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- Comment on How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand? 1 week ago:
For me personally, I wish Latin had been an option for me, as it’s used extensively in biology and it would have been incredibly helpful.
My wife and I studied Latin in middle school and high school.
My kids were also able to take Latin in school.
Rather than list all the benefits of learning Latin, I found this, Top 10 Reasons For Studying Latin, which says it better than I could.
I would struggle to translate anything today (although I still know that all of Gaul is divided into three parts), but I know I have benefited from an improved understanding of English grammar and vocabulary.
Fight for Latin in your schools!
- Comment on The "western hemisphere" rubs me the wrong way 1 week ago:
You can say that if you wish, but it makes you sound like you just don’t want to admit you were wrong.
There’s plenty to blame the U.S. for, but it’s important to be honest if you want to be taken seriously.
- Comment on The "western hemisphere" rubs me the wrong way 1 week ago:
That’s what I was thinking.
- Comment on The "western hemisphere" rubs me the wrong way 1 week ago:
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of the term, “Western Hemisphere”, is from the writings of Sir Thomas Browne in 1646.
It doesn’t really make sense to blame its creation on the U.S, as it predates us by more than 100 years.
- Comment on What books have a lot of useful information should I get? (I mean like a Wikipedia thing with vast knowledge, but non-electronic.) 1 week ago:
I only have 40 yrs to go - if I’m realistic
Probably far less if society breaks down to the point that libraries cease to exist.
- Comment on everyone agrees 2 weeks ago:
We have a standard poodle. He’s being trained as a service dog, but he’s not there yet.
He’s getting better, but when he first arrived, he would bark like a maniac anytime someone new entered the house.
We had a painter come in to do some work in our bathroom. He got upset when he heard Leo start barking because he had a traumatic experience with a dog.
Then he saw Leo was a poodle and he was suddenly ok.
I know Leo is all talk, but he’s still a dog. Under all that fluff, he’s basically a Doberman Pinscher.
- Comment on Thanks Alot 2 weeks ago:
She suffers from severe depression and ADHD, but I don’t think she has bipolar disorder. Her sister died due to bipolar disorder, which might be what you’re thinking of.
She is, apparently, still on Reddit occasionally. I saw a post from a few days ago in which someone was saying that she’s working on a new book (no idea if that is true or not).
- Comment on Tune a fish 2 weeks ago:
I think it’s mostly for the dad joke:
You can tune a piano, but you can’t tune a fish.
- Comment on What was your social media path? 2 weeks ago:
CompuServe Chat USENET Facebook Reddit Lemmy
Facebook was a horrible mistake. I jumped off when I realized I didn’t want to associate with the people there.
- Comment on 15 degrees fahrenheit feels almost the same as 5 degrees. However 35 degrees feels WAY colder than 45 degrees. 2 weeks ago:
Your body adjusts to temperature changes.
When you experience the first cold day, your body panics and acts like you’re going to freeze to death. After a few days pass and you don’t freeze to death, your body realizes it overreacted and adjusts accordingly.
It’s just a Nervous Nellie.
- Comment on Why does most American's give shit to the French when if not for them we would have lost the revolution? 2 weeks ago:
Unless they knew something about rockets.
- Comment on Is it really dangerous to fall sleep in the bath? 3 weeks ago:
Not an issue for me. I’m 6’4". The only way I’m drowning after falling asleep in the bathtub is if my legs dissolve.
- Comment on Rechargeable electric arc lighters kinda suck for the average person, and will typically end up as e-waste. 3 weeks ago:
I’m going add another anecdote to the rest. I have one of the long versions that we use for lighting candles. We’ve had it for seven years. Still works great.
- Comment on What's that word? 3 weeks ago:
According to Wikipedia, the term was in use in other languages before it was taken in English
- Comment on You can ask any question to the people of year 3000, but can only receive information in the form of a single bit. What's your question? 3 weeks ago:
I think the sub you’re looking for is “casualconversation”
- Comment on YSK that Dark Chocolate is healthier than White Chocolate 3 weeks ago:
As a general rule, the darker the better.
This isn’t the first time I’ve heard that.
- Comment on Recreating uncensored Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments 3 weeks ago:
The best and brightest don’t work there anymore.
- Comment on What is up with the trend of naming pets after food? 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on I detect no errors of logic here 3 weeks ago:
It’s not a treat if I’m not interested.
- Comment on I detect no errors of logic here 3 weeks ago:
Good point.
I think that’s where your premise really breaks down because I still wouldn’t be either.
- Comment on I detect no errors of logic here 3 weeks ago:
There’s also the people who just work to survive and have nothing left over.
Unless by “world” you’re only referring to those with too much money.
- Comment on what does your "workshop" look like? 3 weeks ago:
It’s a hell hole.
- Comment on People will definitely boo US athletes at the Winter Olympics 3 weeks ago:
Looking forward to President Pedophile bitching because he didn’t get any medals.
- Comment on Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017 | Look. All technology comes with a learning curve. 3 weeks ago:
Because the police aren’t the slaves, they’re the overseers.
- Comment on Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017 | Look. All technology comes with a learning curve. 3 weeks ago:
I keep getting left off jury duty by honestly answering the question about whether I would give less weight to a cops testimony because they’re a cop.
I suppose if there’s ever a civil jury trial that doesn’t involve a police testimony, I might serve in a jury.
A bit of a shame because I don’t mind being on a jury. I’m not trying to get out of it. I’m just being honest.
- Comment on Your teenager AND your husband 3 weeks ago:
When I was a teenager, my mom made some baked pasta and brought it with a 2 liter Pepsi to me while I was working on stage crew at the high school.
I took it up to the spot light booth and ate it.
When I got home she asked me how everyone liked it. I told her I ate it all. She said she made enough for the entire stage crew. I told her she was wrong, it was only enough for me.
I hit 6’4" tall when I was 14. At my lowest weight at that height, I was 165 pounds.
I wish I had been taught to eat a single serving, wait, and then eat more if necessary. It wouldn’t have made a difference at the times when I needed to eat like twelve people, but it would have made it easier to stop eating like twelve when I didn’t need to.
However, I’ve had smaller adults try to tell my kids that they were eating too much. How can you meet me, get a pain in your neck from looking up at me, and still think you understand how much my kids need to eat?
- Comment on Why is it I feel a tiny bit of empathy for the Guthries but really don;t care at all because people get kidnapped/ransomed every day, what makes he so special besides her daughter? 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on There are a lot of siblings that hate each other, simultaneously there are only children that feel lonely really want siblings to play with. 4 weeks ago:
I’m my case, I have an ok relationship with my older brother. We don’t see each other often, but we do get together for lunch from time to time.
I stopped talking to my sister years ago. I told her our relationship was on hold until she committed to getting some therapy. She immediately hung up and proceeded to start spreading lies about me. She has previously tried to convince my kids that my mother hates them, and at my father-in-law’s funeral (standing at the casket) she told my mother-in-law to marry for money next time.
My wife finally realized her remaining brother was an asshole and cut off contact after he took our kids to a rock concert. She asked him not to drink at the concert, which pissed him off and he proceeded to drink at the concert. Their older brother was killed by a drunk driver, so it was a particularly shitty thing to do.
I’ve often said there’s always at least one insane person in every group of siblings. My father heard that and asked, “what about for me? I don’t have any siblings.”
I told him in his case he doesn’t have to wonder who the insane one is.
- Comment on There are a lot of siblings that hate each other, simultaneously there are only children that feel lonely really want siblings to play with. 4 weeks ago:
My dad was an only child. I have a brother and sister.
It would absolutely infuriate him that we weren’t all best friends. He’d really lose his shit. He just couldn’t understand why we couldn’t live up to what his fantasy of siblings was.
- Comment on If the government raided your house and found a bunch of .mkv files but you insist its all legally obtained, how do they ascertain if they are actually pirated or not? 4 weeks ago:
I’m my case, I either have proof that I bought them in the form of the original DVD, or the movies are in the public domain, or they are digital copies of home movies.
