Mr (Annoying) Orange or Mr Hairdo, I guess you could go with Mr Freedom but I’m not sure it’s a good fit. Let’s Build a Wall and Let’s Build a Gulag isn’t what Real Mr Freedom would say but that’s just my opinion

But 2-3 car lengths? It really bugs me when they do it in a left turn lane causing a back up to the travel lane resulting in overall congestion.

This reminds me of one time I witnessed instant karma. I was driving behind someone doing this in crawling-slow heavy traffic, and got to one of those large intersections with such lanes. Here in Australia they’re right turn lanes, though that’s irrelevant for the story I wanted to share.

So right in front of me there was this car with at least four guys in it, loud music, and an imbecile on the wheel. I got stuck behind him on a single lane road with no means to overtake. He was driving somewhat below the speed limit for no apparent reason and leaving a massive gap before the next car in front. He still left a large gap when we both merged on a crowded multi lane road, and he kept that 3 car spaced gap at every red light stop. He would lag several seconds before starting to move, obviously not paying attention. I honked a couple times to nudge him.

One of those irritating assholes I guess.

Now, somewhere behind me on the lane to the left there was some other guy with a red convertible and an attitude that screamed “YES I’M OVERCOMPENSATING”.

We got to the intersection where the turn only lanes appeared, and the idiot in front of me was once again holding traffic as he lagged to resume driving. But the lane on my left, which continued straight, moved just enough to let the red convertible guy right beside the idiot. And then all of a sudden the convertible revved and zoomed right in front and across the idiot, cutting him off and overtaking him on the turn only lane, sliding right in that annoying massive gap he was leaving.

That was the only time in my life I celebrated such a douchebag move. The slow idiot went insane. Started yelling at the convertible, gave him the finger. The convertible was the last car able to turn on that change of lights so the idiot and everyone behind had to wait yet again for green, but I wasn’t mad. Watching the car in front of me shake with rage until the lights changed again made up for it. He didn’t lag once they went green again.

I agree it’s highly unlikely. However, I’ve been rear-ended once, and my car got pushed forward the space of at least another car and a half, in spite of my panicked reflex of pressing the brakes as it happened. I didn’t crash into anything because I was first on the lane, I got pushed into the intersection.

So yes, you can get rear-ended and the gap in front of you will save you in money and insurance claims bs time if you don’t hit anyone in front as well as a result. It will make little difference regarding your ability to switch lanes though.

In saying that, I don’t leave this massive space in front of me. I stick to the “see the next car’s tyres” rule and if traffic is really packed (as during rush hour, when everyone crawls start stop) I sometimes reduce it to curb parking distance.

It’s hilarious but it shouldn’t. I didn’t know

I thought so too, I’d be upset if he became president of the world

I don’t live in America, I never had American citizenship, nor family or relatives or any responsibility to vote in your mess guys. Still my president you say?

Remember that people are often stupid, not evil. You can do pretty awful things if you’re dumb enough. Someone’s razor, forgot who’s

I can’t tell if this is real or not. Not my president so I don’t keep up with everything he does

The roo is good and I would have it more often if not for the price tag.

The ants and mealworms were pan fried, sauteed I guess. They were good. Ants were like a zesty citrus crumb and mealworms were sort of like popcorn.

Not many, I’ve had crickets, ants, mealworms, venison, kangaroo, I think that’s it for unusual. Not sure if things like duck and eel make it to the exotic list for you. I’ve had kangaroo more times than I’ve had eel though, probably just because of location.

Presuming you mean meat I consistently dislike no matter if it’s well prepared or in good condition: None. I would say beef and chicken but those were isolated instances and you removed them as options too.

Then… I don’t know, every time I tried something else it turned out to be good. Once I had a codfish that wasn’t well prepared. It was tough like a shoe sole and full of bones. But it didn’t taste terrible, so I’m not sure if it’s a suitable option.

Ok sealion. We are gonna use loose as a verb the way you want it, not the way English speakers want it. You win. Go loose your social ties if it makes sense to you

It just gives the audience a clearer picture of the artist’s process. I’m not saying artists (and btw I’m an artist) need to disclose every piece of reference they use for everything, every time. However many artists do share their process, and the way in which reference is used can vary greatly. Many artists use reference to practically copy the subject, others just use reference to understand the subject and then create something completely different. Or in a completely different pose.

As someone consuming art, I would appreciate knowing what type of mastery and skills the artist has- did they envision this in their minds? How much? What inspired them? Is this an accident or deliberate? Etc. This may be irrelevant to some people, but many at some point want to understand how the artist thinks and feels.

Before AI it would have been obvious that if the subject is not realistic and not found elsewhere then it has to be the artist’s imagination, or an accident. Now an artist could be copying AI instead and you would never know.

I find that artists that tend to copy their references with high fidelity (such as many wildlife painters or illustrators, or personal portraits) are also among those disclosing their references the most. This makes the audience appreciate the artists’ skills more. You can see the difference between the original and the result whereas you would otherwise have to guess.

We’re discussing the use of lose and loose in particular, not other words; and in the specific context of the text in this meme. Just because you can think of plenty of examples of social networks that have loose structures (and so can I, and most people) doesn’t mean it’s okay to use the word any way you feel is right for you.

Or in other words, a sentence can be structurally sound but be invalid in terms of cultural convention and language use. And in such a case, it’s still deemed to be grammatically incorrect - whether it’s misspelling or misusing of the word.

But you have the right to disagree all you want.

I disagree:

The phrase ‘tight-knit community’ exists, and is fairly commonly used.

We were not discussing ‘tight-knit’

A ‘loose-knit community’ would have…

Yes, would have. I’ve never heard the term, perhaps it exists. But it’s used as an adjective here, not a verb as in our case. Point irrelevant.

A social network is often mathematically/academically/professionally described as a bunch of points, clustered, with connections between them.

Even the very word ‘network’ is etymylogically derived from a net, an interwoven mesh.

You very much can literally loosen or tighten a net, make one that is more pourous or more dense in terms of threads in any given surface area.

Hey there ya go, even Threads is an actual name for a social network.

I think the metaphor or analogy of social networks being described by other terms that literally apply to an actual net or fabric is… actually incredibly common.

All this is irrelevant. Of course you can describe loose networks. Or meshes. Or nets. Note loose is an adjective in all of these cases, again. Not the usage we were originally discussing.

… You’ve never heard a person being described as having 'loose ties to (other person/group)?

Yeah I’ve heard. Adjective again.

Have you never watched any kind of detective show, a ‘stop the terrorists’ political action thriller?

Yes, I have. Irrelevant though.

Loosen ties means to make cords or ties less tight. It’s a physical thing. For example, with your shoestrings, you can loosen these ties if they happen to be too tight. You can also lose your shoestrings, meaning you lost them and don’t know where they are anymore.

You don’t talk about emotional or social ties like that. You can lose social ties though, in the sense of loss. But you don’t loose social ties, it doesn’t make sense. That’s the difference between the two words.

The right word is “losing”, one O, not two. They have different meanings

Of course - never watched any of them. To be honest y also didn’t watch scrubs either but I saw too many ads about their episodes back in the pre streaming era so I recognize some of the cast. Thanks

No, though I think the right thing for the artist would be to disclose that the references were ai.

Ok the only two I recognize are also the ones that have the show name on them. What about the other 7?