same :)
i had friends who were manowar fans. "other bands play, manowar kill" was a confusing statement for me
yes, it's awkward for the "individual" who is longing for reliable expression
it also seems to be awkward for people who can't figure out the changes in the language they think as their own. They are irritated by their "disfigured" reflection
it's awkward for officials who need to make decisions (positive or negative) about the use of "inclusive" language
we give shape to languages and languages shape us
English could initially have neutral pronouns and people would be obliged to find other reasons to hate each other 🤷
that's what i thought i meant but thanks for the lesson I've never needed
even your comment is, for me, coming from that ridiculous tension
for someone who can speak a language that lacks gendered pronouns, this "hysteria" over he/she/they is ridiculous!
said 5167(?) is mount Ararat and it's clearly not in Europe
but!
when the Europe/Asia separation is based on identity politics… (cough: religion) and Georgia, Armenia or Cyprus is included in Europe but not Turkey, there's no need to argue 🤷
Ararat's Armenian history shouldn't be ignored either
i liked this more but chose naruto over mickey as mickey is still cute and the theme is "… to brutal"
it probably sounds like this
Muffin Purper-Gurk
which one is made up?
from S11 E16: UK Elections, Flag Controversies & Louisiana: 6/23/24: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
anyone from Great Britain?
dodgy, tosser, numpty, wanker, dicksplash, fuckletoes, pillock, cockwomble?
List of unusual units of measurement
Horse
Horses are used to measure distances in horse racing – a horse length (shortened to merely a length when the context makes it obvious) equals roughly 8 feet or 2.4 metres. Shorter distances are measured in fractions of a horse length; also common are measurements of a full or fraction of a head, a neck, or a nose.
Morgen
A morgen ("morning" in Dutch and German) was approximately the amount of land tillable by one man behind an ox in the morning hours of a day. This was an official unit of measurement in South Africa until the 1970s, and was defined in November 2007 by the South African Law Society as having a conversion factor of 1 morgen = 0.856532 hectares.
Moment
A moment was a medieval unit of time. The movement of a shadow on a sundial covered 40 moments in a solar hour. An hour in this case meant one twelfth of the period between sunrise and sunset. The length of a solar hour depended on the length of the day, which in turn varied with the season, so the length of a moment in modern seconds was not fixed, but on average, a moment corresponded to 90 seconds.
Cow's grass
In Ireland, before the 19th century, a "cow's grass" was a measurement used by farmers to indicate the size of their fields. A cow's grass was equal to the amount of land that could produce enough grass to support a cow.
Micromort
A micromort is a unit of risk measuring a one-in-a-million probability of death (from micro- and mortality). Micromorts can be used to measure riskiness of various day-to-day activities. A microprobability is a one-in-a million chance of some event; thus a micromort is the microprobability of death. For example, smoking 1.4 cigarettes increases one's death risk by one micromort, as does traveling 370 km (230 miles) by car.
[Community Challenge 32] still-life with window
Theme
back to basics: Theme is "still-life with window"
Rules:
- Follow the community’s rules above all else
- One comment and image per user
- Embed image directly in the post (no external link)
- Workflow/Prompt sharing encouraged (we’re all here for fun and learning)
- Posts that are tied will both get the points
- The challenge runs for 7 days from now on
- Down votes will not be counted
- No memes
Scores
At the end of the challenge each post will be scored:
| Prize | Points |---|---| | Most upvoted | +3 points | | Second most upvoted | +2 point | | Third most upvoted | +1 point | | OP’s favorite | +1 point | | Most original | +1 point | | Last two entries (to compensate for less time to vote) | +1 point | | Prompt and workflow included | +1 point |
The winner gets to pick next theme! Have fun everyone!