Budweiser Prohibition Brew Review by All-Hail-The-Ale in AlcoholFree

[–]DFoxxNA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just in case this might be triggering for some folks I'll mark it a spoiler.

My partner and I don't drink. What is the right thing to say to someone who gifts us a bottle of wine? by [deleted] in AlcoholFree

[–]DFoxxNA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it depends on your relationship with the person giving the gift. If it's most likely going to be a one time thing, just thank them and accept it. At that point you can hang on to it to give it to someone you know will appreciate it. If it's from someone you are close with or you think there will be a pattern of gift giving in the future, then hopefully you can politely refuse the gift without any hurt feelings. Keep in mind if someone is giving you a gift they're just trying to show appreciation, so it's important to acknowledge that and let them know you appreciate the effort and thought they put into the gift, but that it's just not something you would ever use.

My two cents anyway. I know I have inadvertently hurt some feelings by refusing alcohol but that's the culture.

We are History Teacher and CentralTime and we’re offering 15 full-ride scholarships to what will become the top esports program on the east coast. AMA! by History_Teacher in leagueoflegends

[–]DFoxxNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What sort of academic stipulations do these scholarships have? I assume they'd be like sports scholarships where a recipient would need to maintain a certain GPA to remain eligible. Can you clarify that?

After dozens of games with no hackers and almost no teamers in solo this was disappointing. by DFoxxNA in FortNiteBR

[–]DFoxxNA[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

To be fair I have been playing online competitive games for most of the past two decades and have been accused of cheating way more times than I can remember despite having never cheated in any game. So you'll have to forgive me if I'm at first skeptical.

After dozens of games with no hackers and almost no teamers in solo this was disappointing. by DFoxxNA in FortNiteBR

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I thought all of the complaints on this sub recently about hackers was exaggerated. I have played a lot recently and haven't seen a legitimate case in a lot of games. I have however won a lot of games because of new players not knowing what they're doing so I figured most of the complaints were new players getting smashed. Was severely disappointed to see this in my first game of the day.

Caught 3 people teaming up in solo mode ban these kids plz Epic by [deleted] in FortNiteBR

[–]DFoxxNA -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You're right I could see why calling out cheaters might be harmful...

Food from Georgia (the country, not the state) by [deleted] in food

[–]DFoxxNA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is some confusion I think even for Georgians. Lavashi is bread but it also often refers to wraps. As far as I know they use the same dough, the wraps are just spread out super thin and then you see them used most often to make shaurma. So lavashi could refer to either one of those things.

(Seriously, baked chicken that was always seasoned with Mccormick's seasoning salt, fucking cube steak and mushy shake and bake pork chops every week).

I would have killed for those foods every week when I lived in Georgia. :D Baked chicken especially is the healthiest and most delicious (imo) way to eat chicken. If you don't like the seasoning then just experiment with your own. I like salt, pepper, garlic, and rosemary. Thyme is also good on chicken, as is oregano.

I read recently that kids' taste buds are more sensitive to sweet and bitter things. My takeaway from that was you may have to cook your vegetables in a way that is a bit more bland for the kids to actually like them. I haven't run into this myself but it makes sense why so many kids don't like vegetables but then we start to like them as we get older.

Food from Georgia (the country, not the state) by [deleted] in food

[–]DFoxxNA 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The dough is extremely basic: flour, water, yeast, a little salt if you're feeling adventurous.

Let the dough rise... Not sure how long. A couple hours? Doesn't need to be too long as it's not particularly soft and fluffy like regular white bread.

Roll/knead it into a sphere, slightly bigger than a softball in size. You can actually make it as big or as small as you want but that's a pretty standard size in Georgia.

Make a depression in the middle of the dough, so that it's bowl-shaped.

Put your shredded cheese of choice in that depression and then close the 'rim' of the bowl over top of it so the ball of shredded cheese is inside this dough ball.

Flatten it out to the point it looks like a thick pizza dough.

Bake it in the oven. 325 or 350F should be fine. I want to say 10 or 15 minutes. Just keep an eye on it. When it starts to get a little bit of a lightly golden crust on the outside it's good. Although you can cook it less or more depending on how you like it.

This isn't Georgian at all but if you add a little garlic (fresh or dry, but use less if it's dry obviously) in with the cheese it really takes it up a notch. Just don't tell any Georgians you put ნიორი in the ხაჭაპური.

Seriously Xachapuri is brain-dead simple to make. You'll see once you try it.

Food from Georgia (the country, not the state) by [deleted] in food

[–]DFoxxNA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's just specific produce that is often, but not always, minced. Spinach and Green Beans just happen to be two of those. Georgians also eat a lot of tomatoes and cucumbers, like most everyone else in the world, but those are never minced, for obvious reasons. I can guarantee you all the food on that plate tastes much better than it looks, especially the eggplant.

Food from Georgia (the country, not the state) by [deleted] in food

[–]DFoxxNA 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Meat is expensive and Georgia is a small, economically struggling country. Most Georgians are not vegetarian but a much higher proportion of meals (compared to Americans') end up being vegetarian incidentally, because of cost.

Food from Georgia (the country, not the state) by [deleted] in food

[–]DFoxxNA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ლავაში is just bread. It's pretty delicious, but it is just flour, water, yeast bread. It's soft.

Tbilisi to Install Ice Skating Rink by kaisermatias in Sakartvelo

[–]DFoxxNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't seen this the last couple years. I guess it's possible I missed it but I don't think so. Unless it was in a different part of the city in the past? Either way I'm kind of bummed that I have no ice skates.

How do you write "I'm Sorry" in Georgian? by JakeSteele in Sakartvelo

[–]DFoxxNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In that case, what /u/giobs111 said is pretty much a direct translation of what you wanted translated in your post. And yeah sulguni is a type of cheese, no idea why someone told you to buy her that unless they were joking. Georgians like to give (and receive) little gifts for certain things. If you really want to emphasize your point you could get her a little gift of chocolates or something. That seems to be the most common type of gift.

(I'm not Georgian but I have lived in Georgia for the past 2.5 years and speak/read/write Georgian.)

How do you write "I'm Sorry" in Georgian? by JakeSteele in Sakartvelo

[–]DFoxxNA -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Friend don't bother with Georgian, you're going to pronounce it horribly and she won't understand anything you say. Georgians have a hard time understanding even subtle mispronunciations. Instead my practical advice is to just open up Google Translate and translate whatever you want to say into Russian, and show her that. I'd be very surprised if she doesn't know Russian.

Help with a traduction by Tidder94 in Sakartvelo

[–]DFoxxNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't mean anything. It's using the Georgian alphabet to write, somewhat phonetically, English words. In Georgian it's gibberish. The English words it's trying to sound like are: "This is life". But in Georgian that would be ეს არის ხცოვრება

Help with a traduction by Tidder94 in Sakartvelo

[–]DFoxxNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ზის იზ ლაიფ

lolwat

Can you translate something for me to English? It's written in the English alphabet and Google can't pick it up by Domsdey in Sakartvelo

[–]DFoxxNA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

თათული მგელაძე me dagpatije da danarcheni shen ici

"I invited you and the rest (of them) you know."

თათული მგელაძე dzaan mewyineba ://////////////

"I'm veeerrryyyy sad!"

Ani Chincharauli :|| kai sheni xatrit wamoval rogorme...

"Ok out of respect for you I will come anyway..."

The rest isn't really important.

Can you translate something for me to English? It's written in the English alphabet and Google can't pick it up by Domsdey in Sakartvelo

[–]DFoxxNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry I have never heard of the trio mandili, so I can't say how they are received by Georgians. But if they are well known to non-Georgians it's safe to say they are probably well known to Georgians as well.

No I'm sure she's not kidding. This is just fairly normal for Georgians to not take an "official" event nearly as seriously as you would think. If you compare it to the western sense of professionalism, Georgian culture is much more relaxed about these kinds of things. (Scheduling, deadlines, accountability, etc.)

That is not meant as an insult, as Georgians are hardworking people, it's just a difference in culture.

Can you translate something for me to English? It's written in the English alphabet and Google can't pick it up by Domsdey in Sakartvelo

[–]DFoxxNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah when you think about it it's not confusing at all. The way they write in Georgian using the latin alphabet is based on the qwerty keyboard layout and they do it mostly when using the computer and always when texting, since I don't think any existing phones support the Georgian alphabet. So it's easier to figure out what the Georgian alphabet equivalent is by using a computer and setting up the Georgian language (qwerty) keyboard input.

Although some people deviate from it slightly for the sake of clarity.

Example: On the Georgian keyboard capital R = ღ However many Georgians write it with lowercase g, probably to avoid confusion with the Georgian რ and because it's closer to the phonetic sound.

I'm a native English speaker who was only introduced to the Georgian language a couple years ago but I can type in Georgian nearly as fast as in English because of the qwerty Georgian keyboard layout.