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so like.... we have a new housemate moving in, which has resulted in me thinking about this, and... like...
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i'm not really sure if there exactly is a difference between, like, "oh, yeah, we have house Monster" and "we have communal Monster?"
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but they feel... different? and, like, i feel super comfortable saying the former, and kinda weird about the latter?
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and i don't really know why. 🤷
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@gdkar ...
Why the hell did my mind immediately go to "oh, must have a monster living with them, makes sense" instead of "oh, the energy drink"?
There was even the "food" cw!
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@troubleMoney i.... yeah, uh, actually was a little unsure about using that example for kinda that reason.
uh.
but also i just picked up a 10 rack of monster for the kitchen, so, like, it was on my [ mind | counter ]. 🤷
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@gdkar well, now with the correct context:
house monster implies it comes with the house, communal monster implies that everyone chips in a bit
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@troubleMoney *nod nod*
yeah. that's it.
like... yeah, in practice here there's some amorphous level of assumption that, like, if you're part of the household you should contribute to the house existing-and-being-a-thing, but that's..... separate and pretty hand-wavy.
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cool. thanks!
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@troubleMoney yeah!
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only also energy drinks!