Yeah, that’s one of the geographical differences I was alluding to. In Canada it can mean either depending on context.
Yeah, that’s one of the geographical differences I was alluding to. In Canada it can mean either depending on context.
As an English speaker I would naturally interpret “You are worth dick” and “you are not worth dick” in the same way.
I took German classes in high school and have been struggling ever since not to automatically capitalize nouns when I write in English. It’s been like 25 years.
This is English, but Canada specific as far as I know.
“Fucking the dog” - means to slack off, particularly at work.
“I fucked the dog all day at work today” basically means I got nothing done.
It is distinct from “screw the pooch” which means to fuck something up badly.
That’s generally true, but there are some exceptions. For instance. “I’m pissed” can either mean “I’m drunk” or “I’m angry” depending on where you are and the context.
A wave rarely comes alone
An equivalent idiom in English for this one might be “When it rains, it pours”
Only if the rest of the sentence matches the tense to make that clear.
I went to a movie this Saturday
This one is yesterday. But I personally would just say “I went to a movie Saturday” and drop the “this” entirely in that case.
I’m going to a movie this Saturday
This one refers to the upcoming Saturday.
Meh, I saw documentaries listed but didn’t catch that they weren’t looking for those specifically. Doesn’t matter the OP isn’t the only one in this thread and so it’s here in case someone else finds it interesting.
Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
This channel focuses on exploring concepts in science with an emphasis on futurism and space exploration, along with a healthy dose of science fiction. While we explore many concepts and technologies that are far beyond us now, we try to keep everything inside the bounds of known science or major theories.
I threw up a little in my mouth.
Yep me too. I don’t eat cookies often, but when I do. All of the cookies!
Scurvy is treated with Vitamin C, which is found in lots of fruit juices. The connection is obvious.
I did this once. But only once. The panic I felt in that moment is something I will never forget. I was able to restore the data from a recent backup before it became a problem, though.
Your spoiler tag works fine on the web client. That is the supported way to do spoilers on Lemmy. However, Sync, if you use that doesn’t support Lemmy spoilers and only supports reddit spoilers. Unfortunately no matter what spoiler method you use, it will not work for someone, somewhere. There is no unified spoiler markup across the fediverse, but there really should be.
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I saw this getting traction on Tik Tok a few days ago warning rightsholders they have until, I think, Mar 5th to pull their content from the platform.
I will take that under advisement.
Yeah, that is indeed the joke I was making.
Rogue*. I’m not usually that guy, but this particular typo just drives nuts. And it seems everyone does it.
DS9 gets way better in the last few seasons, IMO. Worth sticking with it.