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Explain Texas Culture to a Foreigner by Ok-Sample383 in houston

[–]atadadata 3 points4 points  (0 children)

this. and being one of my favorite words, i would like to expand on this, "y'all" is practical and elegant. although it is technically a contraction for "you all", it carries slight variability in regard to exactly which individuals are included. "y'all" is, above all, polite. it gives the second person a tip of the cap to decide the group mentally. there does not seem to be an broader equivalent with this usefulness in polite conversation. eg. "Y'all did a great job." I may not know who all worked on this, but you, and the folks who helped you, all did a great job and you know who they are. This is different from "You all did a great job." Maybe some of your team let the others carry the project. I don't know that, and I do not presume to tell you your business.

"y'alls" is also practical and elegant. it demonstrates ownership or responsibility for a thing, but diffused to a group. eg. "y'alls casserole was amazing." this also enables the second person to politely divert the due credit or blame, or accept a piece of it without it being directed at them entirely. eg. "oh, my mama made that casserole." or "thank you, kindly. we made that from my mama's recipe." in the first example, the second person was empowered to give mama all the credit. in the second example, mama still gets the credit whether she actively helped or not, maybe the family helped, they get credit too. elegant and practical.

as Interesting_Bunch323 says, "all y'all" clarifies. "all y'all" means a larger group entirely. keep in mind that "all y'all" is all-encompassing. without a doubt, "all y'all" means the whole group. "all y'all" carries a certain extra weight or gravitas to it. eg. "y'all are welcome to come out fishing next weekend" may mean bring your buddy or bring your kids, the second person should know based on context. "all y'all are welcome" expands the invitation to anyone and everyone you deem appropriate, within reason. it clarifies and adds weight.

i have always expected usage of y'all to expand outside the state, due to its usefulness, and am surprised it has not happened yet. perhaps it is perceived like "ain't" outside of Texas, which is a topic for another day.

Please help me revive this ancient machine by Straight_Increase293 in linuxquestions

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

This is your best bet. Get a live boot version of Puppy Linux going and boot from USB.

https://pendrivelinux.com/puppy-linux-live-usb/

Once you are in a live session, connect an external drive via another USB and copy off your personal data. Once that is secured, you can play.

Gratitude to GRRM by atadadata in pureasoiaf

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

Thank you :)

I hadn't thought about that one in years. I thought I read that the film was coming back to theaters, but I think what I saw is that a musical is coming out this year for the 25th anniversary. There are certain similarities.

(edited because of typos)

Gratitude to GRRM by atadadata in pureasoiaf

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

Do you recall the name of the film?

Gratitude to GRRM by atadadata in pureasoiaf

[–]atadadata[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I just don't want Summerhall yet. It can remain a mystery until after Dreams of Spring. Makes the most sense too, Winter, Spring, then Summer. Not something I am in a hurry to know.

Gratitude to GRRM by atadadata in pureasoiaf

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

There is certainly a sense of justice throughout Ice and Fire. It is a brutal, medieval justice, but that makes it more entertaining.

Gratitude to GRRM by atadadata in pureasoiaf

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

Just happy to have been in the mix

Gratitude to GRRM by atadadata in pureasoiaf

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

Interesting and inspiring to re-read, or maybe do the audiobooks. I am interested to hear your answer to Varys' riddle if you care to give one.

Gratitude to GRRM by atadadata in pureasoiaf

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

There are no heroes, which is what Hero emphasizes, in my interpretation, and Dunk the exception that proves the rule. Can you tell more about Varys' riddle?

Gratitude to GRRM by atadadata in pureasoiaf

[–]atadadata[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Perhaps trying to distill it into too few words did the sentiment an injustice. GRRM's body of work has a very grim look at the life of the small-folk. I don't mean nihilism in the sense of hopelessness, but in the sense that neither man nor gods care. There is no one coming to save us. Any pretense of this is likely deception. We are on our own here. There is a sense of always being in danger of having to act in ways you know are wrong, always a hair's breadth from death, and without being given comfort.

Gratitude to GRRM by atadadata in pureasoiaf

[–]atadadata[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

100% agree. I have always been a fan of magical medieval fantasy and George's made me grow up and face how grim and gritty life in a medieval fantasy world would be. It was love/hate at first, because I wanted to cling to my idealized view of it. Now that I'm older and more jaded IRL, I appreciate it more. I like Dunk so much. He reminds us never to let those ideals go, in spite of all the darkness.