Peterkin

Political platform outline? Consumer information? Elementary school Geography class? (If they still have Geography in elementary schools..) Shareholders' meeting? Strategy conference? Church decorating committee meeting? Health advice? Exchange of vehicle-care information? Arranging a date at some designated place at some designated time? Avoiding the annual family melee at the Thanksgiving table? I believe communication matters in all areas of interpersonal relations. Other places, too, like Canada. An hour ago, I had to hang up on yet another caller whose speech I could not understand. I only knew it was English from the first word of each gabbled sentence.

I wouldn't take that entirely for granted.

Actually, yes, I believe it's meant to. In an attempt not to 'talk down', some public figures condescend to the masses by adopting a vernacular which is not natural to them. What irritates me is when people on forums like this one type in the 'regional dialect' or some invented peasant language. It's a big effort, just to fake ignorance and annoy the reader. BTW - there is significant difference between dialect or local vernacular (the slang of a borough, or minority) and ignorance of correct usage. There is a historical or political reason for local dialects - one significant aspect of which may be that it's not understood by outsiders - which puts them on a par with any other language as a vehicle for accurate communication. There is also a difference between evolution and deterioration. Evolution is a slow process of adapting to changing conditions; old words serving new purposes, but still conveying information. Deterioration can be a result of poor education or deliberate tampering. In the case of American English, both. Some ambiguity is introduced by the advertising industry for the express purpose of misleading the audience; a large part of the deterioration is due to mass entertainment: the script writers' attempt to sound authentic, and also to reach the broadest possible audience. And some of it, the most insidious and effective part of it is done through political propaganda. And this three-pronged attack on language is not only deliberate but very fast - faster than the society can keep up, or assimilate it and make sense of it; so fast that in some regions one generation can barely communicate with the next. And that discontinuity destroys cultures. It's quite possibly unconscious. When we hear a word or phrase often enough, we sometimes pick it up without realizing it. The way 'try and' replaced 'try to' almost universally, some time ago. 'He and I' rather than 'him and me' as objects of preposition is equally ubiquitous. It remains incorrect, with no redeeming information content: people just catch it from one another without reflection. How do you define 'social setting' and from what other kinds of setting is it differentiated? To clarify the question: When is it not a fool's errand to be a pedant? I imagine we are fated to walk abroad with Kick Me signs perpetually on our backs.

In this, I completely agree. Knowing the meaning of words, being able to understand what they are being told, might save a great many ignorant people from mistakes they make due to misunderstanding, misconstruction and deliberately misleading information. Poor language skills in the general population make the populist sloganeer's and propagandist's work easy. Before that sinister application, it made the advertising hack's work easy. Firm grasp of language is half the way to critical thinking; applied logic is the other half.

I'd choose 'right', but 'energy' is close. For multitudes of disparate and sometimes antithetical meaning.

That's only two meanings: donkey, in fact, was slang (through a complicated process of illogic) for the animal called an ass, of Latin derivation. The silly person is a metaphorical donkey. Ars is Old English for buttocks and the association comes about through similarity of sound.; the anus is 20th century addition, because ass wasn't crude enough. An 'attractive young woman" is a euphemism for tits&ass, which refers directly to the only female body parts in which the speaker is interested. Pass is French from Latin, meaning 'walk by' or 'go by'; all other uses I know are derived from that meaning: passage, passport, pass-through, passive, give a pass to, pass the ball, pass over, pass the time.

Yes. There is usually a quite reasonable explanation, if the interlocutor is really interested, involving the etymology and gradually changing usage of the word(s). There is already a distinction: different pronunciation. The wind (short i) is a noun meaning air movement also accounts for the fart euphemism; to wind (long i) a clockwork mechanism is a verb which would make it unlikely for the two words, in printed form, to be mistaken one for the other. The third meaning, in the expression 'to wind up', meaning to end or finish, is derived from the clockwork winding down, at which point it must be wound up again. Wind, oth, has no tenses or alternative applications, though it has metaphorical ones, always presenting as itself: the movement of air. For most, if not all situations of this kind, where words look the same, they do not sound same, and vice versa; in both cases, context usually does clarify which one is intended. If not, there is usually an alternate word or expression (very often, a more precise one) for at least one of them. I know of one airline accident that was caused by just such a misunderstanding. The copilot, whose native tongue was not English, did not perceive the subtle difference between take-off speed and take off speed. The pilot never considered an alternate meaning to his instruction. It is indeed important to establish a specialized, distinct vocabulary for critical communications.

When the amateur experimenter is likely to do himself or others an injury. I, for one, very strongly discourage people in their garages electrocuting frogs, rats, dogs and each other in order to establish the "correct" dosage. I strongly discourage taser therapy, taser-dens or taser-shooting (as distinct from mere tag) playgrounds. Levity aside, do you not see the potential for some very bad outcomes? A good deal of professional experimentation has already been and will continue to be conducted by qualified researchers in pain relief, muscle stimulation, tissue regeneration, seizure control and depression therapy. And some of that has not gone to plan! But afaik, no credible findings have shown that the normal healthy body doesn't generate sufficient electricity for its needs. Feeding in extra does not seem to me indicated. (Come to that, you might question the indication for a lot of those vitamins and food supplements.)

Thank you for trying, anyway. Only this feeble defense for my lack of comprehension. is not precisely what I said, nor is it synonymous with an overwhelming need to be the biggest and most important face in every picture. He needed the presidency primarily because it is the biggest mirror in the world; he couldn't bear to have it taken away from him, and for the same reason. I don't believe that's peripheral; I believe vanity is the central motivation for everything Trump does.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/25/abortion-war-against-women-in-america And, of course, the long nightmare is just beginning. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/29/abortion-state-lines/ There will be lots of domestic violence over this, and many deaths. The war's been seething underground for some time, but Trump brought it out into the open by declaring : "You can grab them by pussy " and then getting elected president.

How is it different? There is no Venn diagram. Trump is primarily, overwhelmingly, a narcissist. The whole reason he wanted the presidency - it sure wasn't from party conviction - was simply and almost entirely, for the purpose of being the central, biggest, most important face in every picture. That's why he had to lie about the turnout at his inauguration and kept rallying after he won the election: he needs a booster shot of adulation at least once a month.

Not really. For Trump, central, biggest and most important is The President of the Great-Again America. He was about to be pushed off the great big presidential podium with all the world's cameras pointed at it. That's the single thing he wanted not to happen - at any price, by any means, ever. And he still hasn't given it up.

His principle aim, forever and always, is to be the in the middle of the picture, bigger and more important than everybody else.

If I were at a convention, wearing a furry costume over that vest, I might have some trouble a. replacing ice-packs without being noticed and b. getting the ice-packs. Not a bad deal for +/-$35... or, you could just make pouches inside the costume itself for free. In either case, if the venue is too cold for comfort, the same pockets can hold heating packs. https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Go-Reusable-Heat-Packs/dp/B016OA5YK0/ref=asc_df_B016OA5YK0/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167137526383&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18189880561444574356&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019129&hvtargid=pla-307480580326&psc=1 also from the amazing amazon.

No, no, bodies can generate their own electricity. The real problem with aging is that the cells get bored. Dr. E. Giger has the solution: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Cellular_regeneration_and_entertainment_chamber

Sounds too complicated. Why not put that thought and effort into selecting a material that doesn't get too warm? Something that allows air circulation. Of course, it depends on what sort of animal you want to be and how much fur it absolutely must have.

There is a quote function at the lower left-hand side of the box. Or you can highlight the sentence or paragraph you want to answer and get a quote selection message. That's what I chose above here. It is the most frequent problem with students and trainees. You're expected to internalize information in printed form, when visual may not be your best personal method of learning, and the content or form of the information may be foreign to your normal mode of thought. When that happens, you might consider thinking in terms of translation. Look at the paragraph as a pattern, rather than a block. See if you can pick out the most important words. Translate those words into your own language, and then put them back, each in its own sentence, to see if it makes better sense. It sounds time-consuming (especially for someone who has lots of material to get through in a short time) and at first, it is. But once you get the hang of it, it becomes faster. Another thing that often happens is, even if you turned off the radio and closed the window, there is still noise generated by your own brain. All the time you're reading, part of your mind is nagging you to get on to another subject, take out the garbage, call your parents, fill out those forms... or just look ahead to the next paragraph. It's very hard to turn off the noise in your head. People with different temperaments need different strategies for dealing with that internal distraction. You may want to address each of the characters nagging at you and tell them when you intend to take care of their concern. Or more simply, allocate time: this half hour is for Economics; the next half hour is for recreation, the half hour after is for family obligations - or however your life works. Keep in mind, it really is important to eat healthy, get some exercise and fresh air whenever you can and sleep enough. People get stupid when they're malnourished, musty and tired.

I don't think it's a question of capacity. You have plenty, whether it's on a scale or not. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1025405628479 The problem is far less likely to be in the storage as in the input and/or output functions. One possibility is that you are unable to focus or concentrate on the material you want to remember, so it's never recorded. Another is that you actually stored it in long-term memory, but are unable to retrieve it at will - lost your password, to extend the metaphor. Of course, this analogy is nothing more than a metaphor; the human brain doesn't really work like a computer, and there is a lot more going on, physically, cognitively and emotionally, than the subject is aware of. There are also - as you might expect - many different approaches to solving the problem. There are many regimens to improve memory (and some cons, so watch out!) Here is some legitimate advice in general terms https://www.verywellmind.com/great-ways-to-improve-your-memory-2795356 , though it may not relate to your specific problem. To get at that, you need help to figure out what the specific obstacles are and how to remove them.

You could try glycerol. They used to sell it in drugstores, but may not anymore. If you haven't any, perhaps a vegetable oil followed by soap. Very few mothers murder their children for spilling something on a counter. She may be quite cross, but you life is probably safe.

A stable genius the likes of which we'd never seen before and fervently hope never to see again.

Too many fresh new uneducated souls coming in. That'll stop now, thanks be to SCOTUS.

They tend not to have long foresight, but I'm willing to entertain the idea that they don't see any Black people voting in 20 years.

So, they've leaked the striking down of the 14th amendment already. I woulda bet a fiver 19 was next on the agenda.

Were you expecting logic from a Trumpette? Anyway, the situation is more complicated and will have more and more dire ramifications than can be covered here, though I've expanded a bit on some of them in previous pages.

O, lucky man!