mlegstrong

joined 1 year ago
 

I plan on going abroad in the coming year & want to know enough of the local language to ask basic things. Does anyone know something like 100 or 250 words that I could memorize to get across basic ideas & questions? I don’t care about being grammatical correct just enough to cave man speak during my time there.

[–] mlegstrong 5 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder if it would make sense to steal the prefix sam/sama for English use. Or some other word from a different language if it has some other meaning I’m not aware of

[–] mlegstrong 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have seen Mix thrown around online but it doesn’t seem any more common then a lot of the other honorific suggestions I’ve seen.

I disagree with the removal honorifics in language. I get we don’t have lords & ladies anymore but I’ve found making anyone I help feel like one has led to me getting more orders filled. I understand why some people don’t want them personally but I think it would be a shame to throw the baby out with the bathwater cuz the norms don’t yet include everyone.

[–] mlegstrong 5 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you comrade for the info maybe this could be my go too should I need it. It should work unless I come across a capitalist gender neutral person.

 

What word would be the equivalent for sir or ma’am for a person not in the gender norm. I like greeting strangers with it while working retail & have always wondered what would be the right why to respond to someone who did not want to be called either sir or ma’am.

[–] mlegstrong 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Na this is caused by immigrant /s

[–] mlegstrong 11 points 1 month ago

I think you could make a case that you could learn new forms of pure math if you had a method of storing information in your brain.

[–] mlegstrong 8 points 1 month ago

Spirit island is my favorite game to play with a group. It has you trying to protect an island from colonists who damage the island with their expansions. Each player has different abilities that force you all the work together & requires a lot of teamwork to win especially some of the higher difficulties.

[–] mlegstrong 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just finished reading the Witcher Blood of the Elves & plan on reading The Stormlight Archive: Wind & Truth next

[–] mlegstrong 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I pronounce milk like melk. Is it wrong, definitely but I’m not gonna change it at this point

[–] mlegstrong 2 points 4 months ago

I used it a decent amount at my last job to write test reports that had a lot of similar text with minor changes.
I also use it for dnd to help me quickly make the outlines of side characters & flesh out my world.

[–] mlegstrong 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Idk about your first point but The Ocean Cleanup, has been doing great work creating plastic filters for the worlds most polluting river. I understand not creating the waste in the first place would be most efficient but this organization is doing a good job cleaning up the mess.

https://theoceancleanup.com/media-gallery/

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[–] mlegstrong 3 points 5 months ago

I just finished Lessons in Chemistry. It started of a little dark but quickly turns into a roller coaster slice of life novel that secretly weaves a series of plot points before coming to a heartwarming end. I am starting Meditations by Marcus Aurelius with annotations for context.
I’ll probably also read a second lighter book in-between sections of Meditation cuz it’s a dense book.

[–] mlegstrong 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Tom and Gerry or Looney toons

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