But the famous thing about learning to ride a bike is that you don’t forget, even after decades. I’ve just looked it up to double-check and all I got was articles about why you never forget. It’s like saying you’ll forget how to walk up stairs or something.

You don’t know the expression, “it’s like riding a bike”?

There’s a fair number of people who insist that “geek” and “nerd” mean two different, specific things. I think this is the same phenomenon, that people seek nuance where there isn’t because it makes the language seem more interesting or something.

Suspicious contempt for the rhythm section here.

https://smarthistory.org/christian-ethiopian-art/

You can say “fleetly” instead of “rapidly”. Actually “rapidly” sounds incorrect when describing flying.

You see them long ones fairly often in the Netherlands, though I suppose it’s technically called a streamer or pennant or something.

If I took a shot every time someone said “language evolves” on Lemmy, I’d be fucking dead.

It’s just the transition I don’t like!

Reads better than “Tommy needy drinky” anyway.

I’m white too.

If you’ve been told once and your job hangs in the balance, then perhaps that’s a sign of needlessly strict management, but if I just got a stern “please don’t swear in front of the public” I’d just stop swearing.

Winter time, not wintertime.

They might’ve got the tattoo before South Sudan split from Sudan.

Same the other way around.

I thought Manchester United.

I don’t think you could get the speakers of all the European languages to agree on which one is normal.

You can see on the map they’ve got public taps: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/37.620996/14.742858

One of the archaeological sites is labelled “Roman Cistern” too and you can see a lot of streams.

Hm, don’t think it should be bitter at all. Try steaming it first too!

I’d grin and bear it to be honest. Perhaps try and look at it like time you won’t be spending money on utilities to warm your house and stuff like that. For perspective, though, I prefer going out to work rather than working from home, and my commute takes just over an hour each way four days a week.