You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Well, at the very least, you're in good company here. :P
a lot of things about American culture seem to perplex you
this was an entirely foreign concept to me too
i've never heard of them before
and it is surprising.... i think i know lots about American culture because of TV and the internet and shared cultural roots and you know, the absence of the language barrier, but every now and then something like this catches me off-guard
like when it came out on reddit that electric kettles are not to be found in every normal American household, that was weird
we kind of have one but it looks like this and is (ostensibly) a coffee maker
the thing about Keurig machines is that they use these packets of drink mixes called K-Cups, and while they originally were only made for coffee the brand has expanded to include other kinds of drinks as well, including tea, hot cocoa, non-alcoholic apple cider, etc.
but if you don't have a K-Cup for some tea you can just run it without one and it'll make a cup of hot water, which is great if you like your tea full-leaf or out of a bag
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
A lot of American banks also have full-service drive-thrus, where you're served by an actual human employee. They don't look much like, say, fast-food drive-thrus...there's usually 2 or 3 lanes and instead of interacting through a window you use an intercom and pneumatic tubes.
Here's a picture from Wikipedia:
The advantage of a drive-thru ATM over the full-service drive-thru is, of course, that you can use the ATM even when the bank is closed.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Alice said banks in England don't have drive-thrus, so I assume they're mostly an Americanism...
A lot of American banks also have full-service drive-thrus, where you're served by an actual human employee. They don't look much like, say, fast-food drive-thrus...there's usually 2 or 3 lanes and instead of interacting through a window you use an intercom and pneumatic tubes.
Here's a picture from Wikipedia:
The advantage of a drive-thru ATM over the full-service drive-thru is, of course, that you can use the ATM even when the bank is closed.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
A lot of American banks also have full-service drive-thrus, where you're served by an actual human employee. They don't look much like, say, fast-food drive-thrus...there's usually 2 or 3 lanes and instead of interacting through a window you use an intercom and pneumatic tubes.
Here's a picture from Wikipedia:
The advantage of a drive-thru ATM over the full-service drive-thru is, of course, that you can use the ATM even when the bank is closed.
yeah i've definitely never seen anything like this before
i wonder if it is a specifically North American, chiefly US thing, or if the UK is unusual for not having adopted them?
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
There's actually several pumped-storage plants in the US for similar reasons. The biggest one I can think of is at Niagara Falls (and Ontario Hydro has one on the Canadian side), and there's also one here in Virginia.
Are they Teenage Werewolves? Human Flies? Do they want to know what's behind the green door? Do they dance The Crusher? Do they rock on the moon? Do they eat stuff off the sidewalk?
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I haven't read either book, but I want to at least read the first one
Also when it comes to stereotypically "British" works of fiction my mind goes to Sherlock Holmes, but that's because I'm Central Avenue
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Good news: We're not junking the Toyota after all
Dad told the mechanic he was going to junk it and the mechanic was all like "What, over this? Just let me fix it; it's a perfectly good car"
A lot of American banks also have full-service drive-thrus, where you're served by an actual human employee. They don't look much like, say, fast-food drive-thrus...there's usually 2 or 3 lanes and instead of interacting through a window you use an intercom and pneumatic tubes.
Do those still exist? I remember they had them when I was a kid but I haven't seen one in years and years.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Thanks guys ^_^
@Haven: The three banks nearest my house all have them, and they were all built from 2007 or so onward...
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i've never heard of them before
and it is surprising.... i think i know lots about American culture because of TV and the internet and shared cultural roots and you know, the absence of the language barrier, but every now and then something like this catches me off-guard
like when it came out on reddit that electric kettles are not to be found in every normal American household, that was weird
you fill it with water, plug it in, switch it on, and it boils the water for you, much quicker than a stove would
i think the reason they're more common over here is that we drink more tea than you guys
electric coffee pots are pretty rare over here, incidentally
i wonder if it is a specifically North American, chiefly US thing, or if the UK is unusual for not having adopted them?
it'd be like not having a fridge, or an oven
(Couldn't decide between emotional pile and health heap so brought it here wowee :V)
and the latter doesn't actually strike me as very British
nobody remembers the book, the movie is what-Americans-think-Britain-is-like rather than actually British, and the cartoon didn't even try
I remember reading some of The Starlight Barking and being utterly lost because of how it was written
i haven't read it
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
not universal thoug