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For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don't want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That's ludicrous!

That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use "less" when they should use "fewer"

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I frequent a bakery that sells the Swedish treat called a semla. No one who works there speaks Swedish, so when I ask for ”two semlor” (pl.), they repeat it right back to me ”two semlas”. Sigh. They have a very finite number of foreign language menu items—they can learn the plurals. (Don’t get me wrong, if ”semlas” is the price of semlor I don’t have to make, I am willing to pay it, but boy does it annoy me.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I know this is unpopular. Have had several long winded discussions on this with friends and folks alike. "All religions are cults", doesn't matter the person is alive, dead or imaginary, you're just following a charismatic leader(s).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The most pointless hill I will die on is the whole regardless, irregardless thing.

They mean the same thing, but irregardless is redundant. My friend uses that word purely because he knows it pisses me off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I can only assume your friend is the one who downvoted you

Also, I say "irregardless" when I want to sound like the mobster from It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

No. Some rando found the comments in my profile and are down voting all my comments. Lol I don't care though. If they get gratification for it I hope they're happy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, friend. That sounds very toxic. I hope they stop soon

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I'm sure they will and if they don't.... Eh? It's not a big deal

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Preach brotha.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Using 12 AM or 12 PM is useless. Midnight is both and noon is neither.

The saying "hindsight is 20/20" is stupid. 20/20 is average. As someone with better than 20/20, my hindsight would be worse than normal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I can recline my seat. And you can recline yours.

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