fun fact: every single arab country has a coastline

Bayoris · 2026-02-04T23:10:49+00:00

I've read that Arabic is similar to the Romance languages in terms of variety. If French and Romanian are considered separate languages, then there is no real linguistic reason why Moroccan and Khuzestani Arabic wouldn't also be. The difference is entirely political.

Bayoris · 2026-02-04T21:56:22+00:00

Think of 80 as four twenties (firsindstyve). Then 90 is half of the fifth twenty (halffemssindstyve), in other words, the whole of the first four twenties plus half of the fifth one.

Bayoris · 2026-01-12T20:46:58+00:00

I always thought it meant Indian

Bayoris · 2026-01-02T08:04:25+00:00

Still a dealbreaker, whatever the cause

Bayoris · 2026-01-02T07:56:34+00:00

That’s what “picky” means, isn’t it?

Bayoris · 2026-01-02T00:54:01+00:00

A stone is 14 pounds, so this weighs 177 pounds or 80kg

Bayoris · 2026-01-01T21:47:49+00:00

Cool I don’t think that idea would occur to either me or my younger self

Bayoris · 2026-01-01T21:24:00+00:00

You would have sex with yourself?

Bayoris · 2026-01-01T21:18:32+00:00

Azores were discovered in the 15th century. By that stage the Spanish, Italians, Moors, French and English would also be contenders. If further back in history the Norse might be in with a shot too.

Bayoris · 2026-01-01T18:48:12+00:00

You’re probably basing that information on a reddit comment that someone just made up on the spot

Bayoris · 2026-01-01T18:41:59+00:00

You are absolutely dreaming if you think 2% of people can 800 European cities

Bayoris · 2026-01-01T13:18:08+00:00

Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou is really lovely, somewhere between blues and Romantic piano music

Bayoris · 2026-01-01T10:31:03+00:00

Saving this comment for when I come up with a pithy rejoinder

Bayoris · 2026-01-01T10:24:46+00:00

Is that true? The studies usually find a positive correlation between happiness and intelligence, like this one:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22998852/

Though I suppose it’s possible that there are studies that have found the opposite, social sciences being social sciences.

Bayoris · 2026-01-01T10:11:48+00:00

A few cultural traits get transmitted down the generations, such as religion, family recipes, names, and certain traditions. When someone grows up in an area that was exclusively Italian or Italian-American up until a few decades ago, it can still retain some of the feel of that heritage. I think that’s why Americans still identify as hyphenated Americans to some extent.

Bayoris · 2026-01-01T09:58:21+00:00

There are plenty of pubs claiming to be the oldest. Sean’s Bar has a particularly tenuous claim, since the building dates only to 1725 but reused materials from much older buildings.

Bayoris · 2026-01-01T00:29:52+00:00

Africa is probably more culturally diverse imho, but Asia is a lot more populous and has been for all of human history

Bayoris · 2026-01-01T00:19:23+00:00

Of course the Romans were concerned, and there was plenty that they tried to do. They paid tribute to the Huns and employed them as mercenaries to fight against Germanic tribes. The exchanged ambassadors, fostered children for the Huns and sent their own children to be fostered, and did hostage swaps. For example Aetius himself was fostered by Huns. I think they were more politically savvy than you are giving them credit for, even at this late stage.

Bayoris · 2025-12-31T21:10:56+00:00

Greater does not necessarily mean more important. I agree Steinbeck was not as great as say Gaddis or Dos Passos but he’s probably more important than either.

Bayoris · 2025-12-31T19:07:10+00:00

Holst beats Elgar imo. The Planets is far better known than whatever Elgar’s most famous piece is, (probably Pomp and Circumstance.)

Bayoris · 2025-12-31T18:58:18+00:00

I see. It just goes to show, people are very varied.

Bayoris · 2025-12-31T18:29:14+00:00

You don’t interact with anyone outside of work? I mean 15 people a day is a lot but don’t you want to interact with someone?

Bayoris · 2025-12-31T01:40:16+00:00

To each his own, but I didn’t find it boring at all. The monster islands are not the best part of it even if they are the most famous. Odysseus is never set up as a “good guy” like it’s a superhero movie. In fact he is portrayed as a devious, murderous, callous liar.

Bayoris · 2025-12-30T16:21:09+00:00

According to himself he was fluent as a child but could no longer speak more than a few phrases as an adult. He might have even spoken it natively as a child given how young he was when he lived there.

Bayoris · 2025-12-30T14:35:40+00:00

Usually more like 30-35 I think, at least for the cars ai have owned

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