Things you are too embarrassed to admit you don't understand

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I don't think I really understand what a fascist is.

@JusthereforXmas it's the scientific method. If all available evidence backs up and supports a theory, and it proves reliable in predicting outcomes from experiments and observations then it's the current best theory.

The DNA double helix isn't just a whimsy, it was an idea based on what was known at the time. It has yet to be disproved, and all available evidence to date supports it as a concept. Eg this study from 2014

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/smll.201400265

Definition of verbs, nouns and adjectives refuses to stay in my head

the difference between effect and affect 🤷‍♀️ impact is my go to!

Plunder/squander dilemma …

To plunder = to steal (generally from a community or society). ‘Mugabe plundered his nation’s wealth’.

To squander = to waste extravagantly ‘He squandered his lottery winnings on fast cars and yachts and finished up a pauper’

e-bay! all this bidding stuff and some of the terminology they use

Affect is a noun, effect is a verb

Haha brilliant one! So true

🤣🤣 yes!

Very goady 'explanation' there. Ageism amd stereotyping at their best.

Excuse the typo, should be and, not amd.

What Line Managers do! They are good at saying the right stuff, but then not doing much...

The grooves of vinyl records actually only store a very 'reduced' version of the music, because if the groove was recorded onto the disc just as you hear it, it would vibrate too much and just wouldn't work. So a circuit removes pretty much all the bass tones before the groove is created, and then when the record is played, another circuit takes what comes out of the grooves and turns the bass right up again before it goes to the speakers.

Fax machines.

I know it’s outdated. But even more than the internet, emails, phones, I just don’t understand how that picture was zapped through and like, so long ago.

Right now....who's this then?!

This link explains well a scientific theory:

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/evolution-today/what-is-a-theory#:~:text=In%20everyday%20use%2C%20the%20word,incorporate%20laws%2C%20hypotheses%20and%20facts.

How Christian’s can believe in dinosaurs.

no dinosaurs went on the ark?
if god created the world in 7 days what world did the dinosaurs live on?
no mention of them in the bible… I haven’t actually read it… but I’m pretty sure they aren’t in it.

The symbols for greater than and less than <> I never know which is which.

The off side rule in football; snooker; cricket. However many times they’re explained to me I just can’t get it. I’m not thick: I can do cryptic crosswords…

🤣🤣🤣

So a verb is a ‘doing’ word and a noun is a name of something (concrete verb for example ‘table’ versus abstract verb such as ‘power’). I love grammar! An adverb helps describe the verb and ends in ‘ly’ do you drive carefully, speak properly, etc. 😊

I have an English degree but don't know how to spell definitely. Definately? Who knows.

Also photographs. Magical things! How the heck do they work?!? It's magic... I swear.

Sense of direction! When navigation tells me to ‘head north’ it assumes I know where north it. And when I read a map I have to have it the ‘right way up’. I have to retrace my steps and invariably I go the wrong way.

The biggest end of the v means "more" the pointy end of the v means "less"

So 50p < £1 (50p is less than £1)
and £1 > 50p (£1 is greater than 50p)

Effect and affect, help.

Affect is All About Me

Effect is Everybody Else