#trilema | 2020-02-21

00:36

in other coincidentalia, who

00:36

in other coincidentalia, who's susane welsh!

00:36

"It is salutary to remember that the majority of English mother-tongue applicants for translation posts in the European Commission fail because of the poor quality of their English." << i lulzed.

00:38

mircea_popescu

it's true, too. esl tards are UNIQUELY illiterate, you've not seen anything like it, "college graduates" with a sub 1k word vocabulary and understanding of grammar so rudimental as to render them incapable of theoretical production on the level of naming the fucking cases, or practical accomplishment on the level of analysing one phrase...

00:39

mircea_popescu

the notion of trees as an approach to human knowledge is such alien mp-arcana not because mp came up with anything, but because everyone else failed 6th grade, can't take sentence produce the grammatical tree therein.

00:42

mircea_popescu

jfw, tell mom to come in sometime, i wouldn't mind commissioning ru versions of some trilema articles from ye 30year veteran editor of the executive intelligence review.

~ 4 hours 2 minutes ~

04:44

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http://trilema.com/2020/le-clan-des-siciliens/ << Trilema -- Le clan des siciliens

~ 7 hours 15 minutes ~

12:00

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http://qntra.net/2020/02/chinese-own-california-pension-system-and-use-it-to-fund-development-of-chinese-missiles/ << Qntra -- Chinese Own California Pension System And Use It To Fund Development Of Chinese Missiles

~ 3 hours 34 minutes ~

15:35

jfw

mircea_popescu: a consonance of dislikes between my own branch of the old generation and the young republic; how nice & harmonious!

15:35

jfw

I'll pass along the invite, why not. She gonna need a GPG key and everything? :D

15:39

jfw

Indeed mom taught me the English cases (though perhaps not the fucking cases) and sentence trees while the sixth grade did not; and I remember grandma taught me handwriting exercises that the second grade couldn't be bothered with

~ 5 hours 14 minutes ~

20:53

mp_en_viaje

jfw, at first you can just voice her, why not. but sure, conceivably she might end up needing it if she sticks around

20:54

mp_en_viaje

http://logs.ossasepia.com/log/trilema/2020-02-21#1958429 << they become the fucking case if she includes the ablative, and explains the difference between it an' the accusative. otherwise if it's only five of them,they're the simple cases not the fucking cases.

20:54

ossabot

Logged on 2020-02-21 16:55:04 jfw: Indeed mom taught me the English cases (though perhaps not the fucking cases) and sentence trees while the sixth grade did not; and I remember grandma taught me handwriting exercises that the second grade couldn't be bothered with

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22:57

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http://trilema.com/2020/the-slap-and-human-dignity/ << Trilema -- The slap and human dignity