a note on people who always say “i don’t mind” whenever you ask where they want to eat/what they want to watch/etc:
usually this is because they’ve been punished in the past for voicing their opinions, not because they’re out to annoy you specifically. depending on how much flack they used to receive, it can be very stressful for them if you try and force them to offer up an idea.
a lot of my friends who do this appreciate me giving out like… three options. pick three different things that you will be happy to do any of and ask which of those three options they’d prefer. it removes the fear of “what if they don’t like my suggestion” without erasing their option to chose and have preferences so, you know, good all around
You know we’ve peaked as a society when we have Llama’s twerking that booty. But there’s no denying that this is one of the funniest things I’ve seen this year. Santa you listening? I want a Booty Shaking Llama under the tree this year!
The Hildebrandslied is one of the oldest texts we have from the German language. The Old High German text is the oldest and only example of a Germanic Heroic Epic. The story itself existed long before it was written down in the 9th Century and serves as an example of the oral tradition in storytelling. The story was written on a biblical text found in Fulda and is merely a fragment. The story is written in alliterative verse (Stabreim), which was typical for German poetry from this time. The story introduces Hildebrand and his son, Hadubrand. Hadubrand has never met his father until he unknowingly meets him on the battlefield. Hildebrand asks Hadubrand to say who he is, and Hadubrand introduces himself as the son of Hildebrand, a man who abandoned him and his mother to flee with Theodoric (he eventually became king of Italy). He believes his father to be dead until Hildebrand admits who he is. The men begin to fight, and the story ends there. However, because similar stories exist in other cultures, we can assume that Hildebrand kills Hadubrand. The original text is under the cut :)
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