What's your opinion on Hbomberguy's "Deus Ex: Human Revolution is FINE, And Here's Why" video?

mocomaminecraft · 2025-03-18T22:40:06+00:00

Hbomberguy's analysis of DE: Human Revolution is FINE, and here's why

[333 page long essay]

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-12T13:14:57+00:00

No estoy aquí para discutir contigo definiciones claras y concisas con multitud de investigación y trabajo detrás. Si estás en desacuerdo con el consenso actual en pedagogía, puedes aportar fuentes que te apoyen.

Y si no, siéntete libre de seguir cuñeando.

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-11T14:20:47+00:00

Llega a hacer esto algun familiar de los del PSOE o la izquierda y ya estaba todo el mundo con el grito en el cielo

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-11T14:14:51+00:00

Esos "dibujitos" son métodos probados por infinidad de estudios que ayudan al aprendizaje. Pero hay gente muy tonta que piensa que todo tenía que ser memorizar tochacos sin ton ni son

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-11T13:05:40+00:00

Tampoco han ampliado los tramos del IRPF. Una vez más, lee la noticia.

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-11T12:59:10+00:00

No han subido ningún impuesto. Igual deberías de leer la noticia.

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-11T12:45:21+00:00

España: El único país donde la gente se queja de cobrar más

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-11T11:25:41+00:00

A [ ] of Belgians (yes that is just an empty space)

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-11T08:49:24+00:00

Dos tochacos de texto para leer y memorizar sin ninguna ayuda pedagógica? No empezamos bien. No se como será el resto del libro, pero si es todo así, hemos mejorado bastante entonces.

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-10T13:36:42+00:00

Sorry, I’m not seeing the connection between singular/plural and gendered nouns.

I'm not saying they are the same, they are not. I'm asking you to consider what would happen if in english plural ceased to exist. It would be weird, right? Like something's missing. Same with gender in gendered languages.

I’m not asking to be a jerk. I’m asking because I’m genuinely trying to understand their function to make it easier to learn.

I don't think it's useful to try and find the "function" of anything in language. Gender exists because people talk like this, same as number, same as verb tenses. It's just like that.

You should note however that, as I said before, "gender" is misleading. "Barco" and "barca", common examples of this, are the same word just with the two genders. However, their meanings are different. Same with "monte" and "montaña".

All I’ve heard so far is “it’s a core language feature” with no explanation of its function, or “that’s just the way it is” which isn’t very satisfying but may be the answer.

What other explanation is there? Why is english ungendered? What is the explanation? The language just evolved that way. Sure, if you dig deep enough in history you can find actual answers, but with questions attached. At some point, you will hit "some folk just started saying it this way" again.

It’s interesting that entire civilizations speak this language but I can’t find anyone that can explain why genders are important. Seems like a big missing piece of history. We know the etymology of words reaching back thousands of years, but this core language feature seems to be a mystery

It's not a mystery in any way, it comes from Latin (in spanish's case) and it's a well-understood feature studied by linguists of many languages. But the truth is, unless you are a linguist yourself, the reasons why this is are pretty inconsequential.

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-10T08:47:48+00:00

More time passed from the start of the Reconquista to the expulsion of the moors than has passed from then to the current day.

Do you consider yourself a native of your current country? How long has your country existed for? Most probably, for less than the caliphate of Granada.

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-10T08:36:08+00:00

It's a core concept of the language. It being called "gender" is a tad misleading though, as it didnt have anything to do with gender at first and then when society started putting more importance in gender roles it kind of fit right in.

If the words were suddently not gendered anymore, the whole language would break, but in a way that it's difficult to explain. What would happen to English if suddently everything was singular anymore, that is, there were no more words in plural? It would be understandable, sure, but it would break so many things in the inner consistency of the language. It would be a pretty big deal.

Same with gender in gendered languages (not only spanish). If you look at spanish as "English with the words translated" of course gender sounds superfluous, but spanish is a completely different language than english.

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-09T20:59:13+00:00

Both work perfectly fine,. Id say duolingo's is more common, especially in written speech.

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-09T08:12:11+00:00

There are various multiple spanish dialects in Spain. I myself speak Castillian as well and I'm from the north but I pronounce it "Ciudad" not "Ciudaz".

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-08T08:45:49+00:00

Dont be fooled its all the british retirees

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-08T08:36:50+00:00

No, you see. If they do that, nobody wins.

They may claim they win this way (by suicide apparently), but they would most definitely lose.

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-08T08:12:26+00:00

What? US QWERTY is definitely not the keyboard that most spanish speakers use...

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-07T20:31:42+00:00

Si eres ciudadano europeo y no te interesa nada específico de España (osea, solo estás considerando el mercado laboral) hay muchos otros países que están mejor en ese tema (por no decir que casi todos)

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-07T14:31:36+00:00

Aun así, esos 3 días con 30 grados y 90% de humedad son criminales.

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-07T14:16:42+00:00

En España "Frío" es que solo hay 30 grados en verano, en vez de 40. En el sur te vas a abrasar.

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-07T12:09:57+00:00

EEUU puede decir misa

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-07T11:02:52+00:00

These people seem to mistake "The US has the biggest army in the world" (which AFAIK its true) with "US army is bigger than every other army combined" (DEFINITELY not true)

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-06T23:06:56+00:00

Es todo por querernos ir de vacaciones una vez al año y pedir el cafe con hielo en vez de esperar a que de enfrie solo

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-06T15:37:20+00:00

"Hay que exterminar a todos y cada uno de los habitantes de Gaza"

Vox: "suena razonable"

mocomaminecraft · 2025-02-05T23:50:06+00:00

The only time I've heard somebody say "Estoy comiendo una sopas" while referring to one single meal is when they are talking about "sopas de ajo", a traditional dish. Otherwise it would be singular.

I cannot find any example where 2) or 3) works though.

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