No one pronounces "JPEG" with a ph sound, though.
Fun fact! The word milk has been used for plant-based liquids and saps since at least the 14th century.
Die away upon your hill, but historical and popular usage disagree with you :P
For junk mail, it might be worth checking if there's any way to opt-out with the postal service in your jurisdiction.
I know where I live (Canada), you just have to place a notice on your mailbox that reads "No unaddressed advertising".
French is my first language, Parisians were still assholes who switched to English because they didn't like the way I spoke French.
Everyone outside Paris was cool, but I totally get the stereotypes about Parisians. I don't entirely blame them, living in a city that gets that much tourism must suck, but I am still salty at the guy working in a pizza place who served our party entirely in broken English despite us only speaking French to him.
Tomatoes, cabbage, and onions, that's a lot of vegetables in one meal! Are you one of them woke f*gs?
The amount of people worried about my nutrition as a vegan but who wouldn't bat an eye at someone eating McDonald's every day...
Democrats stopped using "gay" as a pejorative like 25 years ago. We all agreed not to anymore.
The amount of homophobic rhetoric I've seen used to describe Trump and Putin is really contradicting this statement.
Democrats love homophobia if they can justify it as "we're saying homophobic things but only to homophobes therefore it's okay! It's tactical homophobia, not actual homophobia!"
(To be clear, fuck both Trump and Putin, they're monsters, but saying shit like "Trump just wants to suck daddy Putin's cock" is homophobic.)
Unless I absolutely have to for logistical reasons, I refuse to talk about me being a vegan to others.
It typically results in a debate in which I have no desire to participate. I've had the same conversations with people over and over again in my 9 years being vegan. I always either have to censor my opinions, or I end up upsetting someone when I say I think this thing they're doing is morally wrong.
People rarely engage the topic with genuine curiosity, they usually just want me to assuage their cognitive dissonance and tell them "oh the way you eat animals is totally acceptable!"
I do wonder what the Corsican's name is in French given that boneywasawarroirwayayix is very English (language and culture) specific.
His original French name is Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, which is a reference to a song by Tino Rossi (who has Corse ancestry).
That's really cool and all, but even if I give myself permission I don't have the savings from a 6-figure salary to survive while doing something like this.
I've been struggling with alcohol consumption since the pandemic, but it's gotten a lot worse in the past few months.
I started playing Disco Elysium the other day, while trying to distract myself from wanting to drink. It's a game where you play as an alcoholic detective who is experiencing extreme amnesia due to excessive drinking.
Trying to get back into gaming has been one of the things helping me to avoid drinking since I got a Steam Deck a few months ago (you try beating Celeste under the influence, it's hard enough sober). Disco Elysium is the first game, or really media in general, to truly make me rethink my drinking habits. I'm only about 15 hours in and it's already shaping up to be one of my favourite games ever.
Bonus, here's the meme that convinced me to start playing Disco Elysium:
I had to drive around 1500km this past weekend in a rented mini-van. I don't own a car, so that's probably more distance than I've covered in a motor vehicle in the past 5 years.
Today, back home and on my way to work, there was rather torrential rain, but I was still so thankful to be back on the bike.
(Happy National Acadian Day to all Acadians!)
Craquez-vous une Alpine, mettez du 1755 ou les Hay Babies, pis faites du tapage pour laisser savoir aux Anglais qu'on est still là!
Two cappuccinos I made one after the other in my café today. This couple came in and wanted large cappuccinos, so I made them in our 16oz cups. Not my cup of tea (nor coffee) but if I can make what you want, I will! Unfortunely, my muscle memory is attuned to steaming/pouring 8oz capps, and so the first one came out somewhat more phallic than I intended 😅
The only thing worse than a shitty pour is a shitty pour in the same order as a drink you nailed.
I'm just curious! I'd love to know what type of cafés anyone here is working at.
My current café is kinda old-school Italian style coffee-wise but much more laid back and add some hippy-granola vibes for good mesure. Our beans are roasted in-house, and pretty much all the food we sell is made in-house as well, down to the sauces, and anything we don't make ourselves is bought locally.
I've worked in two other cafés prior to this one. The first was a kinda upscale third-wave spot that mostly attracted yuppies, and the equipment far surpassed the training of any of the staff. We had pourovers on the menu and maybe 1 and a half employees actually knew how to brew with a V60.
The second was a hardline traditional Italian-style café, which, if you're familiar with the coffee culture in Canada (where I live) vs Italy, is a silly idea. A lot of people here only know Tim Horton's or Starbucks, especially in a mostly rural province like where I'm situated. You have to meet people where they're at; scoffing at people for wanting sweetener in their latte isn't likely to encourage them to jump into the coffee world in whichever way one deems proper. It'll only encourage them to stick to Timmies or Starbucks instead of checking out local cafés with actually good coffee.
(For some context, I live in Canada, beer labels are bilingually English & French here)
Wasn't Hitler partly inspired by the Jim Crow laws present in the US at the time? Pretty sure Nazis have always espoused "American values".