the dutch language loves its latin calques. for instance where english or french are happy to use light variants of “subiectus” for the word subject, dutch breaks the latin word down to its raw components (ie. “something that is thrown under”) and translates those, resulting in “onderwerp”, literally “under-throw”. also this guy who looked at the words for mathematics and chemistry every other language used and decided hmm. mmmm no we’re not doing that
idk if anyone else felt this way, but in the Shapeshifter ep of Dungeon Meshi, it’s treated like a joke that all the copies of Laios are super obviously not him, but isn’t it kind of fucked up that Laios’s closest companions don’t seem to view him as… whole?
None of his companions had an accurate view of him as a person! One of the copies was a stupid, drooling mess! And on top of this, they all believed that because Laios struggles with social cues he wouldn’t be observant to them as people. They just… fundamentally don’t understand him.
I think the really accurate copies of the rest of the party was drawn from Laios’s mind. His powers of observation and analytics are his strength, but that’s not the same as being good with social cues.
Anyway. It made me really sad. I know his party cares about him, but it’s so isolating to know your friends don’t know you.
You’d be correct on the most accurate versions being from Laios, mostly he just missed the details of their outfits.
That’s what I thought!
I really like how this page goes into more detail about why the copies have the appearances they do. The Laios copies aren’t quite as bad the anime makes them look, but they are still obviously Not Laios.
Can’t decide whether it’s funnier to say “my hungry ass could never work at a” and then say something that implies you’re eating something truly grotesque or something that just, makes no sense
“my hungry ass could never be a brain surgeon” awful. 10/10
“my hungry ass could never be a truck driver” ????? 10/10
EATYIGNIN TIJOK;L'HE????
my hungry ass could never be a president
My hungry ass could. Thats why you should vote for me in the upcoming elections
why don’t you shut your fucking mouth and look at the wikipedia page for sucking cock???????????
alright one sec
hey it says i gotta have my mouth open for this one boss
“In Malaysia, fellatio is illegal, but the law is seldom enforced. Under Malaysia’s Section 377A of the Penal Code, the introduction of the penis into the anus or mouth of another person is considered a "carnal intercourse against the order of nature” and is punishable with imprisonment of 20 years maximum and whipping.“
Ah yes whipping, in the day and age of the twenty first century
these army ants tend to move in groups of 4, with the line leader leading the expeditions. They have terrible eyesight, so rely on the sound of the Line Leader’s bell staff, and the the pheromone map made by the previous expedition to know where they’re heading.
Not trying to start discourse; I just wanted to point out that, contrary to what many believe, Christians are already oppressed more than any other religion. And while I have not been persecuted personally, thousands of my brothers and sisters in Christ have been and have died in atrocious ways for their faith, and there is very good reason for me to believe that persecution for Christians worldwide, even in free countries like America, is just on the horizon. Ask any Christian, and they will likely say the same. Numbers of persecuted Christians are currently in the hundred millions; look it up if you don’t believe me.
Anyone, feel free to hate on me. It won’t change anything.
Exactly!!! It may not seem like it to non-Christians, but it’s true — Christians are the most persecuted. I won’t bother posting my own references, if only because she (last response) nailed it with that. Obviously I don’t agree with it (Christians being persecuted), but I’d say it’s for a reason: our faith is the true faith. God is the true — and only — God. He made Heaven and Earth. If any of you have questions or want to know more (or even want to try and argue at me about it), I’d be delighted (genuinely! not sarcastically) to share the Good Word! I’d also like to add that if anyone from any other religion posted the same video with the same premise (but with their own religion instead Christianity), they’d be praised for being “brave” and for “being unapologetic about their faith.” If someone posted the exact same caption that OP did on this video on said hypothetical video, they’d be the one getting death threats, not the woman in the video. Please, please understand this: we aren’t trying to attack non-Christians/the world’s culture. We’re simply trying to live peaceful lives while trying to show the Truth to whoever we can. As a Christian myself, I love you all. I don’t care if you send me hate, death threats, whatever — I still love you. Whatever arguments you may have against any of my points won’t change a thing — I stand firm in my faith and I will never stop caring about any of you. God bless you all 💜
We need to oppress these two Christians specifically
For the curious, here’s a breakdown of the references:
1. A Prager U 2-pager with zero sources cited
2. A libertarian think tank that primarily cites Open Doors USA, which “tracks Christian (and only Christian) persecution worldwide”, and doesn’t reveal any sources for that information. Even if you take their own descriptions at face value (which you shouldn’t), you still couldn’t use their information to compare Christian persecution to that of other religions worldwide.
3. An article on a more long-form report on Christian persecution written by the Bishop of Truro, who’s totally not a biased party. Funnily enough the bishop’s report actually does have a full bibliography, mostly web articles from the last decade. Seeing all those articles next to each other really shows how many “Christians are oppressed and nobody’s talking about it” articles are released each year. Seems like plenty of people are talking about it.
4. A Forbes article that primarily cites both the same bishop’s report and Open Doors USA again.
5. A website called “for the martyrs” whose sole citation is Open Doors USA.
6. Yet another article whose sole citation is Open Doors USA.
…Yeah, not sure I agree with the 2nd responder’s definition of “nailed it”.
this is your random reminder to CHECK IF YOU’RE STILL HAVING FUN
are you enjoying scrolling tumblr? watching youtube? reading that book? playing that game? drawing that art? doing that activity? if not,
YOU CAN STOP AND DO SOMETHING ELSE
you don’t have to stick to something that you are doing for fun if it isn’t fun for you anymore. You can come back! If you’ve loved it before you are likely to love it again! but you can stop!
Don’t get stuck in a loop of doing something that you think should be fun when it isn’t! You can put it down for a bit! Maybe that’s the very thing that will make it fun again later!
Not trying to start discourse; I just wanted to point out that, contrary to what many believe, Christians are already oppressed more than any other religion. And while I have not been persecuted personally, thousands of my brothers and sisters in Christ have been and have died in atrocious ways for their faith, and there is very good reason for me to believe that persecution for Christians worldwide, even in free countries like America, is just on the horizon. Ask any Christian, and they will likely say the same. Numbers of persecuted Christians are currently in the hundred millions; look it up if you don’t believe me.
Anyone, feel free to hate on me. It won’t change anything.
Exactly!!! It may not seem like it to non-Christians, but it’s true — Christians are the most persecuted. I won’t bother posting my own references, if only because she (last response) nailed it with that. Obviously I don’t agree with it (Christians being persecuted), but I’d say it’s for a reason: our faith is the true faith. God is the true — and only — God. He made Heaven and Earth. If any of you have questions or want to know more (or even want to try and argue at me about it), I’d be delighted (genuinely! not sarcastically) to share the Good Word! I’d also like to add that if anyone from any other religion posted the same video with the same premise (but with their own religion instead Christianity), they’d be praised for being “brave” and for “being unapologetic about their faith.” If someone posted the exact same caption that OP did on this video on said hypothetical video, they’d be the one getting death threats, not the woman in the video. Please, please understand this: we aren’t trying to attack non-Christians/the world’s culture. We’re simply trying to live peaceful lives while trying to show the Truth to whoever we can. As a Christian myself, I love you all. I don’t care if you send me hate, death threats, whatever — I still love you. Whatever arguments you may have against any of my points won’t change a thing — I stand firm in my faith and I will never stop caring about any of you. God bless you all 💜
We need to oppress these two Christians specifically
For the curious, here’s a breakdown of the references:
1. A Prager U 2-pager with zero sources cited
2. A libertarian think tank that primarily cites Open Doors USA, which “tracks Christian (and only Christian) persecution worldwide”, and doesn’t reveal any sources for that information. Even if you take their own descriptions at face value (which you shouldn’t), you still couldn’t use their information to compare Christian persecution to that of other religions worldwide.
3. An article on a more long-form report on Christian persecution written by the Bishop of Truro, who’s totally not a biased party. Funnily enough the bishop’s report actually does have a full bibliography, mostly web articles from the last decade. Seeing all those articles next to each other really shows how many “Christians are oppressed and nobody’s talking about it” articles are released each year. Seems like plenty of people are talking about it.
4. A Forbes article that primarily cites both the same bishop’s report and Open Doors USA again.
5. A website called “for the martyrs” whose sole citation is Open Doors USA.
6. Yet another article whose sole citation is Open Doors USA.
…Yeah, not sure I agree with the 2nd responder’s definition of “nailed it”.
ghibli movies: funny little ladies going on adventures and living their lives :) look at how pretty these trees and flowers are. oh its a kitty cat!! :0
also ghibli movies: fuck you. war and capitalism is destroying the earth. several cultures have drastically and irreversibly altered by western influence, many for the worse. the world collapsing in on itself. now watch these children slowly die for two hours. fuck you.
The fact that Fountain is pissing off trads over a 100 years later is so fucking funny
As an art major, while I know Fountain is a valid piece of art that accomplished exactly what it set out to do, I also think it’s one of the stupidest things. We have a urinal in a museum display. I have yet to see a work I think is dumber.
We don’t talk enough about how fanfiction writers love to give character large amounts of non-specific paperwork they hate doing
say more pls
Yeah sure why not.
So most stories take place when Events are Happening, and this means that no matter what kind of job the characters have, they’re probably not too focused on them. Fanfics, on the other hand, often show the down time. Which means that the writer has to figure out what the hell these characters do in their jobs. Unless the characters have a job the author understands or knows well, the author is often at a loss for what to have the character doing.
So they sit them at a desk and give them paperwork. What is the paperwork for? Rarely specified. It is Paper Work for the characters Important Adult Job they have and they need to read or sign it or something. And there’s always a line about how Character Hates Paperwork. Doesn’t matter if Character is a Mafia Boss or a General or a Diplomat, here they are in an office trying to get out of Doing Paperwork.
There’s also a sense of, like, humor and mundanity that comes with it. Like the examples above, it always particularly stands out to me when a dangerous individual is griping about some paper they need to sign or something. The less you can picture Character doing paperwork, all the better to force it upon them. If Character is saddled with Paperwork, they’re usually now concerned about the physical damages their motley crew causes, because damage = More Paperwork.
Anyway I just think it’s fun or funny, Sephiroth doing paper work and Sawada Tsunayoshi doing paper work and this just in, Tony Stark is doing paperwork. Sorry, Phoenix Wright can’t play right now. Yeah, it’s paperwork.
A very non-exhaustive list of actual paperwork they could be completing/reviewing/approving, in no particular order:
really factual recounting with no embellishments whatsoever
[ID: A comic of a butch woman in a kitchen, talking on the phone while stirring a pot on the stove. Her mom is standing behind her.
Panel 1: “So I was like, ‘Ms. Lascano,’ and she was like, ‘please, just Angela,’ and I was like, ‘ok, Angela, here’s the deal. You’re not like other girls.”
2: “You’re too sexy for a lawn, you know what I mean? You’re too sophisticated to be defined by an ecologically hostile monoculture. But I–“
“Pooja.”
3: “– I could tear this whole thing out and plant you the native garden of your wettest, wildest dreams. You haven’t seen landscaping until youve seen what these hands can do. I’ll rock your world. And she was like–“
“Pooja, you talk to clients like this?”
4: “Amma let me tell my story”
5: “So anyway she was like, 'Go nuts, baby. I trust you know your way around a woman’s shrubbery–”
I’m so fascinated by languages with different levels of formality built in because it immediately introduces such complex social dynamics. The social distance between people is palpable when it’s built right into the language, in a way it’s not really palpable in English.
So for example. I speak Spanish, and i was taught to address everyone formally unless specifically invited otherwise. People explained to me that “usted” was formal, for use with strangers, bosses, and other people you respect or are distant from, while “tú” is used most often between family and good friends.
That’s pretty straightforward, but it gets interesting when you see people using “tú” as a form of address for flirting with strangers, or for picking a fight or intimidating someone. In other languages I’ve sometimes heard people switch to formal address with partners, friends or family to show when they are upset. That’s just so interesting! You’re indicating social and emotional space and hierarchy just in the words you choose to address the other person as “you”!!
Not to mention the “what form of address should I use for you…?” conversation which, idk how other people feel about it, but to me it always felt awkward as heck, like a DTR but with someone you’re only just becoming comfortable with. “You can use tú with me” always felt… Weirdly intimate? Like, i am comfortable around you, i consider you a friend. Like what a vulnerable thing to say to a person. (That’s probably also just a function of how i was strictly told to use formal address when i was learning. Maybe others don’t feel so weird about it?)
And if you aren’t going to have a conversation about it and you’re just going to switch, how do you know when? If you switch too soon it might feel overly familiar and pushy but if you don’t switch soon enough you might seem cold??? It’s so interesting.
Anyway. As an English-speaking American (even if i can speak a bit of Spanish), i feel like i just don’t have a sense for social distance and hierarchy, really, simply because there isn’t really language for it in my mother tongue. The fact that others can be keenly aware of that all the time just because they have words to describe it blows my mind!
But you do have it! because American English has titles and also hierarchical treatment of last names (if your name is Jeremy Jefferson, there’s a huge semantic weight difference between Jerry, Jeremy, Mr. Jeremy, and Mr. Jefferson, for example). English marks hierarchy and familiarity even if it doesn’t do it in more grammatical terms. Think of being a kid and your parents yelling your full name across the house when you were in trouble.
I speak Icelandic. Icelandic doesn’t have titles or last names or everyday use of a formal plural or any other obvious markers of formality and intimacy. Formality is still marked, just in non-grammatical lexical terms…but because it’s not marked in ways I as a L1 English speaker recognize, it’s harder for me to reproduce.
The reason you feel like this doesn’t exist in English to the point where it exists in Spanish is because it’s easier to spot for a L2 learner who has to think about categorizing the new language in a way that makes sense in the L1, and unless you have some more in depth information about language registers and intimacy marking and whatever it’s easy to consider this as a novel phenomenon in the L2. But a lot of this semantic stuff is pretty universal, just marked in different ways.
THANK YOU. This is a misconception. Speaking from my experience of living in Japan and studying Japanese while being a native speaker of American English:
1. For folks who don’t know, Japanese words/grammar change depending on formality, the genders of the speaker and listener, the age of the speaker and listener, etc.
2. But English words/grammar ALSO change depending on the above contexts described. It’s just not formalized in grammar books. Consider the differences:
A. “The honor of your presence is requested for dinner this evening.”
B. “I would like to invite you to dinner.”
C. “Do you want to get dinner together?”
D. “Wanna grab a bite to eat?”
E. “Yo, bro, you want a burger?”
Etc. People will be like “it’s wild that Japanese has different words for ‘meal’ depending on formality!! Gohan? Omeshi? Crazy!!!” But ENGLISH IS THE SAME WAY.
And this actually makes it harder for speakers of languages like Japanese to learn natural English, because they’ve been taught that there’s no difference in tone between telling a waiter “I’d like a coffee” and “I want coffee.” Since one of those feels easier to learn, they’ll choose the option that makes them sound weirdly dickish to the waitstaff.
In short: English has levels of formality! Conveniently, saying otherwise fits the stereotypes of rigidly hierarchal East Asians, refined and sophisticated Europeans, and lawless/casual Americans and Australians—but us not recognizing these differences makes it harder for ESL speakers to learn real English
one day I’ll finally write that ridiculously elaborate fanfiction that I’ve been carefully constructing in my daydreams for months and then you’ll be sorry. you’ll all be sorry.
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