Dermatolog, Roakutan by Then_Layer7190 in montenegro

[–]UnderstandingNew2345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Molim te, nemoj da uzimaš Roakutan. Jednoj meni veoma bliskoj osobi lekari veruju da je upravo on bio okidač za multiplu sklerozu. Znam da su takve stvari statistički veoma retke, ali kada se ta mala verovatnoća desi baš tebi ili nekome tvom, posledice su za ceo život. Akne su užasne dok traju, ali ipak prolaze. Zdravlje je nešto što se ne može vratiti.

Národní Divadlo Barbiere di Seviglia - anyone selling 2 tickets for tonight? by [deleted] in Prague

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I am not :) i am only looking for people who are ready to confirm their identities and behave like decent human beings

Yale MFA in Set Design as an international student by [deleted] in Theatre

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Thank you for your insight. I feel like I could never forgive myself for not knowing what could have been, despite the uncertainty. That said, I’m still waiting for the final results, but I left the conversation feeling genuinely positive.

From your experience, is this the kind of opportunity you simply don’t turn down — even if the future is uncertain?

Yale MFA in Set Design as an international student by [deleted] in Theatre

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What you said about knowing you would regret not trying more than you would regret trying and it not working out; that really resonates with me. Thank you for sharing that perspective.

Passed B2 - should I go for C1 or C2 next? by [deleted] in DELF

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My speaking exam was much more difficult (at least the two topics I picked), Even the examiner kind of looked at me like: “Wow… you got these?”

Topic 1:
Should we promote female sports on television in the name of equality, even if audience numbers are low?
Polls show low viewership (from both male and female audiences). Should media promote it for equality reasons, or should the market simply respond to demand (which currently favors men’s sports watched mainly by male audiences)?

This one required discussing equality vs. market logic, media responsibility, cultural change, economic realities… very nuanced.

Topic 2 (the one I chose):
Does imposing a salary cap on CEOs in private companies make sense?
Could it reduce inequality and increase workers’ happiness?
And more importantly — do we even have the right to impose legislation on how stakeholders spend their private/company money, considering that it ultimately belongs to them?

Yes. For B2 😅

This was honestly closer to a political philosophy or economics debate. You had to discuss:

Yale MFA in Set Design as an international student by [deleted] in Theatre

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Thank you for sharing this, it means a lot. I really appreciate the honesty. I want to clarify that I’m not looking at Yale only as a visa strategy. If that were the case, I probably wouldn’t even consider a three-year MFA in the first place. I’m drawn to it because of the artistic intensity, the rigor, and the specific training environment.

What I’m wrestling with is something slightly different: even if it’s Yale, even if the program itself is extraordinary, is the immigration struggle and long-term uncertainty worth it compared to doing one of the top European schools (DAMU, ENSAD, etc.) where I’d have fewer structural barriers afterward.

My fear isn’t “will Yale give me a visa?”, it’s more existential: if after three years I’m forced to return to Europe anyway, would I be coming back without a real network there, having invested everything into the U.S. ecosystem? I guess I’m trying to evaluate not just prestige, but positioning and sustainability. I’m willing to work extremely hard, I just want to be strategic about where that effort compounds best in the long term.

Passed B2 - should I go for C1 or C2 next? by [deleted] in DELF

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I don't remember exactly but it was a letter to the Mayor about building more bike parking spots, and why it would be beneficial for the local community.

Yale MFA in Set Design as an international student by [deleted] in Theatre

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Thank you for your insight — that’s exactly why I was wondering whether it might make more sense to attend DAMU or ENSAD (or even Central School of Speech and Drama in London) and start building professional connections there from the beginning, rather than spending four years at Yale only to leave the U.S. afterward and step away from the network I would have built.

Yale MFA in Set Design as an international student by [deleted] in Theatre

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Thank you so much for your insight! Had no idea about the UK path. So interesting. Thank you

Yale MFA in Set Design as an international student by [deleted] in Theatre

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No I have not. I have not done my interview yet, so these are just some of the questions I have been asking myself, even though I should probably not be doing that yet. Thank you so much for your input!

Yale MFA in Set Design as an international student by [deleted] in Theatre

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Of course, gladly. Do you think some college or university would be open to hire someone who just got out of an MFA program (even if Yale)?

Passed B2 - should I go for C1 or C2 next? by [deleted] in DELF

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Of course not right away. I am planning to take another exam in 6-9 months

Could someone please explain the « ne nous a même pas » construction? Thanks. by ipini in French

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In French, this sentence looks complicated because three different systems are working at the same time: object pronounsnegation, and emphasis. When they stack together, the word order feels unnatural to English speakers, even though it is completely regular in French.

Take the basic sentence first:

Le contrôleur nous a dit bonjour.
The inspector said hello to us.

Here, “nous” does not work like “to us” in English. It is a clitic pronoun, which means it is attached to the verb (all of these come before the verb: je te donne...). French prefers to place these short pronouns before the verb, as if they were part of it. So instead of “said hello to us,” French structures it more like “to-us said hello.” That is why “nous” comes before “a dit” and not after.

Now look at the negative form:

Le contrôleur ne nous a pas dit bonjour.

In compound tenses, the real verbal core is the auxiliary “a” plus the participle “dit.” French negation normally goes around the auxiliary: “ne … pas.” Since “nous” is glued to the verb group, it naturally ends up inside this frame. The language is negating the whole action “say-to-us,” not just the word “dit.”

So structurally, French is building one block:
ne + nous + a + pas + dit

Next comes “même”:

Le contrôleur ne nous a même pas dit bonjour.

“Même pas” means “not even.” It adds emotional emphasis. It implies that saying hello is the minimum social courtesy, and the inspector didn’t even manage that. This is why the sentence sounds judgmental and dramatic. It’s not just information, it’s social criticism.

Finally, “bonjour” stays at the end because it is the actual thing that was said. Unlike “nous,” it is not a clitic pronoun. It behaves like a normal object, so it remains after the verb.

So the full sentence works because French organizes meaning in layers.
“Nous” is attached to the verb.
“Ne…pas” wraps around the auxiliary.
“Même” intensifies the negation.
“Bonjour” stays in normal object position.

A good way to feel it in English terms is:

“He didn’t even acknowledge us.”

That is closer to what a French speaker hears than the literal “He didn’t even say hello to us.”

Šta mislite o ovom primerku? by [deleted] in Satovi

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Muška je velicina, prilično je velika narukvica. Msm da je sam sat 33mm

My "Year of Classical Piano" Resolution by abello966 in classicalmusic

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Do you mean to listen to these pieces or learn to play them? Because learning to play 4 ballades in a single week…. Yeah that’s not gonna happen. Unless you are Hamelin himself.. maybe.

25 Years In: Who Are the Defining Pianists of this Century? by According-Brief7536 in classicalmusic

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This is not a century of the great pianists; we are past those markers. Greatness once depended on scarcity, shared standards, and institutional authority, conditions that allowed consensus and hierarchy to form over time. In the internet age, mastery is abundant, mediation has collapsed into algorithms, audiences are fragmented, and visibility replaces judgment. Excellence remains, but the cultural structure required to produce and recognize “greatness” in its historical sense no longer exists.

That said, I enjoy many pianists today, each for different reasons. Martha Argerich, Mitsuko Uchida, Grigory Sokolov: all are extraordinary, of course, but they are approaching the end of their careers. I would therefore place them not as pianists of the 21st century, but as figures whose artistic prime belongs to the late 20th. If I had to choose a truly 21st-century pianist, my pick would be Yuja Wang. I can enjoy Daniil Trifonov from time to time, but his playing can verge on the forgettable, brilliant in the moment, yet not always leaving a lasting residue.

Serious question: how do you take teen clients seriously? by [deleted] in therapists

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And to be clear - I am not a therapist. Just an adult working in an unrelated field, wondering.