cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
TIL the female equivalent of a neckbeard is a legbeard.
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Hygro
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Arr, I be Captain Legbeard
TIL: The reason "Halloween 3: Season of the Witch" had a completely different story that didn't relate to Michael Meyers at all was because the producers and writers intended to make the film series about different Halloween related stories with each new installment after the second one. Sort of like what "American Horror Story" does with each new season.
However, because the movie did so terribly at the box office and the popularity of Michael Meyers, the producers decided to go back to the Michael Meyers story for each subsequent film in the series.
However, because the movie did so terribly at the box office and the popularity of Michael Meyers, the producers decided to go back to the Michael Meyers story for each subsequent film in the series.
Civ'ed
I ain't gotta explain a thing
And their movies were never bad again.
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TIL stratospheric sulfur leads to decreased power generation for concentrated solar.
I likes Talk like a Pirate Day as well, savvy? But shouldn't ye be Captainess Legbeard?
You're studying arabic Now? Kawaiiiii
Phrossack
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Na'am. But there's not that much cute about Arabic, besides the smiley face letter "taa."
Not sure if I'll keep it up next semester--there are a bunch of courses I'd like to take, and I'm sticking with French, so there probably won't be room for Arabic. Plus, in order to have any useful Arabic skills, I'd have to study at least one of its many dialects rather than just MSA, and I'd really rather not visit most Arabic-speaking countries, Morocco and possibly Lebanon excepted. No living family members of mine can speak it, and my great-aunt, whose parents came from Lebanon, only remembers a few words.
Kennigit
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i learned orcas will kick flip seals (alive or dead) into the air for funsies
quick googling can say they also might do it to loosen skin and such that they don't eat, and that is learned behavior (runs in families as hunting technique), but yo they're playing seal soccer too
quick googling can say they also might do it to loosen skin and such that they don't eat, and that is learned behavior (runs in families as hunting technique), but yo they're playing seal soccer too
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TIL a guy in Europe has an antenna surgically attached to his head:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Harbisson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Harbisson
Dude! Thanks for this. Because of you I now know there is an officially recognized cyborg among us that has an internal internet connection and can receive phone calls directly through his skull.
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Is it true most words in Arabic are made from three consonants, with different forms of the word based on the vowels put in between?
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madviking
north american scum
nah they're just (n)edgy(n+2)you
Timsup2nothin
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The guy on the right is okay. His hair matches his shoes at least.
Phrossack
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I just started Arabic this semester, and we haven't gone into the root system in detail, but that's what I'm told. For example, the root of "kitaab" (book) is "kaaf-taa-baa," or "k-t-b." Other words from that root include the words for "library" and "desk." I can't always tell which three letters are the root, though. Like, at all. If I stick with Arabic through next semester, hopefully I'll learn.
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
This is a common feature across many Semitic languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, Akkadian, and others. It is called a triconsonantal root. See this wikipedia article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_root
Of course I presume in reality things aren't as always clear cut, but there you go.
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