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#oh look an original post
Author: Brin
on the other hand if ‘DJ’ is an honorific then “hey Mister DJ” is an incoherent hypercorrection, like The Right Honourable Mister DJ-san
I have absolutely known DJs who would expect people to call them “The Right Honorable Mister DJ-san” if they felt they could get away with it.
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#anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog
so you know how when ur emailing someone back and forth, every draft gmail saves then is visible to both people in that conversation? i emailed one of my professors and it took him like 4 drafts to figure out how to say ‘no problem, thank you’ and it calms me to no end seeing we all struggle with basic human interaction sometimes
If I’m reading this correctly, it appears this is true if your company uses G suite products and your boss is the administrator.
It’s not the case with personal Gmail accounts.
Thank you @sparkjimins for the clarification.
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#debunking #sort of #be careful of your work Gmail if you have one #this probably deserves some warning tag but I am not sure what
Sleeping Beauty AU where the princess was born on a Leap Day, so when the evil fairy curses her to prick her finger “on her 16th birthday”, her family realizes that’s not the same thing as her 16th year of life and she’ll actually be in her 60′s when it happens.
By the time the Royal Counsellor has finished speaking the King looks slightly less like he might faint and the Queen actually looks a little hopeful.
“Are you certain?” she pressed.
“Absolutely,” the Counsellor assured her. “I had one of my clerks take notes during all the fairy’s speeches for the exact purpose of studying their phrasing.”
“What,” the King blinked. “Even the good ones?”
The counsellor sniffed. “Especially the good ones.”
“So…so we can truly argue that it is the birthday that counts and not the passing of the years?” asked the Queen, colour returning to her cheeks.
“Indeed!” the Counsellor said with a smile. “So if my math is correct your daughter will be sixty-four when the curse enters into effect.”
“That is hardly what I would call a long and prosperous life!” the King protested.
“Ah, but it does give her Royal Highness the Princess a lot more time to find this contractually necessary one true love,” his Counsellor explained. “Quite a reasonable amount of time I would say, if she happens to be of a romantic and monogamous persuasion, of course.”
The royal couple looked equal parts relieved and bewildered.
“But there’s no need to worry about that just yet,” the Counsellor said comfortingly. “And besides. Times are moving on. That is the entire reason we have the High Court of Magical Justice. Why, just last month a transformed prince was kissed back to human by his platonic life partner after successful litigation against the original layer of the curse! It is riveting caselaw.”
“…this is a good thing, yes?” the King ventured.
“Very good,” the Counsellor nodded.
“Well then!” Her Majesty the Queen beamed. “In that case, I say we continue the celebrations!”
“Quite right, Your Majesty, quite right,” the Counsellor said with a bow. “If you need me, I shall be in my study.”
It is a tenet of contract law that the meanings of contractual language are construed against its drafters. I think it makes perfect sense to interpret the language of curses against their casters as well.
Better curse breaking through semantic specificity.
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#Leap Day #fun with loopholes #fanfic
If you’re a person who has problems Touching Certain Things I highly recommend buying a box of disposable nitrile gloves, because I’ve used them for everything from baking very sticky bread to scooping grease out of a drain to (today) tying up garbage that had maggots in it.
yeah they’re great. I used to use them for all kinds of things
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#yes this #unsanitary cw?
