¿"Irse a un pozo" puede ser un eufemismo para... ?

Y no lo termino pa que no me eliminen el mensaje. Sepan solo que en inglés empieza con "sewer" y termina con "slide".

Estoy viendo un vídeo de Jordi Wild donde IlloJuan habla sobre su ruptura con su ex, y creo que lo entendí bien. Lo que no queda claro es si es una expresión espontanea e inventada, o se usa generalmente.

Sobre todo lo que me confundió es que pozos no parecen muy comunes o aptos para eso.

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u/MeekHat — 2 days ago
▲ 4 r/vuejs

Can you actually access a variable via its string name at runtime?

That's to continue from my other post.

I would need to either place a text string like "{{ user.name }} is the user's name." inside a template (and have the page correctly say "MeekHat is the user's name." Or I would split it along the curly braces. But I still need to find out the field "name" of the "user" variable. And all I have is the original string loaded at runtime.

Is this at all possible via Vue? I've been looking for hours.

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u/MeekHat — 3 days ago
▲ 4 r/vuejs

How to make a text-based game as a beginner?

I'm trying to replicate the progress I made in Twine (an interactive-fiction game engine), using Vue. I've made some nice progress on the preliminaries, and managed to load dialogue as json, but I'm now stuck.

The model - so to say - that is the Twine file - has variables inserted inside dialogue lines (player stats), as well as conditional player replies, that is to say links.

An example, placeholder first page:

You are a (print: $player's race) named (print: $player's name).

Select quest:

[[Political Assassination]]

(if: $player's reputation > 1)[[Cult]]

(if: $player's race is "elf")[[Elf race quest]]

[[Runaway Princess]]

Storing all that in Json seems unproductive, so along this route I would have to switch to plain text and custom parsing.

Except Vue already does all that. I've looked at routing, but it seems I would have to declare all the routes in the script setup ahead of time (aside from anything else I don't know), which seems really cumbersome. What I would like is to rewrite the above as a bare template file, accessing the variables from the parent container, while the latter doesn't have to know anything about what links the child contains.

Any suggestions?

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u/MeekHat — 4 days ago

The grammar of "Idomeneo" (Mozart/Varesco): "del barbaro nemico misto col sangue il sangue vittime generose"

So I don't think it's a typo, because I'm pretty sure it's sung this way. I get that it's opera-speak, but is this ever a valid construction anywhere else? I'm pretty sure "il sangue" belongs to "vittime generose". In other words, I would write "il sangue di vittime generose".

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u/MeekHat — 6 days ago
▲ 1 r/French

Le Podcast "Ivanhoé" d'Europe1, sans terminer

Du coup c'est assez bizarre, et je ne suis pas entièrement sûr que c'est approprié pour ce sub. Néanmoins, il y a un podcast par Europe1, qui semble basé en une émission radio ancienne, du livre de Walter Scott "Ivanhoé". Il y a plusieures choses étranges : comme le fait qu'ils l'ont coupé en de petits morceau d'environ 5 minutes. Donc il y a 84 épisodes en tout, et pourtant le livre n'est pas terminé. Épisode 84 est souscrit " Dernier episode de la serie " (sic), et Ivanhoé est encore blessé et en captivité, la bataille qui le libérera est sur le point de commencer.

Je suis tellement perdu. C'est très peu probable, mais y aurait-il quelqu'un qui m'explique ce que ça signifie ? Au moins quelqu'un qui a aussi écouté l'émission ?

Le site officiel : https://www.europe1.fr/emissions/ivanhoe

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u/MeekHat — 8 days ago

I've completed my year-long mistake, and it was all for nothing

The file says that it was started on May 25, 2025, so over a year and 2 months gross, although I took significant breaks throughout.

I'm not going to share the piece, because it seems pointless. There are certainly issues, but I'm not going to correct them if pointed out. Because I'm done with the piece, because it sounds good enough in MuseSounds, because it wasn't intended to be performed either way. Also you wouldn't get it without the broader context.

The music wasn't an end in itself; I had in mind an audio-visual presentation. Ever since I started composing seriously 2.5 years ago, music meant accompaniment to stories in my imagination. I started this one with a script, and I was eventually going to make an animation to go along with the music.

Well, guess what, animation takes a lot of effort. If it took me a whole year to complete the music piece, it's reasonable to expect multiple years for the animation. That's if I were an experienced animator, and I'm not. And I'm not getting any younger.

I'm a 38-year old loser with a lot of dreams and nothing to show for it.

Well, I wrote that it was a year-long mistake, but I haven't learned anything from it. Apart from some more music theory along the way.

In fact, I don't intend to change my ways and study properly. With my job and other duties, if I dedicated the necessary time to exercises and taking lessons, I'd quickly go broke (even more broke than I already am), and I'd have no time to compose for myself or to do my other hobbies. I would only consider that an acceptable sacrifice if at the end I could have a reasonable expectation of employment as a composer. What are the chances of that at 38, with no formal education? You tell me.

So what is the point of this post? It's a sort of morbid celebration of the completion of the piece. I don't find it worth it posting it to the internet, and nobody in my life cares about classical music, so it goes right into the proverbial drawer.

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u/MeekHat — 10 days ago

"Hij maakte het touwtje los en schoofde ring aan een vinger". Wat is er aan de hand met deze zin ut "De brief voor de koning"?

Ten eerste, werkt "ring" zonder een lidwoord? En dan, wat is de stamtijd en de betekenis van "schoofde"? In WikiWoordenboek staat, dat dat een verbuiging van "schoven" is, en "schoven" is met hopen gras te doen, om het iets onprecies te uitdrukken. Dat kan niet kloppen.

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u/MeekHat — 10 days ago
▲ 20 r/German

Die Deklination des Namens "Pamina" (aus "Der Zauberflöte")

Ich hab so was nie gesehen. Also, im Genitiv wird er scheinbar "Paminens" und in den übrigen Fällen - außer Nominativ - "Paminen". Wo kommt die Deklination her? Gibt es andere Beispiele?

Übrigens ist es der Name einer Frau.

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u/MeekHat — 14 days ago

Wat is "holletje" in "De Dwaas keerde zich om en liep op een holletje het linkerpad in." (uit "De brief voor de koning" van Tonke Draagt)

WikiWoordenboek zegt dat "holletje" het verkleinwoord is van "hol", maar niks op de pagina voor "hol" past die context voor mij. Hoe loop je op een grot of een "ondergrondse woonruimte of schuilplaats van bepaalde diersoorten"? Ook is er geen hol buiten die zin.

Ik vermoed dat dit een maat van afstand is of zoiet.

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u/MeekHat — 15 days ago

A piece for an industrial dish washer

Or "Ein kleines Geschirrspülmaschinenstück" (Google Drive).

Because it's the sound I'm exposed to for hours every day, and so I was "inspired" - for lack of a better word - to write this piece. It only took a couple hours, and didn't deserve any more.

I can imagine the agogôs and the flute would be barely audible under the drums. For what it's worth, that's intentional, because the inspiration makes one question one's perception at times as well - "are these sounds there for real or am I imagining them?"

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u/MeekHat — 20 days ago

What do people attracted to molluscs and/or arthropods actually find attractive about them?

This is an art project - which might not surprise you - and I like to be thorough in my research. I want to draw an alien creature that isn't a typical humanoid but is still attractive to a human. Well, I don't know how to do that, because I myself am attracted to humans, so by default I draw an attractive humanoid.

I'd like to get a different perspective. What features actually make creatures like octopuses (and apparently some people are also attracted to some arthropodes) desirable?

I suppose they often have apparently big eyes, right? Or is it simply that a tentacle can resemble a male member (hopefully this doesn't trigger an automod)?

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u/MeekHat — 21 days ago
▲ 1 r/German

What are modern equivalents of "Hagestolz"?

I've found this definition on DWDS:

>älterer, etwas wunderlich gewordener Junggeselle

That's kind of abstract for me, and I'm not sure I've met someone like that in real life. I'm also not sure how to imagine the "wunderlich gewordener" part.

Are they actively looking to marry and can't, therefore become cuckoo?

Or is that someone asexual/aromantic and therefore is weird to others?

Is that an... incel?

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u/MeekHat — 22 days ago

Tired of native speakers mocking my stilted speech

Basically, I'm tired of not being able to explain myself clearly and of people mocking my stilted speech, or rather writing, while I'm just learning to express myself. That was a nuisance in my first foreign language, and I just don't want to go through it again.

The thing is, my speech was characterized as stilted even in my native language, as a child. I think that indicates neurodivergence. That transferred to foreign languages, and to exacerbate matters, my most common sources of vocabulary have been fantasy books, so often I would be accused of speaking like Gandalf.

The latest culprit has been German, where I wrote like no one does anymore, as per my interlocutors.

The thing is, I overcame the issue in English, or at least as much as possible, you be the judge, but that took almost a decade, and that's after I essentially was fluent. I don't think I have the patience to go through the process multiple times.

I'm about to give up on output entirely.

Anybody in a similar situation?

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u/MeekHat — 23 days ago
▲ 6 r/German

"Fein nicht zu hastig getrunken!" in The Magic Flute

This might be a typo. I've discarded several librettos available online which were full of typos. But in case it isn't, how does this work?

I've found "fein" on dwds in a sense which sort of might fit, but it says "umgangssprachlich", so I'm skeptical about 200+ years ago. And in any case, it wouldn't work with "getrunken" as a Partizip, I think. I would maybe accept, "Trink fein nicht zu hastig." (DWDS defines that sense with "aber, ja".)

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u/MeekHat — 23 days ago

I've long wanted to emigrate for political and cultural reasons, but I'm not sure it gets much better socioeconomically anywhere else

More specifically, I have 3 grocery stores, 1 hospital, 2 schools, a park, 2 kinds of public transport - all within 10 minute walking distance, and I can take either of those kinds of public transport to reach areas with significant cultural life within 30-60 minutes. Also crime seems to be non-existent, or at the very least bicycles safely get left outside with minimal security.

On the other hand, I live in Russia. Apart from everything else, I just don't know anyone who shares my perspectives on politics, gender, or even healthcare. I feel isolated.

I have thought for a very long time that I don't belong in this country, but lately I've started to suspect that everywhere has its issues and maybe it's about as good as it gets. Maybe a country is more liberal, but there's rampant crime, or it's covered with food deserts, or the infrastructure is in a bad, outdated state.

Am I right?

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u/MeekHat — 25 days ago

Anybody else only excited about the beginner stage?

I'm coming to the conclusion that that's me. All the media is fresh and new, learning new sounds, learning the meaning of words that have been borrowed into your language or you came across in passing - all that gives me a rush. It's basically all downhill from there. It doesn't help that I'm an introvert and being able to effectively communicate in a language is nothing particularly exciting to me.

I spent around 10 years chasing this rush, all the while trying desperately to maintain and develop the languages that I kept picking up, and eventually the easily accessible languages dried up and the backlog accumulated to the extent that I haven't touched a new language in years.

And I miss it a bit, the life is duller without it, but if I go back to my former ways I don't know where that'll end, especially since any new languages after this point won't be easy to maintain passively because they won't have a lot of media like Youtube or podcasts.

Do you relate to this story?

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u/MeekHat — 28 days ago

How do I achieve my goals in life?

I'm a 38 y/o Russian. Basically all my life so far my primary concern has been learning and creative hobbies. Somehow I've gotten by financially. Lately this has consisted of deliveries by bicycle (DoorDash is the most recognizable intenational equivalent, I believe) and part-time dishwashing. It's tough, especially in present-day Russia, but I've loved my progress in hobbies the past few years.

Well, living in Russia sucks. To be honest, I've felt like an outsider for over 10 years.

I've also never been in a relationship. I attribute the situation to a large extent to my mental health, as in, I spent pretty much all my 20s - the key dating decade, I believe - depressed, to the point of agoraphobia.

And also deeply ashamed of my financial situation, which I still sort of am. I'm not looking for a full-time job that I'm not interested in, because whenever a job or other things in life infringe on my creative expression, I grow increasingly unhappy. May sound like bullshit, but that's a pattern I've observed.

It's a general wisdom that the hobbies that I'm into don't pay, or at least not enough to survive on. Such as digital painting and music composition.

So, I've pretty much self-realized in the area of creative and intellectual pursuits, but I live in the wrong country and have no personal life, with jobs that barely let ends meet.

What do I do?

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u/MeekHat — 29 days ago

Bestaat "afhijgen"? ("De brief voor de koning" van Tonke Dragt)

Letterlijk. Het zegt:

"Toen wachtte hij in de hoogte, veilig verborgen tussen gebladerte, hijgend af wat er zou gebeuren."

Ik ken dat niet. Ik ken "hijgen", maar die samenstelling klinkt raar voor mij. Ik zou daar "wachtend af" of zoiets zetten (ook al zou dat niet leuk klinken, vanwegen de herhaling).

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u/MeekHat — 29 days ago

Hoe spreek ik "Jioesipu" uit?

Een text-to-speech zegt zoiets als "joesapoe" /ju:sapu/. Ik begrijp niet waarom. (En nee, het is niet op Engels ingesteld.)

Mijn eigen probeersel, nou, was letterlijk, maar dat is een beetje awkward voor de nederlandse fonetiek, vooral de twee eerste klanken, dus /jiu:sipy/.

Ah, overigens dit komt uit "De Brief Voor De Koning" van Tonke Dragt.

Ook ja, ik begrijp dat dit een verzonnen naam is... Is er zoiets als een canonieke uitspraak? Overigens vast zeggen ze hem in de nederlandse verfilming, maar ik ben er nog niet aan toe.

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u/MeekHat — 1 month ago
▲ 0 r/German

Should I stop posting in German?

I have no interest in modern colloquial German. My main exposure to German for the past year came from a historical fiction murder mystery book series set in the Middle Ages, and in the future my main focus is opera, in particular Wagner, so my vocabulary won't get enriched by hip youth lingo any time soon. Therefore if I kept asking my questions in the version of German that I'm learning, my posts would continue being a cause for confusion.

Does it make sense that in the future I should switch to posting in English here?

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u/MeekHat — 2 months ago