itsnicodegallo
@itsnicodegallo@lemm.ee
- Comment on It's like a more challenging version of the trolley problem 1 week ago:
I’ll never understand why low res images like this always have half the text cropped off. I get why it’s done when they’re conveniently censoring something, but…ugh. :(
- Comment on Why does it feel like too much effort just to go from sitting around looking at garbage online to simply watching a film or playing a video game? 3 weeks ago:
ADHD. A lot of people might say depression, and ADHD gets misdiagnosed this way too, especially because people are much more familiar with the way depression manifests rather than how ADHD actually manifests beyond stereotypical hyperactivity and difficulty focusing.
What you’re describing is executive dysfunction and energy regulation problems. The reason you can’t stop scrolling is because your brain doesn’t produce dopamine enough, and it’s only used to the short bursts it can produce. This creates a feedback loop where you’re stuck stimulating yourself with quick, easy dopamine hits, and that’s why anything that seems like a prolonged task feels like an impossible endeavor. It’s also why you’ll get tunnel vision if you ever do start playing that game.
- Comment on The Pack 3 weeks ago:
Actuallyyy…
Goose comes from Old English, where they pluralized [go:s] (think “goes” with a soft S) by adding [iz] (like “ease”).
When saying [go:siz], it was kinda hard for the mouth to switch the vowels from the [o] to the [i] quickly, so to save themselves the trouble, they’d change the first vowel to make it a little more similar to the second, so [go:siz] became [ge:siz].
Then, that was too long, so they dropped the [z]. [ge:si] (think “guessy” but the “e” lasts a bit longer than usual).
Then, that was too long, so they dropped the [i]. [ge:s] (“guess” with that same drawn out “e”).
📯It’s the Great Vowel Shift!📯 Now, [go:s] and [ge:s] become [gu:s] and [gi:s]. Almost there!
The vowels become a tad short over time, and now, you have [gus] and [gis] which are written “goose” and “geese”.
But “MOOSE”? That’s Algonquin. It has nothing to do with all that noise. “But they sound the same and are written the same?!” So? Haven’t you heard? English orthography is a dumpster fire. Nobody knows what they’re doing. Not even the words.
- Comment on Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push (Official Video) [4:45 | Jazz Rap] 1 month ago:
Totally get why he didn’t want this to become his identity. Especially when he was so new to the mainstream. Dope song though.
- Comment on is there a legal way to consume alcohol bought at a store, outside of a home, hotel room, etc.? 2 months ago:
A lot of Austin, Texas too.
- Comment on English, old 2 months ago:
Hot.
- Comment on Lemmy Recently 2 months ago:
Yes, it’s because a lot of kids started wearing their dads’ classic rock and grunge metal band shirts, so much so that it became fashionable, and stores like Target and Walmart sell these shirts again.
Then you have the kids who actually listen to those bands and think very highly of their learned musical opinions (reminiscent of “le wrong generation” kids).
There’s now both a stereotype for the type of trendy person who wears a shirt for a band they’ve never even heard of and the type of person who judges them as posers.
- Comment on 23-year-old Nintendo interview shows how little things have changed in gaming 3 months ago:
Is “like” used that way? I didn’t know that. If so, what area are you from? I’m into linguistics and am genuinely curious.
- Comment on When your crush walks into class but you're homeschooled... 5 months ago:
Read any of the States’ Declarations of Secession, and you’ll see how the Confederacy betrayed humanity with that racist garbage. I would literally get banned if I copied and pasted what they say.
- Comment on Tyler 8 months ago:
Omg I already believed you, but it still surprised me when I looked it up.
- Comment on Woman named Barbie Oppenheimer encounters difficulties amid Barbenheimer craze 9 months ago:
The comment above is a commonly used joke phrase.
- Comment on How do names of countries get translated? What is the reason why Nippon/Nihon is called Japan or Ellada is called Greece in English? 10 months ago:
Yes, it literally means “lowlands”, but that’s it’s actual name used by the people from that country in the primary language of the people from that country.
Holland is just a city in the Netherlands, but people refer to the entire country as “Holland” sometimes.