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One of my students asked me this question and I did not really know how to answer her. She was referring to the kinds of "games" that children and sometimes adults play in order to make a decision, like other forms of flipping a coin, for example.

Here in my country we also do rock paper scissors, but we call it joquempô. We also do odds and evens, par ou ímpar, and a more extended version called dois ou um, "two or one", in which players present either one or two fingers, and then the ones who chose the same amount of fingers leave the game or become a team. This can also be done with up to five fingers, and then it's called dedos iguais, "equal/same fingers".

Are there any other such games in your country? My student really caught me off-guard when she asked that, I had never thought about this cultural aspect.

Also, I'm curious to know what you do and/or did as a child if you're not from an English-speaking country as well!

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Some really dope footage at 9:30

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David McCallum - The Edge (www.youtube.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Aside from providing some of the most recognizable samples of all time, this song is simply an absolute fucking banger on its own right. That middle section with the flute is just sublime, good god

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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I fucking love these doors. I wish architecture nowadays was more imaginative and playful like this.

Also, I think this profile is legit a very very good follow, which is highly unlikely for someone with "Cultural" in their handle and a marble statue pfp.

[-] [email protected] 80 points 6 months ago

Hideo Kojima in shambles

But seriously, good on her. I think the more celebrities publicly endorse Palestine the more libs will start paying attention to what's going on

[-] [email protected] 59 points 6 months ago

when the revolution comes we will need special places where some people have to be educated in order to rethink some of their perceptions about the world, a re-education, if you will

also, these places should be comfortable and inviting, open spaces, perhaps like a camp? I haven't worked out the details yet

[-] [email protected] 105 points 6 months ago

When you scramble this many ghouls to check every single detail of a person's life history, you can make even the most well-adjusted person seem like a complete fringe lunatic. This is a concerted effort to make this guy seem as deranged as possible, just a wild crazy man, or a poor victim of online radicalization, depending on what tone you want for your think piece.

You can turn the ultimate protest into a cautionary tale about the seductive rhetoric of the violent online left or a mental health awareness month-style unheard cry for help.

[-] [email protected] 84 points 7 months ago

jesus fucking christ lmao that comment feels like it was written in some kind of laboratory as a distillation of pure liberalism

[-] [email protected] 58 points 7 months ago

I fucking hate the turn of phrase "let that sink in"

[-] [email protected] 83 points 7 months ago

oh my god please let her do it, this would be the most hilarious thing imaginable

[-] [email protected] 61 points 7 months ago

absolute banger, I'll be waiting for the edit where it's a cum bomb

[-] [email protected] 72 points 7 months ago

Absolutely horrific.

At this point it's trite to say that if this had happened in any other country, there would be incessant media outcry about it. That goes without saying. What I think is interesting is the nature of these experimental execution methods (god what an awful phrase). Who are they for? What is the purpose of this?

We can clearly see that it's not to make it painless for the inmate. It's also not to make it more efficient and quick, the guy choked and thrashed around for ten minutes. So what is the point of even experimenting with ways to kill a person? Is it merely supposed to be bloodless, to make cleaning up easier after the fact? A firing squad is quicker and relatively painless, because the person dies in a couple of seconds, rather than minutes, but it does make a mess.

I just don't get it. If that person should die, then why go through all this fucking trouble when you can just shoot them, or alternatively shoot them up with enough fentanyl to kill a horse? Bullets and fentanyl are cheap. Cheaper than nitrogen gas, I presume. Sometimes it feels like the sadistic fucks in charge of this theater (and it is a theater, curtains and all) are just trying some new shit to see what it will do. Experimenting for its own sake.

[-] [email protected] 61 points 7 months ago

I'm not up to speed with the whole border policy thing aside from knowing that kids are still in cages, which is pretty much all I need to know

having said that, isn't this essentially just immediately accepting defeat to the republicans before the conflict even starts? isn't this sternly-worded statement just "okay okay, I'll do what you want, happy now?", or am I reading it wrong?

[-] [email protected] 81 points 7 months ago

that's epic, now the republicans have to choose between doing what they wanted to do or getting what they wanted to get

masterful gambit by dark brandon

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Listen here, Jack (twitter.com)
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https://twitter.com/nashville_brook/status/1750155980992565383

sorry guys, this will be my last post on this website... I messed with the ehwmeemememwica and unfortunately gedehemehnfet

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yet another banger from Donny Benét, the man who is living proof that you do not need to conform to beauty standards to be sexy as hell

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[-] [email protected] 61 points 8 months ago

lmao you just gotta admire how Brace and co. have this ability to stir shit up, like that time when he started the rumor about an ebola outbreak at Burning Man

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Hey folks, thought it would be fun to do this thing here as well.

I'm joaomarrom (that's John Brown in Portuguese, loose translation), pronouns he/him. I'm a self-employed ~~colonial facilitator~~ English tutor, I'm in my mid-thirties, born and raised and based (heh get it) in Brazil. My greatest desire right now is to stop teaching English and become a full-time woodworker, luthier and furniture maker.

As is the case with many of you, I was 100% lib until a major election in my country. Unlike our comrades from the US, though, in my case it was, of course, when Bolsonaro was elected president. That dropped my libness coefficient to maybe a 0.8 or so, but what really yeeted me into the top-left corner of the political spectrum was Covid + George Floyd. 2020 was the year I finally realized that Stalin should not, in fact, have stopped at Berlin.

I was at /r/cth when the sub was banned, and it was a glorious day. I'm probably among the first 100 to register an account here, and I witnessed all the struggle sessions, major and minor alike. Pronouns, vegans, indoor cats, sparkling water, you name it.

I'm also a coffee enthusiast, love me some good kino, still play Elden Ring and love cats more than anything. I love reading and listening to audiobooks. My favorite book ever is House of Leaves. I'm also a bit of a fitness nut, and if @GorbinOutOverHere is your resident rowing guy, I'm your jump rope/calisthenics guy.

I also take a massive dose of magic mushrooms once a year and post an experience report in here.

Love you guys, this is the best online space I've ever been a part of.

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