Always felt I had an American accent, that's what most people say I have. Multiple American friends (Californians mostly) have said I sound British. When I tell non Americans this they laugh.
Personal conclusion: most Americans aren't great at identifying accents.
I'd like to say I did that on purpose to show how dumb they'd be renaming it, but it is I who can't remember my East and West
True. Guess it's more like them getting Google to change Greenland into West Alaska
Imagine being a tourist in the US, looking for an address you believe to be say, Martin Luther King Street. Can't find it anywhere, even on Google maps, then eventually you talk to someone and find out it's now called Elon Musk Avenue.
Not saying this is exactly the same, but if we're letting people change the names of places on commonly used global map software willy nilly, even if it's just region to region, we're gonna end up with problems. It's not like "freedom fries" back in the day that legitimately affected no one.
And I am suddenly seeing a parenthetical on the Gulf here outside the US, so there technically was a sudden change
When already planning to quit again after a gacha relapse a few years back, I remember thinking "I'll wait till this event is done", but then the next event starts, then the next, then the next and they all overlap at least a little and I didn't want to miss out.
These games made me feel like it was important " work", that I was building up to something and that mastery and improvement was as easy as showing up and doing dailies.
Yeah, dark patterns in gaming absolutely suck
At my worst I was doing three Gacha games and it was killing me. I had to quit and it's genuinely hard to stay out seeing how fun some of these new Gacha games look. Can't imagine doing this many and not hating your life
I think at this point it's more about what the case represents. I don't know how exactly I want this to happen, but I do hope the results of his trial somehow creates positive changes in how insurance companies work.
Wishful thinking, but I think that's the kind of feeling people have around this.
My first time hearing the word "biodegradable" as a kid was after asking my dad why he threw his cigarette butts into the water when we were fishing.
I tried the first episode but barely got a quarter way through. Made me too sad
I kinda want them here so they can be exposed to leftist ideas and become thigh-high wearing, Linux using furries.
But that's probably just me huffing hopium
Fair. I've spent most my life working with the neurodivergent community, so even IRL I know some very intelligent people need a bit of help with implied meaning. I know I've had my fair share of "woosh" moments
Interesting to think of American and British accents as opposites. I actually learned English (my first and only fully fluent language) living in New Zealand until kindergarten age but no one ever says I have a Kiwi or Aussie accent. I like to tell people I have an "international schooled kid" accent.