That’s fine, it’s just hard to know without hearing native speakers’ pronunciations and you’ve only read it. Thanks for the reply!

Is it? The voice in my head pronounced zshi when I read it.

https://www.vox.com/2014/4/18/5624310/martin-gilens-testing-theories-of-american-politics-explained

This was the most refreshingly honest answer I’ve read in a long time. And it made me laugh. Thanks for both.

The day the music died. Yeah I know it was about Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. TFW it’s a universal fit.

I’ve called companies that disconnect the call or “in order to connect you to the right agent, please tell us what you’re calling about,” them inevitably get it wing enough times to make you sit through a menu of about ten choices that are not correct and disconnect after three rounds of this nonsense.

"I’m sorry you’re frustrated, perhaps it’s time to start a new topic.’

“I’m not going to respond to that.”

"I only use my powers for good!”

Capitalists. Capitalists are bipartisan, and that’s why Biden is doing this big nothing.

I’d say Biden doing something official to null and void this decision would be good. He won’t, obviously, but it’s an example.

That’s correct, and it doesn’t discount that authoritarianism is authoritarianism. Notwithstanding, people are so indoctrinated with American exceptionalism and USA most free country in the world, we don’t even bother to learn about what Greg Palast termed vulture capitalism and tactics used. Operation Paperclip is heavily whitewashed as “the best and brightest,” leaving out the noun being described, Nazis.

We’re in real trouble and the only ones who can save us from ourselves is ourselves. It will be interesting to see if it will be done before the climate extinction.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=isCh4kCeNYU two spoken quotes highly relevant.

The profound importance of your comment can not be overestimated, imo. The American people need to wake up quickly and learn about soft coup and especially Operation Condor. History is repeating, and I get the feeling the soft coups shepherded by the USA abroad were test runs.

Doesn’t make it not a war crime.

You’re not misunderstanding, but calm down, anyway.

Sounds like capitalism.

Well it worked with me, because I paid it.

Lol’d. Leaving the typo for context. This thread made me happy. Thanks everyone!

This made me laugh, and I’m still typing this with a bug grin on my face. Everyone made fun of me for doing this! I don’t regret one moment of it.

Maybe!

I chuckled. I think there is deep seated shame of being gay, or soft, in toxic masculinity (and toxic femininity), that people probably go to extremes to hide it. Like being a player, spousal “discipline,” etc. and it gets passed down from generation to generation. But that’s a whole other topic.