Halfling Solidarity

"Ohh it's a different sugar than refined sugar" it's the same molecule.

"Ohhh my water filtering apparatus making beauty water and cleaning water and alkaline water" Water is H20. What you're doing is reverse osmosis, and if it's alkaline then there is a substance that's not water in there to make it alkaline. You can't purify water to a pH of 12, because pure water molecules have, by definition of how the pH system works and several phyics rules, a pH of exactly 7.

"Ooohh it has ~different~ sodium atoms." That's called an isotope and sodium isotopes aren't created by magic woowoo, and the magical ability of most isotopes is radioactivity.

"Low toxin" what toxin. Tell me their names. What are they doing. "They are endocrine disruptors" what part of the endocrine system? How? Do you have a source that doesn't try to sell you something?

"Just mix vinegar and baking soda to cleanse all the toxins of your fruits" you just created water molecules and CO2, and some calcium and acetate which don't have much chemical property. That's a science fair vulcano. And doesn't have acidic or alkaline properties to chemically influence anything. Just use tap water at this point. "My wood cutting board soaked in an alkaline solution from baking soda to clear out the toxins leaves a nasty looking soup" yeah because you were dissolving the wood with an alkaline solution. Congratulations.

"There is effective microorganisms in this ceramic bead and it can cleanse your laundry and dishes and prevent mold in your fridge and it works for years" what microorganisms exactly? How did you discover them? What are they eating? Are they resistant to 60 degrees and steam? Do they procreate in the fridge? Are they spreading out on all surfaces to prevent the mold or is it an air filtration system that works without airflow or is it just magic? "Put them in your flowers, they can reverse cavities, put them in your walls" what are they eating in my walls? What kind of microorganisms are they? Did you test the safety of those things in human bodies? Are they native to my biotope? How do they survive in those fucking ceramic beads?

the cat burns all of grace's science shirts. grace is initially distraught, but it's okay. the cat has replaced his wardrobe with far more fabulous items from the cat's own cast-offs. [this will cause problems later given the cat's absolutely snatched waist.] grace is like oh um no thank you, this is awkward, i really don't-- IS THAT REAL WOOL? the cat is like obviously 😾do i look like a guy who touches polyester?

kryten sees the living quarters aboard the hail mary and goes catatonic. then he comes back online. then his head explodes. grace and rocky are horrified. rocky accuses grace of being so utterly filthy he killed their new robot friend. lister says not to worry, they've got a spare head back on the dwarf.

rimmer is INSUFFERABLE about the existence of aliens being proven. he then declares himself acting general of the human defence army against the invading eridians. grace explains that it's just him and rocky and they're actually on their way to rocky's planet, not the other way around. rimmer quickly declares himself the leader of the human colonisation of erid project, and claims erid in the name of humanity. lister declares that they should just ignore him.

lister, inexplicably, walks around in the eridian atmosphere just fine. rimmer is hysterical and sure he'll die, but refuses to enter the atmosphere, despite being indestructible.

they discover that lister can do this when he gets hungry, wanders off, and they find him munching on rocky's food in a xenonite tunnel. grace is gobsmacked. "how can you do that." "aw, it's not so bad. me gran's old flat smelled like cat piss. really takes me back, actually." "that's not - i don't - okay." grace has a breakdown. then, "... what does eridian food taste like tho." "kinda like gran's burnt kippers, actually."

holly hits on mary. mary wasn't sentient before, but the power of lesbianism awakens her. she declares that she is running away with holly. grace explains that he and rocky will die if she does that. she says she doesn't care. grace pulls the dead crewmates card. she begrudgingly agrees to stay onboard. technically, she did kill them. holly is like aw come on, as if it was your fault 🙄

lister makes grace a triple fried egg butty with chili sauce and chutney and grace bursts into tears. rimmer gets weird and possessive and claims HE was the first person lister ever made a triple fried egg butty with chili sauce and chutney for. lister says that is NOT true, wtf? rocky comments that this is the most disgusting food-related human activity he's been witness to yet, and rimmer interprets this as a threat against his life and again attempts to declare war on erid.

north american - individual living in or a national of a country located on the continent of north america

south american - individual living in or a national of a country located on the continent of south america

canadian - definitionally, especially lately, person who does not fucking want to be called an american, because "american" in both canadian and american english has the semantic weight of "national of the united states of america"

and this is not, in fact, limited to english

amerískur - icelandic adjective for american (loanword, more on the slang side, bandarískur more often used)

ameríkani - icelandic noun describing a national of the united states of america

américain - french adjective or noun describing a national of the united states of america

Demonym (or gentilic): A name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place, usually derived from the name of that place.

Endonym (or autonym): A common, self-chosen, native name of a group of people, an individual person of that group, a geographical place, a language or a dialect; it is 'native' in the sense that it is used inside or by a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate themselves, their place of origin, or their language.

Exonym or (xenonym): A foreign-established, non-native name for a group of people, an individual person of that group, a geographical place, a language, or a dialect, meaning that it is used primarily outside the particular place inhabited by the group or linguistic community.

Compare ethnonym, which applies to ethnic groups.

Like. Swans are gigantic, territorial, feather-clad balls of muscle and hatred. Also, magic is expensive and complicated and makes you grow an ugly little goatee - although maybe that’s just my uncle. Why would you even bother? Like, poison is right there. 

Of course, unfortunately, my uncle has always subscribed to the philosophy of ‘why be evil if you can’t be dramatic about it?’.