could we derive from that?
How about “on the weekend”?
On the weekend happens on the saturday/sunday.
By the weekend happens at any point between now and the weekend.I prefer “at the weekend”.
The word “utilize” should almost always be changed to “use”.
And, people who cannot sing should not sing on stage.
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“utilize” should almost always be changed to “use”
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American servers: clear the table when everyone is done. Not before.
And don’t ask me if I am still working on it while I am eating. I am not “working on it” to finish my lunch.
I absolutely loath when they come over, interrupt you mid conversation or mid bit to ask you “is everything OK”, no it is not. someone is interrupting me for no reason.
Not going to be rude to them but it is so annoying, like mid video ads
Instantly thought of this from Goldeneye:
People shouldn’t be able to be told what color to paint their house. More people should experiment with wild colors inside and out.
Many programming languages allow “trailing commas”:
my_list = [ 1, 2, 3, ]This is wonderful because you can treat the last element like the previous ones instead of having to make an exception. I use it all the time, even when it provides no benefit, and I think we should even start allowing it in natural language.
This is also necessary for lists in python with one member. Or was.
I think you mean tuples, because
(1) == 1, but(1, ) == tuple([1]).Oh gosh you’re right. I think I was confusing it with how I previously used the list() constructor, which I no longer use. Thanks for the clarification.
Double. Space. After. Periods.
Period.
Pineapple pizza is not bad when done right
Probably stereotypical, but I find well done steaks to be a total waste.
I rarely cook steak, but when I do I go to a butcher and get something quality and fresh. Normally I don’t care how other people enjoy their food, but when I take the effort to get quality steak and someone at a family get together asks me to cook until the steak is grey in the center it just deflates me. Logically I know that if everyone is happy with their food it doesn’t matter, but personally having to mangle a steak so it has the taste of ground beef just goes against every cooking instinct I have.
I’ve learned that when certain people are coming to a holiday cookout to just cook burgers or BBQ instead. Everyone is just as happy with what they get.
I consider myself openminded and tolerant.
I once heard a fellow say he was from Minnesota and he thought ketchup was too spicy.
Outwardly I stayed calm but in my heart I wanted to burn the heretic.
I’m in Minnesota, and I can confirm there are people who think ketchup is spicy.
The first time I encountered “ketchup is spicy/a hot sauce,” I thought it was a joke. Then I also learned that there are truly bland people who think salt and pepper is “too much”.
I live in a very weird state.
I once gave a coworker a bit of prosciutto. She told me it was spicy.
Overall, this may also be related to a persistent refusal to distinguish between spicy and spices.
What leads to this… genuinely curious.
If you go back far enough, there’s a lot of Scandinavian heritage in Minnesota settlers, especially Sweden and Norway. Historically, Scandinavian foods lacked spice because there weren’t a lot of spices that grew there. The settlers brought the palette that comes with that with them.
I’ve known a few midwesterners like that, they likely grew up on “natural flavor” and never add anything to their food and eat the blandest possible interpretations of real foods, and since their taste buds aren’t used to any real flavor anything cooked with flavor is extreme to them
I once heard a US Southern expression.
“Food so good it’ll make you slap your mama.”
You comment brought that to mind.
That’s the name of a cooking spice I use often!
I fairly recently moved to Minnesota and I love very spicy foods. I just have to accept the fact that everything people here tell me is spicy is going to be very tame. People that get to know me have started saying “really spicy… for Minnesota” lmao
Do they have black pepper on the tables?
Generally yes, that’s peak Minnesota spiciness I suspect.
Thanks.
I grew up eating what most people consider very spicy food. I don’t care what level of spicy other people are comfortable with, but I’ve found that amongst certain types of people I have to be discreet about my preference for spicy food. Some people find it a novelty to gawk at which is just awkward.
I feel you. As a kid I thought I hated steak. Turns out my mom always cooked it well done. The first time I had a properly cooked steak it blew my mind.
