Mine is that at my age (barely made it into Gen Z on the old end) I just found out today that a Bo Weevil is an insect (beetle) and not some kind of mole or similar rodent.
That “Southern” isn’t normally pronounced in the way that I pronounce it (which is “SOWth-urn”, with a lot of emphasis on the “O” sound, instead of “suff-ern”)
Value-types in C# can apparently contain reference-type members. I had always thought that they could only contain other value-types. I’ve been using C# since before its official release. It still hurts my head trying to wrap my brain around it.
I thought jealousy and envy were synonymous.
i learnt a while back that they’re not the same, but i can’t even remember the difference
Envy is wanting something someone else has. Jealousy is fearing someone will take away something you have. Or I’m about to learn that what I’ve recently learnt is not true and then this would be my answer for this post.
This is correct! Majority of the time when someone says they’re jealous of something they absolutely mean envious. E.g. “You’re going for a holiday next week? I’m so jealous.” Nope. Envious.
“Cake” in “let them eat cake” is “brioche”. I had thought that cake meant cheap chemically leavened bread-ish, but it actually was an out of touch elite being genuinely confused about bread shortages, not someone callously suggesting the peasants eat shittier food.
Also it probably wasn’t Marie Antoinette.
Boston is further north than NYC.
