Recent comments in /f/Showerthoughts

parlimentery t1_j29lva3 wrote

My head went to "strive", but I suppose either works. I don't think "thrive" in either usage works, OP is clearly talking about wanting to do something, not being successful.

We are only correcting your usage so you can impress that exceptional SO of yours, OP.

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bambrini16 t1_j29ll7n wrote

There you go then haha and to be fair, I suppose if someone’s neurodivergent (e.g. autistic) and struggle with taking things too literally and putting together context and pragmatic factors it would also be reasonable for them not to understand what was meant. I’m not diagnosed as autistic but do have some similar symptoms so I can understand it’s not easy for everyone to understand things that aren’t explicitly said

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yofomojojo t1_j29liw4 wrote

They were referring to the current cord-cutting generation, I assume. Analogue broadcast TV went offline in America years ago so you'd only get TV if you paid for cable or some equivalent service. Plenty of people opted to just stick to streaming services and "cut the cord".

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crayphor t1_j29kzbu wrote

Humans are more complex than the binary positive/negative. You may have negative attributes which your partner compliments with their positive attributes, and you may have positive attributes which your partner compliments with their negative attributes. If both partners are willing to learn from each other, this can lead to massive growth as you each give an example of how to change the other's negative characteristics.

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