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  • For example, my great grandfather’s sister’s grandson was on the USS Thresher when it imploded. What would his relation be to me?

    So your first common ancestors are your great great grandparents, so that’s third cousin, and they’re a generation older than you, so once removed. Third cousin once removed. EDIT: This was incorrect, it’s second cousin once removed since that person would be OP’s parent’s second cousin. See the replies below.

    On that note, what do you call your grandparent’s sibling, vs your great grandparent’s sibling, and so on? Again, Google isn’t being very helpful here.

    Grandparents’ siblings are you great aunts/great uncles, additional generations back you add more greats, so great grandparents’ siblings are your great great aunt/uncle. After a while people say “twice great” etc




  • I guess don’t know how to break it to you that saying “f you” is not creative without being on a high horse then.

    I give you a decent counterargument with some bonus alliteration and all you can muster is a strawman?

    Also, speaking of cope. To say that a person using curse words instead of a witty remark is somehow smart cause smart people use curse words doesn’t sound right but I don’t how else to interpret the ETA you made.

    You’ve reversed cause and effect here. I didn’t say that all people who curse are smart. I said smart people curse.

    You’ve argued from a cliché and from a strawman misrepresentation of my original point. I hope someday you look back and cringe at your small-minded pretentiousness in this thread.



  • Scientific studies have shown that curse words relieve physical pain better than any alternatives.

    So there are some situations where anything else is an objectively worse option.

    ETA: I’m willing to bet the reason this is being downvoted is due to the holier-than-thou attitude you’re copping, OP. It’s also something of a classist-coded cliché to claim that people who curse lack vocabulary, intelligence, education, or creativity. This is, of course counter to the fact that studies have shown that people with higher intelligence are more likely to use salty language.