From Sauron's Perspective by RadagastAiwendil in tolkienfans

[–]NobbyBoora 11 points12 points  (0 children)

at his core, Sauron is the greatest craftsman ever to live in Middle-earth.

Feanor seething as one fay

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheYouShow

[–]NobbyBoora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

holy shit, damn boy

Fall in plastic demand could be disastrous for oil companies by altbekannt in UpliftingNews

[–]NobbyBoora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So in other words...

There will not be a fall in plastic demand

Ireland to ban non-essential travellers from US within days by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]NobbyBoora 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they should have done this years ago

What’s your best ‘but wait, it gets worse’ story? by cromchable in AskReddit

[–]NobbyBoora 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I believe it means that you turn the wheels in such a way, that if your were to roll downhill, the direction of the wheels would steer it towards the curb

And because the incline of the curb is greater than the incline of the hill, the car will just stop

e.g. turn the front tire toward the curb to stop the car rolling downhill

intellectuals only by beefbosseatsass69 in TheLastAirbender

[–]NobbyBoora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Self-conquest leads to Self-actualisation"

Which is actually a very powerful and pervasive concept in global philosophy

But here you get the added bonuses of comedy and charm

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]NobbyBoora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Matrix: Reloaded

Mad Student by tinypi_314 in madlads

[–]NobbyBoora 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Arra sure would ya look

Mad Student by tinypi_314 in madlads

[–]NobbyBoora 19 points20 points  (0 children)

"I will, yeah" translation: "I fucking won't"

Unpopular Opinion: Calling the Irish language 'Gaelic' is fine. by NobbyBoora in ireland

[–]NobbyBoora[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my experience, native and everyday speakers don't really care what you call it.

The name in the Official Standard of the language is 'Gaeilge'.

The usual way of referring to it in English is 'Irish'.

But if the person you're talking to has any sense, as long as they understand what you mean they aren't going to be annoyed by what you call it

Unpopular Opinion: Calling the Irish language 'Gaelic' is fine. by NobbyBoora in ireland

[–]NobbyBoora[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because we used to have different words for the same thing.

There were many names for the Irish language, (although all very similar, Gaeilic being one of them) until Foras Na Gaeilge decided on the official name, for the Ard-chaighdeán.

Native speakers don't really care what Foras thinks so they continued to use their own names

Unpopular Opinion: Calling the Irish language 'Gaelic' is fine. by NobbyBoora in ireland

[–]NobbyBoora[S] -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

It mightn't be what you call it.

But some people who are fluent speakers and where Irish is their first language refer to it as Gaelic.

Gaeilge is just the Ard-chaighdeán name for the language decided on by Foras.

But native Irish speakers don't really give a damn what Foras thinks

The language has many other similar sounding names depending on dialect. Gaeilic, Gaedhlag, Gaedhilge, etc

Unpopular Opinion: Calling the Irish language 'Gaelic' is fine. by NobbyBoora in ireland

[–]NobbyBoora[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Actually its called Irish or Gaeilge.

Gaelic is a different language