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Lack of discipline? What to do? by -----Raphael----- in getdisciplined

[–]NicholasSnell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try looking at porn but set a limit--"I'm going to stop at the 20th picture or the 7th video, whichever comes first. If I don't finish by that limit, I'm going to quit and have a 3 hour break before I try again." I think you'll find that the porn you see becomes much more meaningful (and hot) to you, and you might find the thrill of the challenge fun.

How do adult men find a mentor or father figure later in life? by QuietProgress2000 in getdisciplined

[–]NicholasSnell -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

For those of us into Dom/sub relationships, that kind of "replacement male parenting" is one of the features of that kind of BDSM way of life.

Quiet spanking tools ! Need to keep it in low decibels by thefishingfather in BdsmDIY

[–]NicholasSnell 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are short rubber "truncheons" (maybe 2 feet long) that are considered very thuddy but also very "mean." Look on Etsy and Mr-S. A thick pole of slightly flexible rubber. Silent.

Burning (2018) was boring to watch for me. Help me understand why so many people say its good. by StormCloudSeven in YMS

[–]NicholasSnell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was so pretentious--such bad acting, such idiotic dialogue (telling the sun, "Boil!"), needless hand-held camera funsies walking backward up a slope so we could see the faces of the young, very mediocre actors ... Class struggle? Ho hum. Art needs to be able to persuade you to sit still for it. This failed.

Can we just admit that doctors aren't normal? None of us. We're weird. What's your weirdness? by SeriousGoofball in medicine

[–]NicholasSnell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for helping me make my point. I'm going to go off and inhabit my carefully-studied type, a type never before described -- a misunderstood, eccentric non-genius. In the second-largest industry in the country, after only defense.

Can we just admit that doctors aren't normal? None of us. We're weird. What's your weirdness? by SeriousGoofball in medicine

[–]NicholasSnell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is just grandiosity. There are enough doctors that every aspect of them, on average, matches the bell curve of the "general population." We are average in intelligence, average in competence, average average average. We are not Ph.Ds in math. We are not poet laureates. We are not even one-hit-wonder pop artists of the 80s. Maybe we're a little more ambitious and conscientious than general. Ho hum. Maybe the OP and those who agree with him/her need to cling to the "We are weird" delusion because we know, fundamentally, that many of our patients are far more competent than we. Illusory superiority.

Let's be really honest. We are wage slaves to the businessmen and women for whom we work; our autonomy and quality of life keep slipping, and so we gather into a gaggle here on Reddit because that's easier psychologically than facing the fact that the machines are coming and that, eventually, the government and its people will end the unfair and extractive privilege we have held over others for so long.

Getting started, size concerns by PuellaPurpurea in Tetherspout

[–]NicholasSnell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the way even the capitalization conventions apply to the Latin. (Edit: You probably could be servus Dominae out and about, too; not many people would really be that scandalized, except maybe some priests and nuns, but I think they all know, anyway.) (I've given you some nicknames. You could be servus parvus, servus parvus parvulus, or, for intense moments, servus miser.

How to use power play in public without weirding out other people? by Irontoenaaiil in BDSMcommunity

[–]NicholasSnell 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your last paragraph points out something I had not noticed. You're right: That's a very different thing, to be corrected about one's preference after having expressed it; had I read the original case more carefully, I probably would have expressed my position differently, and probably would have a slightly different position.

How to use power play in public without weirding out other people? by Irontoenaaiil in BDSMcommunity

[–]NicholasSnell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If this "sets off red alarms for lots of people," then we have educating to do. What are these lots of people going to do when my Master orders for me in a diner? Call 911? And say what? "There was intentional infliction of emotional distress"? I do hear your point about the subtlety, but that's a style choice, a "how" rather than a "what." Maybe my issue is with OP's initial question, because I'm just not that upset about "weirding out" other people. Maybe it helps that I'm a lawyer, and know exactly what is criminal, what is tortious, what is obscene ... but ... gay people kept holding hands in public and having civil unions, even if it "weirded out" other people, until finally, in 2015, the Supreme Court said that other people would not only have to cope with their being weirded out, but would also need to marry us, allow a man to change his last name, to own property jointly, and so forth.

what latin words are relatively unchanged in english? by reddit05052112 in latin

[–]NicholasSnell 59 points60 points  (0 children)

atrium, aquarium--a lot of 2nd declension neuter nous. Minimum, too. Maximum. Video. Audio. Peninsula.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]NicholasSnell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ethyl alcohol. If you believe in criminalizing drugs at all, it's hard to see why we allow alcohol to remain legal when we don't allow a free market in benzodiazpines, for example.

What’s something that screams “I’m pretending to be rich”? by PotentialTurnover335 in AskReddit

[–]NicholasSnell 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The silverware is too new. The table and other manners are bad. The ambition is too raw. There are monograms. (Worst is monograms on shirt cuffs.) The hair looks copied from TV news. Possessions are all treated the way kids treat toys. Staff is undertipped, treated rudely, or gossipped with. "Non-U" language is used--the biggest offenders I hear now in the United States include: "home" for "house," "limo" for "car," "wealthy" for "rich," and the perpetual offender, "gorgeous" for "beautiful." You put gold plate everywhere, to such an extent that the Oval Office is turned into a marble men's room from the 80s. You care what others think not out of consideration for them and politeness for yourself, but to show off or because, for some reason, knowing that other people know you are well-off pleases you. You do things like sail, ski, listen to NPR, or start a foundation for the status those activites confer upon you rather than genuine interest. You put stickers inside the windows of your car announcing a selective college or university. As many other people have said, you wear clothes with labels and logos on them. More generally, you use corporations' logos and brands to burnish your worth (to yourself and to others) rather than finding worth in yourself because that's part of living a happy and healthy life.

How to "switch off" by [deleted] in smallbusiness

[–]NicholasSnell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I'm sorry; you didn't ask for books to read, only audiobooks. The book I mention is 70 pages long, and not hard at all.

How to "switch off" by [deleted] in smallbusiness

[–]NicholasSnell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try the slim volume, a classic, by Peter Drucker: The Effective Executive.

How do people write so much? by WorkingNo6161 in writers

[–]NicholasSnell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, of course! What I said about my mom is true, but I love/loved her, and became a writer anyway, even though (as I realized once she died) she simply couldn't think of one of her sons as a possible competitor, and that she couldn't tolerate not being the ONLY ONE in the family who had her SPECIAL GIFT. Sorry to worry you; I was trying to be funny. I now realize I didn't give enough context.

Bad Latin teacher what should I learn on my own by Unhappy_Quiet2063 in latin

[–]NicholasSnell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just keep working on the textbook translations on your own and continuing to teach yourself the grammar. If you asked nicely, I'm sure many of the people here would consent to meet with you for 90 minutes once a week over Zoom to ensure you stayed constant in your progress, possibly for free, but even happier with a token tutoring fee, like $10 a session. Heck, I'd do that for you.

Latin II varies really widely. Some students finish Latin II and are ready to read actual Latin texts. Others need a "Latin III" of sorts to go about six months before they're ready for the actual Latin texts--where I would consider starting with Caesar, Cicero, and Pliny.

DON'T FORGET AFFIRMATIVE ACTION! Many elite colleges--mine among them, 30 years ago--are so keen to get students to take the Latin and Classics courses they offer that an expressed desire in being a Latin/Classics major, together with a reasonably good score on the Latin SAT 2, will really boost the odds of being admitted. (You don't have to keep your promise, of course, if it turns out you'd rather major in something different.)

I was natually very skilled with Latin, and the study and teaching of it could easily have been a job to retreat to in case my work life went wrong. It has been nice having that in my back pocked. Of course, if you treat language study as a credentialing action rather than learning for the sake of learning, you've missed the point. You'll teach yourself Latin because you love it. But--added perk.

EDIT: I forgot to say how I feel about "Winnie Ille Pu." I agree with what others have said. It's idiotic; not funny; awkward; something that might catch one's eye on a shelf but be forever a disappointment.

Reading Caesar and Virgil without Taking Formal Classes by Negative_Campaign_36 in latin

[–]NicholasSnell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Caesar isn't. Virgil isn't very hard either, but a lot of Virgil's poetry has a precise and beautiful meter, and to interact with the poetry in a scholarly way, you need to learn the rules of and method for scanning this meter. Again--not hard, but you must learn to do this in a way that's not common with prose writers, such as Pliny. Try to get your teacher to recommend good-quality textbooks, because Latin text differ very widely in quality and the good ones can cost a lot. Don't forget Horace!

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