because their friends are there

or in reddit’s case, because they think their friends are there

I’m sorry, what? I have no idea who Drag is. Wait, are you referring to yourself in the third person?

I dont know who drag is. Also, I don’t really care who drag is.

If creating new life and welcoming a new person into your world is “mundane”, or exploring new corners of this tiny world that we are confined to is not interesting to you, then you really gotta tell me about the mind-blowing stuff you’re doing every day that takes precedence.

For a real friend? Absolutely! I’ll hunt them down. For a coworker or loose acquaintance? I care a little less, but it’s still nice to see occasional baby photos and vacation pics.

I can’t believe people would fake politeness about this! No wonder we’re all so damn lonely. If you really don’t care, why not just say that those things bore you? It would probably make for deeper connections with everyone involved. You wouldn’t have to waste your time with them, and they wouldn’t waste their time with you!

Memes are nothing like logographs (“kanji”) linguistically speaking

This actually happened to me once. I illegally streamed a show and then this Italian guy Vinnie the Foot blasts through my screen. Nice guy. Asked for a towel, I made him an espresso, we watched movies and smoked cigars til sunrise.

is TPB dead?

Those instances are terrible for many, many reasons. Transphobia is NOT one of those reasons.

in Korea businesses say 25 hours to mean 24/7

Serendipity, a stroke of fortune! Great word.

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You realize that speaking a language involves talking to another person, right?? So you speak what the interlocutor speaks in any given situation… and if both parties speak both equally well, then they generally speak a mix of both, based on whim or topic.

Neurobiologically they absolutely do. Most animals have amygdala, for starters, so they feel a lot of basic emotions. As for love, one would only need to ask whether they can do things such as produce oxytocin, recognize faces or voices, desire touch, etc.

BING QI LIN!!!

any tips for not injuring vocal chords?

Oh yeah, I could see that. I’ve only seen a couple Wendover videos but they seemed decent

Love Tasting History. one of the best channels. he does great research.

stoked for Bonsai channel, thank you

mehhhh… he’s a bit corporate now. he started as an excellent channel for teaching concepts in physics to layfolk using engaging questions. and he does great research. but i think more bias has crept into his content since he got big

Real Life Lore sucks. he’s algorithm bait. he isn’t necessarily factually wrong, but he’s just shallow. it plays better to the algorithm. he is pretty much the antithesis of “in-depth”. so I’m not really sure what you’re looking for if that’s the benchmark