u/hendrong

Animals kept within electric fences usually don't approach them again once they've learned that the fences are electric. You can usually turn off the electricity after a while, and the animals still stay away from the wires.

This is even mentioned in the Jurassic Park novel, after the electricity go out, as a reassurance that they're probably safe.

But they're not safe at all, the dinosaurs apparently don't behave like cows, goats, pigs, geese etc. They break out almost immediately. Why do they do that?

It's canon both in book and movie that the raptors attack the electric fences all the time. In the book, no reason is stated for it, but in the movie, it's said to be to test the fence for weaknesses. But all the other ones? Why did the T-rex put its front claw on the fence, for example?

Jag tycks alltid hamna i situationer där en kvinna äger en hund och/eller en katt och hunden/katten är i samma rum när vi ska ha sex.

Förr om åren kände jag ett milt obehag över detta, men konflikträdd som jag är, samt rädd för att sabba stämningen och missa chansen till sexet, så gjorde jag aldrig någon grej av det. Nuförtiden har jag typ vant mig. Hunderna/katterna verkar inte bry sig heller. Antar att de inte förstår vad man gör. (Jag kan dock bli lite orolig om tjejen skriker högt och hunden ser farlig ut, jag tänker "tänk om den tror att hon är i fara och får för sig att attackera mig för att försvara henne".)

Hur gör ni? Kör ni på, eller har ni en hund-och kattfri policy?

I'm a Swedish guy named Henrik (pronounced like Henry but with a k at the end). I plan on visiting a Spanish speaking country this autumn (Guatemala). I'm wondering: Would it be a good idea to Spanish-ify my name when I'm there? I guess it would mean that I'd tell them my name is Enrique?

In Sweden, we never expect visitors to "Swedish-ify" their names... But I have seen other people do it, when they visit other countries. For example, I once met an Italian guy when I was in China, who said his name was "Angel". A few days later, when I saw his name written down on a note, it turned out it was actually "Angelo".

So, whaddya say? Should I go with Enrique? Will the Guatemalans appreciate it... Or would they just find it weird, if they found out my name is actually Henrik?

I was going to post this in a language sub, but then I realized it was maybe a stupid question, so...

Edit: You all seem to be in agreement - I will definitely call myself Enrique over there! Thanks!

M42 Swede here. Which means my mother tongue is Swedish and my second language is English.

Native English-speakers often compliment us Scandinavians on how good our English is. Often followed by a comment on how they themselves are a bit ashamed for not knowing a second language better.

While we certainly appreciate the compliment, I'm making this post to inform you that Scandinavians' relationship with the English language can't begin to compare with native English-speakers' relationship with their second language. We Scandinavians have it much easier learning English than they have learning Spanish, German, French or what-have-you.

First of all, you must remember that literally all pop-cultural phenomena that are really popular in English-speaking countries, are also popular in Scandinavia. This means that literally all the most popular music being played in i.e. the US, is also being played in Scandinavia all the time. It means that literally all the most popular shows and movies in the US get shown in Scandinavia all the time. On top of that, many Scandinavian musicians sing in English.

Since infants aren't kept away from neither TV nor radio, this means that Scaniavians get exposed a lot to English from birth. Literally.

Secondly: In Scandinavia, the only media that get voiceovers are shows and movies aimed at small children, i.e. under the age of ten or so. Everything else keeps the original voices, but gets Scandinavian subtitles. This is important for two reasons: One, it gives us even more immersion than the music, and two, it lets us associate English words with the Scandinavian words written on screen. I have learned many English words from subtitles.

Thirdly: Another important factor is that young kids in Scandinavia think that English sounds cool. You know how most languages have a certain "feel" to them? Italian is romantic, German is militaristic, French is... Also romantic, I guess? Well, English sounds badass. It's the language of action heroes. Yippe kay-aye, motherfucker sounds so awesome that it became one of the most memorable catchphrases of all time. A Swedish translator had the unfortunate job of trying to translate it for the subtitles; the result was so unintentionally hilarious that I'm genuinely too embarassed to post it here.

So when me and my friends were adolescent and running around in the woods playing war, we naturally shouted "I'll kill you" and "blam, you're dead", in English. We made an effort to speak English because we felt motivated to do so.

Contrast all this to my experience learning German. By age ten, everyone in my class had to pick a third langage to start learning. I randomly chose German.

Officially, I studied German for over six years. But I didn't really study it. My heart was never in it. Here we had a brand new language which I had barely ever encountered, which I had heard in movies and songs less times than I could count on my fingers, and that, on top of it all, sounded lame to me and my friends. To this day, I can just barely hold a super simple conversation in German.

So, dear English speakers: When you compare your second language skills to those of a Scandinavian, don't compare yourselves to how we speak English. Compare yourselves to how we speak German, French or Spanish. Because that's a more fair comparison. Don't be too hard on yourselves.

I like to joke that English isn't our second language, it's our first-and-a-half language. But no-one ever laughs at that joke, so I guess I should stop telling it.

... I think this show would be better off without the supernatural element. Or, maybe it doesn't qualify as "supernatural", since, as I understand it, other dimensions might exist in real life... But you know what I mean. The dimension hopping, the films, and all that.

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By now you might be yelling: "But good sir! That stuff is integral to the story! You are doing the equivalent of saying that Titanic would be better without the iceberg or that Jurassic Park would be better without the dinosaurs!"

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To that, I reply: There is plenty of stuff that could have worked even if the supernatural stuff was removed. I love the notion of historical fiction. The year it's set (early sixties) is perfect, because long enough time has passed since 1945 for it to be believeable that America has embraced nazism, but it's not so long after the war that the top nazis have died or that nobody remembers the war.

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I like everything about the Smith family. The man and wife trying to juggle material success, loyalty to the Reich and surface appearance with conscience, being good parents and having a good marriage.

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Similarly, I like to follow Kido (spelling?) and that Japanese dude who could dimension hop with mediation (I am embarassingly bad with names).

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I like all the politics. The scheming between American officials, Japanese officials, yakuzas and restistance fighters. And I like how the world is divided up between Japan, Germany and a neutral zone.

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The films, as a plotpoint, should be able to be exchanged for something else, a piece of intelligence maybe.

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But why do I dislike the supernatural stuff? Well, for the same reason, I assume, that you don't want magic in realistic shows in general: I think it doesn't really belong, it makes the whole thing less serious.

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Before 33 AD, Judas was a perfectly fine name.

Before 1935, Adolf was a perfectly fine name.

Before 1955, Kermit was a perfectly fine name.

Before 2010, Karen was a perfectly fine name.

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Will all names eventually become tarnished?

- Är det lätt att få jobb?

- Är det lätt att få jobb med någorlunda schyssta villkor (inte superstressiga jobb där man ska plåga grisar hela dagarna för minimilön typ).

- Är det socialt?

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Älskar att sköta om djur som hobby, så funderar mycket på denna utbildning. Spelar ingen roll vilken djurart det blir, jag tycker kor, gris, höns, får mm verkar lika roliga. Har inget emot hårt slit eller att hantera skit.

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Vill ej bli djurvårdare eller veterinär.

Först och främst: Tråden handlar inte om mig själv, jag frågar bara hypotetiskt.

Edit för att folk är för svagbegåvade för att kunna läsa svart på vitt: JAG REPETERAR, DEN HÄR GÅNGEN MED STORA BOKSTÄVER, SÅ KANSKE FOLK FÖRSTÅR: TRÅDEN HANDLAR INTE OM MIG, DEN ÄR BARA HYPOTETISK.

BRIS går som bekant att ringa fram tills man fyller 18. Det innebär att en del av klientelet kommer ha "vuxen röst". Jag är 42, men min röst låter exakt likadan som den gjorde när jag var färdig med målbrottet vid 15 eller nåt. Om jag ringde till BRIS, skulle de låta mig ha ett vanligt samtal, eller har de metoder för att sålla ut folk som är för gamla?

So, as I understand, muslim women with a hijab or other headdresses feel like the hair is too private a bodypart to show in public. My question is: How private is it?

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Like, for Western women, I think most would agree that the breasts feel less private to show than the genitalia. While both feel uncomfortable to show in public, the genitalia feel more uncomfortable. Some are okay with showing the breasts at a public beach, but not the genitalia. I don't know if the reverse exists.

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Men have this too, but to a lesser extent. By and large, we are okay showing everything except the genitalia to any and all people.

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Where would hair for a hijab-wearing woman fall on that scale? Is it as private as breasts, for example?

Som en komplement-tråd till "Otrevligaste kändisen?" som lades upp nyss.

Jag är bara en vanlig snubbe och har knappt träffat några kändisar. Men jag småpratade lite hastigt med Jesper Rönndahl efter att jag hade varit och sett honom uppträda. Han var supertrevlig, gav mig sin fulla uppmärksamhet och verkade inte ha det minsta bråttom. Han visade inget tecken på att tycka att jag var korkad när jag i min nervositet råkade säga "du är ett stort fan till mig" istället för "du är en stor idol till mig". Jag frågade om tips på att bli komiker, och han gav mig några riktigt bra. Som avslutning sa han "hoppas vi ses!"

Kan även nämna att jag hört att Peter Siepen är konsekvent skittrevlig mot allt och alla.

Edit: Hur kunde jag glömma - Johan Wester! (Ena halvan av Hipp-hipp.) Han tränar ju för fasen på mitt gym! Nästan överdrivet trevlig och snäll kille, hundra procent av gångerna man träffar honom.

Edit nummer 2: Min bror och mamma har hängt lite med Johan Rabeus och hans kända fru som jag just nu inte kommer ihåg namnet på. De är extremt roliga och trevliga.

For contect, I'm M42 and exclusively dating women.

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On rare occasions, while I have been dating a woman, she has started to wax poetic about how hot/beautiful/sexy she thinks a celebrity is. A random example from long ago, just because I happen to remember it: One women said something to the effect of "Johnny Depp must be the hottest guy on the planet", and then she went on to say how she wished she had Johnny sitting on one side of her and another hot celebrity (Swedish soccer star Henrik Larsson, in case it matters) on the other.

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What am I, as the man dating her, expected to say in a situation like that?

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"Thank god you don't have those guys nearby then, so you have to settle for me!"

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"I totally know the feeling! My ultimate dream is to motorboat Angelina Jolie!"

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"IKR? I'm bi, let's call those guys and see if we can arrange a foursome!"

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I genuinely don't get it. When I'm dating a woman, I generally try to get HER to feel attractive... I don't think I would obtain that effect by talking about how attractive OTHERS are...

I'm a bit of a karate geek. And even though it's been many years since I practiced the art, I still like to geek out about karate.

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In particular, I love reading about the old Okinawan master. I will voraciously consume any material I can find about them.

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One thing that strikes me when I read about their lives, is just how often they come upon people who try to rob or assault them. It seems like they can barely leave the door without running into "ruffians". For example, according to Gichin Funakoshi's fascination autobiography, he was attacked several times during his training period under his masters alone.

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And these are the accounts of people who try to *avoid* trouble. One karate master, Choki Motobu, famously *seeked out* violence, and was supposedly in over a hundred fights. Karate indeed seemed to be a useful skill back then!

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Undoubtedly, these accounts are at least partly fake. Some may be embellished or made up altogether to market karate. Others may be changed by the telephone game of history. But it's still a remarkable number of encounters, especially considering the small size of Okinawa, and the fact that Japan is known for its safety (granted, Okinawa is different in many ways from mainland Japan, and the safety of Japan may be a more recent thing anyway).

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If anyone can chime in on this, it would greatly satisfy my inner geek!

Jag är 42 och gick en helt annan gymnasieutbildning än estetisk. Men ibland funderar jag på om jag borde gått esterisk med bildinriktning, för bild var mitt bästa ämne i skolan. Så, eftersom jag gillar att grubbla över hur saker och ting kunde gått annorlunda: Hur är/var det programmet? Superflummigt, eller lärde man sig massor? Drillade de en i färg- och formlära, kosthistoria, skulptur, teckning osv? Var det mycket fria val? Ångar ni att ni gick det? Osv.

The last thing I watched was "Sick of it", and I am pretty sure he has been in more stuff since then. I've also watched two interviews of him with Craig Parkinson, but the last one of those is getting a bit old. Does anyone have any tips about anything I can watch or hear Karl in, as himself or a character? It would do wonders for my mental health.

Note: I live in Sweden, I use Youtube and Netflix, and I am open to subscribing to some other stuff if it gets me more of my hero.

Edit: I see you take the "Serious answers only" tag seriously 😄

I'm thinking about making a tiny pond in a corner of my garden to hopefully make frogs lay eggs there. Part of the reason is that I want the frogs to hang out in my garden and eat harmful slugs. But if manage to get frogs to lay eggs in my pond, how far away from the pond can I expect increased frog activity? The other edge of the garden would be a good 150 feet from the pond.

"What a waste to blow up the Statue of Liberty... I would have gotten a fortune from the torch alone".

Lol.

Like when you do a stupid move, and they send "Oops". Yeah, no shit oops, no need to rub it in, you snide bastard.

... Joe is a nazi, is bad writing.

So. They find out that he is a nazi because they find a movie in which he has nazi clothes and do nazi things. That's all well and good.

The problem, of course, that in the same movie, they ALSO see Frank getting shot in the head.

Now, if I saw a movie in which I myself was getting shot in the head, the movie would absolutely lose 100% of its credibility to me. I'd assume it was a weird, hyperrealistic form of animation, or actors wearing masks, or something. And I certainly wouldn't take it as proof of anything.

And yet, Frank and Juliana sees it as proof that Joe is a nazi.

Thoughts?