On the down low, this was greatly underestimated. Very high football IQ test free thing. We would have been insane to give him over to the Saudi league.
How many Chinese people and places have mistranslated a word into English as “fuck?” I can’t remember which word it is, some kind of food. So ya’know, glass houses and all that.
The comic made me chuckle; but why has introversion become synonymous with being anti-social or asocial? My understanding is that it’s entirely possible to be highly social and introverted, because being introverted just means you gain energy from being alone. It doesn’t mean you hate social gatherings or don’t like having friends; it just means you discharge when socializing and recharge during alone time (and the opposite is usually true for extroverted people).
I wanted to point that out as I seem to be a social introvert. I like socializing and love being invited to things (even if I’m not available or it’s something I don’t like doing, because it means someone remembered that I exist), but my battery wears out fairly quickly when doing so. Strangely, I used to be very extraverted, but at some point I swapped to being introverted.
Edit: I guess I will say that the thing the comic gets right is that usually I won’t hold it against someone for cancelling. However, I don’t get excited about it, and might even be disappointed if it was something I was looking forward to, but I usually am okay with it.
Maybe? I guess when I think of asocial vs anti-social, I think of someone who is apathetic towards social interaction vs someone who doesn’t like socializing and only does it because it tends to be a mandatory part of society. As such, I’d think someone who’s asocial would be indifferent to a host cancelling, while someone who’s antisocial would be happy or excited by it.
Edit: I am aware that anti-social tends to have different connotations when used generally, but in a social setting I tend to think of antisocial being opposed to socializing.
I’m super introverted but like socializing. It just takes a lot of energy. So only one party a week, and I’m probably going to leave early. The fewer the people the longer I can go though. Like camping a whole weekend with a few other people is fun. But alone time is a core need.
Okay so as a person who can be very social, talkative, and genuinely enjoys interactions with people.
I am first an introvert. And that means there is a very decent chance any social outings can suddenly sound like a dreadful experience regardless of the company because you just do not have it in you to be interesting to them or interested in them. You just wake up and are like… nah, not happening. Sure you made a commitment and will push through but that is why we are delighted when the event itself is canceled and we don’t have to force ourselves or make an excuse.
Honestly wish I could do that. I’ve gotten so used to masking my inability to do small talk that I basically just say yes to everything. It’s super annoying and something I want to work on, but I dont really know how.
Its incorrect wording but i shorthanded it to ‘embrace the sociopathy’. Very nice little koan to drop on the programmed reaction i’ve had to natural ASD reactions
‘You can’t do that it’s sociopathic!’ No ma it’s ASD and i’m tired of pretending i’m not to save your face.
Since the acronym for sociopath is ASPD, I will often respond with something like “nuh uh, mine has one less letter”. Pretty niche, but when someone gets it, so good.
I’m the opposite i can do small talk ( and even be charming while doing it) but, i just can’t STAND it and don’t know how to get out of it either so i’ve just taken to greyrocking whenever it comes up. For the record i don’t have asd ( some people said they had it in this section) just static encephalopathy ( brain damage) and am actually quite smart just I’ve got a lot special niche interests ( sci fi, fantasy and Gorillaz to name a few) and if i don’t know you ( aka you aren’t interested in these things and / or like small talk) then I don’t want to talk to you but, if you don’t do small talk and/ or are interested in something I’m interested in GREAT! IF YOU WANT TO TALK I’M DOWN FOR IT!
Where did this bullshit come from? Sprite is not lemonade in Europe or Australia, it’s lemon and lime and I don’t know anyone who doesn’t know that. There’s loads of brands of lemonade here and Australia, cloudy, traditional, clear…wtf?
Wikipedia saying " In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Central Europe, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, a carbonated lemonade soft drink is more common. Despite the differences between the drinks, each is known simply as “lemonade” in countries where it is dominant."
Quora saying “Lemonade” in Australia normally refers to a clear, carbonated, lemon-flavored beverage similar to 7-Up. “Lemon squash” is a cloudy version of the same thing (still carbonated). There’s no particular tradition of making non-carbonated lemon drinks at home, but if you did, you’d probably call it American-style lemonade."
I grew up in the UK, lived down under too for just over 5 years, maybe I just missed the Australians calling it lemonade, as it was always lemon and lime with those I know. Was definitely lemon and lime in the UK and not considered the same as lemonade, sprite became the cooler choice over 7up when I was teenager in the 80’s. If you asked for lemonade you wouldn’t get either of those, or folk would check if sprite was okay instead. Maybe it is generational, the young crew do something different, or maybe a lot of people can’t detect lime flavour…I dunno, but in my experience they’re not treated the same. Just one Internet strangers experience though.
I know it says Lemon lime on the label. Doesn’t change the fact that us Aussies call it lemonade.
I dunno, I’ve been out of the country for the past 12 or so years so maybe things have changed significantly over that time, but for my entire life up until I left, everyone calls Sprite & similar drinks lemonade. No one I know ever made the distinction between Sprite (lemon-lime) and something like Schweppes lemonade (Lemon only), they were just both lemonade, unless you specifically wanted a specific brand.
No one would call it “American style lemonade”. It would just be home made lemonade or something similar. Also we have a massive tradition of making non carbonated drinks at home. Australian kids grow up drinking cordial, which are pre-made, very sugary, mostly fruit flavoured, and are made by mixing the cordial and water.
I’ve always known sprite and similar lemon flavored soft drinks to be lemonade, though there is a lime version.
I’m sure I remember seeing lemonade on sprite packaging when I was younger, and it looks like Google agrees with my memory. Not sure why these other guys are arguing with you.
Obviously the same for all the other brands as well (Schweppes lemonade is very much a carbonated soft drink).
Maybe it’s generational, I’m pretty old and sprite is and always was lemon and lime, it’s why it’s green and yellow… it became popular in the uk when I was young as a 7up competitor which stopped being “cool” in the 80s though it had been more popular before that. Lived in UK, France, Canada and Australia… so its just personal experience.
It’s not though, it’s lemon and lime. Lemonade is just fizzy lemon…Barr’s make a great lemonade, Schweppes is decent. if you go for a lemonade and orange or lemonade and lime in a pub you generally don’t get sprite/7up. If its all they’ve got they’ll check with you that that’s OK, like if they have Pepsi instead of Coke.
We have a lemon tree right next to our kitchen window and we just open the window to pick lemons for lemonade. I’m kinda spoiled. Still gotta boil my own corn syrup tho.
That’s amazing, where I live these days I’d need a heated polytunnel or greenhouse to grow lemons. I’ve found an online recipe though and I’m def going to try making real lemonade.
I see on the Wikipedia article it seems to say that lemonade in the USA is flat, not fizzy? I think this is where I confused your question and we got our wires crossed. Anything that ended “ade” in the UK is a fizzy drink, like a pop/soda. Lemonade, cherryade, orangeade etc. Schweppes, Barr’s etc make lemonade like that, clear, sweet fizzy and just lemon flavour.
I can’t think of a drink that’s fresh lemon juice as described on wiki over here. There is squash, or cordial, diluted juice with water. But lemon wasn’t common or popular to the best of my knowledge. I’ll look when I’m in asda the morn now though, just to see for curiosity.
May have been from back in the day when sodas were still made from carbonating different kinds of fruit juices. Drinks like fanta were a lot more like sparkling lemonade or orange juice than they are now.
I love doing that! So much so that for me true lemonade is just carbonated water and lemon. I do it with oranges, grapefruits and strawberries (mashed)
They’re called the same thing, but no one considers them to be similar.
It’s like how we use “chips” to refer to both crisps and fries. You usually know which ones it’s going to be based on context, and if it’s not clear you can always ask.
On menus and things, we typically would call it “traditional lemonade” to clarify that it’s not sprite.
Because what we call “lemonade” in Europe is not the same drink as what is called “lemonade” in the US, although we usually have our own variation (citronnade in France) that corresponds to the American one.
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