Good morning / good afternoon / good evening In Brazil and Portugal there's a culture of saying those words whenever you call someone on the phone or enter a store or when you address someone who you doesn't know, like an attendant. I remember the first time I made a call to Canada and I said "Good afternoon", the person awkwardly answered "Good afternoon" in return. So this makes me wonder, let's say you go to a McDonald's and you are about to make your order. Is it common in English-speaking territories to greet the attendant like that before having your order or do you just say "Hi / Hello"?

What do you like to do on your weekends?

Are you a more reserved person? Do you prefer being an outgoing one? Is it okay for you staying in on Fridays and Saturdays or would you rather have a good time with your folks? Don't be shy to express an ideal weekend for you.

Has someone ever used Gabe Wyner's method for learning a new language?

For those who are unaware, there is a book written by Gabriel Wyner called "Fluent Forever", containing a method based upon the use of your target language IPA alphabet along with vocabulary flashcards including pronounciations. Basically he points out that we can get fluent from scratch by using flashcards of words and sentences, which will ultimately lead us to build a strong grammar foundation.

Is there someone who has succesfully adopted this method?

Is it suitable to use contractions in formal writings?

Yesterday I was writing an email for a company when this question came up on my mind. I became afraid to write the whole message using contractions. Was my concern reasonable?

Are you shy? Did you overcome your shyness?

I'm an introverted (this is not an issue) and shy person. But fortunately I'm becoming better at my social skills. I still remember the first day when I was in the front of a group of students throwing a lecture about a subject at the college. It was a disaster, because I didn't know how to control my hands and I felt sweaty and in panic. I've improved so far, but there's plenty of room yet to enhance my lecture and speech skills, and as I'm working in the Sales field, social skills are the core of becoming successful. 

I believe the best solution for this problem is to expose yourself to social interactions as much as you can, even if it feels awkward and uncomfortable. Pushing yourself out of your comfort zone is the key for the issue.

And you, do you have any special tip for solving this? Please share some experience with us about how it feels to be a shy person and what you do to overcome shyness.

What's the website you most spend time on?

I can't get enough of Reddit. Its subreddits and the possibility of anonymity make it my favorite website as a whole.

What about yours? Mind to share?

What's your favorite anime?

Just to keep this short. Please only answer to that question those who enjoy watching anime. 

My favorite one is "Ghost in the Shell". What I most like about it, is the concept behind machines that become surrogates for human bodies.

A Science breakthrough that may reduce the amount of plastic waste The scientist Federica Bertocchini after removing grubs from the hives she uses to beekeeping and putting them into a plastic bag made an important discovery. The grubs fed themselves with plastic. This might be a scientific breakthrough to dwindle the amount of plastic waste. The average person, on average, uses more than 200 plastic bags, which would take around 100-400 years for them to decompose in the nature. Grubs use the same enzymes used to devour beeswax. The scientists doubt to find out whether the plastics were only being reduced to a smaller size and not consumed was mitigated after some grubs were mashed out and had their paste spread over the bag. Yet the plastic bag was still swallowed down by the larvae. The biochemist Paolo Bombelli, who works at Cambridge, said that this accidental discovery may take an important role in fixing the plastic waste located in waterways, oceans and landfills. Scientists expect to identify the enzymes the worms put into work when they are inserted in a place like a plastic bag. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/24/plastic-munching-worms-could-help-wage-war-on-waste-galleria-mellonella

Two Roman friends head to a bar

After they find their seats, the waiter comes in to collect their order.

One of the friends asks for a jar of lime juice while the other asks for five pints of beer. After some time has passed, the waiter appears with a jar of lime juice and two pints of beer.

Why did this happen?