nick’s reactions appreciation blog.
“Lollback said 13 restaurants around the country would change their signage this week as part of the company’s celebrations of Australia Day.
…Australia is the only country in the world that refers to McDonald’s as Macca’s and the restaurant has formally submitted the word to the Macquarie Dictionary for consideration in their next update.”
I was almost going to LOL, but they’re doing this shit FOR AUSTRALIA DAY.
Also, FUCK THE MACQUARIE DICTIONARY.
GOD HELP ME I MISS AUSTRALIAN MACCAS COKE SO MUCH *cryface emoji*
Maccas coke is the best hangover cure ever.
“The world-first change - a temporary measure - comes after a branding survey commissioned by the fast food chain found that 55 percent of Australians called the company by its shortened name.”
I am more like THE FUCK DO THE REST OF THE WORLD CALL IT? THE FULL FUCKING NAME?! Seriously, my head is spinning that if I said to someone overseas “Let’s go to Macca’s”* they wouldn’t know what I was talking about.
*not something i would actually say
I’ve heard non Australians call it McDs, or MickeyDs?
I used to teach this name to my students in Tokyo, and their common name for it was マクド (makudo)
I was surprised that the majority of my non-aussie co-workers there just called it straight up McDonalds…us Australians love our lazy abbreviations
I’m glad the Japanese have a shortened name. I remember saying the whole name a lot during high school Japanese class. Makudonarudo is just not good marketing Lol.
My French friend called it “McDoo’s” but I don’t know if that was just her or what. I always thought that was cute. And IME Americans really don’t call it Mickey D’s, that’s more an advertising thing. It’s just McDonald’s.
You need to be patient to love me. Patient, and a heavy sleeper.
gpoy
I am #2 CONSTANTLY. I’m never #1. GIANT SPIDER-ARMS AND -LEGS FOR LIFE.
i trained myself into sleeping like #1 when i had a lofted bed so i wouldn’t fall out. every once in a while i have to remind myself that my bed is now a normal height and i can sleep anyway i want.
as someone who’s shared a bed with you several times, I appreciate your training.
I’m also #1 all the time, except when I’m sick. I had a sinus thing last week and I rolled over to M’s side of the bed, cuddled up to him, and coughed right in his face several times, all while completely asleep. He told me the next morning with that amused disgust you only acheive after sharing a bed with someone for, oh god, eight years.
Man, I really do ship Nolan/Padma, but Gabriel Mann has chemistry with everything and everyone.
Toddler vs. kitten
Pandora is just straight-up playing the theme song to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Get out of my head, Pandora.
A Map of Everyone
You can’t tell from where you’re sitting, but this map has 341,817,095 dots on it. Built with U.S. and Canadian census data, there’s a dot on here for everyone.
Check out the zoomable version here. And when I say “zoomable”, I’m not kidding. Very cool.
lol the black splotch on the right that’s everywhere i’ve ever lived.
“Mom, listen, I haven’t been together with Topanga for 22 years, but we have been together for 16. That’s a lot longer than most couples have been together. I mean, when we were born, you told me that we used to take walks in our strollers together around the block. When we were two, we were best friends. I mean, I knew everything about this girl. I knew her favorite color, her favorite food. Then we became six, Eric made fun of me because it wasn’t cool to have a best friend that was a girl or even know a girl. So for the next seven years I threw dirt at her. I like to call those “the lost years”. Then when I was thirteen, mom, she put me up against my locker and she kissed me. I mean, she gave me my first kiss. She taught me how to dance. She always was talking about these crazy things and I never understood a word she said. All I understood was that she was the girl I sat up every night thinking about, and when I’m with her, I feel happy to be alive. Like I can do anything. Even talk to you like this. So that’s, that’s what I think is love, mom. When I’m better because she’s here.” - Cory Matthews, Boy Meets World
Anyone who doesn’t ship Cory/Topanga, Cory/Shawn, and Cory/Topanga/Shawn is no friend of mine.
Trent was 100% dude you date in high school/college to get that out of your system so you’ll never make such mistakes again.
Tom was just. there.
Tom was terrible, that’s what Tom was.
newtypeblues
