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				Small-Scale Question Sunday for January 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
No, because May also has 31 days lol. The rhyme goes "September, April, June, and November".


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for January 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yeah, I do. I just checked that sentence and I naturally use my tongue on the last T.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for January 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


But of course, this example is harder to explain precisely because we think of those two Ts as being the same sound.




Your post really confuses me, because they are the same sound. And, contrary to your argument, I make the T sound on both words by touching my tongue behind my teeth.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for January 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I liked the prequel trilogy at the time. It's not perfect, but on the whole I enjoyed it a great deal and think that it was a worthy Star Wars trilogy.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for January 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yeah, though not since I was a kid in the 90s. I remember thinking it was really cool, though I wouldn't be surprised if adult me didn't enjoy it as much.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
If you take PTO, that isn't "getting a week for labor day". Getting time off for a holiday is only what your employer gives by default, extra time you take doesn't count.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for January 11, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
We must seize the means of reproduction, comrades!


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for January 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


A company that only did this to extract more money from each sale...




That is literally every company that uses price discrimination. They don't get punished either because of market inefficiencies or because they sell goods that aren't interchangeable with competitors' goods.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for January 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
That is not a normal-ass hamburger IMO. They don't normally have a bunch of filler added in addition to the beef.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for January 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'm not quite sure if it's about the one true way to play, so much as it is fear of losing something people like. Take your SC2 example: I personally quite agree that SC2 would be a better game without the focus on APM. But to someone who loves SC2 as it exists today, they probably hear that and envision a world where vanilla SC2 is replaced with a version of SC2 where it has all the unit automation. So they push back on it because they don't want to lose the thing they love, and they're afraid that's what would happen.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for January 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
He did indeed. I and many of my generation knew who Iron Man was even if we weren't comic fans because of that.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for January 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


And I understand that it's basically there for coding already




That is very much a subject of controversy in the industry. Some people say that is true, others (myself included based on my experience) say that it ultimately slows you down rather than speeds you up.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for January 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Just don't watch the Director's Cut, the comic-book scenes add little or nothing to the story.




I feel like there must be two versions of the director's cut or something, because I have the director's cut and there are no comic book scenes. It's just extra live action scenes (nothing super necessary but they are still enjoyable enough).


Great pick though, I love Watchmen. One of the very few movies I've seen which were good enough that I went to see them in the theater a second time.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for January 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Tell me... do you feel in charge?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 5, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
That was... something. I have been around the block a time or two, but orgies where you pretend-rape women are a tier of degeneracy I have never really seen before.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for January 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Nobody wants him to stop posting entirely. We want him to stop posting horrible fucked up things that aren't in the least fun. As others have pointed out, 75% of this week's post was fine. Most of the cases he posts are fine. It's just every so often he posts cases which are the antithesis of fun, and people would like him to not post that minority of cases.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for December 31, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


the whole kitten-caboodle




It's "kit and caboodle", not "kitten caboodle".


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of December 29, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


It's fascinating how you breathe this "joy" of rapine in one post and extoll Christianity in the next. No amount of Biblical exegesis can rationalize a Jesus who says yes, it is right and good to crush your enemies and hear the lamentations of their women and take joy in it.




coffee_enjoyer is constantly getting Christianity wrong. I'm not sure why that is, but I long ago learned to collapse any post he makes about Christianity because it'll be chock full of inaccuracies about what the faith says about things.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for December 28, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Like @ThomasdelVasto this seems clearly against Christian morality to me (especially them wanting you to have sex with this woman to impregnate her). So if that's important to you, do not pass go, do not collect $200. But even aside from that I wouldn't do it. This seems like it has way too much potential to blow up in your face, most notably with the possibility it will cause your wife to feel jealousy which eats at your relationship with her. I would politely but firmly decline this one.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for December 26, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
For what it's worth, I didn't perceive you as trying to do apologetics for infidelity (let alone that you were cheating on your wife yourself). I took it as you offering up the perspective that Japanese culture has (one that most people here wouldn't know about), with perhaps a light dose of devil's advocate for the sake of an interesting discussion about what is right or wrong.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for December 24, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


That's why the iPhone Mini flopped so hard. Even Apple couldn't make small phones work commercially.




As far as I'm aware, it didn't flop at all, but sold millions of units. Apple might deem "only" millions in sales to be a flop, but that's only by comparison to the other iPhone model. Without that comparison to be made, the phone was a great success for Apple.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for December 24, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I cannot understand why there is such a market failure here. If you need way bigger or smaller clothes than other people do, your options are limited, you might have to pay more, but you can at least get them. But with phones there's a seeming refusal to meet that market niche. It's bizarre to me.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for December 21, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I was awake for my wisdom teeth removals (yes, plural!) as well. Mine never bothered me, except that a couple got infected over the years so those were removed. They don't bother to knock you out for just one tooth, which was fine with me. The main thing that I found striking was that it's psychologically very weird. There's a part of your brain that recognizes that what's going on should really hurt and is bracing for it, but the pain never kicks in due to the local anesthetic. It's a very bizarre sensation.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of December 22, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Fair enough - "shows no loyalty" was too strong a phrasing. That said, I don't think my post substantively changes if it were to say "shows disloyalty". Sleeping around on your spouse is just about one of the worst things you can do to someone, short of criminal acts. I think it makes perfect sense to use that as a marker of character and act accordingly. It seems to me that not wanting to have an adulterer in a position of responsibility in your business is just another application of the ancient wisdom "bro, if she'll cheat with you, she'll cheat on you."


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of December 22, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


It's "dishonest in a small thing is likely to be dishonest in a big thing".




It's even worse than that. Cheating on your spouse is "dishonest in a big thing". When someone shows you that they have no integrity, you should pay attention and not just ignore that revelation about their character.