Apologies if you’re not, but surely you can see why I thought you were?

1. Pro-capitalism
2. Eng(US) spelling

When I was a lecturer, I contacted authors of papers on two occasions (to update slide decks - the papers in question were pay-walled), and both just forwarded the relevant paper on to me. They were both British, which again makes me think there’s a culture difference here.

I think for transparency, and to avoid confusion, it’s worth pointing out to everyone that authors don’t get paid for submissions. This isn’t like book publishing. The publishers take other people’s work and then make money off that. That’s their business model.

Found the American!

I’m not an expert, but I imagine when they change sex, their behaviour changes accordingly.

They don’t need to understand social constructs - they’re changing gender as a result of changing sex.

Here’s that insane t-shirt in all its glory.

The one I encountered on Reddit (way back when) was more focused on occasions where slightly wonky translations led to funny results, rather than just making fun of bad translations, or the people who wrote them.

E.g.

• The now-famous “Do Not Want” meme
• The German translation section that included the Nazi flag instead of the current Germany one.
• The utter nonsense written on a t-shirt I bought last time I was in Japan “Nither down on some it own american films the innocent sucker dupe speak to me blow-in baited onself because this way. Chiken just pain sent I hope come together up on the naked out-colling Rizy up road a little fat-man. BEAT SOMEWHERE”

It’s like the posts showing unnecessary quotation marks on signs - it’s not about making fun of the people who wrote the sign, it’s funny because it now conveys something else.

E.g., a sign outside a farm offering Fresh brown “eggs” for sale.

I was about to suggest the same guy. His stuff is brilliant.

Fair point, I retract my statement! The idea of using a baked potato as a side sounds bizarre to me, but if it’s a thing I guess it’s a thing.

That’s fair, it’s just that the context suggested otherwise.

I guess if he’s from northern England, and by “dinner” means the midday meal, then it makes sense. Otherwise there is no universe where baked potatoes are served for a fancy dinner. Roast potatoes are a part of a fancy dinner, though. The two cooking techniques are similar enough that I think it’s not unreasonable to assume, again given the context, that it’s just the wrong word.

I just assumed they meant “roast potatoes”.

This is also an oversimplification.

Colonies were always rebelling. The main issue that led to decolonisation was that there was no longer the resources required to maintain these big empires.

Coal was more expensive, troops were more expensive, everything now cost too much to maintain.

It’s the end phase of every empire.

In the UK the two main categories for schools are private schools and state schools.

“Public schools” are, unintuitively, a subset of private schools, typically the very old very posh ones.

The term is archaic, but refers to the fact that they weren’t run by the state or by the church - i.e. they were run by the public. Of course, this refers to a board of governors made of the super-wealthy, not the average man on the street.

Eton and Harrow are particularly famed for churning out people who end up as Prime Ministers and other high-ranking officials. It’s not just the money, but the connections you build there as well. They’re also famed for churning out borderline psychopaths who literally think the rest of the world is there to cater to their comfortable lifestyles.

It took me a second because, confusingly, our “public schools” are what much of the world would simply call private schools. These are the super posh schools like Eton or Harrow.

That’s true, but in fairness all of humanity bears that legacy. The crusaders weren’t doing what they did just because of Christianity, it was because they were humans, doing what humans always do.

People in power have always used religion as a tool to further their own ends. It’s true throughout history, it’s still true today.

Or something went wrong and they somehow seduced an entire nursery.

The money detector button illuminates a bright UV light on the side that you can use to detect fake notes.

No idea about the red button. I heard one reviewer say the word “computer” while pointing at it (all of the reviewers seem to be from the Philippines, a language that I sadly don’t speak), but if found no other clues.

Hard reset.

Unfortunately there’s no guarantee that you’ll be able to get on another server once you’ve disconnected from this one.

100% recommend these.

You can get remastered versions on Steam (Full Throttle and Grim Fandango are both excellent).

Simon the Sorcerer is also in this genre, very funny, and voiced by Chris Barrie from Red Dwarf.

Somebody set up us the bomb.

You can tell I’m really cross when I stop using exclamation marks.

FWIW, we have a very similar expression (at least in British English):

“No ifs, ands, or buts”

Also sometimes used as:

“No ifs and/or buts”

“No ifs, no buts”