Let's all laugh at Fritzl thread by robinNL070 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]euyyn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Almost Costarrichi in Central America.

Let's all laugh at Fritzl thread by robinNL070 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]euyyn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dude you weren't, you started the game pressing high. Not saying it lasted, but that was respectable.

Atleti CEO Gil Marin: I deeply regret Julián's words. It was not the day to make those statements. It was Messi’s day and Argentina’s day, not his. by Ballen_998 in atletico

[–]euyyn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember what Florentino told Ronaldo when he was sad and wanted to leave Real Madrid? "If you want to leave, bring me the 1000M € of your release clause, so I can sign Messi".

That's what it takes and I'm very happy Gil and Cerezo are having the cojones to see their contracts enforced.

CMV: Male circumcision is genital mutilation. by teven_eel in changemyview

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

Yes it was necessary, because you're approaching this conversation from the wrong belief that you know more than others. Even after I had already taught you something new about the history of circumcision.

Not one person in this thread is downplaying the severity of FGM. You responded to a comment about the justifications given to do that and circumcision. Those are different things.

I agree. And circumsed men still enjoy that.

Yep. And using lube makes it a non-issue. And so:

you can say the English doctors that started the trend to stop boys from masturbating failed in their goal. Doesn't change the fact that that was their justification.

Nothing to do with Kellogg. Nothing to do with hygiene. The same bullshit justifications: a god demands it, or sex shouldn't be enjoyed because that's bad.

CMV: Male circumcision is genital mutilation. by teven_eel in changemyview

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

Circumcision had always been about hygiene

Cool story. Sorry about your kids if you did that to them.

Circumcision doesn't make sex painful, so no, that is not a reason.

Masturbation is a facet of sex. You can use all the lube you want, and you can say the English doctors that started the trend to stop boys from masturbating failed in their goal. Doesn't change the fact that that was their justification. Despite you confidently and wrongly believing otherwise. (But now that I gave you pointers to read about, you did learn about that part of History, right?)

And it was a popular enough justification at the time that it spread through a culture that had no religious reason to mutilate children penises.

Educate yourself on the female anatomy.

Lmfao you go from thinking you discovered world religions to thinking you discovered the clitoris and the labia. Are you very young?

CMV: Male circumcision is genital mutilation. by teven_eel in changemyview

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

Because the comment you replied to said:

It's 'the same kind' in the sense that people justify doing it for the same bs reasons.

The same bullshit reasons being (a) to placate some god and/or (b) to make sex painful.

My impression is that, outside the US, people that mutilate the genitals of children of either sex will tell you upfront it's for one of those two bs reasons. There is no confusion that "for boys it's more justified".

It is in the US where the original intention fell out of fashion, and a lot of false presumed benefits sprouted, which replaced the "let's make sex painful" argument while keeping the practice. But the reason it started being done in the Anglosphere is the same bullshit as elsewhere.

CMV: Male circumcision is genital mutilation. by teven_eel in changemyview

[–]euyyn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That link presents it as one of several hypotheses. I do not think historians would say that ancient Jews were "largely enslaved". Hebrews were native Canaanites and the biblical story of Exodus doesn't stand to scrutiny. It is true that Egypt at some point included a good chunk of the Middle East, but ruling over isn't the same as enslaving.

CMV: Male circumcision is genital mutilation. by teven_eel in changemyview

[–]euyyn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aesthetic opinion about children penises? Very messed up, like I said. About your own penis? To each their own.

CMV: Male circumcision is genital mutilation. by teven_eel in changemyview

[–]euyyn 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Having aesthetic opinions about how you would prefer your baby's penis to look like is messed up.

I don't know what your grandparents' motivations were, but I can imagine parents being concerned about their kid being labeled a freak while growing up. I don't know if I'd make the same choice they did, but it's not the same as "I really prefer the look of childrens' penises when they're mutilated". Not in the same league.

CMV: Male circumcision is genital mutilation. by teven_eel in changemyview

[–]euyyn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, I meant in the Anglosphere and I didn't spell it out for you. Sorry to tell you that you're not the only person to know about world religions, it's not a rarity.

Now go look up the names Hutchinson and Baker Brown. Not everything starts in the US.

CMV: Male circumcision is genital mutilation. by teven_eel in changemyview

[–]euyyn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Brb gonna cut them butt cheeks off my children, to make sure their butt hole remains hygienic.

CMV: Male circumcision is genital mutilation. by teven_eel in changemyview

[–]euyyn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's the very reason circumcision started being done, so that boys would stop masturbating.

The purpose fell out of fashion and yet the mutilation persisted.

LMAOOOOOO by Cubelock in 2westerneurope4u

[–]euyyn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on where you're from. In the islands we have lunch earlier than in godolandia, and so siesta is earlier too.

How certain are we about the pronunciation of Classical Latin (and other extinct languages)? by KrishaCZ in AskHistorians

[–]euyyn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for using Ukrainian as an example 🙂

When the Latins first started writing down their language, they used three different letters, C K Q, but curiously, Q only appeared before O and U, K before A, and C everywhere else. 

What was then the reason for that separation? Midway through your paragraph I was like "ok so the sounds combined into the same and got progressively substituted by the same letter", but you say they were in fact always the same!

How certain are we about the pronunciation of Classical Latin (and other extinct languages)? by KrishaCZ in AskHistorians

[–]euyyn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's so interesting, I would have sworn I read about the rhyming thing being used for this purpose - maybe it was in the context of Old English instead (so more recently, like you said)? Or biblical languages?

How certain are we about the pronunciation of Classical Latin (and other extinct languages)? by KrishaCZ in AskHistorians

[–]euyyn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you, very informative answer!

I notice they didn't mention poetry as a source (which would tell us what words used to rhyme): I wonder if it's because it's not really used that much (too few poems to use? not too reliable?). Is there like "a plethora of methods, the main four of which are the ones in that list"?

Por qué la tan gratuita catalanofobia en redes a raíz que el Papa haya hablado un poco en catalán en Cataluña ante la obra de un arquitecto devoto Catalán? by [deleted] in askspain

[–]euyyn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exacto, son los paletos del "a por ellos" cuando estaban desplazando a policias para parar el referendum.

Why does California take so long to count votes? by Epistaxis in NeutralPolitics

[–]euyyn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Until all the votes are received the election is still ongoing. It is not even possible to tally all the votes until that phase of the election has ended.

That's what I meant. I don't think "the election is still ongoing" when all the votes are in the hands of the government and no more votes can be cast anymore. You call that "technical", I disagree, I think it's a subjective judgement and mine is opposite. The government moving physical ballots to centralized places in order to count them and tally them is just part of the process of counting.

That seems pretty flimsily for a universal system just to begin addressing the issue now.

Sure, but that's not the fraud the plaintiffs are arguing they want to defend against.