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  • I get the involvement of France there, but don’t see how either would lead to the US speaking French. I could see a Canada situation with the purchase, as there would be more French speakers. But even there, UK had no involvement with that, as it was Napoleon’s focus on Europe that led him to sell the land to the US, so he could continue his conquests. The Revolutionary War wouldn’t have led to speaking French regardless of the outcome. UK wins, we’re still speaking English. We did win, and did not lead to us speaking French.

    Aside from that, having not done a google, is that something the King actually said?






  • There are a lot of people on lemmy I disagree with, and have not blocked. I believe his opinions aren’t just wrong, but immoral. I will not continue to engage with people I find immoral. Will engage with people that don’t agree to me that aren’t immoral. My reply was descriptive, not prescriptive. No one should, or probably would, do something because I say so, just reminding folks it’s an option.





  • Jikiya@lemmy.worldtoFoodPorn@lemmy.worldPaella on a market in London
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    2 months ago

    Have you had a mussel that the separated from the shell just by stabbing it and then picking it up? I’ve always had to hold the shell in place while doing so. Which gets the sauce on my hands, which is functionally not that different than peeling the shrimp that will “get my hands dirty”, at least in my mind. And I could manage it all just fine, if I wanted to, but clearly do not.


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    Looks delicious, but there’s no way I’d order from them. So I get my food, and then get to prepare it while it’s too hot to touch? So I need to wait for it to cool down to extract the mussel, and shell the shrimp. And then I get to eat lukewarm paella. It bothers me to have to shell food that’s been cooked, but know not everyone is neurotic as me.