HopingForBetter

What an unusual shrimp.

Voda - water

ka - a little

Vodka - water, a little

Checks out.

Uh oh... This would actually work. I'm already on board for the squeaky king. ALL HAIL THE SQUEAKY KING!!!

Those poor multi-billion dollar...

Nope, I cannot even finish typing that sentence.

Fuck 'em.

It seems like you're just being passive to avoid addressing the fact that these are extremely restrictive.

There is no doubt that the 10 commandments are exclusionary and intended to place any followers under the control of local religious authority.

This is like saying "Oh, we just pick and choose what to follow."

So, if that's the case, what's the point of following any of it? Jesus' words were very specific on that part. "I come not to abolish the law, but to fulfill the law and the prophets."

It's not a pick and choose kind of religion, even the christian-addendum.

I am concerned you don't know the 10 commandments if you think they're not controversial or controlling.

To name a few most forgotten:

Honor the sabbath day. Only worship yhwh. Don't make any idols. Don't take yhwv's name in vain. And a lesser thought-crime: Don't covet.

Sure, the rest are societally beneficial. But these that are often forgotten are about control and nothing else.

Edit: It's hardly ever brought up that monotheism in Judaism wasn't a thing until much later. So, again, these forgotten rules are about controlling who and even how to worship.

The fall

Yep. That was such a good movie. I think that was my point of transition from happy all the time kids movies to serious stuff. I need to watch it again.

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I'll agree that competition is not as robust.

However, it will be interesting to see how many "non-techy" people discover how easy it is to find content for free without ads.

Good o'le "Bobwehadababyitsaboy"

I also remember when CarrotTop did the C-A-L-L-A-T-T commercial, so that's fun/old...

So, the dictionary is not a gold-standard.

It is, in fact, the opposite and in very simplified terms, just a book of how people currently pronounce words and their meaning today. Think of it more as a record book for the time it was printed, rather than a rule book; living languages are funny like that.

If you would like to know more, I highly recommend Word by Word written by Kory Stamper, one of the editors for the Merriam-Websters Dictionary.