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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: The word "dinosaur" means "terrible lizard". |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2023, 5:06 pm
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| Its too late for me to use the edit feature now. So...just pretend I wrote "poppycock" instead "BS". If thats the thing that bothers you. Thanks. Is more polite. :) Just to say my references for the old term being "Dragon". Old Bibles and encyclopedias used to use this... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: The word "dinosaur" means "terrible lizard". |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2023, 8:34 am
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| That is where the elements "dino" and "saur" come from. Words meaning "terrible" and "lizard". δεινός/deinos can also mean marvellously strong, fearfully great, astounding etc, not just terrible, while sauros/σαῦρος can mean lizard or reptile, even if they're... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I wish I could commit suicide right now |
| Chuckster |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2023, 8:37 am
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| Or getting a dog, preferably some bigger breed. If it's happening in a public place, there's less chance of people harassing you if you have a fierce-looking dog. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I wish I could commit suicide right now |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2023, 8:27 am
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| If it's a nice day go out for a walk in the sunshine. Listen to the rain or the birds tweeting. Get in touch with nature and things that lift your mood. Exercise is very good at lifting your mood. Maybe ask your doctor if they could prescribe anti depressants? If you've had ups and downs in your li... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are nuns for? |
| Chuckster |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2023, 4:14 pm
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Replies: 58
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| In times more ancient than the Roman Empire, women had the important function of temple harlots, which you can see in the Epic of Gilgamesh Oh yes like the priestesses of Inanna aka Ishtar (The Mesopotamian Fertility Goddess of Love & War who inspired the Greco-Roman Aphrodite aka Venus). For G... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are nuns for? |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2023, 4:09 pm
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| I wonder why there's so much focus on the sexual abuse in the Catholic church when Protestant churches are just as bad about this sort of thing? Well, the Catholics had the boarding schools and orphanages, where there were plenty of vulnerable children. I guess that's a good point... with Protestan... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are nuns for? |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2023, 9:32 am
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| ^ Actually ...I used to think that the first great musical composer was a man...J.S. Bach, who lived 300 years ago. But when I took a college course in music I learned that that honor goes a woman who lived a 1000 years ago... a nun named Hildegard Van Bingen (who composed Gregorian chant music). S... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Pets |
| Chuckster |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2023, 6:10 pm
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Replies: 27
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degus are the best. period.  |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are nuns for? |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2023, 6:09 pm
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| yep :) and those other nuns you mention,in Buddhism for example, were quite useful, i'd say. the legend says that wing chun, among other styles, was created by a Buddhist nun for self-defense. Wing Chun is one of the world's youngest Kung Fu styles and the only one founded by a woman. That woman wa... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are nuns for? |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2023, 5:59 pm
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| yep :) and those other nuns you mention,in Buddhism for example, were quite useful, i'd say. the legend says that wing chun, among other styles, was created by a Buddhist nun for self-defense. Wing Chun is one of the world's youngest Kung Fu styles and the only one founded by a woman. That woman wa... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are nuns for? |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2023, 4:25 pm
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| I know this might be off topic, but Catholic nuns remind me of the priestesses known as the Vestal Virgins in Ancient Rome who served the goddess Vesta. Although the Vestal Virgins enjoyed more power and privileges than Christian nuns ever did. Just as Catholic nuns take a vow of chasity in the nam... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are nuns for? |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2023, 3:15 pm
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are nuns for? |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2023, 3:02 pm
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| I know this might be off topic, but Catholic nuns remind me of the priestesses known as the Vestal Virgins in Ancient Rome who served the goddess Vesta. Although the Vestal Virgins enjoyed more power and privileges than Christian nuns ever did. Just as Catholic nuns take a vow of chasity in the nam... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are nuns for? |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2023, 2:41 pm
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| I know this might be off topic, but Catholic nuns remind me of the priestesses known as the Vestal Virgins in Ancient Rome who served the goddess Vesta. Although the Vestal Virgins enjoyed more power and privileges than Christian nuns ever did. Just as Catholic nuns take a vow of chasity in the nam... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: robert sapolsky |
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Posted: 11 Feb 2023, 6:19 am
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| i love robert sapolsky so much. anyone else a fan of him? any recs for similar researchers/lecturers? absolutely, he's a genius :) as for as recommendations go, i love sean carroll, who's a physicist, and his talks and books on physics/the universe/entropy etc are mind-blowing. https://www.youtube.... |
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Forum: Español, Nederlands, Deutsch, Français Topic: Old/Middle Chinese |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2023, 10:14 am
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| I don't know either, and while quora often has some interesting things mentioned, I found this research paper on Modern Chinese as a "language of compound words", maybe it'd be of interest to you: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238547625_Chinese_A_Language_of_Compound_Words In th... |
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