Random thoughts 1: Just Sayin'
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warpus
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Whenever I see a mod post about PDMA my brain always first associates it with public displays of affection.
People who use the term Latinx, what do they do when they're actually speaking Spanish? Like do they say lxs chicxs mexicanxs? How would you even pronounce that?
At least in English we just have arguments over people wanting to use xe and xir or ou, or wanting to use mx instead of mr or ms.
At least in English we just have arguments over people wanting to use xe and xir or ou, or wanting to use mx instead of mr or ms.
There are some objections to using x as a gender neutral letter in these words among people here who are interested in de-genderfying language, largely because of the unpronounciability of it. There are alternatives though, such as Latines (which makes the most sense to me in terms of instantly knowing how to pronounce the words), and Latin@s.
Besides the obvious observation that people speak the tongue of Cervantes in places which are not Mexico, I also have to point out that it is a proscribed usage, mostly reserved to idiots who want to be cool and progressive without actually doing something to help others.
Oh, and the same applies to wim's @
Another objection, also, is that trans-sex, -gender, etc. want to be able to identify as male and/or female so they often don't like to be all lumped in together. But we might need a few separate threads to discuss the possible ramifications of it.
warpus
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What's Latinx?
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Sounds like an online Erotica distribution service.
Just sayin'
warpus
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Okay so I looked it up, I thought it was some sort of a variant on the Latin language, but nope, looks like something that will never ever impact me and just something a minority of weirdos does in their spare time.
Random thought of the day: I wonder if any ancient peoples figured out solar eclipses and calculated when they would occur and planned their religious festivals around them
Random thought of the day: I wonder if any ancient peoples figured out solar eclipses and calculated when they would occur and planned their religious festivals around them
Not all Latino/Latina people are Mexican. Mexican is a nationality, not an ethnicity.
Well, if anyone did, it would be the Pre-columbians or the Babylonians (Chaldeans).
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The only reason it would surprise me is because it seems that in order to predict eclipses mathematically, you need to first model the solar system properly. (Maybe I'm wrong, but he else would it work?) I know that the Incas had an elaborate understanding of the movements of the stars and so on, but did they understand that we are living on a planet in a solar system, orbiting a sun? And that the moon orbits us? I didn't think so but maybe I am wrong. Maybe a question for another thread.
The Greek astronomer Aristarchus believed that we lived in a heliocentric system and correctly worked out that the Sun and the Moon share the same ratio of size to distance from the Earth. He got the actual number wrong, but identified more than 2,200 years ago the reason why we get total lunar eclipses.
Ptolemy, on the other hand, 400 years later, propagated the famous geocentric system in one of the most famous science texts of all time: his Almagest.
Ptolemy, on the other hand, 400 years later, propagated the famous geocentric system in one of the most famous science texts of all time: his Almagest.
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https://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2006/locations/babylon.php
The Babylonians were predicting eclipses but without a model of the solar system.
The Babylonians were predicting eclipses but without a model of the solar system.
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If we're going to get pedantic, it's citizenship as well as, possibly, an overlapping cultural (national) identity.
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Etiquette question.
Me and my 2 sisters are discussing buying my dad a retirement gift. My sisters are both married and all of us are working. We are looking to get our dad an iWatch.
I asked them if we are giving this gift from the 3 of us, or from the 5 of us (I don't have a SO). At first my sisters were saying the gift should be from all 5 of us, so I figured we'd split it 5 ways. But then they seemed to think it should be split 3 ways. Right away they changed their mind and said it should be from all 5 of us and we'll split it 5 ways..
So.. how does this work? What's the etiquette? In my mind whoever the gift is from should be splitting the cost, but that's my pov. Now I feel a bit bad because one of my sisters has kids and daycare costs and what not, so I said I'd contribute a bit more than just a 5th. Mind you I found out 2 days ago that she is putting in a swimming pool and re-doing her deck so obviously they have $$.. But.. What says you? What's the etiquette here?
Me and my 2 sisters are discussing buying my dad a retirement gift. My sisters are both married and all of us are working. We are looking to get our dad an iWatch.
I asked them if we are giving this gift from the 3 of us, or from the 5 of us (I don't have a SO). At first my sisters were saying the gift should be from all 5 of us, so I figured we'd split it 5 ways. But then they seemed to think it should be split 3 ways. Right away they changed their mind and said it should be from all 5 of us and we'll split it 5 ways..
So.. how does this work? What's the etiquette? In my mind whoever the gift is from should be splitting the cost, but that's my pov. Now I feel a bit bad because one of my sisters has kids and daycare costs and what not, so I said I'd contribute a bit more than just a 5th. Mind you I found out 2 days ago that she is putting in a swimming pool and re-doing her deck so obviously they have $$.. But.. What says you? What's the etiquette here?
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It's the thought that counts, and Dad benefits from thinking that lots of people are thinking of him. Sign on as many people as possible.
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But the question is.. Everyone the gift is from pays, right? If 8 people are involved, the cost is split 8 ways? That's how I was approaching it.
But then I was thinking.. 3 kids... maybe the kids should be paying more than the significant others? So if the gift is $325, I pay $75, my sisters pay $75 each, and the SO's each pay $50.
How is this usually done? My sister was complaining about daycare costs, but she's getting a friggin pool put in.. so that negates that point
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