“The artist” in you appreciating statues is a totally different argument than the one you wrote initially. Removing statues of confederates is not an attempt to cover up history any more than throwing out leftover spaghetti being an attempt to forget about Italian food.

Right!? That’s literally the definition of second-hand!

I think the subtext of his comment was “and I think my opinion is generalizable to enough Irish people”. If you wanted to participate in a productive conversation, you should have pursued that angle. Of course one group member’s opinion isn’t sufficient to answer the question. No one really argues that position, so…

Drop football, add curling. Done! :D

In this case, we’d be in a place where several more of the government buildings would flood and take damage more often. Seems like a pretty easy choice.

The first one is essentially, “do an actual analysis of the climate in the local area”. It does not mean, “come to a global consensus on climate change first”. The second one means, “if you don’t want to do an analysis, just pick this number, because it’s probably fine”. And the third means, “if you don’t like that…

I feel bad for the Danes. I don’t know how they’re Copen, haven’ so much of an advantage squandered.

This one’s my favorite:

“Vyvyan, you bastard!”

Yeah, one of them is. http://jisho.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keyword=snot

Followed up on the thread to make sure this was posted...

“I had to go down there with a torch!”

Pluralizing the first word of the compound doesn’t feel right anyway, and especially not in this case because corn is usually a mass noun. When a person says, “you want some corn?”, you usually are like, “what, man?”, but eventually when you get the corn, it’s a bunch of corn kernels, perhaps attached to a cob.…

You have the slightest ability to think with nuance, but you think that looking like assholes was part of their strategy? Looking like assholes was a byproduct of their strategy, and not any one of their goals, main or otherwise. That’s a nuance that should be pretty apparent.

Start saying it with three syllables in your head, if you can remember. “Vac-yuu-um”. Then try not to say it out loud to people like that, because they would make fun of you, probably.

“Corns-on-the-cob”. :D

Jeez, that guy’s a dick, isn’t he? Christ!

I think... just take a step back on this one, buddy.

MADGE!! :D

SOUP SHOWER!