Oh yes, absolutely. I'm a beginner too.

I've always liked this board; you just convinced me to buy it. Thanks!

I just tell my boss that I came in late so I'll leave early to make up for it.

Ludo...friend.

Oh you're absolutely right, but that mental image is still absurd. Anyone who thinks that Crocs are luxury is fooling themselves, and a fool and their money are soon parted.

I'm having a hard time picturing how Crocs could ever be made to look luxury. But people still seem happy to pay $30-50 for the things despite them obviously being about 8¢ in injection-molded, recycled foam rubber, so clearly I'm missing something.

Don't forget the First Impact!

"None of that! None of that!"

"Everyone said I was daft to hide my army a swamp, but I did it all the same, just to show them. They drowned in the swamp. So I conscripted a second army. They drowned in the swamp. So I conscripted a third. They tried to run away, fell over, then drowned in the swamp. But the fourth one got back out and ran to join the Viking army. The Vikings thought it was an attack and fought, but my army just smashed them and kept running."

The only dinosaurs adults seem to get excited about these days are political figures! 🥁🥁🛎️

Seriously though, I get what you mean. My friend's son has been obsessed with cephalopods since he was a little boy. He been certain of what he wants to do since then, and this year he's graduating with a degree in marine biology. He got me hooked (pun unintended) and now I get excited about the wonderfully strange world of our oceans. Did you know that sharks are older that the rings of Saturn? That just blows my mind.

Good point; just because something has a fan base doesn't mean it's worth doing a deep dive on.

Out of curiosity, what is your favorite dinosaur?

Mine is the ankylosaur. I know that's a pretty basic elementary-school answer, but I'm okay with that. Science has come a long way since I was in elementary school, so perhaps it's time I dip my toe in a bit and learn what's new.

Instead of just scrolling, you should do your due diligence. 😁

I'm sorry, I tried to read your post but I couldn't because my brain kept saying, WHAT?! How can people not be excited and inspired by space exploration right now? Whoever they are needs to look around and see all the cool stuff that's happening!

And male or female. If you moved there for school or a job, you might start by making connections there.

Not the merciless peppers of Quetzlzacatenango!

I hear they're grown deep in the jungle primeval by the inmates of a Guatemalan insane asylum.

Hmm, I wonder....as they learn to read, it seems likely they'd pick up on similar word endings and learn the idea, from the definition if nothing else.

Spelling and pronunciation discrepancies would likely mean their definition of rhyming would be slightly different from a hearing person's. For example, they might agree with you that can, ban, fan, and man rhyme. But they might feel that bough, rough, and slough rhyme while you would not. And they'd probably be confused about why you'd think that why, high, and Thai could rhyme.

I think they'd have a similar difficulty with meter. They could learn to recognize spellings that indicate syllables, and perhaps with a visual-phonetic cue (such as a light that changes intensity with volume, and color with pitch) they could get the idea. But it might be difficult.

That's all pure conjecture though; I'd love to have a person who is deaf share their experiences!