god forgot
Do you use that regularly? How cool! Or is it autocorrect?
tamal3
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I saw a perfect stranger having a lengthy conversation with my cat the other day. Though, the stranger spoke English: things like, "Stop yelling at me!" Which was appropriate.
Happiest looking, at least. I don't think they're actually delighted all the time?
Weirdly, the window looks like can be opened. Why would anyone spec an operable window in this location?
It's nonsense and thus must lead to Narnia or Wonderland.
I misinterpreted your original post, but re-reading it now I agree. I was reacting to the common idea in this thread that Israel doesn't have any right to exist -- which is complicated, as all post-colonial history is. That wasn't what you were commenting on, though. Israel is definitely encroaching on Palestinian land and rights in Gaza and the West Bank, and are at least half of the force against real peaceful solutions. I fully agree that what's going on now should be classified a genocide, and as far as I know South Africa is the only country that has stated it.
It's amazing the damage wrought in the wake of colonialism. Both Palestine/Israel and South Africa have suffered tremendously from colonizers deciding they knew what (and who) was best.
That's... Not what happened. Both Israel and Palestine have long historical precedence, and tumultuous ownership claims. They were ultimately created by Britain post-WW2, who then bowed out after a year with very little planning. Don't add your country's baggage to an already complex reality. It's not true, and it's not going to help you understand what's going on over there.
Cat claws are super dirty and filled with bacteria.
Oh gosh, I just think regional variation in language is really cool, and while I've heard 'God forbid' a lot in my life, I've never heard the phrase OP used. Turns out it was auto-correct, which I half-suspected, but I would have loved to have known where that had come from. If you're interested in this kind of thing, I highly recommend the talk show "A Way with Words." The hosts get really nerdily excited about just these kinds of phrases, so given that I listened to that program regularly, I'm kind of on the lookout.
Is this also because I'm an atheist living in the South? Possibly. 'God forgot' shows some lack of divine omnipotence, which I find kind of exciting.