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[keenir]

therapist: objectively evil sound changes do not exist they can't hurt you
cot-caught merger and yeismo: allow us to introduce ourselves

I think the most evil sound change is turning sibilants into laterals myself.

You deny the darkness in your soul, you deny your power.

just let the pressure build, like a blocked pipe under investigation by the Mythbusters.

(edit): also does that mean Amarin is an objectively good language since it changes laterals into sibilants

No, that just demonstrates it knows how to hide its evilicity.

[Raphael]

No, that just demonstrates it knows how to hide its evilicity.

I think I kind of like the word "evilicity".

[Raphael]

Anyone interested in reading about Irish/British history in German? Perhaps your first language is something else, and you want to brush up on your German, or specifically on a pseudo-scholarly register of German?

Earlier this year, for no good reason, I wrote this it-was-meant-to-be-brief-but-ended-up-being-pretty-long German-language "summary" of British-Irish relations through the ages. I couldn't help making it a bit dry. The very last bit is already outdated. The file is a zip file containing both the pdf version and the epub version.

irl.zip

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[Ares Land]

Anyone interested in reading about Irish/British history in German? Perhaps your first language is something else, and you want to brush up on your German, or specifically on a pseudo-scholarly register of German?

Earlier this year, for no good reason, I wrote this it-was-meant-to-be-brief-but-ended-up-being-pretty-long German-language "summary" of British-Irish relations through the ages. I couldn't help making it a bit dry. The very last bit is already outdated. The file is a zip file containing both the pdf version and the epub version.

irl.zip

My German is more than rusty, but hey, I'll give it a try

[Raphael]

My German is more than rusty, but hey, I'll give it a try

Oh, thank you! You don't have to put yourself into misery for me!

[foxcatdog]

Am i right in saying organ meat phobia is less prominent amongst non anglo europeans? See french foie gras and italian tripe sandwiches.

[Ares Land]

Am i right in saying organ meat phobia is less prominent amongst non anglo europeans? See french foie gras and italian tripe sandwiches.

I'm not sure. I think it's true but increasingly less so. You still find a lot of people loving tripe here, but less so than one or two generations ago.

[foxcatdog]

Am i right in saying organ meat phobia is less prominent amongst non anglo europeans? See french foie gras and italian tripe sandwiches.

I'm not sure. I think it's true but increasingly less so. You still find a lot of people loving tripe here, but less so than one or two generations ago.

Judging by that the decline in popularity must have occured much later then similar declines in anglo countries

[keenir]

Am i right in saying organ meat phobia is less prominent amongst non anglo europeans? See french foie gras and italian tripe sandwiches.

I'm not sure. I think it's true but increasingly less so. You still find a lot of people loving tripe here, but less so than one or two generations ago.

Judging by that the decline in popularity must have occured much later then similar declines in anglo countries

Why is that? Aren't things such as (ox) heart and jellied eels still eaten in countries like the UK?

[foxcatdog]

I'm not sure. I think it's true but increasingly less so. You still find a lot of people loving tripe here, but less so than one or two generations ago.

Judging by that the decline in popularity must have occured much later then similar declines in anglo countries

Why is that? Aren't things such as (ox) heart and jellied eels still eaten in countries like the UK?

I've never heard of ox heart in the uk only peru but from what i understand jellied eels isn't something many people would eat. You can probably still find liver and tripe enthusiasts in uk/america/here but its not something most people would eat.

[keenir]

Judging by that the decline in popularity must have occured much later then similar declines in anglo countries

Why is that? Aren't things such as (ox) heart and jellied eels still eaten in countries like the UK?

I've never heard of ox heart in the uk only peru but from what i understand jellied eels isn't something many people would eat.

both were eaten in the UK, and the heart was being slowly brought back - the example I know best was an episode of No Reservations in a UK restaurant.

jellied eels, were far more widespread, I've been given to understand. just have to avoid eating the bone - quietly slide it out of the mouth and back on to the spoon.

You can probably still find liver and tripe enthusiasts in uk/america/here but its not something most people would eat.

Then I'm not sure why KFC is introducing (or reintroducing) fried liver to its menu.

[foxcatdog]

Certainly i would say they might have become more popular in recent years with exposure to global cuisine.

[Raphael]

What should, theoretically speaking, happen if an object that has a number of ants on it is brought to a different place, a place that is very far away - at least by ant standards - from the ants' original colony? Let's assume the ants are all workers, with no queens, drones, or larvae among them.

What little I know about ants makes me think that, theoretically, the ants might carry on for a while, but since they have no way to replace their dead, once they've all reached the end of the (fairly short) lifespan of worker ants, they should all be dead, with none left. Could someone who knows more about ants than me tell me whether there's a flaw in my logic?

[zompist]

What should, theoretically speaking, happen if an object that has a number of ants on it is brought to a different place, a place that is very far away - at least by ant standards - from the ants' original colony? Let's assume the ants are all workers, with no queens, drones, or larvae among them.

What little I know about ants makes me think that, theoretically, the ants might carry on for a while, but since they have no way to replace their dead, once they've all reached the end of the (fairly short) lifespan of worker ants, they should all be dead, with none left. Could someone who knows more about ants than me tell me whether there's a flaw in my logic?

You're correct. In the US at least, you can buy an "ant farm", which is a little habitat made of sand or gel, between panes of glass. They do not contain a queen. One manufacturer's FAQ notes that they'll last up to 3 months:

https://www.unclemilton.com/support/faq/ants/

[Raphael]

Thank you!

[foxcatdog]

English vs English (Complicated)

More: show

Yes i am posting stupid jokes i made in the CBB discord server

[Raphael]

Does anyone else have the impression that pool has a weird kind of cross-class appeal? That is, it seems to be stereotypically associated with both a certain kind of upper class person and a certain kind of working class person. OK, upper class pool players stereotypically own their own tables somewhere inside their luxurious homes, while working class pool players stereotypically hang out in pool halls, but, that said, you might think that each group's interest in the game would put off the other group.

[Torco]

at least here, pool halls are either expensive and in a posh neighbourhood or cheap and in street you wouldn't like to park your fancy wheels, so it's likely the two groups won't notice each other.

[keenir]

Does anyone else have the impression that pool has a weird kind of cross-class appeal? That is, it seems to be stereotypically associated with both a certain kind of upper class person and a certain kind of working class person. OK, upper class pool players stereotypically own their own tables somewhere inside their luxurious homes, while working class pool players stereotypically hang out in pool halls, but, that said, you might think that each group's interest in the game would put off the other group.

at least here, pool halls are either expensive and in a posh neighbourhood or cheap and in street you wouldn't like to park your fancy wheels, so it's likely the two groups won't notice each other.

Probably that...and-or, they have a common foe: people who can't tell the difference between pool, snooker, and any other table-based ball game.

[alice]

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was (traditionally) released 57 years ago today. This date will soon become like D-Day: nobody alive will be able to remember it.