America. 🦅

I had to stop drinking milkshakes once I started counting calories because of this kind of thing. Like, I knew it was bad, but I didn't know it was this bad. 😬

Actuallyyy...

Goose comes from Old English, where they pluralized [go:s] (think "goes" with a soft S) by adding [iz] (like "ease").

When saying [go:siz], it was kinda hard for the mouth to switch the vowels from the [o] to the [i] quickly, so to save themselves the trouble, they'd change the first vowel to make it a little more similar to the second, so [go:siz] became [ge:siz].

Then, that was too long, so they dropped the [z]. [ge:si] (think "guessy" but the "e" lasts a bit longer than usual).

Then, that was too long, so they dropped the [i]. [ge:s] ("guess" with that same drawn out "e").

📯It's the Great Vowel Shift!📯 Now, [go:s] and [ge:s] become [gu:s] and [gi:s]. Almost there!

The vowels become a tad short over time, and now, you have [gus] and [gis] which are written "goose" and "geese".

But "MOOSE"? That's Algonquin. It has nothing to do with all that noise. "But they sound the same and are written the same?!" So? Haven't you heard? English orthography is a dumpster fire. Nobody knows what they're doing. Not even the words.

What you’re saying is like, “You complain about being sweaty??? So what, do you complain at the gym too?”

I’m not in a theater. I’m at home. I don’t want the TV crazy loud for a number of reasons which can include the fact that I’m not a terrible neighbor, the time of day, my partner may be asleep, etc.

If I wanted to go to the theater, then I go to the theater where I have certain expectations which includes well-mixed, loud sound. That’s fine, and I will hear both things that way.

Republicans hate this one trick!

I genuinely appreciate the technical breakdown. 💜

"I know this is awful, but it'll probably happen again."

I don't know, chief. Probably not the best approach.

Dun-dun-dun DUUUUUN.

Dun dun dun DUUUUUN.

Don't be a reductionist. If that's all your cat was and that's all your relationship was, then fine. If it wasn't, you owe it to that cat to remember all the good times you two had between when it came to life and when it lost its life. Do it for the cat.

Then, when you've finally moved past this point, realize how much joy you gave that cat. Know that you did something beautiful in letting that cat know it was loved from beginning to end. Think about the cat's perspective. Its death may have sucked; they rarely don't. Now think about every moment that cat experienced growing up and being with you. Every sense of relief that cat felt when you came home. Every wave of comfort when you gave it pets. Every moment of safety it felt when you cared for it.

I know how sad you are, and I know this is tough love here, but that's what carried me through losing my dog on Christmas 2022 and her sister December 16th 2023. We did our best. They couldn't have had happier lives. I'm glad we could do that for them. It was worth the weeks of agonizing grief for the 14 and 16 years of happiness they experienced.

I don't think the problem is simply that it's offensive. It's that it's not even funny.

If Republicans didn't constantly try to make being queer synonymous with pedophilia, this kind of statement wouldn't be ironic and funny. Unfortunately, there's an entire political party trying to make being queer synonymous with pedophilia, so this joke hits.

Regular dogs have bones too. They still munch on the bones of other animals. This isn't the conundrum it's made out to be.

To add insult to injury, the mom was flying to her brother's funeral when, upon deboarding the plane plane, they were stopped by cops and questioned under suspicion of human trafficking. Can't imagine how rough the whole trip was for her.