Huh, TIL!

I don’t speak French but that emoji gives me a clue what that nickname might mean 😅

Pure poetry, that is

Smooth af

PlaylistS as there’s more than one of them, measured in fortnights? What are the themes/subjects/vibes/eras and wtf? Sry, I ran out of coherent words

I know you’re asking that in the context of Philippines but I kept coming back to your post.

It has happened many-many times throughout history. By erasing people’s language and culture you erase their identity. They would become members of the new motherland and rebelling seems pointless because there’s nowhere to go back to. I mean, you’d still live in your country but why would you fight English media and books if you don’t have them in your national language?

A friend of mine from Sierra Leone had a similar experience to yours, the school is English only. At home they spoke pidgin, a broken mix of English and their local dialect.

This wiki article is about the history of Irish language. The chapter about 18-19 century covers almost wiping out Gaelic by catholic church.

Soviet union implemented russification to their territory. This wiki article about geographical distribution of Russian speakers describes the situation in post Soviet countries.

The measures used for russification included deportations after WW2. All men had to do a mandatory military service for 2 years and were shipped to the other end of the union, making sure they can only use Russian for the next two years, hopefully finding a missus around there and never returning to his roots. There’s many more examples like that.

Sorry, I got carried away. Please, find people to practice Tagalog and Bisaya with, and I hope you’ll find a book shop or a library or a website to get some written materials.

In Murica. VA stands for Virginia

Isn’t salami just fancy pepperoni?

They look a bit… dusty?

Reminds me of time when my then local grocery store used to sell broken chocolate bars by weight. Clearly thrown in 5kg boxes in the factory, there were chipped and crumbled choc bars with nuts and raisins and candies sometimes bound together with caramel or some other sweet filling leaked from the bars. Ahh, I used to buy a half a kilo every once in a while and eat myself into a stupor. Good times

I’ve lived in Europe my whole life, my grandma was a devoted fan of F1 an still, I think it’s the first time I heard that word. Chicanery, yes, but not chicane. XKCD 10 000 moment, I guess

My cat found the phone chargers to be a delicious snack

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My clothing is mostly black with bright red, blue or purple accents. The accessories tend to be similar colours. I have not owned anything brown for at least 35 years, from the age I could start making my own decisions.

The only brownish thing in my flat now is the flooring and even that is more yellow than brown.

We have radically different different preferences

Me, I do. I need all the purple and lilac shades. Brown on the other hand…

Thank you

Why is it so catchy? I’ve watched it like 20 times by now

If your friend fails the pencil test, it’s definitely a moob

Could anyone please name the show? Ppl in the know keep referring to it as the show but could the oblivious ones get into the inner circle as well, please?

When I got married 25 years ago, I had black army boots with red laces. (Not for the wedding, everyday wear). My ex mother in law found the red laces unsuitable and bought me black ones to be prim and proper. I was still young and malleable enough to cave. My blue mohawk last year would have made her nope out

Oh, we were very young and on the verge of poverty. One didn’t go around wasting food