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Originally posted by Caligastia
Ideally we would have a worldwide common language.
Ideally we would have a worldwide common language.
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Eble ni ..u komenc konversaci* En Esperanto tiam
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Hal tagidu su'ubatan fi dhalika?Originally posted by Apocalypse
I think learning of foreign language is useful, but it doesn't have to be Spanish.
I am learning Arabic on my own right now."I realise I hold the key to freedom,
I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
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What do you have against the idea of a worldwide common language?Originally posted by Kidicious
Oh God. Are you one of those new age ex-hippies or something?
...people like to cry a lot... - Pekka
...we just argue without evidence, secure in our own superiority. - SnottyComment
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I don't have anything against it per se, just trying to make your prefered language that common language.Originally posted by Caligastia
What do you have against the idea of a worldwide common language?
I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Obviously English is the most suitable world language. All we need to do is get the Chinese on the bandwagon and we'll have everyone.
Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - RahComment
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I got around in Shanghai very well using English. A woman I met in a teahouse spoke English so well, I'd have sworn she'd been born and raised in the U.S., but she'd never been out of China.Originally posted by OzzyKP
Obviously English is the most suitable world language. All we need to do is get the Chinese on the bandwagon and we'll have everyone.
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You are mistaking the way things work at the moment, with capital-R Reality. They are not the same. Reality is that change happens, the question is; in what direction should that change be happening?Originally posted by Arrian
Blake, as much as it's fun to daydream about working 16-20 hours a week, it's rather detached from reality, at least for the vast, vast majority of people (both the 1st world and outside of it). It's an unfortunate truth that school doubles as a form of daycare. There is a push around my area for full-time kindergarden, which is really just a blatant ploy to cut parents' daycare costs. It's not a good thing. I'm fortunate enough that if my wife and I do have kids, I will probably be able to stay home with them, and not need daycare.
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Does this capital-R Reality have Von Neumann machines, replicators and transporters?You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.Comment
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The future is uncertain.
That is reality.Comment
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Excellent.Originally posted by Zkribbler
I got around in Shanghai very well using English. A woman I met in a teahouse spoke English so well, I'd have sworn she'd been born and raised in the U.S., but she'd never been out of China.
Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - RahComment
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...yeah, taking some of the financial pressure of working families...awful, simply awful. Only multimillion dollar corporations, agribusiness and professional sports teams should get government subsidies.which is really just a blatant ploy to cut parents' daycare costs. It's not a good thing.
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The future is what we make of it. No?Originally posted by Blake
The future is uncertain.
That is reality.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett KavanaughComment
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[/Doc Brown]You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.Comment
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The Future may be uncertain, but reality does have certain inbuilt limits...You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.Comment
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Who says I didn't? Have I ever said that? Perhaps I had to go through a hell, and come out the other side.Originally posted by Kidicious
At least you finished school and you didn't end up a waste case like a lot of them. So it did benefit you. If you wouldn't have learned to persevere then school would have failed you.
Who says I did? Who says that lesson didn't have to wait until university, or even after university?You also learned that failing a test isn't the end of the world right? You learned a lot my friend.
Who says I wasn't one of them, and only managed to finally pull through thanks to rare wisdom and sheer force of will?My point is that school is failing a lot of kids in that they end up losers, dead, in prison or on welfare. You might be talking about something else.
I say that I regret not quitting school the day I could. The reason I didn't do that; it would have been hard as all hell and required a lot of courage, because I was "succeeding" at school according to the tests and stuff. So for me to quit, would have required a lot more courage than for someone who was "failing" at school.
But if I had had the courage to quit school and start exerting myself in the world, then THAT would have been the day my life finally started, instead of that day having to wait until somewhat after university.
It's the one thing I regret, because of the lack of courage, lack of force of will. I was wise enough to recognize that school was a load of crap and a prison, but I just couldn't muster the will to escape. I don't regret the things I've done out of ignorance and delusion, only the things I knew should be done, but wasn't brave enough to do.Comment
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