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  • GiveOver@feddit.uktoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•TOTALLY what JC wants
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    3 天前

    I like the one where angels come to earth to visit Lot (our hero of the story) and take the form of men. But because they’re angels, they’re like, super hot. So all the gays in the village want a piece of that fine angel tush. They bang on Lot’s door asking for their Snap and Lot (our noble protagonist) is a reasonable man so he suggests the gay men all rape his virgin daughter instead. But they refuse obviously so God has to blow up the whole village.

    Fun fact this is where the “cool guys don’t look at explosions” trope comes from because Lot and his wife are walking away from the nuked village but she turns round to look and God has to turn her into salt.

    In the third act, Lot’s daughters are upset that their boyfriends got caught up in the village nuke so they have to rape their dad while he’s drunk and then they all live happily ever after.

  • GiveOver@feddit.ukto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•Crazy Brits ruleEnglish
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    30 天前

    Ok it was a deliberately silly example for emphasis. Here’s a real example. I went to Australia once and in the airport somebody referred to my Mentos as “lolly”. To me, lollies are on a stick. Apparently not to aussies. It threw me off for half a second, but that’s it. Confused is an overstatement.

  • GiveOver@feddit.uktoAsk UK@feddit.uk•What's a good present for a colleague who just had their first baby?
    3·
    30 天前

    Hard to say because for every useful suggestion, there’s a chance somebody else has already bought it. Some things I’d have found useful - a nappy changing setup, with plenty of nappies and wipes and cream and maybe a changing mat. Sleeping bags. Boring clothes (vests, onesies). Professional cleaner. Takeaway voucher. If you can check what they already have that would help. Or if all else fails, get nappies and wipes.

    The one certain piece of advice I can give is DON’T BUY TOYS.

    So many toys…

  • GiveOver@feddit.ukto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•Crazy Brits ruleEnglish
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    30 天前

    Why is this usage of tea so confusing for everybody? We re-use words all the time in English. It’s a very simple concept. Imagine if a musician asked about the key of a song and everybody was like “KEY? LIKE A CAR KEY? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SONGS DONT HAVE KEYS! IVE NEVER BEEN SO CONFUSED IN MY LIFE”

    Up north we say “tea” for evening meal. That’s it. Explanation sorted.

  • GiveOver@feddit.uktoData is Beautiful@lemmy.world•“The only acceptable religion is my religion” - survey responses by countryEnglish
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    2 个月前

    Unless someone’s intolerant, we can’t tolerate that

    That and the Dutch.

    That paradox is on display in this thread! People are telling me my beliefs would be wrong because my beliefs are that other people’s beliefs are wrong and you’re not allowed to believe that other people’s beliefs are wrong. But what if I only believe their beliefs are wrong because their beliefs discount other beliefs?

    So much easier to ignore the whole lot of it and let people do what they want. I should probably stop replying in this thread now ha. Thanks for the friendly message. Peace!