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Avshalom
Feb 14, 2012

by Lowtax
second-best would have to be either vietnamese or arabic

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Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

Avshalom posted:

i think of all the things i've missed about sydney, hearing loud arguments in mandarin has to be near the top of the list

The most important phrase to know in these situations is "Táiwān bùshì Zhōngguó"

Trust me

The Muppets On PCP
Nov 13, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

UberJew posted:

isn't that what pence is for

lately it seems he's mostly gonna be trump's gofer in congress but we'll see

Mustached Demon
Nov 12, 2016

The Muppets On PCP posted:

lately it seems he's mostly gonna be trump's gofer in congress but we'll see

Congressional fluffers the appropriate term.

Avshalom
Feb 14, 2012

by Lowtax
i will not rest until there's a keet in the white house

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

GhostofJohnMuir
Aug 14, 2014

anime is not good
tomorrow i'm making it my goal to find and eat a hamburger

treasured8elief
Jul 25, 2011

Salad Prong

GhostofJohnMuir posted:

tomorrow i'm making it my goal to find and eat a hamburger

:burger:

GhostofJohnMuir
Aug 14, 2014

anime is not good
apparently there is a hidden 1950's hamburger stand in a neighborhood i always travel through, i am going to go find it and eat there

the stand will then close up shop roughly a month and a half after i visit, as every old hidden gem i discover does (i once found a japanese diner with no street frontage just a few blocks from where i live. elderly ladies served up delicious japanese staples in a rundown cafeteria wedged between a parking garage and a row of shops. it could only be accessed by walking through an alley and had no signage. i ate there twice in a month and then it closed and was replaced by a lovely nightclub)

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




just saw a job advertiisement, a company looking for a qualified person

erosion
Dec 21, 2002

It's true and I'm tired of pretending it isn't
My eyes hurt tonight so I tried listening to the Bible starting from the beginning. I don't know how people take that stuff seriously.

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Extensive Vamping posted:

My eyes hurt tonight so I tried listening to the Bible starting from the beginning. I don't know how people take that stuff seriously.
you get indoctrinated by your parents at early age, who then make sure you grow up with lovely education and have a hosed up childhood. voilla, another adult biblerino ready

erosion
Dec 21, 2002

It's true and I'm tired of pretending it isn't

cinci zoo sniper posted:

you get indoctrinated by your parents at early age, who then make sure you grow up with lovely education and have a hosed up childhood. voilla, another adult biblerino ready

I'll admit I chuckled at the name Nimrod. I'm picturing a nun beating a kid for that.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

ACER ET VEHEMENS BONAVIS

cinci zoo sniper posted:

you get indoctrinated by your parents at early age, who then make sure you grow up with lovely education and have a hosed up childhood. voilla, another adult biblerino ready

Goondolences on your Protestantism, I guess.

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Randler posted:

Goondolences on your Protestantism, I guess.
i am catholic

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

ACER ET VEHEMENS BONAVIS

Biblical literalism is heresy and critical bible reading is welcome in the true church, fyi.

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Randler posted:

Biblical literalism is heresy and critical bible reading is welcome in the true church, fyi.
last i heard, not reading bible was p ok too

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
god is real

Tesseraction
Apr 5, 2009

the bible interpreted through jazz guitar

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Tesseraction posted:

the bible interpreted through jazz guitar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTMfu9zzZIM

Tesseraction
Apr 5, 2009

born again emoji

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

Tesseraction posted:

the bible interpreted through jazz guitar

It's more about the stones you don't cast, really.

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Pirate Radar posted:

It's more about the stones you don't cast, really.
*with irish accent* ill call peta

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
There is no God. There's just us. And then there won't be.

Chelb
Oct 24, 2010

I'm gonna show SA-kun my shitposting!
in which goons just plum don't get this whole "bible" business

Chelb
Oct 24, 2010

I'm gonna show SA-kun my shitposting!
read the Quran, imo

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Chelb posted:

read the Quran, imo
have you had a burrito yet

erosion
Dec 21, 2002

It's true and I'm tired of pretending it isn't
did the flood kill the fish?

and were adjectives expensive?

Ghost of Reagan Past
Oct 7, 2003

rock and roll fun

exmarx posted:

god is real
a real pain in my rear end!!!

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

cinci zoo sniper posted:

*with irish accent* ill call peta

I don't know if I get it

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Pirate Radar posted:

I don't know if I get it
kkk posted pet rocks the other day

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

cinci zoo sniper posted:

kkk posted pet rocks the other day

Oh I missed it

New BBQ place down the street from work, pretty good and not stupid expensive. Has both kinds of coleslaw. Pretty solid, didn't expect it.

Commence coleslaw discussion, I guess

Tesseraction
Apr 5, 2009

Chelb posted:

read the Quran, imo

reading it is the bad way of learning the Prophet's truth, it is best learned through hearing it recited, hence the name

mandatory lesbian
Dec 18, 2012

Chelb posted:

read the Quran, imo

i keep on meaning to do this but i get distracted too easily

Chelb
Oct 24, 2010

I'm gonna show SA-kun my shitposting!
I like reading religious texts

still need to finish up the lotus sutra, and read the bhagavad gita too

Chelb
Oct 24, 2010

I'm gonna show SA-kun my shitposting!

mandatory lesbian posted:

i keep on meaning to do this but i get distracted too easily

I've got the Oxford translation, which seems fine

Tesseraction
Apr 5, 2009

I have a newer translation I found in London that attempts to more accurately preserve the poetic flow without losing the intended meaning

Ghost of Reagan Past
Oct 7, 2003

rock and roll fun
Personally when I read translations I want them to destroy all nuance and impose an author's insane interpretation on the text.

Makes figuring it out more fun.

Tesseraction
Apr 5, 2009

Ghost of Reagan Past posted:

Personally when I read translations I want them to destroy all nuance and impose an author's insane interpretation on the text.

Makes figuring it out more fun.

That's why I only read analyses of Marx by right-wingers.

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Chelb
Oct 24, 2010

I'm gonna show SA-kun my shitposting!

Tesseraction posted:

I have a newer translation I found in London that attempts to more accurately preserve the poetic flow without losing the intended meaning

ooh that's cool, Quran translations into english seem to really struggle with that from what I've seen

if u can dig up a link I'd be interested

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