rbhfd

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[–] rbhfd@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Literally, "water man" is correct. But I would translate it a bit more loosely as "water bearer".

Most, if not all, names of zodiac signs in Dutchare are literal translations from Latin. But while most people understand that Leo means Lion, how many know Cancer is Latin for crab?

[–] rbhfd@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Not exactly related to the question, but as a non-native English speaker, whenever I read something related to weights in imperial, e.g., 150 lbs, my mind reads it as 150 lubes.

I know it's pounds, if I would read it out loud, I would say pounds cause I'm not a weirdo (well...). But still, my internal monologue has lbs = lubes

[–] rbhfd@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

No worries. I was hesitant to post both comments, knowing they might be misinterpreted.

[–] rbhfd@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

That might make thing overcomplified though

[–] rbhfd@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Oh, absolutely. Was hoping for a "I am all Hamas on this blessed day".

For the ones not in the know:

Source of the Ken M meme

[–] rbhfd@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Speak for yourself

[–] rbhfd@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

We're younger than the US though.

[–] rbhfd@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Thanks! I knew I must have missed it, but couldn't find it.

[–] rbhfd@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Shouldn't you ask for the cat's age as well as the recordings? Or did I read over that?

It might be worthwhile to gather some other information about the cat, like whether they're indoor or outdoor cats, former strays or not,...

[–] rbhfd@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

By not voting, you are still, implicitly, voting for the candidate who you wouldn't have voted for. Do you think he's not supporting Israel?

Do you think he even has any moral standing?

That's who you're voting for by not voting.

[–] rbhfd@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago (13 children)

You just want to absolve yourself of that moral responsibility.

That's exactly what you are doing. You're focusing on this one issue, retreating yourself from the binary decision because neither options stands for what you (or I, or morality) would prefer. Completely ignoring that withdrawing from the choice plays into the hand of the infinitely worse candidate. So by not choosing, you do nothing to stop the situation in Gaza, but might actually make things a lot worse for people all over.

You can virtue signal that you did not compromise on your believes, while actually helping your country make a worse place.

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