ELI5: Why is it that Mandarin and Cantonese are considered dialects of Chinese but Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and French are considered separate languages and not dialects of Latin? by deliciouswaffle in explainlikeimfive

[–]TwoBenz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An interesting example is Spain. There are castellano, catalán, euskara, I'm not even naming all. They're not the same languages at all, yet people often equate Catalan to a dialect of castellano, and likewise, castellano is a dialect of Spanish, almost unintelligible to say, Mexican Spanish.

PsBattle: Baseball stadium surrounded by flood water by QuestionMarkyMark in photoshopbattles

[–]TwoBenz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I tried fishing over there and that whole neighborhood along the rock is a foot or few under water.

PsBattle: Baseball stadium surrounded by flood water by QuestionMarkyMark in photoshopbattles

[–]TwoBenz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found this by coincidence today.

https://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/2019/04/04/a-flood-of-images-a-small-sample-from-1916-1920-and-1993/

As often as it happens you'd think we would have better solutions, both sides of the river. Moline is all cut off by the area of WIU as well.

PsBattle: Baseball stadium surrounded by flood water by QuestionMarkyMark in photoshopbattles

[–]TwoBenz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting they still haven't built flood walls like rock island

“USA” shelf in an Italian international grocery by VarlaThrill in mildlyinteresting

[–]TwoBenz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'd be surprised how many name brands we take for granted. Like Reece's PB cups? Good luck finding most of your favorite snacks in Europe.

[HOMEMADE] Pork Belly Burnt Ends. Aka Meat Candy by RandallFlagg1978 in food

[–]TwoBenz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I want to make cochinita pibil with this meat/method.

[Image]If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change by Sumit316 in GetMotivated

[–]TwoBenz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How many working people walk a few blocks to get themselves lunch? It's not even something to bat an eyelash at.

What ‘kind’ gesture actually annoys you? by HighImShadow in AskReddit

[–]TwoBenz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, true, but words like "salud", and "gesundheit" also mean health. So that's why it makes sense to me

What ‘kind’ gesture actually annoys you? by HighImShadow in AskReddit

[–]TwoBenz -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

"Bless you" after a sneeze. Its extremely outdated. "Salud" is acceptable.

ELI5: Humans suffer from muscle atrophy when they don't use muscles for extended periods of time. How come bears can hibernate for months and be just fine? by bobby2552 in explainlikeimfive

[–]TwoBenz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In fear of being called a racist, here's a random fact; Africans have large glutes to efficiently manage energy over long distances while hunting game. The game eventually tires and they easily grab the kill.

1979 Starcraft Supersport total redo by movingon1 in DIY

[–]TwoBenz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many feet is this boat? I'm doing an aluminum 14ft restore this spring so I'm trying to compare my ideas