“not to mention” and “let alone” are both typically used with the more difficult or unpleasant things after the phrase. The main difference is that “not to mention” is usually used to bring something new into the conversation or to imply that the thing you’re mentioning needs a whole separate conversation.

“Let alone” is a way to add emphasis when denying something. Usually phrased like “I didn’t even X, let alone Y.” Y being the thing you want to deny, X being some first step toward Y or just something related that isn’t as bad as Y.

Some examples:

“Did you kill Dave?” “I didn’t touch him, let alone kill him”

“Can you walk?” “I can’t stand, let alone walk.”

The first part doesn’t even need to be a complete denial as long as it implies the second part is impossible:

“Can you run?” “I can barely stand, let alone run.”

To make the setup work, aye

Sphinx: You there, knight. I am the guardian of this place and cannot allow you to pass without a battle.

Me: My name is Ender, Sir Ender to you. And I’m a bit weary from my long journey here, would you accept a pun battle?

Sphinx: Aye, Sir Ender.

Me: Thank you, please move aside

For me, they manage to trigger the “SNAKE!” and “SPIDER!” panic responses simultaneously. The rational part of my brain likes them, the instinctual part tells me to smash it with a rock

Absolutely post relevant info, I’m saying your audience here doesn’t consider what you posted to be relevant.

If your comments had tied in to the greater anglosphere discussions around trans people or used the examples as a thing to emulate or avoid, that would be relevant.

As they are, your comments just sound like you think of England as an extension of the US or at least you think the lawmakers of England are concerned about bathrooms in California

Lol, I swear I can read

“in the country”

Bruh, their point was you are talking about a different country. I happen to agree with your opinion, but how bathrooms work in Los Angeles has no bearing on the laws in the UK.

While I like the comparison between Trump’s legal troubles and Julius Caesar’s, my inner pedant needs to point out that Caesar was not part of the fall of the Roman Empire. Depending on how you break up the timeline, Caesar was the beginning of the end for the Roman Republic and his heir Augustus was the beginning of the Empire.

The EEA shows up in the list of places it does not apply. They worded it strangely, first calling out the US as a place where it does apply. Then they change it up and say it also applies to anywhere not on this specific list of places

Depends on the location and timing. For a lot of the northeast part of the path, the eclipse is going to happen right after school lets out. Most of the students would still be on their way home

This doesn’t seem like an unreasonable requirement for work attire. In a customer-facing role, they are representing the company and so the company is very concerned about it’s image.

For non-customer facing roles, it’s more about keeping the office productive and with minimal conflict. Someone walking in with a “Grab them by the pussy” shirt with a big picture of Trump’s face is going to stir up some shit that the company would rather avoid.

The national guard is part of the military, so funded and supported by the feds. Unlike normal army units though, each state or territory has its own national guard unit under the command of the governor. The intention is to give each state the power to quickly respond to emergency situations without needing federal approval. They’re the successors to the old state militias, but have much stronger federal ties now.

Big Strong City, on their homeworld Pakled Planet

This feels overly pedantic. “Practicing edible recipes without the weed” is more specific than just baking. They are saying what they are baking and why. This is like someone saying “I’m frying some fish for dinner” and getting the response “so…cooking”.

It also seems to imply that it’s not baking anymore if you add the weed.

Not sure where this was taken, but I know a lot of the old buildings in the Netherlands were built with a slight intentional lean toward the street. It’s possible the buildings are actually leaning

Not even close. Any spot on the Maine coast should be within an 8 hour drive. The populated areas should only be a couple hours. Florida is like 30 hours of straight driving from Vermont