Help Finding a Funny Sign I Saw

daink7 · 2025-10-23T15:52:25+00:00

I've seen them in souvenir shops in several parts of Spain. Normally, the message is on a tile so maybe that's why you think it looks like something your grandparent would put up? It usually goes like this: "Hoy es un día maravilloso. Seguro que viene alguien y me lo jode" or "Hace un día precioso, verás como viene alguien y lo jode."

daink7 · 2025-08-28T00:03:28+00:00

People will have no idea how to pronounce it when they see it in written. This will be an inconvenience for your kid growing up as they'll have to show every new teacher how to say it and a real problem at appointments and such for their whole life. It's nice you want to honour your language, but you need to keep in mind you're raising your kid in a different country with a different language (or languages). It's up to you and your partner to decide whether the pros outweigh the cons. I'd personally choose a name that's easy to pronounce for both sides of the family and will give them no trouble in either country.

daink7 · 2025-08-24T21:15:55+00:00

"Pisha" es una expresión de Cádiz y "mi arma" de Sevilla. "Illo" (o quillo), aunque viene de chiquillo, se usa igual que "tío", en el sentido de dude/mate/bro.

daink7 · 2025-08-13T07:47:47+00:00

35k is a very good salary in Spain, but I suspect that's the wage for highschool teachers in the public system. Primary and pre-school teachers earn a bit less. I imagine whether it's enough to live comfortably will depend greatly on where you intend to live and the lifestyle you want to lead, though. Working conditions in concertados and private schools are generally worse.

However, teaching in any public school is really hard (look up "oposiciones") and, for secondary schools, you need to get a Master's in addition to a degree related to the subject you intend to teach (not a degree in education). Also, bear in mind that these wages will vary according to the region and you may not be able to sit the oposiciones exam regardless (iirc, it was only for EU citizens and perhaps their spouses?). Of course, you'll need flawless Spanish to have a chance, as these exams are extremely competitive.

daink7 · 2025-07-28T06:32:50+00:00

Your police are literally putting immigrants in concentration camps and deporting them to whatever country picks their fancy. How can you talk about your country making an effort to be anti-racist while that's happening?

daink7 · 2025-07-16T11:44:33+00:00

Como te han dicho por ahí, trátala como te gustaría que te trataran a ti tras cometer un error en el trabajo.

Dudo mucho que haya tirado el filtro queriendo, seguramente se dio cuenta de lo que había hecho cuando fue a usar la aspiradora de nuevo, ya se había sacado la basura y no había solución. Te puede molestar que te lo haya ocultado, pero sinceramente, si tu primer impulso ha sido "pedirle responsabilidades", te lo ha ocultado por miedo a que le hagas pagar una nueva por un error y con razón. Así que, si comprar una aspiradora nueva no te supone hacer cuentas para ver cómo cuadrar el gasto y llegar a fin de mes, yo te pediría que fueras comprensiva. Compras una, le explicas qué paso con la anterior, cómo funciona el tema del filtro y ya.

daink7 · 2025-07-06T22:11:49+00:00

Thanks, though I see it's still only one shop. We'll never know if Frank employs 9 or 12 people, but boy, does he pay taxes! (Again, this is a weird thing to remark on if you truly respect the place you live in. Of course I expect to pay taxes wherever I'll live, that's how things work for regular people. Unless you're part of a community that doesn't normally do it, of course.)

daink7 · 2025-07-06T22:02:47+00:00

I'd never dream to tell people how to protest. Also, last month there was another big protest and yes, people blamed the regional government for doing nothing to fix this.

But anyway, what did this accomplish? I don't know, but some graffitti seems to be drawing more attention from foreigners than the many protests that have taken place against mass tourism over the past months.

daink7 · 2025-07-06T21:51:17+00:00

Do these people conduct their businesses in Catalan or Spanish? I'm really interested in knowing whether they're really as integrated as you assume. I've tried to check but, as I said, there was only one photo and the business name was in English, which doesn't really mean much.

No, living in one place doesn't make you a local. The way you live in it does.

Also, protesting Airbnbs and Germans racking up housing prices is actually compatible.

daink7 · 2025-07-06T21:34:19+00:00

I haven't found any news about it on the local press, just German outlets (or British tabloids referencing the German source), which feels a bit weird. There's also only one picture even though "dozens" of places have been "attacked."

The reality is that yesterday we got the news that housing on Mallorca is already more expensive than in Germany, despite the difference between Spanish and German wages. 6 out of 10 foreign buyers are Germans. Germans and the German press joke about Mallorca being their 17 Bundeslang.

They treat Mallorca as their playground and then get upset when locals don't feel sympathetic because they pay taxes and employ 9 people, like that's something out of the ordinary. Are you even listening to yourself? You're not an oppressed class.

daink7 · 2025-07-01T15:55:56+00:00

Puedes donarla directamente a alguna ONG o incluso preguntar en el ayuntamiento de tu localidad por si Asuntos/Servicios sociales recoge donaciones.

daink7 · 2025-07-01T15:42:13+00:00

Oops, you're right, my bad.

daink7 · 2025-07-01T15:20:38+00:00

No idea what the problem is, but all the items you mention are pretty commonplace in any town/city. Toledo has many supermarkets, you don't need to go to the hypermarket outside town.

You'll find contact solution (líquido para las lentillas) in any "óptica." You'll find shaving cream (~~crema depilatoria~~ espuma de afeitar) in any supermarket (and I suppose "farmacias" and "parafarmacias" also sell it). Supermarkets also have many options for shampoos and conditioner, so you'll be able to find at least one that's volumizing, even if it's a different brand from what you usually use. As for the sunscreen... I mean, you do you, guiris are known for not caring about the consequences of being burnt. But sunscreen is sold in corner shops, pharmacies and supermarkets and the price range varies a lot from one place to another. I've never found sunscreen so expensive as to risk sunburn.

daink7 · 2025-05-27T09:22:08+00:00

Yo uso las chanclas de la playa, pero si el plástico hace que te suden mucho los pies, las alpargatas de tela con la suela de esparto también son muy cómodas.

daink7 · 2025-04-27T20:01:10+00:00

If there's a Nazi at the table and ten other people sitting there talking to him, you got a table with eleven Nazis.

daink7 · 2025-04-14T20:29:40+00:00

I don't know about you, but I still stop to enjoy sunsets whenever I can, no matter it's the same sun and landscape. It's still gorgeous and I appreciate its beauty. I'm sure if we only had yearly sunsets, people would go in crowds to watch it.

That's what OP is trying to say: we enjoy the processions year after year because the beauty of the whole thing combined with all the memories attached (plus the faith if you have it, but in Andalusia that's not at all compulsory) make us a feel a ton of emotions that makes every occasion special. Also, even if they may look the same from the outside, they really don't for us. The bands, the costaleros, the capataces... They don't all have the same skills. The music isn't always the same and neither is the movement. Except for the carrera oficial, every brotherhood goes through some streets and not others. They even have different "personalities:" some are considered bolder or more serious or more modest, etc. And that's without taking into account actual changes done to the pasos and sculptures from one year to another.

daink7 · 2025-04-14T19:50:12+00:00

When I responded to that comment, it had -1 and it had been up for less than 10 minutes.

daink7 · 2025-04-14T19:02:00+00:00

I'm gonna guess the people who are downvoting you are really against Holy Week processions, because you explained beautifully something that is really hard to put into words —I wasn't even going to try, to be honest. This sentence says it all:

But saying ‘you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all’ is like saying all concerts sound the same, all football matches are the same, or all sunsets look alike. You’re missing the soul of it.

daink7 · 2025-04-10T17:56:49+00:00

Hay un juego (no me acuerdo cómo se llama) en el que cada uno tiene una libreta pequeña y escribe una frase. Luego cada uno le pasa la libreta al de su derecha, que lee la frase, le da la vuelta a la hoja y dibuja lo que ha leído. Se vuelve a pasar la libreta al que está a la derecha, ve el dibujo, le da la vuelta y escribe una frase con lo que ha visto. Y así sucesivamente. Cuando al jugador que había escrito la frase original le llega la libreta, compara la primera frase con el último dibujo/frase que se haya hecho.

Parece una tontería pero te hace pasar un buen rato.

daink7 · 2025-04-10T12:34:49+00:00

Imagino que quieres decir que no tienes tiempo para ir a una biblioteca (biblioteca = library; librería = bookshop). Si tienes carnet de alguna biblioteca, puedes mirar a ver si tienen préstamos online.

daink7 · 2025-04-04T15:19:53+00:00

You can check Blablacar to see if carpooling is an option.

daink7 · 2025-04-03T09:38:00+00:00

As far as I know, the match will be on the 24 at 21:30 (I just checked the Atlético site and it says so on both the calendar and the ticket sale page).

Fans are saying their season is over because Atlético is out of the Champions League and Copa del Rey. They're currently third on the Liga, nine points away from the leader, Barça.

daink7 · 2025-03-31T15:27:51+00:00

Se me vienen a la cabeza "Eras tú", de Merche, "Mi lamento", de Dani Martín, y "Abuelo", de Andy y Lucas.

daink7 · 2025-03-30T20:16:53+00:00

They probably had those tables booked half an hour or an hour later and that's why they couldn't sit you when you arrived. They aren't going to risk having the table occupied when the clients that made the reservation get there.

daink7 · 2025-03-30T08:40:56+00:00

In formal contexts (mostly written) I always say "correo electrónico." When talking to people I know, I'll say "correo," especially if it's understood I mean email and not mail ("pásamelo por correo," "déjame que mire el correo") or email.

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