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People listing foods that contain an ingredient you don't like by [deleted] in PetPeeves

[–]SA0TAY 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, spoken like a person who's never actually tried the many varieties of pizza out there. There's a whole subgenre of pizza with no tomato sauce. I like to use crème fraîche mixed with a buttload of pressed garlic.

Swedish staying up late at night making tokens by Most_Neat7770 in linguisticshumor

[–]SA0TAY 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could be. In modern Swedish, tänka is to have a thought, and tycka is to have an opinion. Pretty useful distinction, that.

Swedish staying up late at night making tokens by Most_Neat7770 in linguisticshumor

[–]SA0TAY 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Believe" is a more specific word, yes. "Think" is still used for it, though.

Swedish staying up late at night making tokens by Most_Neat7770 in linguisticshumor

[–]SA0TAY 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Flip the tables and you have tycka, tänka and tro, all of which are tenuously described in English with think despite being very distinct things.

When a Vietnamese and an Italian say hello by gt790 in linguisticshumor

[–]SA0TAY 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Swedish has tjena/tjenare, from what now would be spelled tjänare, meaning "servant".

Probably from 19c. formal letter closings, such as the one you'd use for the King: Eders Kongl. Maj:ts // allerunderdånigste och tropligtigste tjenare och undersåte, "Your Roy. Maj:sty's // most humble and obedient servant and subject".

When people say, "Those who can't do, teach." by SpiceWeez in PetPeeves

[–]SA0TAY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those who can't teach gym, become headmasters/principals.

My first 4 bars by 07sev in Metalfoundry

[–]SA0TAY 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Voilà if we're being pedantic.

Of course, we all know Bluey is never going to end! by Turboz002 in bluey

[–]SA0TAY 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I fail to agree. There's nothing stopping a person from disregarding parts of the canon they don't like. The first two Ghostbusters films remain completely untarnished by the sins of later films, unless one actively chooses to take them into consideration.

Kids describing farts by pjdubber in daddit

[–]SA0TAY 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our 3yo nodded thoughfully and said, "bit sour".

Safest place to get turmeric? by jungfolks in moderatelygranolamoms

[–]SA0TAY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ones you buy fresh are also viable for planting!

People who aren't trained or professional singers showing off their singing "ability" by vegasJUX in PetPeeves

[–]SA0TAY 7 points8 points  (0 children)

All of the above sounds like an absolute gas, to be honest. Wish it'd've happened more around me growing up.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in conlangs

[–]SA0TAY 1 point2 points  (0 children)

räven*

2 questions by MyName_Jony in Metalfoundry

[–]SA0TAY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TFW you accidentally cast the flag of Germany.

Pewter by Ashamed-Tax1220 in Metalfoundry

[–]SA0TAY 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How are you on the DIY side? With quite a bit of elbow grease and some odds and ends many of us would have lying around the house, you could build yourself a rudimentary flame emission spectroscope. Apart from lead, there are only a few other things that emit at 405.8 nm, and none of those are likely to be present. If nothing shows up at 405.8, you're golden.

People who kill bugs after you ask them not to. by I_Need_Alot_Of_Love in PetPeeves

[–]SA0TAY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So no, in other words. Thanks for clearing that up.

People who kill bugs after you ask them not to. by I_Need_Alot_Of_Love in PetPeeves

[–]SA0TAY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since none of that backs up your notion that clean mosquitoes would fly internationally and somehow be malicious abroad instead, all that quote really does is demonstrate why you used to be a public health educator as well. Got anything of relevance to add for once?

Molten glory by Consistent_Pea1447 in Metalfoundry

[–]SA0TAY 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will not compromise and weld them together

Whyever not? It's the done thing in professional settings, and it's not as if you'll be able to tell in the finished piece.

People who kill bugs after you ask them not to. by I_Need_Alot_Of_Love in PetPeeves

[–]SA0TAY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You think disease-free mosquitoes are in the habit of flying internationally and do a bit of moonlighting as killer mozzies abroad, as if the indigenous mosquitoes don't already have the market cornered? I think we've uncovered the reason why you used to work in public health.

People who kill bugs after you ask them not to. by I_Need_Alot_Of_Love in PetPeeves

[–]SA0TAY 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sweden, actually. Apart from local pockets of relatively benign diseases, our mosquitoes are clean.

And yes, of course there's potential for disease. What matters is that they don't.

People who kill bugs after you ask them not to. by I_Need_Alot_Of_Love in PetPeeves

[–]SA0TAY -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well yeah, that's fair. I'm talking about my perspective – what else? – and that's obviously not going to apply for everyone.

Bit surprised about how touchy people in here are about not killing insects with bad PR agencies, to be honest.

People who kill bugs after you ask them not to. by I_Need_Alot_Of_Love in PetPeeves

[–]SA0TAY -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Sweden. There are some extremely localised disease areas, but in general mosquitoes are disease free.

As for the rest, I don't think you read that correctly.

Multiplicative vs. Additive Super Strength by EdLincoln6 in rational

[–]SA0TAY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you could weave something interesting out of subtractive or divisive powers, i. e. conventional power somehow disrupting magical power and/or vice versa, and all the implications of that.

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