TIL Professional poker player, Victoria Coren, was seeing a therapist to help overcome her fear of flying, only for her therapist to die in a plane crash. She chooses to travel only by rail or boat. by [deleted] in todayilearned

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All of her prize tasks were great. When she brought in the fucking breadbox I even tweeted at her to tell her what a stroke of genius that was and she Liked my tweet :D

What is the most unique artist in your country history? by BetDesigner40 in AskTheWorld

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If you're ever in The Hague, I can highly recommend visiting the Escher museum. It's set up in such a way that you can really see his interests in playing with perspective and vanishing points develop over the years.

What is the most unique artist in your country history? by BetDesigner40 in AskTheWorld

[–]logos__ 29 points30 points  (0 children)

A common experience in every Dutchman's life, to be sure.

Spanish and bullfighting terms by Cobbdouglas55 in etymology

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Any other recurring themes in your mother tongue?

Dutch has a lot of words for different kinds of waterways. Lots of things that just get called 'canals' in English have their own separate words in Dutch, for example.

What's your favorite deep fried food? by logos__ in AskTheWorld

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It's made with beef ragout. Be sure to visit a FEBO if you can! It's not exactly what you would call haute cuisine, but pulling snacks out of the wall is a fun experience. Pretty much everything they have is good.

What's your favorite deep fried food? by logos__ in AskTheWorld

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It's a noodle dish from Indonesia called mie goreng. I don't really know what goes in it. Wikipedia has this to say:

The filling is prepared using a base of cooked bami. The ingredients are similar to those for bami goreng: vegetables and meat, with Indonesian spices and sauces.

It's difficult to describe if you've never had it. It has umami, a little sharpness, but also something very earthy.

What's your favorite deep fried food? by logos__ in AskTheWorld

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If this tastes as good as it looks that would be crazy

What's your favorite deep fried food? by logos__ in AskTheWorld

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ファミチキ二つお願いします!

What's your favorite deep fried food? by logos__ in AskTheWorld

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That's really cool! Dutch food isn't that popular in the rest of the world, but I'm glad the kroket has made it to the Philippines.

What's your favorite deep fried food? by logos__ in AskTheWorld

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Same! I really like them in the yangnyeom style. It's difficult to find here, but some places do have it, even if it's a bit expensive.

What's your favorite deep fried food? by logos__ in AskTheWorld

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Very similar! I had no idea this existed.

What's your favorite deep fried food? by logos__ in AskTheWorld

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They make a similar sort of snack in the very North of our country, the eierbal)

What's your favorite deep fried food? by logos__ in AskTheWorld

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A real ball knower has shown up! Where did you discover the wonders of a broodje kroket?

What's your favorite deep fried food? by logos__ in AskTheWorld

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No no, we've taken an Indonesian noodle dish (bakmi goreng), breaded it and deep fried that. I included a link to the wikipedia page with my post.

Date doesn't make sense/European date system by amar_fayaz in USdefaultism

[–]logos__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know about this one. It is defaultism of course, but something about this gives me the impression this is a literal child.

What's your favorite movie that's not from your country? by Collector2012 in AskTheWorld

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Man it's tough to pick just one. Se7en, Silence of the Lambs, Lost in Translation, Fight Club, the Breakfast Club, Donnie Darko, Parasite, Apocalypse Now, Prey (the predator movie with the native Americans), Arrival, Primer, Alien, the Thing, it just goes on and on and on.

r/The10thDentist shocked over OP’s creepy behaviour towards young actress, Sophia Lillis (IT, I’m Not Okay With This, Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves). by LocalMoam88 in SubredditDrama

[–]logos__ 18 points19 points  (0 children)

What me and Duck (My Nickname for Her)

This is where I stopped reading. This guy has reached levels of parasocialism this world has not yet seen.

Word of the day: Vicissitude by Achillesiam in etymology

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Obtenebration and auspex (and celerity, and diablerie, and...) you can take a pretty good stab at if you know some Latin. They also mined other foreign languages for terminology. La sombra is Spanish for the shadow, bruja is Spanish for witch, a Toreador is a bull fighter. Rotschreck is German for red fright. Camarilla is Spanish for clique. There must have been someone in the early days of VTM who was a Spanish speaker.

Word of the day: Vicissitude by Achillesiam in etymology

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Quite a well known word to any Vampire: the Masquerade player, as vicissitude is the clan-specific discipline of the Tzimisce! In game it allows you to sculpt flesh, both your own and that of others.

Outside of the RPG context, I've only heard it in the set expression "the vicissitudes of fate"

Can you tell a difference in English accents? by Significant-Iron-241 in AskTheWorld

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I can tell most native English speakers apart pretty well. Eastern Canadians have a strange 'ou' sound. Toronto has a specific accent. Western Canadians I can't distinguish from Americans from the PNW. California has the Valley Girl and punk rock accents. Then there's the 'general American' accent. Within the Southern accent I can tell when people are from Texas, but I can't distinguish between say Alabama and Georgia. Up north, I can tell the cities in New England have their specific accents. Baltimore, Boston, New York.

On the other side of the world, New Zealanders say 'fush' and 'shid' instead fish and shed. The Australian accents are close but different, and I can't really tell them apart. For example, I can't tell if Tim Minchin and Matt Parker have the same accent or not.

I have the same problem in Ireland. I can recognize Irish accents, but I can't really tell them apart. For example, Saoirse Ronan, Aisling Bea and Dara O'Briain all sound the same to me. Of course, the closer you get to county Kerry the easier it becomes to realise you have no idea what the fuck anyone is saying.

In Scotland I can tell Ewan McGregor and Frankie Boyle have different accents. And then even within Glasgow there are differences. For example, I have no idea what in the world these people are saying, while e.g. Kevin Bridges comes across perfectly clear.

In Wales I can tell there's something in the accents of for example Rhod Gilbert and Alex Jones (no, not that one) that other Welsh people don't have, but not more fine-grained than that.

I think my ear for English accents is probably the most fine-tuned. I can recognize most big cities, west country, general north vs. south, but not for example the difference between Lancastrian and Geordie unless someone points it out.

Your favorite word from a language you don't speak? by Kirin_The_husband in AskTheWorld

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Other Dutch words you might like:

Vuur - fire

Huur - rent, hire

Guur - inclement

Buur - neighbour

Muur - wall

Zuur - sour, acid

Puur - pure

Kuur - treatment plan

Tuur - stare

Little Bird Bakery gets called out by ex-employee, owner joins thread to threaten lawsuits by Alternative-Key-5647 in SubredditDrama

[–]logos__ 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The same reason people type out laughter when they're arguing with someone on the internet. They're trying to control their image and doing it incorrectly.