Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoWhy do you suppose sour candies are so popular these days? It wasn't a market when I was a kid.774016
24Why do you suppose sour candies are so popular these days? It wasn't a market when I was a kid.Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months ago77
Show ContentAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mlEnglish161·7 months ago“These days” being those that comprise the recent entire half of your life is a hell of a framing
Show ContentMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP33·7 months agoHere’s another article not from 30 years ago I said “these days” not to mean all the time since I was a kid, but to mean “these days”. I included the personal information to indicate that the phenomenon has occurred entirely within the time since I was a kid. Really sorry to confuse you. I hope we’re good now. You seemed upset.
Show ContentAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mlEnglish6·7 months agoI wasn’t upset and I think it’s sad that you’re primed to interpret things that way automatically
“These days” being those that comprise the recent entire half of your life is a hell of a framing
Sour candy sales jumped 25% last year.
Here’s another article not from 30 years ago
I said “these days” not to mean all the time since I was a kid, but to mean “these days”.
I included the personal information to indicate that the phenomenon has occurred entirely within the time since I was a kid.
Really sorry to confuse you. I hope we’re good now. You seemed upset.
I wasn’t upset and I think it’s sad that you’re primed to interpret things that way automatically