I think it’s because they’re quoting her use of the word. But I agree it’s almost indistinguishable from scare quotes when used around a single word like that.

FYI you can trim 80% of that. https://www.amazon.com/LEXiBOOK-Educational-Activities-Mathematics-Dactylography/dp/B0B6HKB3JF/ Amazon sure loves its tracking data.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn02w01xr2jo

It was both countries, sadly.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Supposedly a lung infection caused by inhaling very fine volcano dust. Technically invented by a group of word puzzle fans, but it’s appeared in dictionaries.

This might also be the first time since I learned it (30+ years ago) that it’s been even close to relevant in a conversation.

No one said Starship Troopers yet? This is the trailer I remember most back then. Just a lighthearted fun action movie about blasting aliens, right?

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They skipped the "https://” and some clients don’t recognize it as a URL.

A variant of Eat hot chip and lie.

And the follow-up, Big Gas Savings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pxBh42TrGw

I believe the game showed pronouns on the character select screen. That’s all it takes to make certain people mad, unfortunately.

There was a followup movie 6 years later, but as you can see from the audience score it wasn’t very good. None of the actors from the Tanner family came back for it.

It doesn’t help that the first half of season 5 is the worst part of the series(well, barring Day of the Dead). It took ages for me to push through that, but the rest was a satisfying conclusion.

There are way more rings than that, and they’re actually the best parts of the game. It gets so much worse in the levels without rings. Awful combat, terrible puzzles, inconsistent framerate, and thoroughly unclear objectives.

Oh, and everyone’s favorite: escort missions!

Poetry.

https://xkcd.com/605/

Mine was from a chain of random people posting their invite links on Slashdot. It feels like ancient history now.

It was a replacement screen, too, not the built-in display.

“Not Suitable For Washington”?

I think that’s the artist’s name in panel 1. https://mhuyoportfolio.tumblr.com/

Hard to tell for certain because there are several edits of this around.