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Yeah but speaking with someone who speaks both your languages is just so fluid... Sometimes, one language just fits better with what you're trying to convey.

Plumber of 12 years here, mostly in North America but also did a year in western Europe. Caulk or no caulk is situational.

In residential situations (houses or apartments) I prefer to do the no caulk method. When homeowners see water, they generally realise there is a problem and they call a plumber before the floor rots out; if the toilet is caulked, the standing water can do a shit ton of damage before it gets noticed. Also, silicone / caulk gets nasty looking very quickly without regular cleaning. I only ever installed wall-hung toilets in Europe, and we caulked the bowls but they generally never leak so it's less of an issue.

In commercial situations, like public bathrooms, I'll caulk the bowl, leaving a small gap at the very back so that a leak can potentially be detected. These types of installations are almost always on some type of concrete and tile floor, so damage to the floor is much less likely to occur. Also, those toilets take muuuch more abuse than one in a residential home, so the layer of caulk helps secure the toilet from displacement. Additionally, most public bathrooms are cleaned on a (hopefully) regular basis, so the caulking tends to stay a little less nasty looking.

Try being Canadian, it's even more insulting!

Although to be fair, this never happens outside of Paris.

• Unless you're in Europe. Having to bring your own tools is a north american thing. Here all tools are provided, even pencils and tape measures. Hell, my last construction job even provided clothes and work boots, but that might be company specific. Also, generally north american construction companies require you to have your own hand tools, but not expensive power tools like large drills and saws. Cordless power tools can go either way but I always had my own.

Source: worked 15+ years construction in NA, and did a year in Europe before changing careers.

Typiquement français

There's more variety in types of shrooms than any other substance imo. There are many kinds that are pretty chill, but Blue Penis Envy by example is not to be trifled with.

That's interesting, and I get what you mean, although I've definitely had similar experiences on shrooms where I was "locked" out of reality.

One thing that I've learned over the years is that being sound of mind is extremely important when it comes to doing hallucinogenic substances. As someone who is generally very low in anxiety, this normally is not an issue for me, but my few bad experiences have all occurred during times of emotional instability.

Sorry, didn't mean to sound condescending.

But yes I definitely have. That's the cool thing about things, everyone can have their preferences and that's alright.

Maybe you've never had access to high quality mushrooms then? Being from a place where they can be bought in a store, quasi-legally, I won't eat more than a couple grams of the stronger varieties, because 2 grams will already make me see sound and hear colour. And I ain't no light weight.

But a couple tabs of acid, sure. I'll be vibing hard, definitely acting pretty dumb. But reality will not melt before my very eyes. Might see some cool colours and what not, but it'll always remain controllable. The problem is always the length.

Now DMT is a whole 'nuther thing. 5-10 mins of, holy shit I'm not even on earth anymore, and then BAM, back to reality. It's quite nice.

IF I have like 10-12 hours, I'd take acid over mushrooms any day of the week. So much more predictable, and as someone who has little interest in microdosing, it's a more controlled experience.

I've never had a bad time on acid, but I definitely have with shrooms.

Those types are what me and my wife like to call "neo-hippies," or "bobos," to borrow from French.

Imo, it's a combination of that, and really outdated teaching methods.

La Francophonie is large enough that people never need another language to access additional information. They even have their own pronunciations for Anglophone celebrities, which is bizarre at first.

I once had a conversation in a bar where people were talking about a famous musician named 'Kenny West.' My friends were astonished that I had never heard of him. It took me like 5 minutes to realise that they were talking about Kanye West...

Like I mean come on, he says his own name constantly in his own songs....