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In reply to the discussion: Words of wisdom from my awesome son-in-law on Facebook this morning. My daughter is a very lucky woman. [View all]haele
(15,223 posts)6. Most people aren't being talked about by others in public.
Not unless they're doing something extraordinary to make them stand out.
I know this, my secret power is blending in; I look like someone's pale auntie, and am basically ignored, even in areas where I would normally stand out as a Gringo or really pale.
Unless they're talking to me directly or discussing participating in a crime near me, does it matter what other people are saying? I'm not the f'ing center of the world, abitrator of other people's motivations or desires, after all ..
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Words of wisdom from my awesome son-in-law on Facebook this morning. My daughter is a very lucky woman. [View all]
generalbetrayus
13 hrs ago
OP
For most of history, in most parts of the world, a polyglot population has been the norm.
eppur_se_muova
12 hrs ago
#5
I'm too lazy to provide a link(s), but from my reading of the Middle East at the time of Jesus Christ, I have learned
generalbetrayus
12 hrs ago
#8
I know that Occitan/Provencal was actively spoken in the south. Probably German in the east. Dutch to the north.
erronis
12 hrs ago
#11
And I was sitting on a flight from Seattle to DC with a bunch of burly men speaking a strange language.
erronis
7 hrs ago
#31
I hear him. As for people who 'love to hate'. They are projecting their self-hatred onto others. Sick fucks.
Joinfortmill
10 hrs ago
#22
"Conservatism" isn't a coherent political philosophy; it's just a bad attitude
William Seger
10 hrs ago
#24
I prefer to hear people talking to each other in languages other than English.
tanyev
10 hrs ago
#23
I like hearing the other languages because they are beautiful and remind me that we are multi-cultural.
erronis
7 hrs ago
#32
Yep, I get really ticked off about that too ... hard not to take it out on the operators, but not their fault ...
eppur_se_muova
6 hrs ago
#33
I'm very impressed. He knows a lot of words and is willing to learn more. Better than most Americans.
erronis
6 hrs ago
#36
I always feel guilty that I lost all of my Spanish vocabulary from mis-use
kerry-is-my-prez
6 hrs ago
#35
