You might hold off on correcting people on that one. Just a quick online dictionary check suggests that both usages for the word are actually correct, or at least generally accepted as such. It’s one of those that I think you’re just going to have to grit your teeth and accept. The “study of” definition didn’t even…

This was the minifig that was “me” in all my Lego adventures. Definitely my favorite. It’s still a touchpoint for me in my scifi designs, many many years later.

I have never had end credits cut off without warning. Usually they shrink into a little box and give a prompt and countdown, which you can typically dismiss (but I’d rather I didn’t have to). It does vary a lot by platform though. I have 6 different things in my household that play Netflix, of various ages and levels…

I think Netflix does it because they presume people want to jump to the next episode, not due to bandwidth (or not ONLY due to it). I think if bandwidth were the primary issue, it wouldn’t automatically start playing the next episode of a thing.

I’m not sure why he’s not putting every word he says in quotes at this point. He seems to believe that when he uses them, the words he said can later be claimed to have meant almost anything whatsoever.

The key word here is “panic”. Totally short circuits the higher reasoning centers of the brain. Some people don’t have much of a handle on those to start with.

Dr. Z, you clearly have no conception of what some people will spend on a wedding dress. Weddings are nuts. A quick Google query gives an average price of about $1500, according to one source. Obviously some people spend much, much less.

I do genuinely wonder: can the men come to work in, say, unbuttoned polo shirts maybe? You know, tasteful business casual, etc. One of the complaints I saw was “it’s summer, it’s so hot”. Men are, I think, literally required to wear coats, preferably black ones. I have zero problem with the sleeveless dresses, and…

I remember telling my mom I was bored when I was young (9 or 10 onward). Later in life I was able to properly identify what I’d been feeling as a form of depression, which still is with me to this day.

Today my 3yo nephew and his mom were on Facetime, talking to us. The call was abruptly disconnected, and she playfully pointed out that he had hit the disconnect button. He indignantly insisted that he did not, but she did.

I am a regular user of SL. It could possibly stand to be replaced. But by all accounts, Sansar is not a viable replacement. It’s too different of a thing.

I’ve always been of the opinion that email should be plain text 100%, all the way. No fonts, no colors, no images, no formatting beyond tabs, space, and line breaks. It’s just text! Imagine the overall reduction in bandwidth used across the world if people weren’t padding out their 5 word quick replies with 100kb of…

No intention to undermine you generally well made points, but I do want to note that “trademark” and “copyright” are not interchangeable terms.

Part of the problem is that this is treated as a binary. It is either one thing or the other. Either it’s availabilty or it’s intent to do harm (whether due to social conditioning, mental illness, or any other reason). But it is both! The true ideal is to address both sides of the issue, so that those with the intent…

Mm, well, not arguing the game doesn’t get retconned hard. Just wanted to note/have confirmed that there WERE actually two in the first game, however briefly.

I thought even the first game had two keyblades? Didn’t Mickey have one that was like Sora’s with the colors swapped? It’s been a long time. I might have mixed some things up.

“Despite” assaulting a reporter? I fear it may be a case of “because of”. I ran across a distressing number of examples of people cheering him on specifically because of it. Certain types of people have been thoroughly conditioned to HATE reporters as a group, believing them to be harassing liars who are bent on…

I accidentally referred to him as “The President” yesterday and felt terrible afterwards. I was talking to my dad and it just seemed like the easiest way to refer to him. My dad still is not disgusted with his own choice to vote for the man, so....

Keep in mind your school was one among probably millions. There are still plenty of schools with extremely lax and liberal dress and grooming codes out there. Similarly, there were plenty of them with extremely strict codes when you were in school, whenever that actually was. I know my own schools in the 90s were…

Gosh knows I’ve been appalled watching my 5yo nephew just tap on every button presented to him, without a moment’s hesitation in games like that. He can’t read them, but I sure as heck can. Apparently noone’s ever taught him that those things sometimes == money spent, and my protests fell on deaf ears. Only a lack of…