sorry for veggieangelism but really you can put pretty much any veg in the oven for 20 minutes at 400 covered in olive oil, salt, pepper, onion+garlic powder and have it be good
*tsk* Gotta hate it when you chip a nail.
Yall are cowards for deleting this caption.
This is not an American/non-American thing
This is a CLASS thing
When I (American) went to college (expensive private school on scholarships) (almost everyone there upper middle class or upper class) I and one of my friends (average) incited anger and rejection for asking to ‘tag along’ to the grocery store
They saw it as selfishly asking a favor and were shocked, just like the OOP’s friend, whereas we saw it as a normal and sensible thing to do.
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Cave full of cars in Wales, UK. [1080 x 1080]
Hmm. Is this Brofiscyn? Because dear fucking lord you should not be in there if so…
ETA: Ah, no, it’s the Cavern of Lost Souls! Of course it is. A better photo (from the same link):
what are you wearing rn and is it representative of your style
After seeing the dad how do I channel, I really wanted this one. I searched for it and, tada! Mom how do I? Seems rather new, but I love it anyway.
This is such a cute and helpful idea, especially since some people either didn’t grow up with someone who could teach them this stuff or they grew up with parents who did everything for them. I knew a lot of guys in college who didn’t know how to do laundry or cook!
My parents were not very good teachers of life skills so this is G R E A T.
this is going to be difficult -> i am capable of doing difficult things -> i have done everything prior to this moment -> this difficulty will soon be proof of capability
#I was 4 or 5 on holidays in a town with a cave or something along those lines#my parents said they’d buy me a little gem bit from a bucket as a treat bc were on holidays#(And I was obsessed with rocks I had a rock collection at my grandparents)#and I picked a piece of lapis lazuli#I picked it because it was blue (my favourite colour)#I still love Blue flecked with gold s as a combo#I actually still have that gem sitting on my bedside table. I still think it’s pretty#and I’m STILL not confident I pronounce it correctly#l pronounce it “laz-u-lie’ but I’ve heard others call it ‘laz-oolie’
Us, arriving to Austria to a tiny family hotel owned by an elderly lady
Us: speak only limited German
Lady: barely speaks English
Us:
Lady:
Lady: Czech? Slovak?
Us: Czech
Lady, to herself: Czech, that's a Slavic language right
Lady: understand Yugoslavian?
Us:
Us: yeah that works
Shit like this can really only happen in Europe. Reminds me of the time I took my best shot at ordering at a restaurant in Spain in spanish. The closest language to spanish that I actually speak is latin.
Waiter: Germany?
Me: No, Czechia.
Waiter, in a heavily accented but intelligible Czech: Why didn’t you say so before! We get you guys here all the time!
Já v roce 2019 na Ukrajině: OK, takže když použiju tohle staročeský slovo, přidám polský sloveso, své chabé znalosti záhoráčtiny a řeknu to s ruskym přízvukem, tak to projde.
[Me in 2019 in Ukraine: ok so if i use this Old Czech word, add a Polish verb, my poor knowledge of the Záhorie dialect of Slovak and say it with a Russian accent, it might pass]
Reminds me of the time when we were in Poland and I tried to order a burger using a truly unholy mix of Slovak, Russian and Ostrava dialect (which in itself is like an unholy mix of Czech and Polish).
I did get the burger
[#my grandpa called this "Slavic Esperanto"]
I know Ukrainians who can do this on purpose and masterfully, and it was mind-blowing to hear a speech as immediately understandable to an audience of native speakers of three different native Slavic languages, not just two languages as is common
During one student exchange I (a Pole) got acquainted with two students from Czechia and Russia. At first we talked in English or German, but after a while we’ve noticed, that we could understand each other’s native languages just fine. And if some word was unknown in one language, another one had the right synonym.
*Each of us talking in their mother tongue*
Me: Bla bla bla.
Russian: I don’t know this “bla”.
Czech: Oh, we have “bla”! We also call it “that”!
Russian: Oh I know “that”! It’s a very old version of “this”.
Me: Oh, we have “this” too, but it means something slightly different.
German acquaintance: Was für nen Scheiß zieht ihr da ab? o_O
the reason there aren't slavic people in the bible is that they wouldn't have been surprised or awed to hear the disciples speak in tongues and be understood by people of many nations at once
Slavs walked away from the Tower of Babel mildly inconvenienced.
Oh man I hope these services die an awful nasy death
Einstein, Newton and Pascal play hide and seek together.
It’s Einstein’s turn to count, and he closes his eyes. After counting to 10, Pascal runs away and hides.
Newton, on the other hand, very calmly draws a square on the ground, 1 meter on each side, in front of the place that Einstein counted, and goes to the middle of it and starts to wait.
When Einstein reaches 10, he opens his eyes and immediately says, “Newton, I found you!!” he shouts.
Newton smiles and says calmly: “You didn’t find me, you found Newton per square meter. So you found Pascal.”
brb gonna go on a spiral thinking abt this all weekend (bc i think its insanely true)
no bc these people literally treat others as two-dimensional figures in their self-centered universe, affording them no agency, no recognition of their inner lives and emotions. it is always things like "this isn't beneficial to me" "i am caring for my inner child" "i am focusing on myself during this particular time in my life" "i owe nothing to other people" "my boundaries" "my feelings" me me me......there is no mention of other people's boundaries and emotions, because to them other people are npcs that are either useful to their "personal journey" or easily disposable nuiances that they can get rid of with a stock phrase plucked from a leaflet at a therapist's office
A tree fell on my fence. Making the best of it while I negotiate the repair.