Mid-30s woman here, from western US. I call my mom any of the following, depending on mood/context:

• Mom
• Mommy
• Mama
• Ma (definitely can become Maaaaa at times)
• Uma
• Mother (usually in a jokingly stern tone)
• Her name (when she’s being particularly deaf)

I read it as GLaDOS first and got a little smile, then went back and reread it as Cave Johnson and laughed.

I desperately want to unsee this and I hate the fact that I can’t.

Well, since he’s clearly unnamed, I’m naming him Speck.

I haven’t looked that good in a photo in ages; I’m glad they got my good side.

Based on the username and formatting of the title, I’m guessing OP’s native language may be Japanese, where questions are often statement+question word.

Shitsumon desu - It’s a question.

Shitsumon desu ka - Is it a question?

How appropriate to have posted it here. Are you cleaning up the hole place?

I meant vosotros, yes, thank you! Sorry, it’s been over two decades since I was in Spanish class; I mixed vos and vosotros up.

Maybe it’s because I’m from California, but we learned Mexico-Spanish. The books included Spain-Spanish (i.e. vos conjugations), but my teachers never included it in our lessons.

US federal employees:

Leaving behind only Saddam Hussein.

Fuck, I am so sorry people are saying that to you. I can see myself saying it to a close friend as a gallows humor joke, but not with a stranger.

Hugs to you, my friend. You still being around, you not giving up - that is heroic.

I expect the delivery comes off as he isn’t actually trying/wanting to sleep with any of them; it’s nonthreatening, so people may be more receptive to his comments.

You answering this so normally makes this a quality shitpost for me.

Well that’s what you get for not using freedom™©® units.

That was the COO of that Untied Hatecare, right?

So… you’re saying

I’m certainly not going to throw mine in the harbor over it.

If you have money to invest, you aren’t struggling to survive.

I don’t disagree with you that slave labor is bad regardless of who, what, where, how. I disagree, however, that there’s not much difference between purchasing products you need and investing in a business.

Some folks can’t afford anything except cheap clothing/household goods from overseas, where they are often made in sweatshops with slave and/or child labor; it’s not their fault that they can’t afford to purchase ethical products. No one needs to invest in a business, though, so choosing to invest in one that deals in slavery is that investor’s fault.

For those of us who can afford ethically-sourced/made items, though, I agree that it’s quite similar. I have no excuses other than people are, as a whole, not good to each other. :(