So that’s where Andrew Tate went to after his release.

General Streck: 'Very well, let me know if there is any change in his condition.

[hangs up]

He’s dead.’

I have a simple trick how to distinguish both:

Figurative means Figurative. Literally means literally.

You’re welcome.

Got rid of (most) social media. Even only reading about its toxicity makes me uncomfortable.

Why? I changed my bank like decades ago and have a free account ever since. IIRC a ‘real’ credit card would cost a fee, and unlimited cash withdrawal too, but I think that’s it. I don’t use either.

Can I interest you in a very nice Trebuchet?

In theory, mint is great. But poor practice has me avoid it unless I prepare something with it myself.

It’s the passive-aggressiveness of the tweet. Being bitter and sarcastic won’t make anyone’s day better either.

as long as it’s not your salary that gets ad-blocked.

So you neither pay with money nor by watching ads for a very expensive to maintain service, but you won’t leave it be either.

I know I’m making myself Unpopular here, but what is it that you’re bringing to the table? Currently you cost YouTube money because streaming video is really expensive. You block out all the ads so every creator is cut off monetization too. This is not a publicly funded library (yet).

This Tweet (and all of its derivatives) is exactly the same level of not helpful.

Why is it “hardly an answer”?

Getting everything you want at any time is part of the reason why the planet’s dying. Consumerism is not sustainable. Just one example: one wants a coffee and isn’t at home. Solution today: get a single-use plasticcy paper cup of coffee with an optional packaged portion of sweetener and / or cream, a plastic stirring thingy, and a plastic lid. All that goes to waste because people were led to believe that a “paper” cup is good for the environment. It isn’t.

Sorry, it’s aggravating to see people complain about bottle lids and not seeing what the bigger problem behind is.

We created this mess and now the least bad thing in this literal pile of garbage gets labelled ‘mildly infuriating’.

You’re coming up with a sarcastic exaggeration (barrels and glasses), followed by “serious question”. So which is it now?

Anyway. How about refillable cups, travel mugs, returnable bottles? Stop buying bottled water if your tap water is fine. Get a soda maker if you like sparkling water or Spritzer. Clean up after yourselves, return or throw away bottles with the lid on.

And first and foremost: stop buying packaged and bottled sh*t at every possible occasion. Things like single-use / to-go cups or bottles shouldn’t even exist.

We all created the landfills and ocean garbage patches and now we complain about our own stupidity, unable to drink from a bottle with a lid attached to it like we’re toddlers.

If you seriously ask me for an alternative: stop creating waste. Stop complaining about your waste. And stop complaining about regulations that try to limit waste that shouldn’t even be there. Big part of the problem stems from our own laziness and consumerism. Everyone is part of the problem, nobody wants to be a part of the solution. What did you even expect?

If everyone had either stopped buying bottled beverages or cleaned up after themselves, this wouldn’t be an issue.

Also, y’all sound a little whiny. This isn’t even a first world problem.

Kroc didn’t even found the company, he bought it from the McDonald’s. So why wouldn’t he have started a business that’s satanist from the beginning? I bet the conspiracy idiots have an explanation for that too.

BOTW is a beautiful game. But the complex controls and the fact that all weapons simply break would have had me sinking hours over hours into the game.

You *have * to try Blood and Wine. Simply put, it makes up for everything before it. The bright, warm, Southern France -inspired map, great quests, and finally a homestead.

Try Witcher with some QoL mods, like easier fast travel, auto harvesting, auto-applying of oils. Everything that lets you play the game instead of plucking flowers all day.

Because they don’t know the difference. People don’t tend to use expressions or sayings wrong on purpose. Most never investigate the meanings or etymology, they’re using them and are understood by the like-minded.

Shall we take a guess at who the poor fella will be that has to work night shifts only because some bourgeois shoppers can’t be bothered with the fact that full shelves don’t appear through magic?