Guatemala is awesome. The countryside is beautiful and the people are descended from one of humanity's major civilizations, the Mayans.
I realize OP is only half-serious, but they still come off as really ignorant.
Guatemala is awesome. The countryside is beautiful and the people are descended from one of humanity's major civilizations, the Mayans.
I realize OP is only half-serious, but they still come off as really ignorant.
Yeah, I didn't realize that when I first heard it. I guess that's why it's a punishment. If they just hung a tiny parakeet off his neck, it wouldn't be much of a punishment.
If it's not in a song by Sabaton or Iron Maiden, it ain't real history.
Yeah, I didn't really like the genre for a long time either, until I was in a place where I kinda needed it.
Most people hate school. Even the "smart kids", what they really like is learning or knowledge, not school.
I see it as an example of cozy slice-of-life. Kind of like Azumanga Daioh but in a deli with a bear and a plant.
much more fun than a plain flawless mirror.
yeah agreed! Back in the day I used to generate text for fun with n-grams and I never went higher than bigrams bc it was boring without those unexpected disfluencies. I thought of it being like an electric guitar, you want it to sound a little raw.
But Latin is the classy part of English. That's why "fornication" is not profane but "fucking" is. The first is descended from Latin (via the Norman conquest of England by William the Conqueror) and the second is descended from Anglo-Saxon (who were the conquered.) Everyday, the Romans still rule.
One of the recurring tactics of the Persian dynasties which Rome often warred with was simply to withdraw behind natural barriers inside of the Persian Empire.
Persian Empire sounds like a bunch of cunctators.
ska is from the '80s and '90s.
Ska is from the 50s and 60s.
Yeah... reminds me of a very valuable lesson I learned during my college years.