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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Evolution and other basic, elementary-level science to those who insist on the existence of some Skyman.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The definition of "cardiovascular system." Budtenders are just built different.

Then there was the extremely wealthy guy who didn't know what I meant when I said "install." He actually asked me "What means "Install""? Native English speaker, over 50, owned a couple businesses. He'd never heard of installing a program or a dishwasher.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I once had to explain the concept of having multiple Internet browser tabs to an elderly woman. She was certain nobody else could ever manage accessing a webpage AND their email at the same time, and was angry at our 2fa system for requiring that.

Another time I had to explain to my romantic partner at the time that winter actually lasts from the 21st of December through the 20th of March. He was convinced that winter coincided with the Christmas season, and that spring started on January 1st.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

that's why i consider our calendar to just objectively be bad, why would the year start randomly slightly halfway through the winter? surely the obvious choice is either having new year's on the winter solstice so the year starts when things get brighter, or having new year's roughly when winter tends to end?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I've always felt that one of the solstices being the start of the year was the obvious answer, I always went for summer just because that feels like the better time to throw a party outdoors for it.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

How to put phone in silent mode.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I told me biss that i have agave syrup for margaritas and as a hiney substitute for when i have vegan friends over. He asked why vegans have a problem with hiney since insects aren't animals. I wasn't sure how to respond to that other than saying they absolutely are, so he googled it and had his kind absolutely blown

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

hiney

Since you wrote this twice, I feel it is my duty to mention that hiney is a synonym for buttocks.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I had to explain what "first Tuesday after the first Monday" meant to my cousin's baby daddy. Give you zero hints who he ended up voting for.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (10 children)

Ok I'll bite. I don't understand.

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