day 2 of this conference and the speaker just said "I've been living in New York 20 years and only just learned the word 'bodega'" sir...how

he's English but still???

like I can understand not hearing it before coming here

what boujee bedroom community is he actually from

yeah like where on earth are you living my dude

it's like being in my town 20 years and not being able to pronounce the calusa place names

there is definitely a shawn spencer "i've heard it both ways" about the state park, but 1) even locals get it "wrong" and 2) that one's the name of the 19th-century cult that last lived on the land

is this a fun con or is this a work con, because work cons can totally go both ways in how helpful they are

????????? I learned this word by watching TV in a different continent

work con, and significantly less helpful than I was promised lol

just caught the guy sitting in front of me taking notes on his phone with the heading "slow talking speaker" lmaoooo he ain't wrong

...........that cannot be true?????

we have now bonded over complaining about how very pointless that particular talk was

somehow people get on the agenda and have nothing to add???

HOW

YEAH I'M STUCK ON 20 YEARS WITHOUT EVER HEARING 'BODEGA'

has he left his house in the past 20 years?

did he move to staten island and wind up on house arrest until this conference?

I can't figure out where you could even live in NYC and not know what a bodega is

other than yeah maybe some neighborhoods in Staten island lol

I don't even live in New York and I know about your bodegas

what the heck sir