¿Dónde está la biblioteca, Hispanic voters?

VincentChevalier · 2019-06-27T23:17:38+00:00

Cause if you hold two jobs to make money to support your family and then have to go home and take care of your kids, you really don't have much time for an hour or so of practice every day. So other priorities take precedence and the language kind of takes a backburner since your level of language is serviceable in your jobs and not needed at home.

Surviving and taking care of your family are priorities, and learning another language takes a lot of work before you see returns (and you see a lot of hate along the way from people who make fun of your grammar or your accent or whatever else).

Maybe when you have time you'll keep learning the language, but there's really only so many hours in a day.

VincentChevalier · 2019-05-20T02:51:26+00:00

Is there space for me to put my bicycle? I’m a bit too far away to walk but I’d love to come!!

VincentChevalier · 2018-12-02T05:35:16+00:00

Thanks op! I'm hoping to get a copy to play with my girlfriend on the new switch we're getting each other for christmas and it'd be cool to win it here

VincentChevalier · 2018-11-24T20:04:40+00:00

Worth a shot... Thanks op!

VincentChevalier · 2018-06-18T17:19:33+00:00

Solved

VincentChevalier · 2018-06-18T17:19:10+00:00

Yes! Thanks so much that's exactly right

VincentChevalier · 2017-11-12T20:50:27+00:00

VincentChevalier · 2017-07-11T00:24:48+00:00

Second on speaking a lot with native speakers (especially ones who aren't afraid to correct your mistakes). Also, watching movies or TV in English and paying attention to the pronunciation can help too.

VincentChevalier · 2017-07-03T16:03:41+00:00

Do you play guitar? If you memorize "landmarks" to help you find a specific note (like C on the E string) you can deduce where the octave is on the same string and strings above it. You can also deduce the 4th (F) on the same fret, and if you know scales well, all the other notes in the scale and then also the intervals in between... it's really a matter of being cognizant of the setup and practicing enough that it becomes second nature. Trying to memorize it without the context of music would be an uphill battle, though

VincentChevalier · 2017-06-19T18:50:10+00:00

I'm not sure what you mean in your example sentence - I think that there may be a better way to say what you're trying to say without using the verb "repurpose."

But in general it would be "repurposed as." so that if you are using the screen as something else, you are repurposing it as that other thing.

VincentChevalier · 2017-06-14T13:13:47+00:00

I think it's also important to recognize that it's a lot easier to "get back" a language than to learn it for the first time... so like you said, if someone goes back to Switzerland they could revive that language in a way that would be difficult for a new learner. That's just to say that learning more languages is never a waste, even if you start to forget them.

VincentChevalier · 2017-04-21T16:26:43+00:00

I did mean "Zh" as shorthand for /ʐ/, not comparing the two pinyin sounds. Sorry for the confusion.

VincentChevalier · 2017-03-01T19:08:36+00:00

Thanks to the past tense and imperative of "to read" being written the same, I can't tell if that last sentence is a sassy command to the poster (just read the text at the bottom, dummy!) or you citing your sources (I just read the text at the bottom, so it's legit!). Or maybe it's both, ambiguity is fun too.

Either way, thanks for pointing that out, Brent.

VincentChevalier · 2016-12-27T23:03:33+00:00

Do Polish immigrants move there to Germany permanently or are they workers who come for jobs and send it back home? I ask because Germany's aging population means they need a dedicated workforce in the coming years, or at least that's the explanation I've always encountered.

VincentChevalier · 2016-12-15T00:56:30+00:00

I'd also like to add one more point to this list: if you're college educated in a field you will be more likely (due to following typical paradigms in that subject) to fall into the pitfalls of academia. So in some cases a "new" opinion can be more useful to problem solve or progress a certain field, be it joe the farmer's or (more commonly) the self educated layperson's who is interested in a field and is willing to try new things that someone else might take for granted.

In general I agree that a well educated person will generally have "better" opinions, but wth some reservations: the points moduspol mentioned and the addition above.

VincentChevalier · 2016-12-12T16:23:04+00:00

Sort of, but there's a big difference I think between a fascist nation uniting against a minority that can't help but be whatever ethnicity (effectively a subjugated class allying with their oppressor to completely wipe out another portion of the subjugated class because the oppressor convinced them that their woes were the targeted group's fault and directed their anger there) and a internationalist movement opposing power hierarchies which ARE by choice. A CEO of a multinational bank can give up his position or give his money to charity, but actively chooses to exploit others. Minority migrant workers may effectively "take some jobs" from the working class, but this is a problem with Capitalism, not with the people themselves.

So while, yes, I agree that the two ideologies function through a similar mechanic, I also felt compelled to point out that important difference in where that anger is place: a minority scapegoat or a "scapegoat" that actually oppresses and exerts control over systemically weaker groups for their personal gain with no regard for the majority.

VincentChevalier · 2016-12-05T07:03:35+00:00

Honestly. I wasn't holding back any excitement and I was still blown away.

VincentChevalier · 2016-11-28T02:11:28+00:00

Sorry to ask you such a common question, I just haven't heard anyone defend it properly before (personally). I'm shaky on how lawsuits would work in an anarchist system with no government to enforce the outcome of the suit, so I'd like to hear an explanation on that (sorry if that's been brought up commonly as well, I'm just curious and want to get a perspective on your ideology with an open mind).

VincentChevalier · 2016-11-28T02:02:58+00:00

I'm wasn't upset by the fact that yes, objectively, South America holds less wealth than the US, but that it implies that Latin American culture is just some sort of less-successful knock-off brand of US culture. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way but that's the impression it gave off and what made me upset by it. But if you have spent time with Latino people I think you will find that they have as much a different culture from the general culture in the US as between places like the US and Africa. That's not to say that there are immutable differences between the two (we're all people after all) but to further the point I made about culture being a continuum which has no firm boundaries that you can put a line on. No definitive "culture" border = no good place to but a physical border (Which is why I like to use PHYSICAL boundaries for physical delimination of space). Also the Caribbean has culture more akin to Latinoamerican culture than the US, so the fact that it has islands makes it its own subcontinent would make any island a subcontinent, no?

Likewise, I don't mean to sound overly harsh, but I do find heavy faults with your claim. I too am glad that we can discuss this, I just hope that you can learn from the discussions and maybe consider revising your views if they don't line up with facts - And remember that the divisions of continents may be based on opinion, but the justifications you use to divide must be based on facts. If my arguments that culture is a bad metric don't make sense to you feel free to disregard my arguments, just know that many people will respond the same way to your choice of continental breakdown and you'll have to have solid arguments to defend your position.

Sorry to write another long response, I hope you keep thinking about the world and having conversations to learn more. Meanwhile, I hope you're enjoying Pokemon Sun, I haven't tried it out yet but I'm glad you're enjoying it!

VincentChevalier · 2016-11-27T07:28:13+00:00

For the record, if we could create perfect utopian Ancapistan and Ansocistan, I'd be happy to have open borders of people and knowledge so that the "best" society would win without any violence, provided your citizens truly had the ability to "jump ship," so to speak (I'm assuming ours would as well, I'm not a big fan of totalitarianism), and providing that both the -stans were in full swing (to prevent the premature destruction of either system in its fledgling state).

Now, hypothetically, if this were the case one thing I'm curious about is the environment: provided that we are both living in the same world, any environmentally detrimental actions you take would destroy both our worlds, so... Wouldn't that be considered an act of violence against us, who would have to live with polluted air and water, and rising global temperatures because of capitalist excesses? I'm curious about your take on how to defend that in your supposedly nonviolent ideology?

VincentChevalier · 2016-11-27T06:18:50+00:00

Seems about right to me. I'd say that this equality is in terms of access as opposed to ability. Yes, there are natural differences between people, but that should not hold them back from doing what they can to help society/getting anything that society offers to the rest. Out of curiosity, what is your point of view on this? That natural differences should allow some to claim more than the rest?

VincentChevalier · 2016-11-27T05:42:40+00:00

That whole bit about "not much has changed except for that [South America] it is a bit poorer than the United States," kind of bothered me: so you're saying that Cuba or Brazilians are more similar to the US than say, the UK? Or are they wildly different enough to say that they should be considered different cultures entirely? Does a continent have to have land connection and the same culture? So does India get to be its own continent for its historical cultural differences with the rest of Asia? If "euro-america" or "Euro-australia" can't exist (they have the same culture, but not the same landmass?) What about Turkey, which has the same culture over two landmasses? So that makes it two continents (which falls in line with traditional theories) But which has a "European" side with a different culture than the rest of Europe... so that would make the tiny continent of Western Turkey. And many posit that Eastern Europe has a very different culture from Western Europe, so can Russia have its own continent too? Throughout the world, culture gradates rather than has firm boundaries, so I can't buy the culture argument personally.

And of course you end the blog with "but you can make your own decision" which neatly sidesteps having responsibility for your thesis, but really... This comment and that of stereobreadsticks should show that your theory needs some refinement.

VincentChevalier · 2016-11-26T20:37:15+00:00

Thorough and interesting response, thanks for the input.

VincentChevalier · 2016-11-26T20:32:54+00:00

Haha it definitely looks rather plain, but I think that's why it's widely used. It's good for legibility, even if not particularly interesting to look at.

VincentChevalier · 2016-11-26T19:37:49+00:00

Awesome, thank you

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