Things you were shockingly old when you learned

that the string lines in kashmir are 3/4 but the drumming is in 4/4 !!? christ i am dim

The guitar riff is in 3 too, if you're not counting that as a string instrument.

Guitars are woodwinds iirc

Ha, it's just that sometimes people say "strings" to mean "bowed strings".

my instinct is to double the Ls, but the arkansas travelers bring me back to america

Its major purpose seems to be to make the division between the root word and the suffix more prominent.

I usually want to pronounce a long vowel sound when I see a single consonant between vowels.

in the american rule of spelling the single consonant only comes after an unstressed vowel, which is therefore unlikely to be sounding as a long vowel (at least i can't think of an example where pronouncing it as a long vowel wouldn't shift the stress onto that vowel, and hence switch the terms of the rule: travEEler etc)

Answer to thread question: that “Louie Louie” is a “chalypso.”

challopso

mark s go on challopso

My boy challopso

On a similar "good things actually bad for you" tip a lot of ppl dont seem to know that raw kale/chard is really not a good idea, because in its raw state its loaded with oxalic acid.

― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, August 5, 2019 9:43 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink

ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

American grammar relies on you knowing the rules

speaking english well requires a good ear

not "learned" per se as this happened in my adult life, but I forgot that the concepts of "red" and "blue" states are new and an invention of the TV networks.

modern definition first used in 2000 Presidential election, prior to that, tv networks often assigned colors at random (blue once went to the Republican candidate)

It wasn’t until after the 2000 election per se afaik, when papers and TV had to keep reporting on the map bcz the Bushes stealing the election extended coverage past one night? ie previously everyone just used their own colour scheme in live reporting, but kinda shrugged & followed the NYT (?) when they all had to keep talking abt the map for weeks.

How did they end up with those colours? I thought blue = right and red = left in most countries?

yeah, before 2004 (afaik) more US print outlets used red = left and blue = right, and/but many TV stations would actually flip them each time to avoid the commie connotations

ha

Archie Tse, The New York Times graphics editor who made the choice when the Times published its first color presidential election map in 2000, provided a nonpolitical rationale, explaining that "Both 'Republican' and 'red' start with the letter 'R.'"

Lol

I was baffled at the what i very def perceived as a reassignment of red to gop in that time, as i always recalled it as red>dems which made intuitive sense based on red/left history. i really dont recall it alternating ever, but- if they say so.

I was baffled at the what i very def perceived as a reassignment of red to gop in that time, as i always recalled it as red>dems which made intuitive sense based on red/left history. i really dont recall it alternating ever, but- if they say so.

https://i.imgur.com/H3JKROr.jpg

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-republicans-were-blue-and-democrats-were-red-104176297/

chuck todd makes a reasonable point, astonishing

“If it had been flipped, the map would have been too dark,” he said. “The blue would have been swamping the red. Red is a lighter color.”

idiot.

so are there ANY foods that are good for you???? avocados are still safe right?

who eats raw kale??

ppl who eat salads and sandwiches iirc

"Salads" and "sandwiches"

Dude I've been eating raw kale based salads for like a year and a half

isn't it kind of.. tough?? and rubbery?

i know people who won't even cook it unless they've 'massaged' it for 5 minutes*

*i may have done this once

idk if I’be ever eaten it any less cooked than braised

I've massaged the kale.

nsfw

I've eaten this lots of times?: http://www.dole.com/products/chopped-sweet-kale-salad-kit

I mean, it seems like a lot of healthy things are high in oxalic acid based on these:
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/oxalate-good-or-bad
https://www.webmd.com/kidney-stones/kidney-stones-food-causes#1

I just ate a salad w raw kale for the bazumpteenth time

Sorry y’all are missing out?

it’s a good leaf and I approve of all consumption. definitely missing out on its wide application

There are different kinds of kale. Only some of them would I use in a salad (besides baby kale) without doing the old lemon salt hand massage on it.

Kale is very low in oxalic acid. Chard has a lot.

Oh yeah, I use baby kale a lot.

Kale is commonly consumed raw in smoothies. I like Tuscan kale for salad purposes but a nice regular kale caesar can be good too

Yeah chard would be way worse than kale on this front tbh

I will not take this chard disrespect!
A man has limits!

I read baby kale and...
doo doo da doot da doo
baby kale

I think I’m solid with kale but am limited in raw arugula (rocket) consumption because it makes my throat itchy. Weird allergy?

I find the arugula in the UK is a lot different than the one in the US. The US one is too peppery/coarse?

I just learned last week that paprika is made from bell pepper/sweeter capsicum. I just thought it appeared as itself, paprika, somehow.

Haha, I just learned this too when shopping for paprika for goulash. I've been leaning heavily on smoky paprika lately for a lot of recipes, but the goulash called very specifically for sweet. I was confused by this until I learned there's no difference between sweet paprika and regular paprika.

the paprika plant of the plains, powdery and ephemeral

i can't refrain from posting a joni lyric, a great song, it must be her longest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgQNLEDAaWs

I dream paprika plains
Vast and bleak and God forsaken
Paprika plains
And a turquoise river snaking