Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoWhy do you suppose sour candies are so popular these days? It wasn't a market when I was a kid.message-squaremessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down116
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareWhy 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 · 6 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·6 months ago“These days” being those that comprise the recent entire half of your life is a hell of a framing
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoSour candy sales jumped 25% last year.
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·6 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.
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 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