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Quite simple: Being American is the default when you sign up as a CP member. I guess I should have non-defaulted my profile, but I never cared to. I guess my philosophy is that people should judge me by what I am saying / writing, not by my nationality.
If I were an American living for 20 years in Norway, speaking Norwegian fluently and feeling very much at home in the Norwegian society, would you then want to judge my statements as made by an American, or by a Norwegian? In which ways, or why, does it matter?
Or the other way around: If I had stayed in the US - I was living there for about a year and a half, thirtyfive years ago, and would probably have been allowed to settle permanently - would you then want me to appear as an American or a Norwegain today? I did not feel very much at home and would probably have been reflecting Norwegian attitudes even after 35 years in the US. Would you then want my statements to be judged as an American or Norwegian? Would it matter?
Non-defaulting my profile is a way of telling the world: I want you to judge what I say/write not only by its contents, but also by my nationality. I do not have such a wish. So my profile still has the default value.
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I don't understand why "Kopfkino" didn't make it on the list...
Who the f*** is General Failure, and why is he reading my harddisk?
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Anything term, phrase, etc, without an English equivalent simply ain't worth sayin'.
Just sayin'...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Quote: 10. Faamiti (Samoan)
To make a squeaking sound by sucking air past the lips in order to gain the attention of a dog or child.
aka "whistling"...?
Quote: Bakku-shan (Japanese)
Or there's this Japanese slang term, which describes the experience of seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not from the front.
Butterface? (ok, still not a real English word, but it's been around...) 
And I've never heard any of their French examples. And they're not single words; they're composites.
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(The title's an Insider [News] joke -- you had to be there)
... I finally figured out, today, why the Godawful "Softness is a thing called Comfort" advertising jingle from a couple of decades ago kept repeating through my brain at my current contractee's location.
It's the lifts (Leftpond: elevators).
Whenever they stop at a floor, they chime out two notes that are precisely the same as the first two notes of the jingle -- and it echoes up and down the lift shaft (it sounds almost as loud on the sixth floor as it does on the first when it stops on the first).
Knowing this won't stop the bloody jungle running through my head, but now at least I know why.
Oh, and my microwave oven is still open to to having a new owner (or a good ten-minute session with a three-pound lump hammer), because it still starts with a "hmmmMMM" sound that inspires my brain to have Sam Cooke's Cupid[^] running through it for at least 20 minutes, each time.
It's not that I don't like the song, but it would be nice to give it a bloody rest!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: two notes that are precisely the same
Ah, you're doomed Maybe a bit of grease somewhere can change the notes, but then, it could tune to a worse earworm[^].
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Yes, those marketing people know what they are doing, I even remember jingles from 50 years ago.
It was a time when you were glad to watch any kind of television or listen to the radio, even advertising.
Quote: In het ochtendgloren wordt BUMS geboren
(bread advertisement) 
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Its chicken nugget alternative contains egg
I'm not sure they actually understood what the purpose of making fakemeat was before jumping on the bandwagon. 🤣🤣🤣
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I know, right!? What research company are they using...if any? 
Edit: not that they should really need one to know the difference between vegetarian and vegan, but maybe they do.
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'Ear 'ear, what's Tyson done now?
modified 13-Jun-19 16:26pm.
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"Well, unless turkey is a vegetable!"
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Any animal becomes a vegetable if you knock it on the head just right.
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Jeeze! Did you really say that in public?
Keep looking over your shoulder. The tree huggers tofu eaters twinkly snowflakes people who love animals will be coming to get you.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: people who love animals
[Raises hand]
They're soooo tasty.
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Made me lol  I guess I shouldn't but it still did. Cheers
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you mean its like fake news that's not really even fake news...
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Dan Neely wrote: I'm not sure they actually understood what the purpose of making fakemeat was before jumping on the bandwagon.
Are you suggesting that vegans are the only ones not eating meat products?  
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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But eggs are meat, it is just at an early development stage.
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Member 7989122 wrote: eggs are meat
Sort of. But there IS a big difference between a nugget made out of chicken and a nugget that has a little bit of egg in it.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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At the breakfast table: "Mommy, I want to devour the unborn life!"
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Your breakfast table is freaky. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Member 7989122 wrote: But eggs are meat, it is just at an early development stage.
"Grass that still hasn't yet been eaten by a cow is meat, it's just at an early development stage".
Yep, I'm gonna start using that.
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We are being too serious now  but genetically the egg is a chicken. The grass is not genetically a cow.
Now that we are in the serious corner: Mushrooms are neither animals nor plants, they are from a different kingdom. They share some genetic traits with life in the animal and plant kingdoms - but more wiht animals than with plants (if what I have been told is correct).
So, do vegetarians, vegans or whatever they call themselves shy away from mushroom because they are genetically closer to animals? Or do they ignore the genetics, saying that "Anything that isn't walking or swimming or flying is OK as food"? How do they then relate to jellyfish, spending part of their life swimming about, and part of their life affixed to the bottom of the sea, growing like a plant? (Consider it a question of principle - I don't think jellyfish are suitable for eating!)
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Member 7989122 wrote: We are being too serious now but genetically the egg is a chicken. The grass is not genetically a cow.
Don't you go raining on my parade...I'm still going to use it.
Interesting point re: mushrooms.
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ZurdoDev wrote: Are you suggesting that vegans are the only ones not eating meat products? 
No, but they're the largest segment of the market. Especially the fake meat sort; we carnivores have no need for sad imitations. If I want something that tastes like meat I'll eat the real thing; if I want a vegetable meal I'll go for something that highlights the best a veggies can be (which is not fake meat).
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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