As a Southern gal myself, I got whiplash from the implication that people sayin "fixin" are trying to sound important.
I promise, among those of us who say that kinda thing, it's seen as a mark of ignorance and bein low class in general. The idea that a hillbilly accent can seem "important" is banana sandwiches to me.
There was this mean thing people would say back in like the 90s, that the people complaining online win every argument because everyone who had success was busy being in a relationship.
Since a lot of women have started to call their female friends “girlfriends”, I have to wonder how women with actual girlfriends have been dealing with this lol
I understand why this is frustrating and am not trying to take that from you, but thought you'd enjoy knowing that the last old lady who I confronted about calling my girlfriend as my girlfriend (in the platonic sense) was genuinely confused about my irritation, since "isn't that the best part of having a girlfriend instead of a boyfriend? That they're also your best friend? I always thought you two really got that part right."
It's some arethestraightsokay stuff (and happened in like 2004) but I thought it might give you a smile.
I think that is exactly why that problem persists. Among a certain subset of the population, there is no need to look further. Why assume that there's a deeper message there?
Which is why it's always so frustrating when you see someone arguing that you should only be able to vote if you serve. (Yes, this really happened to me.)
And that thing where you're reading something, and you know you read the words, but none of them "stick" and now you have to re-read the whole thing to figure out where you got lost.
I have to say, I suspected this. Being honest. I said to myself, "What could run off Stamets," and that's exactly what I came up with. The benefit of being closer to 40 than 30 I guess.
Now to join your community. Thank you genuinely for commenting here for me to see directly. I'm not good at creating content (every time I ever got a burst of creativity on reddit I was banned for posting too much so I just stopped making memes) but I comment like a sumbitch!
I gotta tell ya, the only fascists I've met (who share their opinion in front of me) are online. All the ones I meet in day-to-day life are smart enough to keep their opinions to themselves.
What is an obscure piece of media or videogame that you think nobody else here has heard of? (kbin.social)
It could even be a youtube video or movie that you don't think anyone reading this has heard of besides you.
So, who or what ruined Christmas this year?
fr fr ong (startrek.website)
Plummeting interest rate (startrek.website)
Lesbians of lemmy, how do you introduce your SO to other people without getting them confused for just a friend?
Since a lot of women have started to call their female friends “girlfriends”, I have to wonder how women with actual girlfriends have been dealing with this lol
Here's a phone, call somebody who cares (lemmy.world)
Fishing (lemmy.world)
Just gotta work it in somehow. (lemmy.ml)
My English Breakfast tea states it contains 2g of protein.
How/Why? Is that an oblique nod to insect protein, how does tea contain protein? 🤢 + 3 CALORIES?!...
I'll try to follow my very emotionally healthy idols better (startrek.website)
Set phasers to fun (lemmy.world)
Car Talk with Martok - Not Comfortable in your Occupation? (lemmy.world)
Car Talk with Martok. Every Thursday on !startrekmemes...
Is it just me? (lemmy.zip)
Very basic expectations (startrek.website)
Does not compute, captain (i.imgflip.com)
Why did we even try landing here? (static3.srcdn.com)
A game to play around the holiday table (lemmy.world)
How it works (startrek.website)
Fake it til you make it. (mander.xyz)
Bro. (lemmy.world)
I have bad news for you, Bones... (startrek.website)
It has been reenergized by your bone nog, which could still use a bit of nutmeg.