What are some (non-English) idioms, and what do they mean (both literally and in context)? Odd ones, your favorite ones - any and all are welcome. :)...
In Indonesian, there’s an idiom “guru kencing berdiri, murid kencing berlari” which literally translates to teacher pee standing, students pee running. Meaning that students/followers learn not only good examples but the bad as well, and will one day be better at it than their predecessors.
Not a Canadian - I keep seeing people ridiculing the Conservative party here on Lemmy, but I saw on wikipedia that they are currently leading the polls?
Trudeau is not popular as well, if I’m not mistaken. I know an older Canadian who hates Trudeau with passion and praises Poilievre…
Is this similar to Trump’s populism strat? What is it that the conservatives are promising to be that popular?
Edit: thanks all for the explanation, I wish the best for you guys
So about 2 years ago, I moved away. Broken spirit broken person, over 3000 miles. However, yesterday I landed for my first visit back here. And I just feel weird. Like I’m not supposed to be here or something, it’s very ominous. I constantly feel anxious....
I grew up a minority, and went to study abroad where my ethnicity is the majority, then stayed for work. People would assume I’m local by my appearance, and as long as I don’t have to speak, I’m blending in. I visit home quite often, once in one or two years, but every time, the feeling of being an outsider grows. I haven’t been contacting most of my friends for a while, and my personal values have changed. As you said, parents are ageing, streets are different, and the empty lots I used to play in have been built.
Even though I said I feel more welcome in my current residence, being a foreigner means some landlords don’t let me rent their apartment, and some banking services aren’t open for me. Can’t buy properties either.
I feel like an outsider anywhere I go, and I come from a country with stupidly weak passport. Can’t have multiple nationalities either.
But I’ll visit home often, and spend more time with my family. Time flies and things change too quickly, it’ll be good to celebrate what little we have.
This is for real the Linux desktop year for me, went through the switch just before the new year. Had to reinstall a couple times but no big deal, and I get to learn as well.
Not sure if out-of-the-box distros are now that user friendly yet or not, but I remember getting Ubuntu running several years ago was frustrating (no sound, bad sound quality etc) and now running EOS was pretty smooth. Pretty sure something like Mint will be user friendly enough for the general population.
I have been running half marathons in 2023, and though there’s no speed improvement, the last race I didn’t feel much pain and the recovery was much shorter. This is notable for me because I injured my ACL 10 years ago, and now my knee is better than ever since then.
I’ll have to train more though, sub 2 hrs half marathon is still so far away 😅
Glad you’re happy with EOS, I hope it will fit me as well.
While I don’t have technical issues with Windows so far… they are obviously having a massive FOMO at the shitty cash-grab business model of many tech platforms (especially with the rumor of Win 12…) and I’m not OK with that.
I see, you’re probably right…I remember trying mounting ext4 drive on Windows and couldn’t get it to work. I’ll probably experiment a little with NTFS, maybe the devs have worked it out? But I’ll keep your warning in mind. Thanks for the input!
I’d assume driving would be the worst for mental health since you don’t get any exercise and can’t do anything else either. You can finish some work or read a book on the train, or get some exercise through walking or biking, but with cars none of these.
I drove a diesel engine car for a while and felt everyone was so SLOW even on the fast lane, as if they’re sightseeing or something. Then I tried a gasoline car and I noticed that I have a better temper. Turns out the diesel engine vibration is more noticeable at low RPM and it’s getting to my nerves.
It’s literally two front ends of a first gen Accord welded together. They put so much effort into it, they even blended the body panels, shortened the doors, and changed out the rear “headlights” for red lenses....
Fukuyama residents warned not to touch cat after chemical tank fall (www.bbc.co.uk)
Fukuyama residents are told not to touch the animal after it fell into a tank of hexavalent chromium....
Multilingual folks: what are some odd idioms in your language(s)?
What are some (non-English) idioms, and what do they mean (both literally and in context)? Odd ones, your favorite ones - any and all are welcome. :)...
Conservative government would require websites to verify age to watch porn: Poilievre (toronto.citynews.ca)
Visiting my hometown and feeling a bit sad
So about 2 years ago, I moved away. Broken spirit broken person, over 3000 miles. However, yesterday I landed for my first visit back here. And I just feel weird. Like I’m not supposed to be here or something, it’s very ominous. I constantly feel anxious....
The Senate just voted 72-11 to kill Sanders resolution to have the State Department report Israel's human rights abuses against Palestinians (theintercept.com)
Senate Kills Measure to Scrutinize Israeli Human Rights Record as Condition for Aid...
Happy new year of the Linux Desktop!
2024 soon! What are you proud of in 2023 and what do you hope to do in 2024?
Pilk (lemmy.world)
Separate drive for games while dual booting? (OSes - Games - Data)
Hello Linux community,...
Holiday Giveaway - Steam Codes! - Giveaway Ended
EDIT January 6, 2024:...
Electrician job (i.imgflip.com)
my Duolingo recap (i.imgur.com)
Feel free to send yours in the comments...
When compared with a short commuting time (< 30 min), a long commuting time (≥ 60 min) was associated with a 16% increase in likelihood of depressive symptoms (www.sciencedirect.com)
House Speaker Mike Johnson says God will punish “depraved” U.S. because more teens identify as LGBTQ+ (www.lgbtqnation.com)
I got a new job! Happy, excited, and anxious.
Hey lemmy, I just want to share that I’m getting a new job!...
Behold: Honda's initial prototype of the 4-wheel steering (4WS) system they put into the Prelude (lemmy.one)
It’s literally two front ends of a first gen Accord welded together. They put so much effort into it, they even blended the body panels, shortened the doors, and changed out the rear “headlights” for red lenses....