• MudMan@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    I’ll be honest, I didn’t see “healthy burgers” until I read the caption and my brain still doesn’t want to read it that way at all.

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          23 hours ago

          I guess I mixed up than and then. Happens to me all the time because my native language doesn’t have the distinction so they sound the same to me. If you have a good rule of thumb when to use which, enlighten me. Otherwise use your brain and don’t be a dick next time.

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            17 hours ago

            Drama aside, then is used for time, whereas than is for comparisons.

            • I am taller than her

            • And then we watched a movie

            An example correctly using both back-to-back would be:

            • I was weaker back then than I am now
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            22 hours ago

            It’s so funny when you called someone who did the same thing as you did as a dick

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              21 hours ago

              Oh, I intended it as a play of words. I was thinking whether to write “heal thy brain” or “healthy brain”. Guess the other option would of made the joke more obvious. Maybe a hyphen would have been best?