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5 months agoI wonder how random chance works on that snap though: Is it 50% of every sentient population or just 50% of sentient life? What if humanity were wholly spared by the snap just based on statistical chance?


I wonder how random chance works on that snap though: Is it 50% of every sentient population or just 50% of sentient life? What if humanity were wholly spared by the snap just based on statistical chance?


“Homosexuality can never… be justified.” is an odd choice, but I’m sure that’s what nets some positive responses in various cultures. I wonder how the reverse question would poll - “Homosexuality requires justification.”.


Good lord, he doesn’t know how to be discreet about anything. Every topic is a chance for him to try to show off. No one likes a braggart, and no one takes a transparent braggart seriously.
Afaik, English grammar requires utterances with predicates to have a stressed element in those predicates. Contractions of only a subject and an auxiliary verb - ex: I am > I’m, he has > he’s, they will > they’ll - eliminate that independent auxiliary as a prosodic segment and violate that grammar.
A - “Who’s going to the store?”
B - “I am.” [ok] or “I’m going.” [ok] (or “I am going.”), but not “I’m.” [bad, obvs].