Lath

@Lath@kbin.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You ain't stabbing anyone with this shit⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Silly. Prison shanks mix paper and plastic with poop, not just poop alone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Considering their world renowned taste in cuisine, not really.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Last Epoch 1.0 Patch Notes⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A review said it requires a server connection in order to play offline?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Romance fans will tell you the French language is the adoration of beauty.
  The British will tell you that the french taste for beauty is the same as their taste for cheese: it stinks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some languages use gendered nouns?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why would I care about context? Comment had a question, I had an answer. Problem solved.
  Context is unimportant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some languages use gendered nouns?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was replying to a comment, not the title.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some languages use gendered nouns?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you kindly. Sadly I cannot. Yesterday I was on a trip and happened to pass through one such location, which is why I can talk about it now.

  The folk tale was that some Polish cartographers were mapping the area and asked some locals where they were. The locals shrugged and answered in their language a variant of "Fuck knows". The cartographers took it to heart and the official name of that location on their map became a slightly altered variation of that joking reply.
  Naturally later on, a copy of that map was used by the government in charge for census and the name remained sealed in stone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some languages use gendered nouns?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Who said anything about gendered nouns? The question was about greater complexity making things easier.
  In my eyes, the German language achieves that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some languages use gendered nouns?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It's a mouthful, but concise. (Telling as a non-german).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some languages use gendered nouns?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Case by case scenario. Man vs woman is simplest one. One gives the fuck, the other takes the fuck. Hence why gay men that took it were seen as less than equal to other men. And why men were seen as providers.

  Some jobs were only done by men so only a noun for men was associated. Same for women.

  Some biological functions were named after astral phenomenons, like menstruation.

  Some locations and names were popularized through misunderstandings and mistranslation, like turkey - which has a different country name depending on where you are.
  Or the more common ones are things like "Fuck knows", "nowhere's arsehole", "between your mom's legs", "my goat's testicles", "where my cow shits", "the middle between fuck off and kiss my ass" etc.

  There is no real rhyme or reason. Each word has its own origin and they can all be very far apart from the intentions of their creators. Nor could those creators know the evolution of their choice in verbalizing some ideas the way they did.

  Don't search for unity where there is none.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some languages use gendered nouns?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  German.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now that Deus Ex has been cancelled, what other games scratch the Deus Ex itch?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines

  PC stuff, multiple choices, conspiracies, all there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now that Deus Ex has been cancelled, what other games scratch the Deus Ex itch?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can't buy it anymore. Only through piracy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn't have to wrack my brain to know it helps the lazy bums who don't know or don't want to do anything themselves.
  While I'm out of the loop with the current state of affairs, in the early days there were plenty of comments from people who didn't know what WinRAR or even an archive was. Couldn't even install the most basic of mods without a video tutorial. Couldn't even ask for help properly. "Help! The dumb mods not working!!!"

  It was as hilarious as it was tragic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lips that grip⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably parasites. You should see a doctor about that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I miss the trend of games insulting you for quitting⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember some parents once sued a gaming company for making such messages with the claim that it was encouraging addiction. Or not as it the article making that claim?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨reasonable⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn't be surprised to have some articles in the next few weeks uncovering a massive smearing campaign against Swift funded by republicans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Way-hey!⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Take comfort in knowing that Russia finally called their special operation a war and that we may soon be joining you en masse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can a ugly and short guy compensate for his looks?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The point of dating is having it as an option for people who like dating.

  The point of love is having someone who will care for you relatively as much as you care for them.
  That person doesn't have to be the opposite sex.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No, it can't be⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You people have grass where you are? I only have some mushy dirt and some crumbly sticks that I believe to be dried cat poop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨idk why i wasted my time making this⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same reason I waste my time making dumb comments and interacting with people on this collection of websites, boredom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hi so i am trying some shit for fun like summoning any kind of entities.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Beetlejuice is simple. 3 times the name.

  Cthulhu is a bit complicated. You need deep sea aquatic components, maybe fuck a fish, live in an isolated fishing community, stuff like that.

  Each demon/devil has its own ritual, so you'll have to look them up by name.

  For the gods, you need to commit some sacrilege if you want a quick and dirty response.

  For the fairy godmother you need to be poor, orphan, have evil step family that doesn't get stuck in washing machines and only own rags.

  For the Oz trip, you need to wear a pair of ruby shoes, get high, spin around three times and click your heels while fervently chanting "There's no place like home." Obviously it only works when you're not home.

  For the monster under your bed, the main thing is thst you need to sleep on your bed with a limb or body part of choice sticking out or touching ground. After that, it depends on your monster mostly. Each one has its own preferences. Some like it when you're clean, others only want dirty or stinky body parts. Some drag you under the bed and eat you whole, others just kill you because you annoy them. It's all very individualistic.

  For the rest there are many guides online, I'm not going to bother explaining them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hi so i am trying some shit for fun like summoning any kind of entities.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Beetlejuice.
  Cthulhu.
  Any of the high-ranked demons and devils.
  Any of the gods.
  The fairy godmother.
  If you've got a pair of ruby shoes, maybe the wicked witch of the west or something.
  The monster under your bed.
  Chris Hansen.
  FBI, ATF, SWAT, IRS if you're in US.
  A thief.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They're all He-Men as far as I'm concerned.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well done, Mister Anderson.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your big "Oh, THAT'S how I do that" moment?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I got a free fighting game on epic. Dnf Duels or something. One of the tutorials had a combination to block or counterattack, can't remember, and I tried every which way I could think of yet nothing worked.
  So finally, I got out of the game and uninstalled it.

  The big moment was figuring out it's not my job to find a way of fixing some company's dumbass decisions. That it's ok to say "this shit ain't worth the hassle".

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are two kinds of people on earth: peope who are stupid and people who know they are stupid. What kind are you?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oppenheimer was the first kind, then evolved to the second kind after the bombings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Zombie Offices’ Spell Trouble for Some Banks - The New York Times⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If they can't afford to lose money, they should stop being poor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did China get so good at chips and AI? Congressional investigation blames American venture capitalists⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The US creating and arming its own imagined enemies? What a shock.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Third of Dutch burned more wood for heat due to high gas price; Dangerous, GGD's warn⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Using cheaper, but more dangerous options seems to be a mainstay inour society regardless of wealth status.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discovery returns to screens April 4th⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would love a Star Trek episode where everyone has beards.