Blue=water

Yep, it’s standardized.

And this, this is what I expected from the article. Thanks Greenwinde!

Way to be much more informative than the actual article. I think most people already knew that they signified a line underground, but the color scheme is something most don’t.

Usually blue is drinking water, yellow is gas (or other flammable substances) , green sewer, and orange utilities like cable TV. I’ve also seen people spray bright green or bright orange to point out tripping hazards, like a sidewalk that has lifted in a section.

Yes, words have meaning, and the meaning is defined by how they are used, not what the individual root, suffixes, and prefixes literally mean. For instance, the term anti-Semitic literally means “against Semites”, which would included hatred of Ethiopians and Arabs, but the word itself means anti-Jewish, because the…

Were I an alien, I would obliterate humans with my most violent tools for the benefit of the rest of the lifeforms on earth. Nothing gained but peace of mind and knowledge you did something good in the universe. Isn’t that why we hold doors for people, etc? Killing all humans is like holding a door for someone.

Beth, if I may say so, it’s nice to have a weekend editor who doesn’t take the weekend off. THANK YOU for providing and creating your varied and compelling content for omnivores like myself.

Imagine this. You and your partner plan a really fun thing to do with your kids. Kids are hyped up, excited, ready to go. You are ready to walk out the door and your partner is standing in front of it, droning on with a story you could care less about, and completely ignoring all your attempts to get his/her…

Ah, okay. Yeah, I totally do that.

I’m trying to imagine what aggressive-passive would be like.

Kinja Kinja Kinja. I spent 20 years in relationships like the ones you described above so give me 2 minutes please. I should mention I spent most of these relationships making passive jokes and getting hammered. Flash forward, sober 6 years and a lot less anger. So here’s my two cents based on my experience What I…

Aggressive passive = power bottom?

You know, that’s a really good question and it deserves an answer. A friend of mine literally (literally literally, not internet literally) had no idea how to confront things she found difficult within interpersonal relationships other than passive-aggression because she —like many other people and perhaps most…

Detroit’s water system routinely comes in quite clean. I used to live in Flint when I went to college there and I read the water quality reports myself as part of my analytical chemistry class. People assume it’s dirty because of the long history but the past 20-30 years of environmental regulation and restoration…

“Microsoft Warns Users Not to Install Its Latest Windows Update, For Now”

Thanks for sharing your story. I’m so glad that you got the right message at the right time that allowed you to keep on living!

I didn’t vote for him...

Yeah, I know, although it seems to be like data in that you get variation that shows more or less awareness of the original structure. Of course, there are plenty of definite articles in loanwords that speakers aren’t aware of, like in algebra and so on.

Here’s how these people see themselves