darkmooink
darkmooink t1_je8w5qz wrote
Reply to comment by horrifyingthought in ELI5: What is Universal Healthcare by Thegreatcornholio459
You realise that you just said “healthcare isn’t more expensive. The prices are just higher.”
darkmooink t1_je8kara wrote
Reply to comment by Caucasiafro in ELI5 Why are pickles not just called pickled cucumbers? by Shabless
Uk here, they are called gherkins and we have, in the grocery shop; pickled cabbage, onion, beetroot (I think Americans call them beats) in glass jars. I can’t remember seeing gherkins or pickled egg in the shops but they are a common thing to exist, gherkins are common on burgers and pickled egg are often sold at fish and chip shops.
darkmooink t1_jdv9p8d wrote
Reply to comment by threecrazycats in [OC] Top Words Used In UK Company Names by bigchard69
The ones I thought were the most out of place were Wales on the Norfolk coast, southern and Bristol in Scotland and Birmingham in NI. I didn’t spot the two you mentioned.
darkmooink t1_j9o8hcz wrote
Reply to comment by SsurebreC in Supreme Court rejects man’s bid to sue police over arrest for Facebook parody by sue_me_please
And with this case they have to either admit it was satire or admit it is believable that they would have “free abolitions for teenagers provided by the police in the wal-mart parking lot.” Unfortunately they chose the latter.
darkmooink t1_j9egtou wrote
Reply to eli5: What are the odds in 2023 that California “falls into the ocean” due to a massive earthquake (or anything else for that matter)…? by jennyjuice9799
0% land is not floating on the sea it is just land that is higher than the sea floor. For anything to “fall into the ocean” you need to break off of the rest of the land and fall into the sea, this often happens dramatically with cliffs but it’s never more than 20-30 feet on a bad year.
darkmooink t1_j87t2di wrote
Reply to comment by quadrangle3136 in Where Being in a Union Is the Norm by lemonzestttttttt
But usually that is because there are unions.
darkmooink t1_j87rzsk wrote
Reply to comment by pookiedookie232 in [OC] Fastest Nürburgring Nordschleife Lap Times: Production and Street Legal Cars by seamacke
The Y at 0 is more excusable since they used the fastest as near enough Y origin but as for Ferrari, they are either Red or Yellow. The only time Ferrari can be blue is at a protest.
darkmooink t1_je98arm wrote
Reply to LPT: It's <its> in its possessive, and <it's> when it's concatenated! by Urgettingfat
It’s English, English is a descriptive language meaning that however it is used is the correct way. If you want a language that has strict rules as to what is and isn’t correct please see french.
The “rules” you have been taught are only guidelines for the period of time and location you were taught them in. For example I was never taught to use <> as quote marks it was either ‘ or “ but obviously you were, we are both correct because I understood you perfectly.