oh this is amazing

awesome! they look a bit old though; are they comfortable and fast?

i love this community

this is pretty kewl

god eugc get google’s cock out of your ass PLEASE

hilarious

Howls (or h-owls) are Hyperkewl owls, of course…

man howls r so kewl

So true bestie

Never read Salinger but I’ve heard bad things about The Catcher in the Rye.

Shocker lol Who would’ve thought…

Thanks. This stuff just really frustrates me, you know? Oh well…

I’ve never met a Palestinian but every Palestinian I’ve ever met has been a terrorist.

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Oh that was pretty much what I was thinking. Unanimity does make it a bit of a pain in the ass…

I was thinking something like withholding their seats in the Parliament and keeping Orbán from the Council. No representation in the EU but still a member on paper.

My issue with kicking Hungary out is that, ideally, the EU would like to include Hungary; expansion is the ultimate goal. By removing Hungary now we’re just making more trouble for ourselves down the line… I just think a less bureaucratic—perhaps cautionary—measure can get us the best of both worlds: Hungary has limited influence on the EU’s politics, but there’s no need to go through the process of excision and reintegration, down the line.

Not sure if this is silly, but it sounds reasonable to me.

I’m a big fan of buttboy, personally.

I despise Hungary’s current policy and social positions as much as the next guy, but I find it hard to believe contraction is the answer.

I’d be much more inclined to support a sort of containment procedure for toxic members, such as Hungary; rather than removing them from the Union simply remove them from meaningful power and influence in Union business until reforms are enacted. Maybe this is silly and I’m assuming this isn’t really something that there’s provisions for in EU regs but still.

Just my thoughts.

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A small add-on to this as I’m currently reading Babel. It’s about how the characters are now constantly thinking of etymologies and the history of words and language as a whole. They can’t speak without stopping to think about where their words came from.

Is this not completely absurd? I mean, they’re linguistics students! Nay, they’re language-raised. They were groomed to be linguists, and you’re telling me only now they’re going through this? Please.

I’m an engineer. I’m good at languages but not a brutal talent. I have gone through this. I’ve been like this for a decade now, ever since I realized words actually came from somewhere, they had histories that could be traced genealogies that could be mapped lineages that could be outlined, ever since I was a kid I’ve been stopping as I come across a word that rings a bell in some other language. And these translators, grown adults, highly educated individuals, are only now thinking like this? Ridiculous.

R. F. Kuang, I denounce you! Cursed be thy name, fiend!

Joking, of course, but I am actually mildly upset at this.