Laticauda

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

You know we can have more than one place for reading right? Not everyone needs to read in a quiet place and would like more options.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago

Pretty sure it's the fault of the scary awful side for being scary and awful.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Just got my certificate for first aid training and this is not true. It has changed a few times but atm mouth to mouth IS recommended. But if you can only do one then stick to compressions.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (4 children)

In sync you can choose to have either!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Or maybe they thought it was referring to something more specific in American politics that they weren't knowledgeable about and didn't realize it was a more general message?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"I also choose this guy's dead wife"

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

I get the intention here but being celibate isn't an aberration either, celibacy exists in nature too, and there are plenty of people who are voluntarily celibate for reasons other than religion, such as many asexual people.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

That's because "I'm sorry" is essentially short for "I feel sorrow". What it means specifically can differ depending on the context. We have lots of examples of phrases that work like this, for example: if you end a relationship with someone you call it "breaking up" with them. If you pass through a tunnel during a phone call and can't hear the other person very well or the call drops, they're "breaking up". That's because something "breaking up" can refer to it falling apart or being severed. When you apologize, you feel sorrow over your own actions and/or the hurt they have caused. When you console someone grieving, you feel sorrow for their loss. This, like puns, is not in any way exclusive to the English language.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The punch line is that "son" and "sun" sound the same. "my kid" isn't a reuse of the punchline any more than "my boy" is, but it reads less awkwardly.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

"my kid" is more natural sounding and indicates parenthood a bit more obviously.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Forever sky.

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