Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhy is the word "expat" a thing?message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1111arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the word "expat" a thing?Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down20·8 days agoUsually. But if the premise is particularly stupid I might choose to prompt the speaker to actually think about what they’ve said for a moment. Or you could just read any of the numerous other comments here which offer other explanations.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down5·edit-28 days agoi did think about it and it matches my experience. i will read the rest of the thread. Edit: i have now read the rest of the thread. nobody seems to agree and i see no sources.
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·7 days agoYou’re looking for a source for the answer to a question so idiotic that it has probably never been asked before in the history of man? You can’t be a real person.
Usually. But if the premise is particularly stupid I might choose to prompt the speaker to actually think about what they’ve said for a moment.
Or you could just read any of the numerous other comments here which offer other explanations.
i did think about it and it matches my experience. i will read the rest of the thread.
Edit: i have now read the rest of the thread. nobody seems to agree and i see no sources.
You’re looking for a source for the answer to a question so idiotic that it has probably never been asked before in the history of man?
You can’t be a real person.