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There's cameras stationed in the Pyrenee mountains to monitor the wildlife and I like the photos they take of bears because half of the time the bears look like they're realising they've been caught

Like oop, sorry, I'll leave this here.

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[Link to the video]

Grammatical notes on the use of "vaig a x" under the cut (llegeix-ho abans de comentar).

In Catalan, "vaig a x" exists only with the meaning of movement. For example: "vaig a comprar pomes" (=I'm going to buy apples) because you're moving, you're going somewhere to do an action. Or if you're sitting in the sofa and you stand up saying "vaig a fer-me un ou ferrat" (=I'm going to make myself a fried egg) it's correct and means that you're moving to do so, you're going to the kitchen. "Vaig a dormir" (=I'm going to sleep) wouldn't be said from the bed, "vaig a fer els deures" (=I'm going to do my homework) wouldn't be said from the desk where you'll do homework, it would be said in a different room because it means "I'm leaving to go do x".

But, as the video says, in Catalan we've never said "vaig a x" with the meaning of future. We wouldn't say "va a ploure" (≠it's going to rain), we would say "plourà". And we wouldn't say "vaig a estudiar dret" (≠I'm going to study Law), we would say "estudiaré dret". As we said before, "va a" would have to imply movement, for example "vaig a estudiar dret a Alemanya" (=I'm going to Germany to study Law).

However, nowadays there's many people who have started using this phrasing because it's used in Spanish, so because (excluding those in Northern Catalonia and L'Alguer) Catalan speakers are in close contact and in a subordinated position from Spanish, often people (particularly those who live in areas where Spanish is more present, in some parts of the Valencian Country and the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona) use Spanish grammatical structures translated directly into Catalan.

So since very recent times it is used by some people (mostly in the Valencian Country and Barcelona), but it sounds very strange to people who aren't from their surroundings (there's a song by La Fúmiga that uses it, saying "en la vida vaig a ser feliç" meaning "I will never be happy", and I had to hear the songs a few times to understand what they were saying!)

On the other hand, it's undoubtable that "vaig x" (=going x) is the most common construction for the past. In Central Valencian and Eivissan they use the simple past (ex: "cantí" instead of "vaig cantar") more, but in the rest of the Catalan speaking territories the simple past is only used for very formal texts and is unheard of in oral speech. It's interesting to hear the theory on why Catalan ended up adopting this word for the past!

Consulta explicacions gramàtiques a Optimot i UOC.

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European Citizens' Initiative - Ban on conversion practices in the European Union

European Citizens' Initiative is a mechanism to bring issues direct from the people to the EU commission. I strongly urge every citizen of the European Union member states to sign this Initiative to ban conversion therapy and similar persuasion practices.

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[Link to the video]

Grammatical notes on the use of "vaig a x" under the cut (llegeix-ho abans de comentar).

In Catalan, "vaig a x" exists only with the meaning of movement. For example: "vaig a comprar pomes" (=I'm going to buy apples) because you're moving, you're going somewhere to do an action. Or if you're sitting in the sofa and you stand up saying "vaig a fer-me un ou ferrat" (=I'm going to make myself a fried egg) it's correct and means that you're moving to do so, you're going to the kitchen. "Vaig a dormir" (=I'm going to sleep) wouldn't be said from the bed, "vaig a fer els deures" (=I'm going to do my homework) wouldn't be said from the desk where you'll do homework, it would be said in a different room because it means "I'm leaving to go do x".

But, as the video says, in Catalan we've never said "vaig a x" with the meaning of future. We wouldn't say "va a ploure" (≠it's going to rain), we would say "plourà". And we wouldn't say "vaig a estudiar dret" (≠I'm going to study Law), we would say "estudiaré dret". As we said before, "va a" would have to imply movement, for example "vaig a estudiar dret a Alemanya" (=I'm going to Germany to study Law).

However, nowadays there's many people who have started using this phrasing because it's used in Spanish, so because (excluding those in Northern Catalonia and L'Alguer) Catalan speakers are in close contact and in a subordinated position from Spanish, often people (particularly those who live in areas where Spanish is more present, in some parts of the Valencian Country and the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona) use Spanish grammatical structures translated directly into Catalan.

So since very recent times it is used by some people (mostly in the Valencian Country and Barcelona), but it sounds very strange to people who aren't from their surroundings (there's a song by La Fúmiga that uses it, saying "en la vida vaig a ser feliç" meaning "I will never be happy", and I had to hear the songs a few times to understand what they were saying!)

On the other hand, it's undoubtable that "vaig x" (=going x) is the most common construction for the past. In Central Valencian and Eivissan they use the simple past (ex: "cantí" instead of "vaig cantar") more, but in the rest of the Catalan speaking territories the simple past is only used for very formal texts and is unheard of in oral speech. It's interesting to hear the theory on why Catalan ended up adopting this word for the past!

Consulta explicacions gramàtiques a Optimot i UOC.

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this video is so beautiful to me. peace and love on planet earth

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Not feminist as in "women should be included in the draft" but feminist as in "being drafted is a violation of bodily autonomy for any gender".

The draft should not exist. Drafting people into the military is a violation of human rights. You should not be able to force someone to risk their life. If you can't find enough people who care about a conflict to keep it going then it simply shouldn't keep going. You can't even force someone to donate a kidney using government power, why the fuck can you force them to donate their whole body and life to a cause they don't agree with or don't care about?

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Sooooo few people are actually willing to defend the basic human rights of people who have committed crimes. Like I know it's not fun but if you genuinely believe in human rights as a concept you can't be okay with the state violating them in prisons I'm sorrrrry. Having moral principles is not always a fun time.

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best trope and you can fight me over it (i abuse this so hard with my ocs)

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Also ☝️ it's interesting to me how despite fading more into obscurity the further we get from 1947, the ~ vibe ~ of the Old Hollywood Diva was such an iconic flavor of femininity that she still persists as sort of an echo in certain speech patterns and mannerisms, mainly found in gay people, miss piggy, and this horse

[ID: Rarity from my little pony: friendship is magic. /end ID]

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beach day!

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10/10 dad joke

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DNI lists on this website are fucking insane

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today im thinking about the huge buff bread guy from kikis delivery service. highly underrated guy

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team usa shuffling away to try and let japan take a team photo with their gold medal and then shuffling back when japan is like NO COME BACK

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give that old man depression

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vandalism brother bonding hours

i love sunset duo, i just don't show it as much as I truly should

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i learned about a stupid looking bird today and i cant stop laughing

its called a crested satinbird (cnemophilus macgregorii)