could do
(UK, Ireland) To be capable of.
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Nah I get it I’m nonbiny and I would prefer to be they-themmed but if they’re not gonna do that by default the LEAST they could do is she/her me like the game does
I've only done it a couple of times in a training environment and I could do it - but you could have written pretty much anything on the screen and I'd have read it without thinking. There wasn't a lot of cognitive lo…
Oh dear! I'd forgotten it could do that!
i suppose i could do a minor in art while i’m in college… hehe. ik this college has arts programs, just don’t know if it’s possible if could take it while i study business admin, idk how this major minor stuff works
If enough of us vote this year, we could do with a veto-proof vote. Ask anyone you know if they are registered to vote. Drive them to the polls. If all eligible Democrats voted, the traitorous Rs could not win.
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(UK, Ireland) To be capable of.
“Nah I get it I’m nonbiny and I would prefer to be they-themmed but if they’re not gonna do that by default the LEAST they could do is she/her me like the game does”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I've only done it a couple of times in a training environment and I could do it - but you could have written pretty much anything on the screen and I'd have read it without thinking. There wasn't a lot of cognitive load free.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Oh dear! I'd forgotten it could do that!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“i suppose i could do a minor in art while i’m in college… hehe. ik this college has arts programs, just don’t know if it’s possible if could take it while i study business admin, idk how this major minor stuff works”
— Bluesky· May 2026“If enough of us vote this year, we could do with a veto-proof vote. Ask anyone you know if they are registered to vote. Drive them to the polls. If all eligible Democrats voted, the traitorous Rs could not win.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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