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> It's said that "Americans preserved British English" from the 1800s[2], and it's actually the British accent that changed.

I might well believe that, but then the question is, which American accent is the British one? Alaskan? Texan? Mid-west?

There are so many "English" and "Irish" accents it's hard to really say. I would say Liverpool accent sounds a lot like a hard inner city Dublin accent already. And it makes sense, with these cities having so much history, trade, and traffic.

Likewise, Scottish / Northern Irish accents are more similar to each other than accents in the Southern end of their own respective landmasses.

But in this case, it's someone far, far away from Ireland* developing an "Irish" accent. I would be very interested to know if that accent sounded geniune to someone Irish or if the accent was an SNL style Irish impression, ie what the patient _believed_ was the accent.

* although it is worth noting, despite the distance, the Newfoundland accent is absolutely indistinguishable from a genuine Irish accent. Any time I hear Newfoundlanders speak I'm stunned at how they sound like they live a few miles away from me.

[example - this guy could be my nextdoor neighbour](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YlyT9bg4o8)

He got eggs-actly what he deserved

It's definitely an illness. In that situation, you have to ask:

- if someone offered me $10 right now to drop what I'm doing and drive for an hour to collect a coupon for them, would I do it? Or would I try and talk them out of it as a waste of their money and my time?

I already posted but here's another one - probably stretching the boundaries of habit a little but anyway:

I spent a good chunk of my life refusing to pay for things I could realistically do myself - gardening, minor repair jobs around the house, admin stuff etc. Now a little older and wiser, I look back and realise that the benefits of doing those things are probably minor compared to the stress and pressure they put me under, having to add "build that swing set" or "mow that lawn" or "build that bookcase" to my epic list of stuff to do every week.

I've tried to _break_ the habit of automatically going "I could do that, I'm not gonna pay someone else" to looking at how much work something is, and whether it is worth my time to do it or pay someone else to do it, and also try and factor in the unseen costs and the expertise before I decide to take on a project.

Sure, I can put together a kids bike. Easy peasy. But if the shop will charge me $10 to put it together, and it'll save me an hour and a bit of stress, it's worth it.

I sincerely hope this is not a habit you have

> tolerating difficult people: those hidden gems have nowhere else to turn and become loyal friends and allies.

Suddenly wondering if I'm someone else's difficult person. Probably my wife's

So many "gym" responses giving me the guilts and reminding me that I really should start exercising one of these days

my habits:

- drink a large glass of water first thing in the morning

- skip breakfast - far from being the most important meal in the day I find I have more energy if I don't eat until after 1, and it means I'm fasting for 16+ hours every single day without even trying

- I limit my todolist to just three important things. I actually get more done by focussing on three things a day instead of having a giant list of 20 things to get done this week and feeling every day like I've failed.

- connected to the above, I make a monthly goal list, and I pull some of the three things from the monthly goals (but there are always unplanned items)

- I turn things off at night. saves a tiny amount of power and reduces the risk of fire

- I try to reach out to a friend every day. even just an IM. feels like I'm keeping friendships alive that might otherwise have dwindled because we were both too busy. this has resulted in the same friends reaching out to me too, so I think it works

LOL, this is the opposite of most of the advice on here

My favourite example in the world of "silly" laws - Saudi Arabia invests massive money in scientific research, and still executes people for Sorcery and Witchcraft

I want this

> Anyone who is really into something illegal will use something alternative anyway.

I'm not for more surveillance, but this is the exact argument that people give against gun control