Clarissa on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026
TV, yes, but it's gotten so much worse than that. It's all in short-form videos now. People stare for hours…
Anonymous on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026
--and I disagree about phonetics. I think it *is* a pop culture reference combined with dreadful ignorance, because I had…
Anonymous on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026
You can't help the IQ you're born with. There's no shame in it. But if that's not the explanation, then…
Clarissa on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026
We had a graduate student come in today to encourage people to go to grad school. He told us that…
cliff arroyo on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026
" just like English hypotheticals which nobody knows any longer" A lot of the grammar of English is collapsing from overuse…
cliff arroyo on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026
" still non-standard, in standard educated form " I have a broader definition of standard than you probably do that includes daily…
Clarissa on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026
It's so hard to teach Spanish hypotheticals because they are just like English hypotheticals which nobody knows any longer. "If…
Avi on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026
"If I would have known" is still non-standard, in standard educated form of British, US, Australian English, regardless of cliff's…
Clarissa on Q&A: Soviets and NukesFebruary 27, 2026
What are we doing wrong that, no matter who we vote for, the result is always the same? On what…
ed on Q&A: Soviets and NukesFebruary 27, 2026
It's flabbergasting the change in tune from the Trump administration from their 2024 campaign to now. Trump literally channeled frustrations…
Clarissa on Q&A: Soviets and NukesFebruary 27, 2026
I looked at the news, and yes, it feels inevitable now. What a pig-assed decision, my God. What an absolutely…
Clarissa on Q&A: Soviets and NukesFebruary 27, 2026
I'm very worried what this might do to the economy. This is seriously the worst foreign policy in forever. And…
Clarissa on Q&A: Soviets and NukesFebruary 27, 2026
WWII was the end of it. The few last naive believers were finished off by Khruschev's denunciations of Stalin.
ed on Q&A: Soviets and NukesFebruary 27, 2026
Somewhat related: Qatar is not letting USA use their air bases to attack Iran, so USA had to move those…
ed on Q&A: Soviets and NukesFebruary 27, 2026
When did the Soviets stop believing in their own ideology?
overgrownhobbit on Useless Laptop JobsFebruary 27, 2026
When it comes to any innovation: a new tech, rule system, war: whatever one can see everyone at a certain…
Clarissa on Catch OnFebruary 27, 2026
Yes, what connection can there possibly be between phasing out human labor and the number of new humans. It's a…
oldcowboy3 on The PlagueFebruary 27, 2026
methylethyl LOL, well, to quote Mick Dundee, "I knew you were tribal" ;-D
Anonymous on Catch OnFebruary 27, 2026
Sorry, I'm not getting the connection. I guess it depends on what you mean by blethering. Are falling fertility rates…
Clarissa on A Simple ExplanationFebruary 27, 2026
My kid is 10, and we are still all about plushies. Or stuffies, which is the same thing. My mom…
oldcowboy3 on Was Iryna’s Murder Politicized?February 27, 2026
Well, it does tend to lower the recidivism.
Anonymous on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026
I don't think it's that. That obscure movie wasn’t culturally dominant enough to rewire people’s phonetic instincts en masse. It's…
Anonymous on The PlagueFebruary 27, 2026
Hmm, I don't know. Scots is my default cultural setting, so it is sometimes difficult to tease out "Scots" from…
Anonymous on Was Iryna’s Murder Politicized?February 27, 2026
The traditional solution is a busy gibbet.
Anonymous on Janet’s LawFebruary 27, 2026
It has been... good for my prayer discipline ;) Don't ask for recovery: only whatever God wills. -ethyl
Anonymous on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026
I was not familiar with "Lazarillo" for seeing-eye dog! That is great! I lobbied for Nicodemus because I like that…
Anonymous on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026
That construct makes people sound like hicks, but without any of the redeeming features of hick dialects. -ethyl
cliff arroyo on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026
"I hate “different than.”" What do you think of "different to"? That seems increasingly common in British usage and may…
oldcowboy3 on Was Iryna’s Murder Politicized?February 26, 2026
C'mon Kid, you know that I was not suggesting that he be released to harm more innocent people.
Clarissa on Janet’s LawFebruary 26, 2026
I'm so sorry. This sounds terrible. I will be praying for your complete recovery.