@nev If it helps you— I mean, if it helps the local Latin learner, it’s the word from which “conserve”, “reserve”, and “preserve” come from
mental health
@Juju It has been removed. Here’s a direct link to the Automod post with a copy of OP’s original text: https://reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/kszj7w/_/gij00fe/?context=1
the other day someone posted a really beautiful beetle to /r/whatsthisbug and i had to draw it as a dress. cw bug https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisbug/comments/kri3i5/found_such_a_pretty_bug_today_does_anyone_know/
@Juju Maybe it went away on its own. Do mattresses fly back to the tropics in winter?
false friends, football
By the way, a “mister” in Italian football is a coach. This is because one team hired an English-speaking coach, but the players knew only one word of English, so they called him “mister” all the time.
false friends, football
So there is a famous Italian football player who has been sponsoring Gillette for years, so Gillette has been using a slogan to allure for people who want to be like him.
Now, Italian football imported a lot of words from English, often giving them a new meaning. A footballer who scores a lot of goals is called a “bomber”.
So you can see why the Gillette slogan is (already in English, because it's cool) “Shave like a bomber”.
And I imagine all the English speakers who travel to Italy, see the ads, and are puzzled by them.
negative mood
@shello Thank you, I hope you're having a nice time!
2021 hard truths
@lichen We know that 2021 will suck, but we don't know in what way, so we will feel pessimistic and dejected without even knowing how to tackle whatever we will have to face. We anticipate all the anxiety without being able to make any arrangements that would help us lessen it
I started my 2021 planner/diary and I’ve been using it an emotional journal, keeping track of my reactions to whatever happened during the day (instead of just logging all the stuff I’ve done, as I did in 2020). It’s been great so far, but these are still days off work for me, so I have plenty of time to write about my emotional state. I don’t know how it will work out in more hectic times.
first groupwatch of 2021
@Iuckyduck @nev @Juju @deathmlem @qwazix @generika @pollomostro @Stoof @PostMasterGeneral @MissSnarkerson
Hi everybody! Our movie for this Saturday is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington! The details, as always, are in the discord
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