People just love talking about themselves and their purchases. Give them a mic (social media) and they'll abuse it.Originally Posted by UChessmaster
People just love talking about themselves and their purchases. Give them a mic (social media) and they'll abuse it.
Shows you why Rolexes sell. Starbucks too. Not that starbucks doesn't taste nice, just that the whole "I paid X amount for Y product, how good am I?" idea works.
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On this coast, we call it Starburnt, so no, it doesn't taste nice. It's bad overpriced coffee. You legitimately get better coffee at McDonalds, and Consumer Reports blind taste tests back this up.
There's a reason most people drown it in sugar and lightener, and why you often can't find the price of a regular black coffee on their menus.
I've only had tea at starbucks - because i hate coffee... and well - i can buy a whole pack of green tea(leaves) for price of one mug... and the pack is of better quality.
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They have different roasts available, but it still equates to a cup of black coffee if you choose to not add sugar and cream.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
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It appears that the nuances of that sentence eluded you.
"There is a reason most people drown it in sugar and lighter" ::
Starbucks coffee is burnt, and most people don't like the harsh and bitter taste of burnt coffee.
", and why you often can't find the price of a regular black coffee on their menus." ::
Starbucks expects customers to either buy their specialty mixed coffee drinks, or load their coffee up with sugar, lighteners, and added-cost flavorings, so they often won't even put the price of black coffee on their menu. They found people don't really care for their burnt coffee taken black.
The comma separates the two clauses of the sentence, implying a related, but different subject. This would be the equivalent to a verbal pause. Coffee is the subject of the first clause and Starbucks is the passive subject of the second clause. Had I reworded it to where Starbucks was the subject in both sentences, a semicolon would have been the most appropriate.
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speaking of which, I just started reading a book "by" howard schulz (starbucks ceo). I don't know whether it's a bad translation or a horrible book, but it clearly isn't well written.
I don't get it, are you equating the book's quality to their coffee, or are you in the wrong thread?
Do you tend to read books in English or translations into Hebrew?
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
I think he just made the link with Starbucks.
It's been a while since I've had it, but I don't remember being impressed. For one, the paper cup was constantly leaking.
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I bought an item off ebay, and a component wasn't up to scratch. The seller offered to refund the cost equal to that of the component, perhaps slightly more. Do they deserve a green or a neutral feedback?
(Details: I bought a "gripgo" GPS holder, 2A car charger and USB cable. Main issue is that the USB cable doesn't charge at 2A. I've cross-tested with my own wall-charger and USB cable to isolate the new cable as the problem. The charger itself isn't faulty.
The impact of this is that my phone ends up using more power than it is being delivered. It will still lose charge while plugged in, so it can't function indefinitely as a GPS device.
I should note that the seller sold the items as various "combos". You could buy the holder, holder + charger, and holder+charger+cable at increasing prices).
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Fortunately enough it ought to be easy for you to use any decent usb cable instead of the lousy one, the cable being the most easily replaceable component of those three.
Dunno. It's clear they are selling a subpar component, which ends up wasting everybody's time even if they refund. But since they do refund willingly, I guess they don't deserve negative rating as such, especially since we are obviously talking about cheap shit here. All the more so if you are happy with the remaining two items. If you can't decide, let a coin decide.
Hanging out with my niece, we sang along to "5 little monkeys jumping on the bed," and other classic children's songs. I remember when I was a kid, the lyrics went, "one fell off and broke his head" as sort of a hard reality lesson for kids to play safe. However, all the versions I found on Youtube had it as, "one fell off and bumped his head." Does anyone else remember this song having the harsher lyric?
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
It's one of the many sanitized versions of Shortnin' Bread, so any variations are probably valid. I've even heard one with "hurt" instead of "bumped."
Another link referencing the two.
It's not exactly a great song for real little kids these days:
When I searched for what I remembered as the "original version" I found references to the "Shortnin' Bread" version, though with even more of a racist tone than the one you posted (instead of "5 little monkeys", it has "5 little d*rkies" and the doctor's advice is to feed them shortnin' bread instead of not to jump on the bed). I couldn't find any references to the version with "one fell off and broke his head." Now, searching specifically for that line, I found a couple versions with that line in it, so I'm not losing my mind and I did remember that version from my childhood. Thanks.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Why is star wars II called attack of the clones, if the clones don`t actually attack anything?
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. -Marie Curie
They don't launch a offensive against the droid army?
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Yeah. They attacked Geonosis, thus starting what was known as the Clone Wars.
Magi 2015 Calendar, now with 0% Morgiana. WTF?
https://www.tumblr.com/search/magi+calendar+2015
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It's pretty obvious who the target audience for this calendar are. (Read: Male female ratio)
Peace.
Indeed. It took me by surprise given the show wasn't particularly about appealing to girls despite the large male cast. Now that I know, I can go with the F/SN one.
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Basic monitor calibrations (such as windows) will tell you
"The next page will look at adjusting brightness. The pictures below show you what too much, ideal and too little brightness looks like. When you go to the next image, adjust your brightness so the image looks like the middle one below"
What I don't get is, on uncalibrated screens how do they get the reference images to be displayed correctly for comparison?
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