A Political Thread pt. 2

[Which Tyler]

If it does then surely it will suffer the same fate as Speckled Jim.

You're still haunted by that?
It's been over a century man!

What language do you learn there?

Attempting to learn French (wife's natural tongue) and a bit of Spanish (where her dad lives now).
Getting there very, VERY slowly - I just have no ear for languages.

10 people out 550K isn't anywhere close to a statistically viable group in terms of performance against the group and you claim to be smart enough to know that.
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I'm quite disappointed in general at forum on this one on most other subjects we'd be pushing against that kind of confirmation bias but instead claims with zero backing got tons of likes.

When N=10, you're not going to reach statistical significance on... anything much.
Beyond that, Hitchen's law needs to be inserted into the discussion.

 

[General Melchett]

You're still haunted by that?
It's been over a century man!

My own true love. He'd been with me since l was a nipper.

 

[McTallshort]

China just announced plans to 2049. America announces plans by the hour on truth social and twitter.

Easy to see where this is going.

 

[BrokenWing]

China just announced plans to 2049. America announces plans by the hour on truth social and twitter.

Easy to see where this is going.

Have they announced future plans to rename The Gulf of America to The Gulf of China?

 

[Yulia]

Attempting to learn French (wife's natural tongue) and a bit of Spanish (where her dad lives now).
Getting there very, VERY slowly - I just have no ear for languages.

Ah I see. Yes, Duolingo is only an additional tool and can't replace a good real practice.
But you're lucky your wife is a French native speaker: you can practice it a lot with her! My partner has the same native language as me,so I don't have a "luxury" of practicing any foreign language at home.
I was learning most of foreign languages I speak now,without a real practice at the beginning..and that's very complicated, I'll tell you.Learnt only Polish just practicing "on streets" and with colleagues: incredibly easy to learn it like that.

 

[Which Tyler]

But you're lucky your wife is a French native speaker: you can practice it a lot with her!

I wish.
She's happy enough to speak French with me - but NOT to slow it down enough that I can have the faintest idea what she's saying. If I try to speak French for more than 1 sentence, she rolls her eyes and tells me to stop murdering her language, and speak English

I use Duo, I use Busuu (I find it a good combination to cover each other's weaknesses), and I use LeChat to explain mistakes, and concepts where those fail. I try to watch films in French (but with English subs) and sometimes try in English with French subs (which is a horrible fail); and I'm trying to find French singers to add to my playlist. Once I've finished my current book series, I'm going to try reading Harry Potter in French (should be simple enough).
I'm sure that if/when I get good enough, I'll be able to converse with Ali - but it's taken me well over a decade to get to this stage.

 

[BrokenWing]

If I try to speak French for more than 1 sentence, she rolls her eyes and tells me to stop murdering her language, and speak English

If you carry on, does she taunt you a second time?

 

[Which Tyler]

If you carry on, does she taunt you a second time?

No, she goes straight to throwing cows at me - weird woman

 

[Yulia]

She's happy enough to speak French with me - but NOT to slow it down enough that I can have the faintest idea what she's saying. If I try to speak French for more than 1 sentence, she rolls her eyes and tells me to stop murdering her language, and speak English

Tell her that you can lose your motivation like that to learn her language! Although I can understand her to some extent

I try to watch films in French (but with English subs) and sometimes try in English with French subs (which is a horrible fail)

Oh, I can recommend you some of my favourite ones that are pretty easy to understand: Le dîner de cons , Le placard and Les ripoux. They are brilliant, I laugh every time I re-watch them (watched them in both native language when I was a child and french language when I was a teenager).
This scene from "le dîner de cons" makes me cry from laughing every time :

and I'm trying to find French singers to add to my playlist

Oooh, I can recommend a lot. But first of all my favourite singer Mylène Farmer of course: watch her old and new clips like Libertine, Pourvu qu'elles soient douces, Beyond my control,California, **** them all, L'amour n'est rien, Q.I. etc (attention,most of them are 18+, so watch without children) or any of her concert shows which are ABSOLUTELY amazing (Mylenium tour, Avant que l'ombre, Timeless etc).

 

[AlRums]

Canada announces $21B in new US tariffs as trade war escalates

Canada announced $21 billion in new tariffs against the U.S. on Wednesday, escalating the trade war between the two countries.

www.foxbusiness.com

 

[AlRums]

Trump's billionaire pals lose £162billion amid turmoil from trade war

The Republican victor was sworn in for a second term in the White House on January 20 with the stock market riding high and confidence in the United States booming.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[AlRums]

This is hilarious, especially around 7 mins

 

[Weldit]

Trump's billionaire pals lose £162billion amid turmoil from trade war

The Republican victor was sworn in for a second term in the White House on January 20 with the stock market riding high and confidence in the United States booming.

www.dailymail.co.uk

This will surely be the start of the end for him? If they back the republicans and this is going to continue, they'll want him out.

I really hope with Trump now shilling cars he says: The markets are complaining because they're going low, but not as low as *these* car prices!

 

[AlRums]