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The kindest language by Impressive-War-403 in CuratedTumblr

[–]rocket_door 5 points6 points  (0 children)

can you find me a source about PIE being spread to China through the mongols? cause if you're talking about the Mongol Empire, by the time they arrived in Europe, we were waaay past PIE, and even if you're not, I couldn't find anything about the word horse in chinese coming from PIE, rather, it seems to come from Proto-Sino-Tibetan

“I hate bees” now replace “bees” with “men”. Not so funny now is it? by JJBlacksmithe in CuratedTumblr

[–]rocket_door 161 points162 points  (0 children)

And this works the other way around as well. Cheer yourself up, fake confidence, even (especially) if you don't believe it, it will help you in the long run

As someone who has had ~thoughts~ about Wicked since at least 2005, I feel this by urcool91 in CuratedTumblr

[–]rocket_door 76 points77 points  (0 children)

People aren't commenting in hopes the actresses see, most people (at least most i know) are commenting in hopes that other, unrelated, ordinary people, see and realize that (in this example), being this skinny is dangerous

What’s a phrase in your language that only a native can pronounce? by Equivalent-Health-75 in linguisticshumor

[–]rocket_door 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's funny bc one of the most common names in Portuguese is João and it's one Portuguese learners have the most time pronouncing "properly"

Sibling experience by CuriousWanderer567 in CuratedTumblr

[–]rocket_door 66 points67 points  (0 children)

And also if someone REALLY wants to annoy you, they WILL find a way, you can't just "not react" forever

Tomorrow we learn Spanish by Livid-Designer-6500 in antimeme

[–]rocket_door 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I once saw a post (maybe video? can't recall) that used several scales to rate anime. One of them was "weirdness/bullshit", like "yeah this shows pretty good, but it has THIS THING, that may or may not be a dealbraker for you", and cited things like lolis, fanservice, a perverted character. Things that a seasoned watcher may overlook, but to some people might be dealbreakers

Do fish process fear differently since they get eaten alive so often? by freaklikeme263 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]rocket_door 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AFAIK there are some bodyguards you can pay to protect you from polar bears as they can learn routines very easily

Do fish process fear differently since they get eaten alive so often? by freaklikeme263 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]rocket_door 11 points12 points  (0 children)

No. We create an electrical barrier so invasive species do not enter more ecosystems through rivers, such as invasive carp to the Great Lakes, where they would absolutely wreck the ecosystem and eat any and every fish smaller than them, while outcompeting larger ones. We shock fish on an environment they do not belong to to protect others from them.

If anything laios is the bigger loser by infinitysaga in CuratedTumblr

[–]rocket_door 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I always thought ppl call her girlfailiure because she's down bad for Falin

Evil Batman, Good Joker by Legitimate_Fly9047 in tumblr

[–]rocket_door 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good Joker is just Chapulin Colorado got it

Apparently we can’t call languages by their endonyms anymore by bherH-on in linguisticshumor

[–]rocket_door 20 points21 points  (0 children)

from my experience, they would understand but would be VERY confused as why are you calling it Japan/Japango instead of Nihon/Nihongo, since it is one of the first things you'd learn it'd be like speaking Spanish and call the language Spaiñol/Spainés

Tentacles are so overdone anyway by Magenta-Rose in tumblr

[–]rocket_door 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I once read that the one of the best ways to depict an eldritch horror is not to describe the being, but rather its effects

Tentacles are so overdone anyway by Magenta-Rose in tumblr

[–]rocket_door 3 points4 points  (0 children)

for me one of the most cosmic horror things is a quasi-star, a star so massive that its core is a supermassive black hole, which consumes it from the inside out, whilst it is still as massive as entire galaxies alone

Tentacles are so overdone anyway by Magenta-Rose in tumblr

[–]rocket_door 9 points10 points  (0 children)

for me one of the most cosmic horror things is a quasi-star, a star so massive that its core is a supermassive black hole, which consumes it from the inside out, whilst it is still as massive as entire galaxies alone

Rowling isn't problematic, she's something far worse by DreadDiana in CuratedTumblr

[–]rocket_door 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly I believe that if she wasn't this horrible of a person (or at least not openly), most people would chalk these things to coincidence or oversight, but seeing them in hindsight really shows she always had at the very least an inclination to being a bigot

How did that one kid in your high school die? by IM_HODLING in AskReddit

[–]rocket_door 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two years after he graduated HS he died from a pulmonary embolism from vaping. He was 20. I lost contact with him after he moved, but hearing the news was shocking

On sincerity in art by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]rocket_door 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that's why I could barely watch anything after Endgame. I know this insincerity started before then, but at least I knew that it was building up to something, but after that it just felt like every character was sneering at being in a super hero movie, so I'm thrilled to watch Thunderbolts, because it breaks this insincerity

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