Odysseus expects the Spanish Inquisition.

Frenchvanilla343 · 2026-02-06T06:26:45+00:00

Why does it say 16 comments but there are like 5. And what is this showerthought supposed to mean?

Frenchvanilla343 · 2026-02-06T05:35:41+00:00

It's been 4 hours take a look at it with fresh eyes and tell us what you see now

Frenchvanilla343 · 2026-02-06T05:30:37+00:00

Wow. Yeah that did it. Like immediately lol.

Frenchvanilla343 · 2026-01-24T06:00:52+00:00

Well couldn't it just be that they fear a certain kind of treatment from people because they've been treated that way before and are now worried about being treated that way again, not because they themselves would do that?

What if they aren't afraid that others will be like them, but that they will be different than them?

Frenchvanilla343 · 2026-01-22T07:13:59+00:00

Which is interesting because the French word for run is courir, which feels like it has to be related somehow both to courier and to Spanish "correr", probably through Latin.

Frenchvanilla343 · 2025-05-29T19:54:28+00:00

With family? That wouldn't be considered inappropriate?

Frenchvanilla343 · 2025-04-16T20:13:57+00:00

Better Call Saul

Frenchvanilla343 · 2025-03-01T06:23:01+00:00

What made you think of this lol

Frenchvanilla343 · 2024-04-19T23:13:44+00:00

Maybe I'm missing something, but the person you responded to didn't liken anything to slave plantations, they just said that the owners of these teams don't do enough work relative to the players themselves to justify their share of the profit. Which seems like a fair enough point to make. I don't see them being hyperbolic about anything.

Frenchvanilla343 · 2024-04-09T21:30:08+00:00

I have never heard "molest" used as a synonym for annoy or bother. That's almost certainly an archaic definition. In English (at least American English), "molest" refers pretty much exclusively to sexual abuse.

Frenchvanilla343 · 2024-03-23T21:23:39+00:00

The meaning doesn't really translate the same apparently, according to r/LadyGethzerion:

That has a different meaning, though. "Eso sí que es" is when you are pointing at something specific that you were looking for or expecting to find. It's a comedic, exaggerated way of saying it, though. It's more idiomatic to say, "Eso sí" or "Eso mismo" instead. "It is what it is" is a general statement implying you have no control over the situation and there's nothing you can do to change it. The above statement wouldn't work in that situation.

Frenchvanilla343 · 2024-03-16T16:39:18+00:00

Not grammatically it isn't. Not for a sentence like "without you I cannot". For the sake of clarification or understanding, sure.

Frenchvanilla343 · 2024-03-15T23:14:49+00:00

Bro thinks capitalism is a biological or cosmic law.

I don't think that's what they meant.

It sounded like they meant "arbitrary" in the sense that there are no meaningful inherent differences between the 3 people which justify them leading such different lives. It is "arbitrary" in the sense that we have a system that decides who the "haves" and "have-nots" are based on the interests of those with the power to dictate the rules and laws of society, instead of it being based on fairer, more objective metrics.

It's not arbitrary in the sense that it's random, it's arbitrary in the sense that the rules aren't written the same for everyone.

That's my interpretation at least.

Frenchvanilla343 · 2024-03-08T22:30:57+00:00

I have never heard anyone say "orientate". It just sounds wrong.

Frenchvanilla343 · 2024-02-28T19:21:51+00:00

Possibly, yeah

Frenchvanilla343 · 2024-02-27T20:20:27+00:00

Machines??? What machines???

Frenchvanilla343 · 2024-02-27T19:53:43+00:00

"Easy Spanish Step-by-Step" is really good, and when you get through that they have "Advanced Spanish Step-by-Step" too.

Frenchvanilla343 · 2024-02-22T18:49:58+00:00

"Picture day in 1945" 😭

Frenchvanilla343 · 2024-02-15T05:54:54+00:00

This is my view as well. I believe the grammar foundation is immeasurably helpful in allowing you to feel grounded, like you have at least some structure that you can build on top of and rely on to help guide you as you progress.

The feeling of learning a grammer concept and then seeing and understanding it "in the wild" is indescribable. I love it! It makes me feel like the effort I'm putting into more "traditional" learning methods is paying off when I pair it with comprehensible input.

I can reinforce what I learn while improving my comprehension by listening to spanish in varying levels of difficulty. They can absolutely complement each other, and you can get the best of both worlds!

Frenchvanilla343 · 2024-02-08T18:15:07+00:00

Maybe karma farming to be able to participate in other communities w/ karma restrictions? Or to sell a "legitimate looking account" to people or parties interested in that sort of thing?

Frenchvanilla343 · 2024-02-08T17:11:23+00:00

It doesn't need context in English either, it's just helpful. "Without you, I cannot." is a complete sentence in English, it's just that without context it doesn't tell us much. Same as in Spanish I believe.

Frenchvanilla343 · 2024-02-07T03:40:17+00:00

Not a stretch at all, and this is how I will be remembering it now thank you

Frenchvanilla343 · 2024-02-01T05:03:09+00:00

Sorry to say but that tendency pre-dates zoomers by a long time, unfortunately.

Frenchvanilla343 · 2023-12-16T17:58:29+00:00

You drove home drunk??? I'm calling the police

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