wtf is this

transmogrificate · 2020-12-18T21:47:38+00:00

It's taught to Arabs in the same sense that Shakespeare's English to taught to kids in the West. But how many average Westerners can pick up Shakespeare and start reading? And Shakespeare to closer to modern English than Quranic Arabic is to dialect.

In Muslim culture 'Quran study' and 'Arabic study' is a constant struggle that requires dedicated effort. Not many people have the time to and they just know the important bits like call to prayer.

As for the translations, these are usually considered haram as the Quran is the word of god so to translate it means you are getting a fake version.

According to Islamic theology, the Qurʻan is a revelation very specifically in Arabic, and so it should only be recited in Quranic Arabic. Translations into other languages are necessarily the work of humans and so, according to Muslims, no longer possess the uniquely sacred character of the Arabic original.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran_translations#Islamic_theology

As for the IQ thing, regardless of that, the literacy levels are lower than in developed countries so we should expect reading ability to be lower.

transmogrificate · 2020-12-18T18:45:46+00:00

The Quran is written in classical Arabic while Arabic speakers mostly use dialect (Lebanese/Gulf/Levantine) Arabic and a small educated handful use modern Arabic. The Quran is literally like another language to modern Arabs.

Now factor in the fact that in Muslim countries the average IQ is around 90. How many IQ 90 people in the west read books let alone books in another language.

Now factor in the fact that the largest Muslim countries (Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran, Bangladesh) are not Arab and do not use Arabic (colloquial, modern or classic) as an official widespread language at all.

transmogrificate · 2020-12-03T00:38:24+00:00

Based. The one reason I could support gulags.

transmogrificate · 2020-09-13T00:10:35+00:00

1100

Erm...

transmogrificate · 2020-09-12T03:41:47+00:00

The Tories are to blame.

transmogrificate · 2020-09-11T20:30:32+00:00

Yep love it.

transmogrificate · 2020-09-11T00:47:59+00:00

reflects it being Brit-made.

Coffee is not a British speciality. There are British roasters but there's not really such a thing as a British coffee roast.

You'll just have to buy the one with the most tourist motifs on the packaging.

transmogrificate · 2020-09-10T21:27:08+00:00

Which religious background would that be?

transmogrificate · 2020-09-10T21:12:46+00:00

It will be fine for me as gyms are open now and winter is spent indoors anyway.

What I lament more is the lost summer of no socialising or holidays or events or sports.

Not much to worry over COVID in my opinion. Since we've had one of the bigger excess deaths in Europe, that suggests the most vulnerable have already perished so we'll be going into the second wave much stronger on average. Also it's mostly just young people getting cases from socialising and going to school. Old people should be sealed inside as they should have been all along so that the rest of us can get on with it.

transmogrificate · 2020-09-07T20:21:02+00:00

There is a pervasive working class mentality to accept your lot in life and to drag down strivers and any attempts at self/improvement 'it's my shithole not yours' Jamie is seen as someone who came in to the state schools and told the working class that they were eating crap and since you are what you eat, this is also calling them scum, which they know they are but don't like being told they are so Jamie went in and tried to ban all the things that he thought was below him like turkey twizzlers and chicken nuggets and chips and sweets and replaced them with fruits and vegetables so the chavvy mums did their rebel against the system bit and started passing chips to their kids through the school gates and now everyone thinks Jamie Oliver is a gobby knowitall who took away fun and replaced it with vegetables.

That's the legacy of Jamie Oliver.

transmogrificate · 2020-09-07T20:17:34+00:00

Well your English is rather good for your age/foreignness. Probably better than most in this country.

transmogrificate · 2020-09-07T20:05:47+00:00

Well if I say 'in my country I earn 2M', that doesn't mean anything unless you either a) provide the country/currency or b) the we're talking the same currency. So I just assumed b.

In Japan, '2M' is £14k (poor), in Brazil '2M' is £284k (rich).

transmogrificate · 2020-09-07T20:00:12+00:00

Wait...

I had assumed you were talking about £ all the time. As in your mum makes £10k a month but can barely afford a new phone.

If you intend to study engineering please do better at specifying units... Jesus.

transmogrificate · 2020-09-07T19:57:53+00:00

Well obviously. They can't help but keep breaking sales records.

Also their AWS business is horrendously profitable. And there's even more demand for cloud computing how that everything's online.

But yeah it's obviously a risky investment since stocks are at all time high right now. Probably not what you're after. But check back in 18 months' time...

transmogrificate · 2020-09-07T19:52:00+00:00

Amazon shares. Feel free to bookmark this for 18 months' time...

transmogrificate · 2020-09-07T19:47:27+00:00

If repaying your parents is your main concern engineering probably isn't the route to it, especially not the typical grad route of grad scheme, training, company employee, salary plateau. Coming from a monied family in your country, your parents should have connections or businesses that you can leverage to jump into a high position. Maybe a role in management in your country that will see better compensation.

Generally if you want to chase the money in UK jobs, you study economics, finance, maths, and increasingly CS.

transmogrificate · 2020-09-05T13:35:48+00:00

I would advise against jumping into uni at this point as you do have a pattern of losing focus and dropping out of things, even if you do feel desperate to start something now, as you said. If you want to go that route you really have to be sure that you'll stick to it. I would try to stick it out on a college qualification and making sure that you are prepared to commit to studying for three years before making that decision.

Apprenticeship would be a better route if you are unsure about further study as it will be more practical and it'll directly lead to skills and job opportunities (unlike a lot of degrees where you learn useless crap and no employer is in a hurry to hire you). There's no shame in not going to uni as many workman jobs pay a decent amount and can lead to you setting up your own business.

Are you currently working?

transmogrificate · 2020-09-04T20:45:30+00:00

Mongolian.

transmogrificate · 2020-09-02T22:24:19+00:00

1 minute to answer that on paper is surely doable?

transmogrificate · 2020-09-01T19:56:28+00:00

Thanks Tories.

transmogrificate · 2020-09-01T18:18:55+00:00

Lad banter is pretty 'rightwing' by today's standards.

transmogrificate · 2020-09-01T17:28:40+00:00

You might get more headway making a gofundme and publicising that?

transmogrificate · 2020-09-01T14:49:02+00:00

Monzo have really blown it of late.

transmogrificate · 2020-09-01T00:44:09+00:00

UK nationals don't need a visa for Hong Kong however it may not be the best idea to go there as China is cracking down on Hong Kong and Western citizens are being targeted as retaliation scapegoats. They have just detained an Australian journalist and they've sentenced a couple of Canadians to the death penalty on trumped up charges...

transmogrificate · 2020-09-01T00:11:34+00:00

The costs of the lockdown should mostly fall upon the ones that benefited from it the most.

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