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by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Tue Apr 19, 2022 7:42 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Venting thread
Replies: 2107
Views: 15094521

Re: Venting thread

Travis B. wrote: Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:01 pmTis true, but I tend to roll my eyes whenever a company tries to market themselves as "socially aware" regardless (obviously they need better propaganda).
Same here. Experience tells me that corporate for profit organizations tend to focus more on self-image.
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:09 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Elections in various countries
Replies: 1418
Views: 660194

Re: Elections in various countries

Macron apparently only won decisively among old people. Kind of, but that's because Mélenchon won among young people. Here's the breakdown: 18-24: Mélenchon 34%, Macron 25%, Le Pen 17% 25-34: Mélenchon 31 , Macron 22, Le Pen 27 35-49: Le Pen 29, Macron 22 , Mélenchon 20 50-64: Le Pen 29, Macron 25 ...
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Mon Apr 11, 2022 4:59 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Elections in various countries
Replies: 1418
Views: 660194

Re: Elections in various countries

So it looks like most people on the left did try that tactic... It didn't work. Mélenchon got a very good score.. but the finalists are Le Pen and Macron just as expected. I'll vote for Macron, but I'll admit the prospect of yet again voting for a guy I despise just to keep the fascists out does no...
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Mon Feb 10, 2020 8:52 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Some Verdurian typos
Replies: 98
Views: 128142

Re: Some Verdurian typos

zompist wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2020 7:50 pm It was a joke, my dude.
I knew :)
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Mon Feb 10, 2020 6:46 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Some Verdurian typos
Replies: 98
Views: 128142

Re: Some Verdurian typos

(Dialects... oh man, why does anyone have dialects... just makes more work for linguists and conlinguists!) Because, unless all the speakers of a given language interact on a regular basis, speakers of languages are bound to create their own expressions, and that's not counting the general drift in...
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:45 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Language Telephone - TEAM 1 RESULTS AND TEAM 2 RESULTS!
Replies: 195
Views: 137239

Re: Language Telephone

Vijay wrote: Thu Jan 30, 2020 1:06 pm Yay! Now all we need is Yiuel's translation, and we're done! :)
It should be done during next week. FR to EN shouldn't be too difficult.
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Sun Dec 22, 2019 12:17 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Happy things thread!
Replies: 1298
Views: 767187

Re: Happy things thread!

The reviews of Cats are hilarious. Every year, it seems there's one inexplicably awful movie that all the critics decide to pour their creativity into reading to filth and this year it's the singing/dancing CGI furryfest. Even the ads for it venture into cannot unsee territory. I saw the preview wh...
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:46 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Elections in various countries
Replies: 1418
Views: 660194

Re: Elections in various countries

Canadian PM appointed a "Minister of Middle Class Prosperity".

I kid you not. It is real. I would be laughing if it weren't so sad a position.

:roll:
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:37 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: British Politics Guide
Replies: 2009
Views: 1070284

Re: British Politics Guide

First, the effects of deregulation take time to appear. While Reaganomics and Thatcherism has been going on for nearly four decades now, their impact (impoverishment of a section of the population) took a full generation to appear in the radars. I haven't lived in Thatcher-era Britain, but from all...
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:30 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: British Politics Guide
Replies: 2009
Views: 1070284

Re: British Politics Guide

(speaking of Britannia Unchained) I've never understood how deregulation advocates can exist outside the United States. All they need to do is look at the arch-deregulators across the Atlantic to see that it isn't a good idea. It's as if they're watching someone die slowly of lung cancer, and advoc...
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Tue Nov 19, 2019 1:32 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Random Thread
Replies: 4119
Views: 571512

Re: Random Thread

I usually treat a Twitter heart as a
"I want to positively rate the message so it gets favored by the Grand Tweet Algorithm" thing.
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Mon Nov 11, 2019 6:10 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Elections in various countries
Replies: 1418
Views: 660194

Re: Elections in various countries

mèþru wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 4:39 pmAs for Canada, I wonder if the new results will make Trudeau reconsider his earlier switch against proportional represenation, which would ensure Liberals and NDP don't work as spoilers to each other.
Do you expect rationality from a PM that has been more about PR than coherent policy?
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Fri Nov 08, 2019 5:17 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Language Telephone - TEAM 1 RESULTS AND TEAM 2 RESULTS!
Replies: 195
Views: 137239

Re: Language Telephone

Vijay wrote: Fri Nov 08, 2019 4:18 pm Yiuel Raumbesrairc, are you okay with that (since this means we don't know when you'll get the text for Team 2)?

Holy crap how did we manage to do this in just a week last time :o
Yeah, I definitely can wait.
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Thu Nov 07, 2019 4:14 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Language Telephone - TEAM 1 RESULTS AND TEAM 2 RESULTS!
Replies: 195
Views: 137239

Re: Language Telephone

Sorry to all, I have been delayed by... becoming sick as I received the text.

I got better, did it, sent it to Nerulant. It won't be as Evil as I thought it would be. The text didn't have much to give in terms of neologisms on which I could make people cringe. :D
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Tue Oct 22, 2019 3:00 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Elections in various countries
Replies: 1418
Views: 660194

Re: Elections in various countries

Looks like over in Canada, Justin Trudeau got reelected, but without an outright majority. For someone who doesn't know that much about Canadian political traditions, it's interesting that once it became clear who would get how many seats, the CBC announced that there would be a Liberal minority go...
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Fri Oct 04, 2019 12:54 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Language Telephone - TEAM 1 RESULTS AND TEAM 2 RESULTS!
Replies: 195
Views: 137239

Re: Language Telephone

Moose-tache wrote: Fri Oct 04, 2019 6:17 am OK, I'll start contacting the people who have volunteered to do the last link. If you haven't volunteered previously, feel free to do so now.
Gimme it.
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Fri Sep 27, 2019 9:34 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Language Telephone - TEAM 1 RESULTS AND TEAM 2 RESULTS!
Replies: 195
Views: 137239

Re: Language Telephone

I can't wait to get it and make Nerulent cry for mercy.
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:42 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Language Telephone - TEAM 1 RESULTS AND TEAM 2 RESULTS!
Replies: 195
Views: 137239

Re: Language Telephone

I can translate from German into Catalan, Spanish, French, or Irish with confidence and a bunch of others (including Standard Chinese) if accuracy isn’t really an issue. It would be fun to have some nonstandard varieties. I could translate into Cajun French and out of Québécois, for instance. I cou...
by Yiuel Raumbesrairc
Wed Sep 11, 2019 2:59 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Elections in various countries
Replies: 1418
Views: 660194

Re: Elections in various countries

In the land of maple syrup, poutine, nanaimo bars and kraft dinner, 40 days of campaign will lead us to elect the next government that shall lead 35 million tatas for another four years (hopefully). So, is Western Alberta and Countryside Ontario pissed off enough of the selfiogenic J. Trudeau, leadi...