I’ll give you a brief example: If you’re selling your car and I said I’m gonna give you twenty thousand for it, and I show up with 20,000 pennies, we’re not speaking the same language.
At this stage of life, I can’t tell if I should laugh or cry. So I’ll probably do both.
Never has what it’s like to be human in today’s age been so succinctly pictured.
@mike808 It’s easy because there are consistent rules, like:
“I” before “E” except after “C”
Or when sounded like “A”
As in “neighbor” and “weigh”
.
.
Unless your word is just “weird”
and the rules don’t apply.
I saw a post on Nextdoor complaining that their electricity rate had gone up considerably, stating “My old rate is .0738, they sent a letter with a new rate of 8.79.”
It took a few tries to get across that it was listed as $0.0738 and 8.79¢. Baltimore can be pricey, but we’re not Texas…
@kevinrs@smigit2002 Maybe people should tell their politicians to raise the minimum wage 20% if they’re so outraged. And vote them out if they don’t.
Or have the commission that oversees the private for-profit utility corporations tell them to pound sand and suck it up. “For the children” or whatever bullshit go-to lie they use when the public got screwed all the times before.
@kevinrs@mike808 as I recall, the person stated they had their rate locked in for 3 years, so I’m not super surprised that it went up a bit. Also, in Maryland we can chose our energy provider, so if he does 10 minutes of research, he can probably beat his previous rate.
@kevinrs@Limewater@smigit2002
Here in Misery, the Deep Red legislators are pushing state laws that prevent local cities (like STL and KC) from passing ordinancses raising the minimum wage in their war on workers.
This was commented in the product thread also:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/5-pack-juniper-clean-72ct-disinfectant-surface-wipes-with-bleach#6058170665e266001172c16d
(For all we know, it was done on purpose to make sure folks are paying attention.)
/giphy table flip
https://consumerist.com/2006/12/10/transcript-verizon-doesnt-know-how-to-count/
@RiotDemon I remember listening to the recording of that call on YouTube. The most amazing part was that he never got mad.
@RiotDemon Classic episode, I play that for anyone that asks me why I dont want verizon as a cell provider!
http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/ and its not an isolated incident…
@RiotDemon this is pure, bang-your-head-into-the-brick-wall-repeatedly, customer service gold.
@RiotDemon oops you got here first.
@RiotDemon
At this stage of life, I can’t tell if I should laugh or cry. So I’ll probably do both.
Never has what it’s like to be human in today’s age been so succinctly pictured.
they are only 1 scent however (fresh)
Seriously…I’m a middle school teacher…compared to what I see and read every day…that would be a dream come true.
@sunnysideup22
So, tell us about how we should pronounce “flaccid”.
Accident
“Ack-sih-dent”
Accent
“Ack-sent”
Access
“Ack-sess”
Accessory
“Ack-sess-oh-ree”
Flaccid
“Flass-id”
WTF?
IT’S NOT HARD, PEOPLE!
@mike808 It’s easy because there are consistent rules, like:
“I” before “E” except after “C”
Or when sounded like “A”
As in “neighbor” and “weigh”
.
.
Unless your word is just “weird”
and the rules don’t apply.
@rockblossom
There’s made up shit that sounds good, and then there’s science.
@rockblossom
I Before E Except When Your Foreign Neighbor Keith Receives Eight Counterfeit Beige Sleighs From Feisty Caffeinated Weightlifters.
@mike808 @rockblossom And I misspell weird a lot because of that - enough that each time I use that word I double check I spelled it correctly.
@mike808 @sunnysideup22 Holy crap lmao
@rockblossom
I don’t remember if the forum recognizes the youtube t parameter for seconds, but the I before E shtick starts at the :55 point.
I saw a post on Nextdoor complaining that their electricity rate had gone up considerably, stating “My old rate is .0738, they sent a letter with a new rate of 8.79.”
It took a few tries to get across that it was listed as $0.0738 and 8.79¢. Baltimore can be pricey, but we’re not Texas…
@smigit2002 We do not teach enough practical math, or science for that matter, in K-12.
@smigit2002 to be fair, that’s still nearly a 20% increase
@kevinrs @smigit2002 Maybe people should tell their politicians to raise the minimum wage 20% if they’re so outraged. And vote them out if they don’t.
Or have the commission that oversees the private for-profit utility corporations tell them to pound sand and suck it up. “For the children” or whatever bullshit go-to lie they use when the public got screwed all the times before.
@kevinrs @mike808 as I recall, the person stated they had their rate locked in for 3 years, so I’m not super surprised that it went up a bit. Also, in Maryland we can chose our energy provider, so if he does 10 minutes of research, he can probably beat his previous rate.
@kevinrs @mike808 @smigit2002 Maryland’s minimum wage is already over $11, and set to continue increasing to $15 over the next four years.
@kevinrs @Limewater @smigit2002
Here in Misery, the Deep Red legislators are pushing state laws that prevent local cities (like STL and KC) from passing ordinancses raising the minimum wage in their war on workers.
@kevinrs @Limewater @mike808 @smigit2002 Sounds a lot like TX/fracking ordinances
@smigit2002 I’m almost certain I saw that same post. I think we’re neighbors.
@evmc That’d be entertaining, I live in Severn MD, just south of BWI
@smigit2002 Yep, Glen Burnie here.
http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2006/12/verizon-doesnt-know-dollars-from-cents.html