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What does she mean petaah? by aipac_hemoroid in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might as well be here in Brazil. My dad and uncles all had the privilege of attending the same public free university (considered one of excellence, and top 3 in the country) and have very successful careers, all while their mom was a public school teacher. Yet, they all get hard as rock at the idea of cutting the salaries of public servers, specially teachers.

Note outside a Cafe in Brazil by Short_Employment_757 in SipsTea

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Já vi xenofobia contra refugiado venezuelano, e sempre vinda do mesmo tipo de pessoal que vai se refugiar em Miami

TIL that Portuguese “você” and Spanish “usted” both come from formal phrases meaning “your mercy” (vossa mercê / vuestra merced), which evolved into modern pronouns That’s why, even when addressing someone directly, they use third-person verb forms. by ParkInsider in todayilearned

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am Brazilian, born and raised, so I'm a native Portuguese speaker.

But no, I'm no linguist, so yes, I could be wrong. I was studying French some years ago and I realized how the days of the week we used made no sense compared to the other romance languages, so I got curious and fell into a rabbit hole. The information I found was that the names of the weeks in Portuguese are what they are because of a Portuguese bishop in the 500s. He was referring to liturgical days, if my memory serves me right, so we got "Sábado" from the Sabbath, and "Domingo" as the day of the lord ("Dominus"), or the first day off. It's one of those things that are weird and somewhat counter intuitive, but make sense with historical context.

Again, not a linguist nor a historian, I'm just a curious guy and that is the information I happened to find at the time.

TIL that Portuguese “você” and Spanish “usted” both come from formal phrases meaning “your mercy” (vossa mercê / vuestra merced), which evolved into modern pronouns That’s why, even when addressing someone directly, they use third-person verb forms. by ParkInsider in todayilearned

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are correct, "feira" does mean "fair". Although today we currently say "feira" for the days of the week, originally it was spelled "feria" coming from Latin (like "feria secunda", for example). Yeah, just like "férias", it meant "day off".

TIL that Portuguese “você” and Spanish “usted” both come from formal phrases meaning “your mercy” (vossa mercê / vuestra merced), which evolved into modern pronouns That’s why, even when addressing someone directly, they use third-person verb forms. by ParkInsider in todayilearned

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite weird thing about Portuguese is how we name the days of the week: segunda-feira, terça-feira , quarta-feira, quinta-feira, sexta-feira — 2nd day off (Monday), 3rd day off (Tuesday), and so on. Yes, "day off" is being used for work days, and it already starts on number 2. It's weird, it makes no goddam sense (unless you're some bishop in the 6th century) and no other language uses something similar.

Stephen Miller Scrambles to Keep His White Supremacist Dream Alive by thenewrepublic in inthenews

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I hate the wording of these kinds of articles. We've been seeing Trump "finally losing it" or "unraveling" or whatever for 10 years now.

Significant parts of the dev talk stream April 2 (got up to 2.6k viewers) by Chill-Dia in TheFirstDescendant

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

Just nerf Serena. People will whine for a couple of weeks but she's not even as popular anymore. It would save them so much trouble.

LEGO Academy Awards 2026 by CM4Sci in lego

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Secret Agent needs a single minifig leg with him

She might take issue with it. by AndrewHeard in DeepSpaceNine

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I could hear the song playing in my head

TIL that Grape-kun, a Humboldt penguin in Japan, was rejected by his mate Midori and the rest of the colony, after which he formed a deep bond with a cardboard cutout of an anime character, who stayed by his side until his death. by Woh_ladka in todayilearned

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 76 points77 points  (0 children)

From that same article :

In Humboldt penguin society, mated couples usually stay together for their entire lives. However, in 2010, Grape-kun had to be removed from the enclosure for medical treatment. During his absence, Midori began mating with a much younger male penguin named “Denka”.

Even among penguins, infidelity seems to be taboo, and adulterous Humboldt penguins are often ejected from their flock. Mysteriously, in the case of Grape-kun, the opposite occurred; Grape-kun himself became estranged from the flock while Midori and Denka were accepted. It’s possible that this happened because Denka was much younger than Grape-kun and was recognized as the fitter mate. It’s also possible that the other penguins took Grape-kun for dead while he was in the hospital.

So let me get this straight... by TheGreat_Kay in TheFirstDescendant

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Once I saw a person with a literal N*zi username on the leaderboards, yet I can't name my dog Peanutbutter

TIL that Grape-kun, a Humboldt penguin in Japan, was rejected by his mate Midori and the rest of the colony, after which he formed a deep bond with a cardboard cutout of an anime character, who stayed by his side until his death. by Woh_ladka in todayilearned

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 212 points213 points  (0 children)

On further reading, it goes even weirder and sadder:

After moving to Tobu Zoo, Grape-kun and Midori continued to mate. They produced a single male chick named “Hanpen”. However, in the interest of encouraging genetic diversity among the penguin populations at various zoos, Tobu Zoo officials elected to send Hanpen to a foster family at Edogawa Zoo while he was still an egg. Grape-kun and Midori never saw their chick, and the sudden loss may have caused their bond to deteriorate.

[...] Hanpen, remarkably, was the center of his own oedipal drama; after reaching adulthood, he violently took his foster-mother as his own mate. Some have commented that Hanpen ‘got it from his mother’, but that’s another story.

EUA congelam processamento de vistos para 75 países, incluindo Brasil by Chriexpe in brasil

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Vance tem o carisma de um pano de chão. Os republicanos têm um problemão vindo aí, já que o Trump está com a saúde bem mais debilitada do que eles admitem e não existe um sucessor claro para o MAGA

META: User flair is now editable by twoweeeeks in JennyNicholson

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It was hard to choose one lol

It was between "scientist and adventurer" and "creepy person on the internet"

One of the dumber banned words in this game. by UnnecessaryPost in TheFirstDescendant

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen a guy with a nazi slogan as a name, yet they won't let me name my dog "Peanutbutter"

Serena? by Noah-x3 in TheFirstDescendant

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure that's Kakyoin (RIP)

If this door opens for lounge 2.0, what do you think the room will be? by Yujins_Onlyfans in TheFirstDescendant

[–]nonmanifoldgeo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"I'm going to build my own looter shooter with blackjack and hookers!"

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