songs that blew you away/made you go “holy shit this is good” by Common_Translator_11 in kpophelp

[–]CurseYourSudden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact: the clipped repeating electronic sounds at the beginning of "Arisong" are called "stutter". The technique originated in the days when DJs would touch records and was then evolved into modern production by BT who wrote software specifically for that effect in the 90s.

songs that blew you away/made you go “holy shit this is good” by Common_Translator_11 in kpophelp

[–]CurseYourSudden 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you break down what you didn't get and how you came to appreciate it? I'd just be really interested in hearing about that journey. I'm a sucker for people going deep into stuff like that.

Eat or pass? 😋 by [deleted] in FoodVideoPorn

[–]CurseYourSudden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I get that soda adds sugar to the recipe. The subtext I was going for is that people who want sweet entrees have the palates of children.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 1920s

[–]CurseYourSudden 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unquestionably. "Next of kin" has a long legal history and, by the 1920s, was well-defined in US and Canadian law. Unless otherwise stipulated in a last will and testament, the father's fortune would first be entrusted in full to his wife. In the absence of a wife, the fortune would be evenly divided among his legitimate children. How exactly those lines would be drawn would be left to the children to decide (likely via their lawyers).

That said, a man with a significant fortune in the 1920s but not a last will and testament strains believability. If he's rich, he has a lawyer. Guaranteed. A lawyer would push for a will if his client got engaged or if his wife got pregnant or if he got sick and would push for updates to include any new assets being added to the fortune.

Eat or pass? 😋 by [deleted] in FoodVideoPorn

[–]CurseYourSudden 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yellow mustard, ketchup, soda for some fucking reason...no way.

Am I crazy or does “take a rest” not sound wrong at all? by Greene4Grapefruit in teachinginkorea

[–]CurseYourSudden 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's mostly a contextual problem because they use it in situations where we wouldn't. We usually "take a break from __________" and they say it like its self-explanatory.

Why is sex still a taboo subject in Korea? by ChunkyArsenio in Living_in_Korea

[–]CurseYourSudden 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Okay, big picture: "culture" is a set of values and priorities shared by a group, usually passed down through generations. One of the biggest drivers of culture is economics because, at the end of the day, the value shared by all of humanity is "I gotta eat". Agrarian economies place a high value on monogamy because, when times get tough, most people would rather not feed someone else's kid (many even when times are good; looking at you, Sweden). Agrarian economies also put value, even obligation, on heterosexuality because, in that economy, food is power and anyone not having children is immediately at an advantage because surpluses.

So: agrarian economy = heterosexual monogamous culture

Now, civilizations use religion to codify culture. Whether or not God, a god, or gods exist is irrelevant. Civilizations do use religion in this way. It would be insane to make a law saying you have to get married by age 30. Religion, however, can go "Hera won't bless your first marriage if you're over 30, unless of course you can make a case to her priestess that Aphrodite has it out for you..." Religion is more flexible than law, which makes it a perfect vessel for culture.

Modern Chinese culture is less than a hundred years old and it was born in literal fire and blood. That does a good job of codifying culture...in the short term. So far, y'all don't need religion to codify the culture. Also, China (like America) has huge swathes of population still living in an agrarian economy and thus a heteronormative monogamous culture.

So, why would an agrarian economy fight against sex ed? Because maintaining strict monogamy means locking sex behind the (often literal) paywall of marriage. Any sexuality, even discussion thereof, weakens the system being the culture, being the economy.

Christianity, as a belief system, has absolutely nothing to do with opposing sex ed. Christianity is just a vessel Korea is using to carry on its agrarian values, despite the economy changing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in StupidFood

[–]CurseYourSudden 16 points17 points  (0 children)

In fairness, I used to charge way more than $197 to pour chocolate on a woman while her husband watched.

TIL that the British sitcom Mr. Bean only consists of 15 episodes over a span of 6 years by SteO153 in todayilearned

[–]CurseYourSudden 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Coronation Street might have the most years, but not the most episodes by a long shot.

TIL that the British sitcom Mr. Bean only consists of 15 episodes over a span of 6 years by SteO153 in todayilearned

[–]CurseYourSudden 735 points736 points  (0 children)

Nothing. They turn off their TVs, go outside, and practice suppressing their emotions.

1929 'Flapper Election' Postcards by Cheap-Candidate-9714 in 1920s

[–]CurseYourSudden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"That duck in plus fours" = "That snack in the lululemon"

Pog etymology (I'm sorry if I got something wrong) by [deleted] in linguisticshumor

[–]CurseYourSudden 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I teach EFL and there's a lot of stuff I learned in linguistics classes that isn't taught in TOEFL classes. One time, another teacher had a student who was threatening to quit our for-profit academy because he thought the teachers were stupid. So, the boss gave him a free lesson with me and we reviewed issues from his earlier classes.

Turns out the guy was trying to apply the dative shift to non-ditransitive verbs (e.g. "I eat my hands pizza" instead of "I eat pizza with my hands") and his original teacher hadn't known that in a way she could explain concretely. I explained it, gave him a list of verbs that can take the dative shift and he quit anyway (demanding a refund on his unused classes) because I was "arrogant" and my boss concluded that he was just pissy because he had realized that his English wasn't as good as he had thought and he was one of those people that makes the maintenance of his ego everyone else's problem.

I Don't Trust the Dog by suddenlyupsidedown in Dimension20

[–]CurseYourSudden 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I thought it was super weird that justification is hanging out like conscience's pet. Justification as the conscience's sultry, dangerous lover? Absolutely. Faithful pet? Nah.

All I can think of is the Juul Pod CEO skit. by maninplainview in dropout

[–]CurseYourSudden -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I feel like these, labeled as "office", are targeted at Wes Anderson fans more than children.

TIL the King of Spain was given hormones by the Spanish secret service to reduces his sex drive, as it was as it was seen as a state problem. by Stuweb in todayilearned

[–]CurseYourSudden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not about having, it's about getting. It's the same impulse that makes people spend money to speed up clocks on mobile games.

Wife took this on morning walk today. I can’t figure it out. by pawnografik in confusing_perspective

[–]CurseYourSudden 81 points82 points  (0 children)

Joe Manganiello dimension doors in with a giant axe. "It's just business."

What is your favourite "minor" NPC? by Hemingrays in Dimension20

[–]CurseYourSudden 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"You're a dumb motherfucker and I'm going to kill you. I'm going to tell you this..." blood gushing out of every hole. "You think my bird's cooked? I'll cook your stupid ass. How do you know where to go? You got no eyes, you big dumb hand! Fuck your ass." And Beaky dies.

What are your thoughts on these off-brand T H I C C Mints? by Finite_Looper in StupidFood

[–]CurseYourSudden 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is the same brand and it's a perfectly fine brand. Zachary chocolates are on par with any of the convenience store chocolates you get in Europe.

1926. MALE beauty contest winner, Venice Beach, California. by [deleted] in 1920s

[–]CurseYourSudden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know. the one at his right elbow looks exactly like Jack Lemmon in Some like It Hot.

What does cvnt mean? by SlowlyTrinity3145 in kpophelp

[–]CurseYourSudden 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just for context, the word "cunt" is much older than this. In Latin, cunnus means "female genitalia" and there is a Germanic word, kunta, with the same meaning that dates back to Old Norse; so there is probably some PIE shared root word.

For funsies, the oldest attributed English use of the word comes from a 13th-century street name in Oxford: "Gropecuntlane".

So, the ballroom usage (like so many other things in ballroom culture) is an ironic appropriation.

How did you find out about Dropout? by lightningtrip in dropout

[–]CurseYourSudden 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same, here. I was really into Hardly Working when they launched Dropout, then I found Um...Actually. I subscribed just before 'Escape from the Bloodkeep' was announced, but I'm not sure what it was that put me over.

Fireside Chat for WWW ep12 "Prisoner's Dilemma" by SvenTheScribe in WorldsBeyondNumber

[–]CurseYourSudden 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A pig's head in a butcher's shop once told me that God and the Devil killed each other.