@twojarslave is right, it’s appropriately pronounced neesh, but I’ll say both neesh and nitch depending on who I’m talking to.
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I agree with several of the above.
Nitch within a neech. Never neesh though. That’s like one of those kinds of words I just can’t bring myself to say. Like the last part of Bichon Frise. It’s Frees. Not frees-ay.
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So you say, bitch-on frees?
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Nah. More like beach-on frees.
It’s actually pretty unusual that I end up in a conversation involving fancy dogs though.
A few boxers, occasional pits, some retrievers and other sporting dogs, but I just don’t run into many Bichon Frise when out and about.
I can see how people may feel weird or think it is “snooty” to use certain pronunciations like in pecan or because but, with a word like niche…I mean you are already using the word niche.
I love audiobooks and have heard it pronounced both ways, still not sure which one is poroper, but I prefer neesh.
Is IM/DM that hard a concept to understand?
Since people can’t walk up and bother me, the number of conversations that go like this:
Colleague: Hello?
< 15 minutes passes >
Colleague: Roger?
< 30 minutes passes >
Colleague: Are you there? It says you are online
< 10 minutes passes >
Me: Yes?
Colleague: Were you in a call?
Me: No
Colleague: Oh, because you weren’t responding
Me: How can I help?
Colleague: What’s our internet page?
Me: http://intranet
Colleague: Great, thanks. How’s it going?
Colleague: hello?
Or flavour 2:
Colleague: I need the report for my meeting
Colleague: It’s in 5 minutes!!
Colleague: Are you there? This is urgent!!! 
< 30 minutes passes >
Me: Report is here ----> link.
Colleague: It’s too late now
Me: You can call my office number of something is urgent and my cell is in my status which pops up when you enter a message…
Colleague: < some smart ass comment >
is bordering on disturbing
People would sooner starve to death than order food over the phone. People have become alarming non-confrontational to the point of just having zero interactions.
I wouldn’t say you are non-confrontational (at least from what I can tell) but don’t you prefer to have little human interaction? I totally agree with your statement, just curious on your take.
I absolutely prefer limited human interaction, and I still engage in it because it’s effective, and typically far moreso than messenger. Far harder to ignore a voice on a phone or a person in your presence.
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I don’t know. I’ve always thought that most people were overwhelmingly selfish, pushy and loud when denied their wishes, and otherwise despicable and apathetic. I got bullied as a younger child and I never had any friends in elementary school, and my parents always told me that bullies were just like their parents. So, I always operate under the assumption that people, given the opportunity, will instantaneously take advantage of you. I never experienced what it’s like to have a majority of the people around me be shy and non-confrontational.
Like you, I’m a hermit.
I don’t feel these two are at odds. People will take advantage of you, but will also do so in a way that doesn’t involve direct interaction.
Love how people will see someone using 2 pieces of equipment in the gym, and instead of ask to work in, will just take a video and upload it online to gym shame them.
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Yes, this is one of the best examples I’ve seen because it’s so subtle and usually the gym-shaming videos garner a lot of positive support, which is really weird. People love to see other people fail.
I was referencing the Black Friday fights that happen in Walmart or all of the aggressive road rage-having drivers on the road. I drive now, and most of it is avoiding other people who are making mistakes.
I totally meant to write “like” instead of love, but point gets across, haha.
Road rage is crazy. Also weird how indignant people get when everyone seems to be a sucky driver, haha.
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I use my blinkers, check my mirrors and don’t go too fast, so people cut me off on the left and right. If they could, they would fly over me. People will ride the tail end of your car and slam on their horns while they just miss rear-ending you, I find that kind of interaction to be especially dangerous sand confrontational (between cars).
Adding a motorcycle to this mix really ups the ante.
Oh, I drive a 276-horsepower Kia Sorento. It goes pretty fast and the tires squeal when my dad gets mad enough at someone else on the road.
I never make the tires squeal unless I’m trying to avoid an asshole.
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Not if I should post this here, or in the nutrition sub forum, but if I’m currently drinking about 20 beers a day due to being locked down, and they each contain 99 cal, but only 1 gram of protein, 0.7 grams of fat, and 2.2 grams of cards, where do I add the 1980 cals into my marcos??
At your AA meeting.
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I believe alcohol is 7 calories per gram. And if your drinking 20 a day, your getting 20 times the afforementioned macros.