Wealth and fame are like alcohol: they don’t make you happy. They can only augment happiness that’s already there. If someone isn’t happy before getting drunk, they don’t become a “happy drunk”.
Yes I’m trying to do that but I don’t know where to start. My strengths are linguistics and music, not storytelling. It’s a skill I have to find a way to develop. Maybe it just takes time.
Well it avoids any technical/hairsplitty nuance. It’s intentionally vague, in a way that’s actually very expressive. The base vocab is unique to the language (“evolved” that way), and the more nitpicky the words get, the more they resemble pidgin English/German/French/Spanish/Italian. Then it seemlessly fades into English/whatever for technical jargon. It’s a sort of “intimate” language, meant for close personal relationships rather than to speak to millions of people.
I had a sort of fantasy idea for the backstory, but I don’t know if it’s stupid or not. I had the idea of the original Atlantis population survived in some way, a few people maybe. They have bred among themselves and other populations, lived among us in obscurity, hiding in plain sight, for many many years. So this language is their sort of creole, developed as they had to assimilate and learn other languages. The language has become anglified for broad communication (through necessity), but the intimate aspects are still true to their original language.
I’m not good at this stuff. Is that something of a starting point?
Edit: it’s also very melodic, and not gutteral. It doesn’t have the sounds th, j, r, sh, ks kh (like ch in loch), z, or ae as in cAt). So it sounds kinda like English, Latin, Esperanto, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Nordic, Irish, Russian, Japanese, Turkish… without really sounding like any of them.
It’s vague now because the modern world has become too precise, too complicated. So my language “evolved” to discuss things in a more Zen kind of way. The old language (as I imagine it) was very gutteral and full of sounds most modern day people couldn’t pronounce. It evolved to a more modern day sound inventory to assimilate with the modern, technocratic population. It became private because the non-Atlandeans wouldn’t approve. Esperanto speakers were executed by the Soviets AND the Nazis, for example. It’s a way of keeping hold of their “Zen” lost world, and they don’t want it interfered with. So it’s not a terribly straightforward process to translate any of it unless you know it fairly well.
Assume you need to back up every statement you make.
Ooh, that’s a good one!
Actually, this has all been very helpful. As we say in my language: spaqi! (thanks!).
I know c/worldnews discusses this to an extent, but it is mostly for sharing articles, and discussion happens in comments. Are there other communities where this is being discussed, x
Middle East Spectator is pro-Palestine. Lots of updates, but it seems replies are shut off. I’m looking for a usable one myself because, as you can imagine, most of them are just howling for blood and pretty unhinged.
Out of all the apps that started after the migration, this one has come the farthest and it’s still improving. It’s probably the best Free Lemmy app out there....
It’s amazing how much Connect has improved. I found it virtually unusable at the beginning. Now I can’t imagine using Lemmy without it*. No ads, no selling of data, and a highly customisable app that does what it says it does.
*I have not been paid to say this. Just a happy user.
I leave food and water out for the local birds, and sit outside under a beautiful big tree, and birds come up, eat the food, have a drink and a bath/splash around, then some of them land on me and we have a chat. I actually get a lot more sense out of those interactions than I do with any human where I am, so it really helps. One little goober gets a crazy look in the eye, then (most of the time) gently bites my finger and half rolls over. So I roll him/her over and tickle the belly. It’s hard to stay grumpy when you start your day like that!
I trained most of them to aim their tail feathers away before they do, but yes, sometimes it just gushes out when it gushes out. They’re wild birds, it’s part of the package. But I do put a towel on my lap, so that makes things easier. Also no scratches on the legs if the birds decide to fight each other on my lap. They do that especially in spring, when the hormones are fluctuating.
I call all of them goobers, so “Mr Goober” is called Derfred. It is the goofiest bird I have ever seen. I suspect it might’ve hit a window or car or something at some stage and stayed a bit silly. Derfred even bites and climbs on other birds, just playing. But the other birds aren’t always prepared to put up with it haha. Poor thing. But Derfred is healthy and happy.
Here are names I’ve given to some of the other birds:
Signore Salieri (has an unusually large beak and high “hair line”)
Mr Faith No More (actually a girl, but looks a lot like Mike Patton. Sounds dumb but I swear it’s true).
Mr Roy (has a rainbow-ish pattern on the head. Full name is Roy G. Biv).
Cleopatra (a lady bird who gets a lot of attention from the boys, and takes no prisoners. She’s always very nice to me, though)
Mr Blackbottom (he has a large black patch on his lower beak - completely harmless. Beaks are black as juveniles, then the black gradually fades as they get older).
The Scream (a girl bird who enjoys landing on my arm, staring me square in the eye, flapping her wings and screeching at me. No other reason than to chat/play. Weirdo).
John Deere (when I sing or talk, this goober stares at me like a deer in the headlights. As if I am threatening it. It knows full well I’m not threatening it, just a bit of a drama queen).
There are more but I can’t remember them right now.
The thing that helped me was “let go or be dragged”.
Death will happen whether I stress out about it or not. Stressing about it just contaminates the time you have. So I gradually learned to focus more on the “isn’t existence weird?!” than “death is coming”. And when you really get into the swing of it, your limited time becomes timeless.
I’ve been trying out the other fediverse platforms, based on how cool Lemmy is, and they all pale in comparison. It really is a neat little thing we’ve got going on.
A place where they served only the bun and meat, and you got to serve yourself your own salad and sauces. I made some absurdly tall burgers. The taste was phenomenal too. Very handy place when I was a student with very little money.
Playing a gig in a small town. Saw a burger called The Carnivore. Was assured it was worth the cost, so I bought one. This thing had mince patty, bacon, sausage, steak, chop (pork or lamb, can’t remember which), then cheese, onion, lettuce, tomato, egg… and I’m probably still forgetting something it had. It was monstrous. It took me almost an hour to eat it, and I enjoyed every minute.
A community for those interested in ethics and particularly about the work on Spinoza. Anyone is welcome, you don’t need a degree. Gatekeeping is not allowed....
Yep that was my experience too. Deafened by the silence. Firefish was like that too. Lemmy’s nOt aS bIg aS rEdDiT but at least people reply to you here.
Well I went back today with a bag of dandelions, and there were no geese. Lots of ducks, though. None of them seemed terribly keen so I spread it out on the ground in case the geese came back. I’d upload some duck pics but it seems Lemmy still isn’t allowing uploads.
Queens Of The Stone Age - Carnavoyeur (m.youtube.com)
Matthew Perry Dies: Chandler Bing From ‘Friends’ Actor Was 54 – Deadline - Lemmy.World (lemmy.world)
BBC News...
Matthew Perry dead (www.tmz.com)
Trying to build a world for the first time. Overwhelmed.
Hi all....
James Blunt - No Bravery (m.youtube.com)
Flobots - Handlebars (yt.artemislena.eu)
A community discussing the recent escalations in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict?
I know c/worldnews discusses this to an extent, but it is mostly for sharing articles, and discussion happens in comments. Are there other communities where this is being discussed, x
Canada’s speaker resigns after inviting man who fought in Nazi unit to Zelenskyy visit (www.politico.com)
The Cure - Wrong Number (www.youtube.com)
George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso, D minor, Op. 3, No. 5. (yewtu.be)
So, do we know what decides if a person develops to become more greedy, agressive and selfish while another becomes altruistic and doesn't care much about wealth and power?
“my, my! humans! so aggressive.”...
With a number of people moving to Boost, I'd like to give a huge thank you to the developer for Connect 💛
Out of all the apps that started after the migration, this one has come the farthest and it’s still improving. It’s probably the best Free Lemmy app out there....
Whats a stupid ritual in your life that makes you happy?
Having coffee, smth sweet and a followup cigarrete in the morning makes me happy to be awake. Or kiss goodbyes and hellos.
How do you deal with a existential crisis?
How to you come to terms with the fact that you will eventually not exist?...
What abstract names do you have for God?
Jocular ones are welcome too (and no doubt inevitable), but I’m looking more for “sensible” ones. Some examples:...
How is Lemmy so good and you guys all so awesome? FUCK!
Is that afro? (sh.itjust.works)
Guns N Roses - Civil War (yewtu.be)
Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in A major ("La Stravaganza" No. 5) Op. 4/5, RV 347 (m.youtube.com)
What was the best burger you've ever had?
Don’t doxx yourself please
About Spinoza and his practical philosophy
A community for those interested in ethics and particularly about the work on Spinoza. Anyone is welcome, you don’t need a degree. Gatekeeping is not allowed....
What is the one most astonishingly dumb things that, as a child, you believed was absolute truth?
I dont remember the age, but it was before Kindergarten, thought men came into the house at night to load the next days shows into the TV.
Lady beetle
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/…/20230909_080115599.jpg?r…
18+ Till Lindemann - Zunge (youtu.be)
Diaspora* - is it any good?
I just read up on it and it seems good, at least in theory. How does it compare to Lemmy, would you say?
These two goobers kept me company one morning. (lemmy.ml)