I’m reading an 1818 novel and it uses “gay” for happy and also the noun “gaiety” which I love and want to bring back

I laughed on this… twice

This isn’t even true were I live. Investors will buy new appartments and leave them empty and sell them a few years later. Renting them would decrease the value more than the income is. It’s worse than you thought.

That’s not what she said. You’re making a strawman argument

OP doesn’t but Al’s mom does

Guess he doesn’t call himself racist or sexist either

That’s a funny euphemism for settler colonialism

And yet he refuses to do so

Well, there was more than one uno reverse card in this story once you look a few years back

Most often it’s about stateless peoples so in a way you aren’t wrong

Reminds me of a comedian who said he likes the European way and started asking “where is the toilet?” in the US. People stared at him saying “In the bathroom”.

This is true for a very not obvious reason:

People who ignore the sign are disobedient and therefore suspicious. That’s why they send all available drones to that person to intimidate them.

c/birdsarentreal #ifitfliesitspies #birdwatchinggoesbothways

The TV does. TV watching goes both ways

Why would you watch yourself instead of your mother’s series?

You got it all wrong, it’s their choice, too. That’s the whole point, it’s always their choice. It always has been. If you want to change that, you’re privileged. Their privilege is the status quo, the default, their god given right. God gave you nothing.

What helped me as a kid is imagine to write. That’s my left hand and than I know which is which without thinking too consciously (in case you’re right handed, it’s the other way around obviously).

But interesting that you know absolute directions easily. That’s a cultural thing actually. I think Australian Aborigines will say things like “my western foot hurts” because it’s more intuitive for them that way.

If I learned anything in geography class than that west is on the left

“Fun” fact about the quote (or poem) you refer to: It’s by Martin Niemöller and meant in a self critical way. He was a conservative Christian and really couldn’t bother about godless communists or Jews. Only when they came after him we woke up.

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I could ask my parents but I’m afraid it was a German collection of short stories