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This is the beginning of the end here for Facebook. Good riddance, and I hope you don't let the swinging door hit you on the way out.


I prefer the term ‘Human School’... because that’s how we learn to be good dog owners.


It's 'Qantas'... "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services"


Shouldn’t it be QANTAS


Regardless of its actual origins as an acronym, it’s a company name so the correct answer can be whatever the company chooses it to be.


I believe the widely accepted (but not universal) format for acronyms is all caps if each letter pronounced...for example MIT. Only the first letter is capitalized if hte acronym is pronounced as a word...for example Nasa.


Historically, MIT is not an acronym since it’s not pronounced as a word. MIT is just an abbreviation (specifically an initialism), while NASA is an acronym.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym

I don’t think there’s any rules about capitalization and acronyms, as scuba and laser are acronyms, and not capitalized, but NASA is. I’ve also never seen Nasa, it’s always all capitals NASA.



That's just how the BBC writes acronyms, Nasa themselves write their name all-caps.


He singed off on it.


My brother got heavily into weed at a young age (15-16). He developed strong schizophrenia. Was medicated which helped him, but went off the meds, left his wife, and died falling off a train that he was graffiting.


And you attribute this development to the weed because correlation is causation?


Well... both. But you're right.


I'm not going to claim that weed has absolutely no downsides like some recreational use fanatics, but I'm going to suggest that he was predisposed to mental illness with or without the weed.

Though it did probably exacerbate it.


Or it was the schizophrenia that made him heavily addicted to weed?


Weed (THC) can trigger mental episodes in those with a propensity for it. Sorry to hear that.


Is this for me? I'm in Australia.


Not yet. The idea is to have it globally, but for now only some well known US brand names are covered. But your question is about different markets, its impossible to launch such kind (business to people) of website in all over the World at once :) But theoretically - yes, of course its for you in case there will be a lot of Australian retailers, service providers and etc. publishing their offers.


What do you mean by 'it doesn't scan well'?


The flow of the paragraph isn't fluid. One concept doesn't flow into the next concept and/or it reads awkwardly.


"You guys" is gender neutral where I'm from, and I don't think you're entitled to redefine the term 'guys' as being specific to a gender where I'm from. "You blokes" or "You gals"... yeah... gender specific in my immediate culture.

At some point, you're going to need to accept that when some people use a term that's loaded for you, it's not necessarily loaded for them, and the problematic nature of the term is only problematic to you and your circles, and it's just not intended as insulting, demeaning, belittling, or othering.


If only there were other places on the internet to get your kicks off.


"Contemplate something besides your echo-chamber. Step outside of your filter bubble!" he said, screaming into a vortex.


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