Thread for Things That Made You Frown Today

[Tisket]

The point was that I disagree Spanish is the smartest or should be the first choice as an alternative language when you consider things like a global economy and local demographics.

But hey, if you want to teach your kid Elvish, or Klingon, more power to you.

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[msconstrew]

*hiss* Yes it will. I suppose if I really put the effort into it, I could come up with enough non-scifi/non-fantasy books that I liked to count on one hand. But I can't even get that many off the top of my head.

Despite the fact that I play this lame game, I never read fantasy and the only sci-fi I read are the "classics." And yet I read and am entertained every day; there are plenty of excellent authors out there.

[Kastrel]

Despite the fact that I play this lame game, I never read fantasy and the only sci-fi I read are the "classics." And yet I read and am entertained every day; there are plenty of excellent authors out there.

I'm not saying they aren't good authors, or that people can't enjoy them. I'm just saying I don't in most cases. Just a matter of personal preference.

[Ryvicke]

I read this book for work recently http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/bo...anted=all&_r=0 -- fucking amazing read. It had a ridiculously long chapter on language learning and brain development (in the context of deaf children that either learn ASL or, to their detriment, are forced to attempt vocalization). Apparently making your kid learn a language is world-destroying beneficial.

There are definitely more useful choices than others--I learned a bunch of Hebrew a few years ago and it almost never comes in handy unless I randomly meet a jewess or Homeland forgets to cover up the all the Hebrew signs in their "Lebanon" scenes. College french has only fucked me cause you sound like a dick when you say 'au bon pain' correctly. Spanish I would use everyday of my life.

[msconstrew]

I read this book for work recently http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/bo...anted=all&_r=0 -- fucking amazing read. It had a ridiculously long chapter on language learning and brain development (in the context of deaf children that either learn ASL or, to their detriment, are forced to attempt vocalization). Apparently making your kid learn a language is world-destroying beneficial.

There are definitely more useful choices than others--I learned a bunch of Hebrew a few years ago and it almost never comes in handy unless I randomly meet a jewess or Homeland forgets to cover up the all the Hebrew signs in their "Lebanon" scenes. College french has only fucked me cause you sound like a dick when you say 'au bon pain' correctly. Spanish I would use everyday of my life.

My God. Are you a member of the TRIBE?

[Ryvicke]

My God. Are you a member of the TRIBE?

Sadly, no. I just love ordering falafel and diamonds as accurately as possible.

[msconstrew]

Sadly, no. I just love ordering falafel and diamonds as accurately as possible.

Laudable goals, indeed.

[Latrinsorm]

Lately, I'm so used to reading A) Absurdly long books and B) Books with 5 or more installments in a series that normal length, standalone books feel dreadfully short. Rereading World War Z for the first time in a while, and after only 5 hours, I'm nearly finished. So unfulfilling.

You must foreplay like whoa.

Even in Florida, I could learn Spanish and still be screwed because so many are from Cuba and Puerto Rico.

Question mark?

[Ryvicke]

Question mark?

Those people speak cubish and latvian, respectively. Spanish is useless.

[subzero]

Question mark?

Dialects. Try to talk some text-book Spanish to a Cuban or Puerto Rican and see how well it goes.