This happens all the time, and the only people calling them woke are the same people who are going to call anybody woke.
Agreed. Doesn’t change my opinion that the better advocates for such issues are politicians that are minority, female, LGBTQ+, etc. I’m woke as shit, but I still think that my open advocacy is more “in support” than “leading.”
The wine question is a good one. If I could drink high end champagne, that would be my choice. It’s good for all seasons and all foods, and I love it. If I want to save money, there are more options with red wine, which I already drink more days than not.
In practice, it’s really necessary to have both minority people who better understand the issues, and at least some of the majority people who are, after all, in the majority, to advocate for such issues in order to get much accomplished.
But the people in the majority should listen to those in the minority about how best to do so.
Didn’t vote. This isn’t an either-or, so I’'m not going to pick one as if it were.
– I like red wine better than any of the others. So that one was for me an easy choice. (I do wonder whether I’d still get red sparkling wine – there is such a thing – but sparkles in my wine aren’t important enough to me to change my choice if not.)
If forced to choose one, I’d go with red wine. In reality we split 50/50, drinking mostly reds in the winter and whites in the summer.
I like red wine more. But i like to be able to cook with white wine, and red can ruin the appearance of a dish. So i picked white.
About the age…I looked old when young and young when old. When I was 16, people would ask me what my occupation was if I happened to be wearing business casual. But now that I’m 35, people tell me I look 25-28.
Canned hams are no longer sold in my local store. But I can slam dunk a can of spam on top of the eggs if you wish.
About looking your age: A couple of years ago, after I quit coloring my hair, I looked in my bathroom mirror and saw both my grandmothers looking back at me. This was not something I expected or planned for. But, they were both wonderful ladies and I am thrilled to look like them. I look my age, possibly a bit older. From the time I was a child, I have always looked older than I am, but I think I have caught up with it now.
I used to look younger than my age. I even had a weird experience where i was stopped in the hallway by a couple who were trying to guess my age. They were a decade apart, and both much younger than my actual age. (It was a square dance convention, and my partner was a lot younger than i was, but still…)
But then my hair went gray. Now i think i look about my age. My skin is still in pretty decent shape, but a lot of women my age dye their hair, so the gray makes me look a lot older. Average the two and yeah, that’s about how old i am.
The only time I use GPS when I know where I’m going is to see if it will suggest another route, but it rarely does.
I usually have my phone’s GPS running so I don’t need to think about where I’m going.
I’m not generally using GPS at all.
ETA: And I apparently used to look younger than my age during my late teens through forties or so; but not since my hair went mostly white instead of streaked. I don’t know if I look “exactly” my age now, but I think I look fairly close.
A hot dog is a sandwich. Cereal is soup.
A hot dog is certainly a sandwich - just a particular kind of one, and not one that needs the word “sandwich” appended to it in ordinary conversation, like “peanut butter sandwich” or “tuna fish sandwich.”
Cereal is not soup. 
I’d pronounce the road “BLACK ow.”
Through my forties I looked younger than my age, but now I’m pushing sixty and I definitely look my age.
I only use GPS if I don’t know where I’m going. If I’m leaving a city some distance from home, once I get on the highway and know the rest of the way by heart, I’ll often even turn off GPS at that point.
I chose red wine (merlot is my all-time favorite), although I’d hate losing the option of having different kinds of wine, and there are certainly foods with which I’d never want to drink red wine.
I’ll help grocery-store checkout clerks with packing my own bags (heavy stuff at the bottom, lighter stuff above that, breakables at the very top or in a separate bag), but won’t do so if there’s already a separate bagger unless (a) he or she seems overwhelmed, or (b) I’ve bought a lot of stuff. Then I’ll ask if they’d like a hand; I certainly don’t want to get in their way.
I’ve never heard anyone refer to a “hot dog sandwich” as such before, but will concede they meet the definition, as does a “hamburger sandwich.”
On a tangential note, I have an SIL from Iowa that says “chili soup.” Kinda weird in that same sort of redundant way.
I usually use GPS if I’m driving more than a few miles, even if I know the route well, especially if there are multiple routes to my destination. The GPS has occasionally directed me a different route because of an accident and saved me a bunch of time. Even if there are no accidents or other unexpected route changes, if I’m going to an appointment, I like seeing the arrival estimate so I don’t stress about whether I’m running late.
My car’s GPS doesn’t have integrated traffic information, so I don’t use it if I know where I’m going. Sometimes I’ll use it to get started (for example, I’m in downtown Seattle and there are several ways to get to I-5) I’ll plug in “home” and get to the interstate, and then turn it off. So, I guess that’s an example of using it when I know where I’m going.
“Several” is “at least three, but probably less than 7 or 8”. I would have picked ‘more than 3 to 10’, which is close, except that I do think “several” can be 3. ETA: and it is somewhat indefinite. If I meant exactly 3, or exactly 5, I’d say that. If I’m not sure of or not concerned about the exact number, that’s when I’d say “several”.
This stuff should be standardised …
Is “several” more than “a few” ?
What about “quite a few”
Or “rather a lot, really”
It’s all very confusing.
That’s what numbers are for.