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Chewing gum only made its way to the USA because the Mexican dictator Antonio López de Santa Anna (who was exiled for his political crimes) sent it to Thomas Adams as part of his attempts to return to Mexico and regain political power and support.

Before chicle left Mexico, while the Spanish were in power, it became forbidden for adult women to chew it in public because a Spanish priest learned it was used for dental hygiene and was scandalised at the thought of grown women cleaning their teeth in public.

Going further back to pre-conquistador times, chicle was used in Mayan cultures to stave off hunger and thirst during long hours of grueling physical work.

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or have you just misinterpreted it through ignorance and you're so scared of being wrong that you stomp your foot and insist on perpetuating an incorrect definition which only results in muddying the waters of what we were trying to have a conversation about?

When you say the meaning of a term has shifted, are you still talking about the things the term was originally created to address or are you just saying it has a new meaning so you don't have to keep being reminded that it's a present-day problem?

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For June, I still have $400 in bills to clear before I'm pushing the rock back up the same hill in August. More than half of that is for medical care -- prescriptions are coming back around to need renewal, and I need to see my doctor for updates on medication changes.

Urgently, however, I need to come up with $40 to renew my car's registration which is now officially expired.

direct donations are incredibly appreciated, but only if you can, only if you’re willing <3

The registration has been renewed, thanks to y'all, and that is a relief cuz that was stressing me tf out. *phew*

June's remaining need: $295

July's remaining need: $290

Last week i was looking into one of my teen's homework when I noticed she was writing words she "wasn't supposed to know" in english (like "furthermore", for example. They only know very intermediary english) I got a bit mad for a second. I wear an "anti-AI" button all the time, i even told them before why i was anti-AI, yet she didn't listen to me and thought she could get away with it... But i decided to keep it cool because i didn't know why she would do this, since she never did.

Okay, one week after, this Wednesday, it was time for their class again and, when she arrived, i told her to come to my desk and asked her: "what is furthermore?" She went pale when she noticed the paper in my hands. I asked again: "darling, what is furthermore?" Then, she shuttered: "I don't know, teacher. I'm sorry, I had to ask Gemini because I had no time..." then I sat her down, she was clearly upset (she is just 13) and I asked her what happened. "I didn't have any time left because of my exams and there were too many units to go through. So I asked my mom to help me and she told me to use ChatGPT but I asked google instead." Okay. So I looked into her eyes and told her it was okay, that she didn't need to be upset, but she would have to re-do that paper and bring it back to me by the next week. I told her she didn't need google or gpt to do her work, because she got a very high score at her english exam (both at school and at the course). She got right back on her feet and we started class as normal.