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This is a lot like responding with "Actually, I'm an atheist" when someone says "Bless you" after you sneeze.

You know what they meant, and you know the kind sentiment they were trying to get across. Nitpicking at it serves no one.

Receive??

This is exactly why I've stayed working for the same company for the last 6 years. I could definitely go elsewhere and get paid more (job hopping for higher salary is pretty common in my field), but I seriously doubt they'd be as cool with my senior dog's frequent vet appointments.

I think the weird part is finding a company that's actually inclusive and provides said representation.

Even if they did kind of wield it as a cudgel in an attempt to punish this employee.

The problem is and has been humans.

Well, yeah, but unless you're suggesting we exterminate the species, the answer must be regulating the way we interact with each other, like the person above suggested.

Well thank god we have heroes like you to remind us that our minor acts of resistance are completely pointless. God forbid we build up to anything 🙄

My DM had a similar problem with Common, but instead of removing it entirely he basically nerfed it. The in-game explanation is that it's basically a cobbled-together system of hand signs and syllables that are supposed to be used to make trade possible between traveling merchants who don't speak each other's language; as a result, you can't really use it to express anything more complicated than "I want that" or "give me this." Rarely, he'll let us roll if we want to try to convey some important information via Common, but otherwise we're stuck behind a hard language barrier. It's made the game more interesting, not least because of the charades-esque mini game we get to play every now and then lol

I have an exercise bike at home, so I've taken to dragging it into the living room and playing video games while I do an hour of zone 2. I end up finishing my hour before I even realize it; plus, trying not to get curbstomped in Elden Ring is incredibly conducive to keeping your heart rate up.

Never thought I'd see a bird described as "promiscuous" in a scientific article, but here we are I suppose.

What does not participating accomplish, exactly? Even if I'm unlikely to succeed, between a 0.0001% chance and a 0% chance, I'm going for the 0.0001% every time.

We know. Everyone knows. It's just how we refer to the Democratic Party here. At this point, I think the only people who don't know the difference are the ones wouldn't care to make the distinction in the first place. Getting upset over it makes about as much sense as getting upset at British people for calling a sweater a jumper.