It’s not important that it only dates back a few decades. At one point, all supernatural belief systems only dated back a few decades, and look how they proliferate.

I pay money to ride on the bus and still see ads there.

When I was at school, the kids would say, “my dad’s shed is bigger than your dad’s shed”. But that was a long time ago, and we each had a child’s view of the world. Most of us grew up.

“Premium lite”? What is this doublespeak?

Castaway. Tom Hanks.

When people have tried this they found you can’t just stay awake. Your brain ends up turning bits of itself off at a time, so while you can talk and move around you’re basically not fully conscious and will mix up words or not be able to move at the same time. They called it “microsleep”, and it’s the main reason why nobody tries to go for longer without sleep any more: beyond a certain point you’re not really awake or asleep.

You could do that with any of them. Super strong? Crushes friends when trying to hug them, etc.

git () { if [ "$1" = "cd" ] then shift cd "./$(command git rev-parse --show-cdup)$*" else command git "$@" fi }

Same in Edinburgh. The buses and trams have a capped fee per day but it doesn’t count if you’re coming from the airport for some reason…

The Gulf of Obliviousness

Languages and nationalities are not a one-to-one match anyway. What would you expect from a Canadian flag? French, or English? The USA has NO official language, so that makes even less sense.

I wish people would stop trying to replace words with cute little images.

In Scotland we have a thing on some homes - like trailers park sort of things - that requires them not to be used for living for at least one month out of the year. They’re cheap to buy (like £30k for a beachside home with a deck and shared facilities) but you’re not technically allowed to live there permanently.

My partner has the same name as her mother.

It’s not the only way I’ve got a raise. I also got a raise once by saying I was planning on leaving. But I guess that’s pretty similar :)

I’ll be your data point on the other side of the record: Tailwind is the worst thing to happen to the web.

Replace “nobody” with “nobody who contributes to society; nobody I gave a shit about in the first place” and you’re on track.

I have a Binatone one in a crate here with essentially the same selection of games on it. It was a really common thing to clone, there was one chip that played them all.

No, Radofin was a UK-only brand.

You could definitely kill a villain with my laptop, if you fired it with sufficient force from a cannon.

If you click “Why am I seeing this?” does it just say, “America”?