Why not?

I’m totally with you. I think it is somewhat speaker dependent, but that is how I would say those questions.

What’s your NAme

How OLD (are you)?

Where are you FROm?

Could you give some specific examples of questions in English that would not be asked with a rising tone at the end?

I learned recently that there’s a word for this, which is “thought-terminating cliche”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_cliché

Can we call such police “Starmtroopers”?

Some are only 30 cents! At least they were…

I agree, cash is fun in Germany. I think it really helps that the 1 and 2 euro coins are available and used in circulation. It was so nice going into the Späti and buying a beer with a single coin.

Change feels unnecessary in the States since the highest denomination that’s widely circulated is the quarter dollar. There are dollar coins, but they are hardly ever used.

It’s gotta be 1.5C hotter on average for a decade, not just a year

Figma balls

I get that. Where is the irony? I think to be ironic there needs to be some air of unexpectedness. I certainly think it’s amusing to say that you were buffing a nerf gun, but maybe not unexpected

But I think Alanis Morissette would be on board

Why is that ironic?

I watched the first season and liked it, but something started feeling really artificial about the tension? Not sure, it was a while back

Have you watched Timeless? Sorta similar concept

That gets you in. How do you get back out?