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Re:Samba Was Written (2003) on Friday January 09, 2026 @04:27AM (#46551797)
only meant it in tongue-in-cheek jest. the "gros mots" in Québécois french are firmly rooted in the culture and liberally applied. though I guess the same could be said about any language's swear words now that I'm thinking it out loud
Re:Samba Was Written (2003) on Friday January 09, 2026 @04:09AM (#46551657)
better off moving to Québec. enables a more passive approach
Re: on Thursday November 27, 2025 @10:43AM (#46070282)
author reads like an LLM. I'm content chalking this up to AI-generated psychosis
Re:23words.com on Monday June 10, 2024 @04:19PM (#40638446)
agreed, an endless mode would be nice. perhaps it's not implemented by-design to keep us coming back - it's certainly going to work on me. opening the game in a new private tab will let you make another attempt :)
Re:Favorite Database T-Shirts on Monday November 27, 2023 @11:17AM (#38434136)
leave it to hackernews to debate the semantics of figures of speech
Re:The Preppers Were Right All Along on Sunday November 06, 2022 @11:38AM (#33494366)
"this is becoming more mainstream, therefore it is correct" is arguably the foundation of analyzing any market trend

interpretation of the meaning of correct is left as an exercise to the reader

Re:Montreal is what North America could be on Friday September 30, 2022 @04:20PM (#33040239)
something the author doesn't point out is new development in Montreal. you can see the patch of green to the east of the Montreal housing map where Griffontown and North Verdun (the more recently developed areas of the city) are moving towards condo style housing. rent prices have been trending higher too, but I suppose you could say that about the rest of the country too.

not criticizing the post, and it's one of my favourite cities to live. but the problems are coming here too.

it's true though, everything you can consume has an effect on you not unlike pharmaceuticals. we just classify them differently. and as a corollary, anyone that can make money off of that effect, will