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A man is driving down the road and breaks down near a monastery. He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, “My car broke down. Do you think I could stay the night?” The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, even fix his car. As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound. The next morning, he asks the monks what the sound was, but they say, “We can’t tell you. You’re not a monk.” The man is disappointed but thanks them anyway and goes about his merry way. Some years later, the same man breaks down in front of the same monastery. The monks accept him, feed him, even fix his car. That night, he hears the same strange noise that he had heard years earlier. The next morning, he asks what it is, but the monks reply, “We can’t tell you. You’re not a monk.” The man says, “All right, all right. I’m *dying* to know. If the only way I can find out what that sound was is to become a monk, how do I become a monk?” The monks reply, “You must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of grass there are and the exact number of sand pebbles. When you find these numbers, you will become a monk.” The man sets about his task. Forty-five years later, he returns and knocks on the door of the monastery. He says, “I have traveled the earth and have found what you have asked for. There are 145,236,284,232 blades of grass and 231,281,219,999,129,382 sand pebbles on the earth.” The monks reply, “Congratulations. You are now a monk. We shall now show you the way to the sound.” The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says, “The sound is right behind that door.” The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He says, “Real funny. May I have the key?” The monks give him the key, and he opens the door. Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone. The man demands the key to the stone door. The monks give him the key, and he opens it, only to find a door made of ruby. He demands another key from the monks, who provide it. Behind that door is another door, this one made of sapphire. So it went until the man had gone through doors of emerald, silver, topaz, and amethyst. Finally, the monks say, “This is the last key to the last door.” The man is relieved to no end. He unlocks the door, turns the knob, and behind that door he is amazed to find the source of that strange sound. But I can’t tell you what it is because you’re not a monk

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I believe my generation will be better. I'm not far from forty. I do know that MANY of the people I went to college with struggled to find work after graduation and found themselves in retail. Usually (I know some people have short memories) working in the service industry makes you a better customer in the future.

what is it about a retail uniform that makes boomers lose all empathy or critical thinking

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STANDING OVULATION.

SLOW CLAP

STANDING OVATION

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BITCH WE OUT HERE TAKIN OUR

M E D S

AND DRINKIN THAT UHHHH

W A T E R

Still havent showered but bitch

WE’LL GET THERE

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after disappearing for almost 50 years, miss jackie shane reemerged late 2017  with “any other way”, a comprehensive double-album of her music catalog. and because the universe looks out for our trailblazing queens, miss jackie’s album is now a 2019 grammy nominated album in the best historical recording category. 

jackie shane was born in may 15, 1940 in nashville, tennessee. even from a the tender age of 4, it wasn’t unusual for jackie to dress up in her mother’s dresses, heals and jewelry. in an interview with rob bowman, jackie shared that her mother would come walk into her bedroom and find little jackie sitting at her mother’s vanity table wearing lipstick and rouge. “my mother would crack up”

by age 13, jackie told her mother that she is identified as a woman. her mother replied by telling her, “you have nothing to cry about or be shamed of or anything. you’re magnificent.”

after a stint of performing in a band as part of traveling carnival and after surviving being kidnapped by mobsters,  jackie released her first single in 1962. she would go on to perform along side etta james, jam out with jimi hendrix and even fix up little richard’s wigs. this 1964 video of jackie performing “walking the dog” on the “night train”, a regional show in nashville, is the is the only existing video of miss shane performing.

jackie’s most notable hit was “any other way.” released in 1962, the song would become a massive regional hit in toronto, reaching the #2 spot. the song’s staying power proved to be strong when it saw a resurgence three years later. “any other way” would garner even more mainstream exposure years after the song had fallen off the charts.

after over a decade of performing across the country and throughout canada, and receiving an offer to join george clinton’s band funkadelic, miss jackie shane walked away from the biz in december of 1971. in the bowman interview, jackie says, “i’m not one of those people [where] this month I’m leavin’ show business and two months later, i’m back.” 

in 2016, a 22-story mural was commissioned to by heritage toronto. the mural commentates the history of r&b icons and features muddy waters, bb king and others. jackie shane is in the center of the beautiful mural.

in 2017, after 46 years in seclusion, miss jackie shane reemerged with the release of “any other way”, a comprehensive double album featuring all of her music. the album marks the first official jackie shane release since 1969. the album is now up for a grammy!

jackie shane now resides in the south and enjoys the (re)discovery of her music. in a recent interview, she said, “i thought i would be forgotten. but i haven’t been. it goes to show i didn’t do it vain….that’s a beautiful thing.” 

 miss jackie shane is black history! miss jackie is queer history! 

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I only started watching it because of some amazing GIFs I saw on Tumblr. I have recently recommend it to three friends because I thought they'd like it. I'll up that forthwith. I'll be mad if they don't get a fourth season they have only been improving.

GUYS !!!! Recommend ODAAT to a friend, rewatch the season, tweet Netflix about renewing it because right now it doesn’t look like there’ll be a season 4 and that’s literally the worst news I’ve heard all year.

It doesn’t matter how dedicated the fan base is, or how good the representation is. The thing they care about most is how much money it makes and if they think it makes sense financially to have another season. Increasing the amount of viewers is a definite way to help there be another season.

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You don’t have to love your body

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This makes my blood boil..They really do not gaf about poor people..

Rest in peace Yeweinisht Mesfin. You won’t be forgotten.

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Y'all gonna leave my aunt Marie alone! I'm a writer. My husband is a writer and director. I've just packed half of our books for a move. I'm exhausted, but very little will be purged. It is literally for our jobs.

what marie kondo actually has to say about ur book hoarding

“a book lover might not need anything but books”

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I've started to see slight shade towards the good sis Marie Kondo. I will not have it. I will not have it oh! We have a tendency towards hoarding in my family and I have seen lives changed. No one will disparage my Aunty Marie in my presence.

Gratitude - Tidying Up With Marie Kondo (2019)

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I learned some things. Some were obvious but I didn't think of it that way.

Very informative thread -source

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This is so true. Every time I use an idiom or proverb in Norwegian that I learned from listening to native speakers they are so impressed.

A common mistake English speakers make in learning a new language is translating every word in English literally. By extension, this also involves translating whole sentences word for word.

This is a wee (actually, not that wee) problem for a few reasons:

It means that you will be translating words that don’t have an equivalent in the target language.

It means that you’ll be losing the chance to use words in the target language that don’t have an English translation (advanced vocab).

You’ll be ignoring vital stylistic elements of speaking/writing in the target language. You’ll end up saying things that native speakers of the target language just don’t ever say, even if you use correct grammar and vocabulary.

Now, if you don’t get the hang of this in your target language, I repeat, do not panic. This process of getting the feel of your target language and familiarising yourself with advanced vocab words comes only with practice. It’s not possible to just learn off every rule/word/stylistic element in your target language.

Allow me to illustrate these issues using Spanish and French:

1. Translating words that don’t have an exact equivalent in the target language. Not every word in English has the exact translation in another language, thus a phrase or supplemental synonym is used to convey the meaning in context.

“I think I forgot to lock the door”. In Spanish, this is Pensé que olvidé cerrar la puerta con llave. Pay attention to the phrase for lock. There isn’t a single verb to convey the idea of locking a door. You just say that you close it with the key.

“I want to pass this test on the first try”. In French, this is Je voudrais réussir l'examen au premier essai. We use the word essai to indicate attempt or try, even though this word generally means essay in most other contexts.

2. Not using target language-specific words that don’t exist in English. Some words just don’t exist in English- don’t miss out the chance to use them in another language though! (this is basically the opposite of #1) It indicates a better grasp of the language, comparable to that of natives.

“Last night, I hardly got any sleep because I was anxious”. In Spanish, instead of directly translating the phrase “I hardly got any sleep”, you can use the word desvelado, which covers the entire concept of being unable to sleep. Anoche, estuve desvelado ya que estaba ansioso. In French, you’d say J’ai eu une nuit blanche hier car j’étais anxieux. 

“Although we are poor, we can manage with what we have”. In French, you’d never directly translate the word manage, but instead, you’d say Bien qu'on soit pauvre, on peut se débrouiller avec ce qu’on a. The verb se débrouiller expresses the entire concept of being able to get by and survive day by day with next to nothing.

3. The stylistic element. These are just manners of speaking that native speakers use, which includes sentences structures and word order, or even just expressions of choice that would be clunky in English.

In French, let’s say someone asks you, “Est-ce que tu ne voudrais pas une verre de l'eau avec ça?”. This means “Don’t you want a glass of water with that?”. The food is hot and spicy, so of course you’re thirsty. The first thing that comes to mind is to say, “Mais, oui!”. However, that’s not what is said. It’s not that the grammar or word choice is wrong, but generally, after agreeing with a negative sentence, si is used. You would respond, “Mais, si! J'ai soif!”.

In French, they throw in “ça” everywhere, just for emphasis. “Ça, c'est horrible!”, “Ce robe, ça, c'est très belle!”.

Word choice. Instead of saying “Going to this meeting is important”, one would say something akin to “The attendance of this meeting is vital”. “L'assiduité de la réunion, c'est d'une importance capital”. This is kinda why people like to say French is haughty and pretensive (je t'aime, ma petite langue). Nonetheless, this is more common in formal speech.

In Spanish, what comes to mind at first is the order of subjects and verbs. It’s rather common to hear the subject come after the verb(s), all the way at the end of the sentence. A mí madre matarón los narcotraficantes. El tango baila María todos los fines de la semana.

The word “lo” can precede an arbitrary noun. The normal thing to do is lo normal. The good thing is lo bueno. The physical thing is lo físico, and the sexy thing is lo sensual. You will rarely hear someone say “la buena cosa”.

So, how do you improve your grasp of a language? Well, listening to natives speak is definitely one way. You don’t need to visit the country or anything, but maybe get a pen pal, Tumblr friend and ofc, watch and read the news in your target language. Also, immerse yourself in books, movies, TV shows and music. Finally, practice writing and get a teacher or a native to check your work.

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The Boondocks - The Trial of R. Kelly (01X02)

This was the best scene from The Boondocks. 

Huey was speaking true facts.

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young girl of color culture is listening to your mom and aunties gossip and pretend you’re doing something else