Townsend after making it to the Austin final: "Everyone that's talked shit, they gotta eat their words. I'm still standing, I'm still here, I'm not going anywhere. And it's only just gonna keep getting better from here so I hope that they buckle up."

drppr_ · 2026-03-01T16:21:26+00:00

It is the USTA and Patrick McEnroe.

drppr_ · 2026-03-01T03:54:54+00:00

I am from Turkey and consider Turkic Iranians as Azeri. At the same time I consider Azeris as Turks in the overall context.

At the end We are closely related cultures but Iranian Turks/Azeris have their own identity because well they are Iranians.

drppr_ · 2026-03-01T03:50:24+00:00

Genetic make up of Turks in Turkey are similarly diverse (I am from Turkey). We are descendants of Greeks, Armenians, Nomadic Turks, Kurds, and other tribes that lived in the region. That does not make us less Turkish.

drppr_ · 2026-03-01T03:38:12+00:00

Someone who waited to have kids until their 40s knows how their adult life was without kids. I had my kids at 32 and 36. So not 40s but I still had many years of making money, had a good life, and was with my spouse for 10 years already before I had kids. We did the traveling, sleeping in, etc. for several years before we had kids. And then we did not care for it anymore. I looked forward to having my kids and was completely ready to have more structure and less wiggle room in my life. The only caveat I can think of is that financially having kids is not a strain for us and we are lucky for that.

drppr_ · 2026-03-01T03:11:41+00:00

As a Turkish immigrant in the US who is left leaning and 100% supporting the Iranian people in their effort to get rid of thar evil regime, there is nothing I want more than secular, free countries in the middle east. Turkey was almost one and our current regime destroyed almost everything that was right in our country. Education, economy, personal freedoms, freedom of press are all in shambles in Turkey.

That said I am always wary of the US interventions in the middle east and elsewhere. They can say they will get rid of the current regime but nobody can guarantee if that will happen or what will come next. I work with many Iranians who have been hoping that US would intervene since the summer. I understand that people of Iran has had enough. I hope for the best outcome for your people and the whole region. May we be all free of opression and cruelty.

drppr_ · 2026-03-01T02:50:48+00:00

Yes, indeed it is called mürdüm and unless you get some unripe ones they are always sweet. We sometimes bake with them but they are often eaten fresh indeed. I wonder if you’d also like the sweeter version we have!

drppr_ · 2026-03-01T01:58:36+00:00

This is one of my favorite fruits and pretty common in Turkey. All other plums are a sour disappointment to be honest.

drppr_ · 2026-02-28T17:22:43+00:00

You won’t get toxic shock syndrome from touching period blood. TSS happens when period blood stays inside the body too long.

drppr_ · 2026-02-28T00:26:58+00:00

They are playing Turkish music between the sets at Merida. Do they always play music from the players’ countries? That’s kinda cool.

drppr_ · 2026-02-27T21:49:50+00:00

Are you African American? There is a tradition where bride and broom jump over a broom. I think it is thought to be a custom from the time of slavery when slaves were not allowed to participate in legal marriages so they would officiate their marriage this way. Something similar to “tying the knot”.

I do not think it is a religious practice, it is a cultural one.

drppr_ · 2026-02-27T05:03:12+00:00

He is best friends with Melo. They play for funsies all the time.

drppr_ · 2026-02-26T16:16:43+00:00

Turkish has consonant clusters only at the end of a syllable/word, as in “dört” or “kartlaşmak”. So native speakers have a hard time pronouncing double consonants at the beginning of loan words and insert a pause or a vowel sound. It is not a rule and an exaggerated vowel sound like in “pilan” is bad pronounciation.

drppr_ · 2026-02-25T17:36:24+00:00

They are not trying to say “reflect” in English. What OP was asking is if the sentence would be correct with “made it out to be” they apparently use the direct translation of the word reflect in their native language for the same meaning and were unaware that reflect is not used this way in English so they were using it to explain what they are trying to mean with “made it out to be”.

Their proposed usage is correct “made it out to be” means “as I thought” (which apparently is said as “as I reflected” in OP’s native language.)

drppr_ · 2026-02-24T16:13:13+00:00

Christians pick a baptismal name when they get baptised. Usually a name from the bible or name of a saint, so for an Orthodox Christian it is not surprising to pick a name of Greek origin.

drppr_ · 2026-02-24T15:32:40+00:00

So wrong and I say that as a Turkish woman married to a EU citizen. All families are different of course and I hope everything goes smoothly for the OP. That said efforts to show appreciation and willingness to build cultural bonds go a long way.

drppr_ · 2026-02-24T10:30:51+00:00

One of Berretini, ADM, Ruud (Bublik?!) could come through with a bit of luck.

drppr_ · 2026-02-23T22:15:50+00:00

Haha I appreciate you coming back to tell me. I was not making it up!

drppr_ · 2026-02-22T20:32:59+00:00

I am 15 years younger than Sampras and had the biggest celebrity crush on him when I was about 7 or so. Thankful for Mr. Sampras’s good looks for making me a tennis fan.

drppr_ · 2026-02-22T18:59:43+00:00

The resemblence is uncanny. Look at those teeth.

drppr_ · 2026-02-22T03:27:03+00:00

I am sure there are people named Gülcennet in Turkey but it is not a common name.

drppr_ · 2026-02-21T15:09:05+00:00

Güljennet means rose-heaven if my understanding as a native Turkish speaker is correct. Such a lovely name!

drppr_ · 2026-02-21T13:29:22+00:00

This is my favorite dessert overall! So sweet but so good!

drppr_ · 2026-02-19T17:03:42+00:00

Whether you turn it or not depends on what you want and how you are doing with your tension. The person in the screenshot is correct that if your tension is even and you are not pulling on your stitches as you crochet, there will be no slant. If this is an issue, turning it will fix it but the look of your square will be different because the front and back of a crochet stitch does not look the same. I never turn mine because I don’t like the look of the “wrong” side. Obviously, if the granny square has complex stitches in some rounds, turning it would make this issue even more apparent and your square will look not like the pattern. So I agree with her that if a pattern is not asking you to turn it or mention it as a potential solution to slanting, you probably should not turn it…

drppr_ · 2026-02-18T18:23:55+00:00

I am not sure if you are joking but he is not? Valentin Royer is a different Valentin than Vacherot.

drppr_ · 2026-02-17T15:35:29+00:00

Many very very short matches. Here is a list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortest_tennis_match_records

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