cazssiew

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[–] cazssiew 1 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Yup, those are calices, it's the bottom part of the flower, that holds the petals together.

[–] cazssiew 9 points 1 month ago

The inability to use words to say stupid shit does confer a certain air of wisdom, however.

[–] cazssiew 1 points 1 month ago (15 children)

It's actually made with the calyx rather than the petals, same as with hibiscus tea.

[–] cazssiew 6 points 1 month ago

Well I mean he is still president.

[–] cazssiew 4 points 1 month ago (26 children)

I miss trader Joe's dried chili mango and candied hibiscus, their entire dried fruit section really.

[–] cazssiew 13 points 1 month ago

I mostly agree with you, but "eh, who cares?" isn't the moral high ground you're trying to portray it as. I guess good for you for not raising your blood pressure over this stuff, but there are genuine reasons for criticizing the capitalist consumerism these minor celebrities push on their followers. Even if mkbhd's product in this case is virtual, it's part of a culture of unsustainable overconsumption and wealth hoarding. It's fine for you not to care, but that's not a more enlightened position, it's just apathy.

[–] cazssiew 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Someone who goes to casinos would come to the same conclusion, thinking that the surgeon is 'running hot'.

[–] cazssiew 7 points 1 month ago

Right, the problem has nothing to do with the people perpetuating it. Sure.

[–] cazssiew 4 points 1 month ago

"alleged 'oppression' of Palestinians" is a pretty good line too.

[–] cazssiew 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

antepenultimate

[–] cazssiew 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Arabic, Arabian would refer to the geographic region of the Arabian peninsula. The dialects are on a spectrum, neighboring countries might understand each other reasonably well, but not countries further apart. Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian share a lot of features, same goes for gulf countries, Egyptian is pretty distinct but well known outside the country due to its output of movies, music and tv series, Algerian and Tunisian are pretty similar, Moroccan's kind of its own thing, Maghrebi dialects also include a lot of vocabulary from Berber languages, which won't be understood in other regions. Finally, in most countries, local dialects are not taught in school but rather Fusha, or modern standard Arabic, which is the language you'll hear on the news or read in the papers, and is common to the entire Arabic-speaking world. People don't speak it day to day but usually understand it well and can communicate in a mix of that and their dialects if they're speaking to someone from another Arabic-speaking country.

[–] cazssiew 4 points 3 months ago

Came here with the same question

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