Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)

[vampireshark]

So, when I opened my bank account, the bank issued me a "V Pay" card. Turns out that said card isn't very useful. Sure, it allows me to withdraw money from ATMs and to pay for things in stores... but it doesn't work online, for the most part, and it won't work at all outside Europe! Meaning I had to request a credit card to be able to buy things (like plane tickets) online, and also meaning that I can't yet buy my tickets to go to India. Which is frustrating... I might need to go to a brick-and-mortar travel agency to get that taken care of.

Also, in other frustrating things, I'm still waiting for my residence permit... it's been a month since I sent the papers in. The only indication I have as to how the process is going is that they told me early last week that they had received my medical certificate and my file "is currently being taken care of". Might need to make some noise soon.

[Viktor77]

I might need to go to a brick-and-mortar travel agency to get that taken care of.

Sorry about the frustration of Luxembourg bureaucracy. I always thought Lux was a well-oiled machine.

I'm sure you know, but be careful at travel agencies, they like to charge a lot. I ended up canceling mine in Poland. They quoted me 1500 euros for 5 days in Krakow and Zakopane. So far on my own I have planned Krakow with Auschwitz and Wieliczka, Wroclaw, Poznan, and Katowice for 500 including accommodation (trying to convince my significant other to use AirBnB in Poland). There are other tours I could add, they're all a bit expensive though which sucks because some are quite awesome, like a WWII countryside tour in Wroclaw.

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I managed to find a book a while back about the phonological history of the southern Ryukyuan languages (i.e. those not including Okinawan and its closest relatives) but after looking through it a few times I have come to the conclusion that it is completely indecipherable. The author uses an idiosyncratic and baroque transcription system, refuses to use comparative evidence from Okinawan or Japanese, which occasionally results in inane reconstructions for certain words, because of some concern about 'begging the question' or something, and the text just has poor organization in general. A couple striking changes are completely ignored.

At least I got a couple interesting things from it.

[Imralu]

So, the psychiatrist appointment fell through but they were able to make an appointment with a general doctor for me. The appointment* was one of the most stressful experiences I've had in a long time - I felt completely pulled apart after that and had to walk for half an hour to get home while unable to stop crying - but I got my prescription and I am now sitting here wracked with the side-effects of Luvox (Fluvoxamine) which, as unpleasant as it is, kind of makes me happy that it's there. It's proof that it's in my body. The pills are so tiny that it kind of seems strange to imagine that they could do very much, but having taken two so far, I'm feeling it now. It will be another couple of weeks before I notice any antidepressant effect but I know it's coming.

It's been years since I've taken an antidepressant. I remember the side effects of Luvox were rougher than those of Prozac (Fluoxetine), but I remember Luvox made me sharper, turned down my emotions but left all of my other brain functions working really well, whereas Prozac seemed to turn everything down and made me vague and forgetful and I felt a bit like I needed a minder (like, sometimes I'd drop what I was holding if I got distracted by anything). Prozac also made me sweat a lot, especially from my forehead, and that lasted for years after I stopped taking it. So the side effects of Luvox are worth riding through. As far as I remember, they mostly weren't that bad. There were a few things in the first few weeks that mostly died away when it reached a stable level in my body. All the bad stuff happened at the end, coming off Luvox, when I got brain zaps and all kinds of crazy sensory things which told me I was going way too fast.

So, yesterday I had a dry mouth and a funny taste and I had a few dizzy spells, and I was like "Ah, there it is. Yay!" Tonight, I noticed I was getting trembly and that was all fine until I suddenly felt that sinking feeling in my stomach like something horrible was happening and it felt like heat rising through my body like when I have a huge adrenaline rush and I've sitting here trembling, just telling myself that it's all for a good reason. I don't think this happened last time. Knowing what's happening, it's all OK. I know I should be sleeping, but ... you know.

* During my two-hour wait for the doctor, this guy walked in, made eye-contact with me, talked to someone, and then left. Pretty cool because I know him from a movie that is probably part of the reason why I decided to move to Berlin.

trying to convince my significant other to use AirBnB in Poland

Why does he need convincing?

[Viktor77]

So, the psychiatrist appointment fell through but they were able to make an appointment with a general doctor for me. The appointment* was one of the most stressful experiences I've had in a long time - I felt completely pulled apart after that and had to walk for half an hour to get home while unable to stop crying - but I got my prescription and I am now sitting here wracked with the side-effects of Luvox (Fluvoxamine) which, as unpleasant as it is, kind of makes me happy that it's there. It's proof that it's in my body. The pills are so tiny that it kind of seems strange to imagine that they could do very much, but having taken two so far, I'm feeling it now. It will be another couple of weeks before I notice any antidepressant effect but I know it's coming.

It's been years since I've taken an antidepressant. I remember the side effects of Luvox were rougher than those of Prozac (Fluoxetine), but I remember Luvox made me sharper, turned down my emotions but left all of my other brain functions working really well, whereas Prozac seemed to turn everything down and made me vague and forgetful and I felt a bit like I needed a minder (like, sometimes I'd drop what I was holding if I got distracted by anything). Prozac also made me sweat a lot, especially from my forehead, and that lasted for years after I stopped taking it. So the side effects of Luvox are worth riding through. As far as I remember, they mostly weren't that bad. There were a few things in the first few weeks that mostly died away when it reached a stable level in my body. All the bad stuff happened at the end, coming off Luvox, when I got brain zaps and all kinds of crazy sensory things which told me I was going way too fast.

So, yesterday I had a dry mouth and a funny taste and I had a few dizzy spells, and I was like "Ah, there it is. Yay!" Tonight, I noticed I was getting trembly and that was all fine until I suddenly felt that sinking feeling in my stomach like something horrible was happening and it felt like heat rising through my body like when I have a huge adrenaline rush and I've sitting here trembling, just telling myself that it's all for a good reason. I don't think this happened last time. Knowing what's happening, it's all OK. I know I should be sleeping, but ... you know.

* During my two-hour wait for the doctor, this guy walked in, made eye-contact with me, talked to someone, and then left. Pretty cool because I know him from a movie that is probably part of the reason why I decided to move to Berlin.

I remember the affects of Prozac when my cousin took it. She was like a zombie, walking around with no expression, like she wasn't even here on Earth. I understand the benefits of anti-depressants but seeing her like that, a normally cheery person, was really quite frightening. But anyway, I'm glad you got your meds even if you had to go to a terrible doctor. And hey, you got to see a famous actor.

Why does he need convincing?

Even though we've done AirBnB across the US, this is Europe, a different country and language and for some reason that worries him. He's a creature of the conventional and lacks a bit the adventurous or so-called "bohemian" spirit. It drives me a bit crazy sometimes. I'll find a way to convince him.

[jal]

During my two-hour wait for the doctor, this guy walked in

Who's he?


JAL

[jal]

Damn, yesterday night I woke up with severe back pain. Still got it, though during the day is better. WTF? I must be getting old or something... Also, I'm having a terrible cold, my sinuses are clogged and painful, snot is everywhere. Yuck! Why can't I live in a country that has mild and pleasent wheather all year round so this winter illnesses just pass by...


JAL

[jmcd]

During my two-hour wait for the doctor, this guy walked in

Who's he?


JAL

Tineye.com is not yet well known, despite its usefulness. It is an actor from Lola rennt: http://www.aveleyman.com/FilmCredit.aspx?FilmID=24755

[linguoboy]

During my two-hour wait for the doctor, this guy walked in

Who's he?

Tineye.com is not yet well known, despite its usefulness. It is an actor from Lola rennt: http://www.aveleyman.com/FilmCredit.aspx?FilmID=24755

Ah, dang, I was hoping it would turn out to be Armin Rohde.

[Bristel]

Ow! And did it begin and get mended on the same day??

I think so, I only felt the pain when I woke up last Tuesday morning, and it took me a little while to get up and get the courage to go in, but she pushed it back in, and it hasn't hurt for several days now. I'm still trying not to overdo anything like exercise or lifting though.

Apparently inguinal hernias are more common in males because the inguinal tract is where the testicles descended from? (might be wrong here).

Just a funny might-be-true thing.

[jmcd]

During my two-hour wait for the doctor, this guy walked in

Who's he?

Tineye.com is not yet well known, despite its usefulness. It is an actor from Lola rennt: http://www.aveleyman.com/FilmCredit.aspx?FilmID=24755

Ah, dang, I was hoping it would turn out to be Armin Rohde.

Filmografie (Auswahl) Well, he wasn't very profilic in the eighties, was he now?!

[linguoboy]

[/wiki/Armin_Rohde]Filmografie (Auswahl)[/url] Well, he wasn't very profilic in the eighties, was he now?!

Does Imralu's doctor specialise in diseases of the 80s or something?

[schyrsivochter]

Tineye.com is not yet well known, despite its usefulness.

Why not use Google Image Search?

[jmcd]

[/wiki/Armin_Rohde]Filmografie (Auswahl)[/url] Well, he wasn't very profilic in the eighties, was he now?!

Does Imralu's doctor specialise in diseases of the 80s or something?

Nein aber wer anders macht 4 Filme pro Jahr?
No but who else makes 4 films a year?

[finlay]

Tineye.com is not yet well known, despite its usefulness.

Why not use Google Image Search?

Yeah, I was about to say, part of the reason that tineye never reached widespread popularity is that Google Images incorporated that functionality into their much larger database.

(It's a shame, I mean I used to use it too, but Google Images is much more useful)

[linguoboy]

Tineye.com is not yet well known, despite its usefulness.

Why not use Google Image Search?

Mind your attributions; I did not write those words.

[schyrsivochter]

Nein aber wer anders macht 4 Filme pro Jahr?
No but who else makes 4 films a year?

Hey, this isn’t Help your fluency in a nifty way! xD
Besides that, ‘who else’ is ‘wer sonst’ in German, not ‘wer anders’. ‘Else’ means sonst most of the time; anders is rather ‘different, other’.

[WeepingElf]

Welcome to page 500!

[jal]

Besides that, ‘who else’ is ‘wer sonst’ in German, not ‘wer anders’. ‘Else’ means sonst most of the time; anders is rather ‘different, other’.

Versichert? Kravag, wo denn sonnst!


JAL

[Viktor77]

I'm venting about some teacher long ago who never taught me modals in English properly (that or at my younger self for not paying attention).

I had to be told by an English teacher (whose first language isn't even English) that "He oughtn't be upset over it" is not correct English, nor the uncontracted "He ought not be upset over it." Even though it sounds 100% fine to me. It turns out "ought" is always followed by a "to", which is evident in the affirmative "He ought to pay attention more" but for some reason escaped me in the negative. It actually sounds quite odd to my ears, a sentence such as "He oughtn't to be upset over it" or "He ought not to be upset over it."

[Travis B.]

I'm venting about some teacher long ago who never taught me modals in English properly (that or at my younger self for not paying attention).

I had to be told by an English teacher (whose first language isn't even English) that "He oughtn't be upset over it" is not correct English, nor the uncontracted "He ought not be upset over it." Even though it sounds 100% fine to me. It turns out "ought" is always followed by a "to", which is evident in the affirmative "He ought to pay attention more" but for some reason escaped me in the negative. It actually sounds quite odd to my ears, a sentence such as "He oughtn't to be upset over it" or "He ought not to be upset over it."

So you've decided that "oughtn't <verb>" is ungrammatical just because some non-native English teacher told you that, despite your own intuition as a native speaker and that no one else has ever told you that to the contrary?

Might you realize that positive ought and negative oughtn't (and ought not) do not behave the same way in this regard, and just because ought takes to does not mean that oughtn't and ought not behave the same way?

[Viktor77]

So you've decided that "oughtn't <verb>" is ungrammatical just because some non-native English teacher told you that, despite your own intuition as a native speaker and that no one else has ever told you that to the contrary?

Might you realize that positive ought and negative oughtn't (and ought not) do not behave the same way in this regard, and just because ought takes to does not mean that oughtn't and ought not behave the same way?

Yes but you see I verified it with a bonified grammar of the English language. I am not the kind of person who says something is ungrammatical when it could just be a dialectal variation, but I am not convinced here that this has anything to do with dialect. To me this might just stem from unintentional ignorance as "ought" in the negative is not often seen or heard, but in the affirmative it is. Without paying attention to the affirmative we might just treat it as we do other modals which are not followed by "to." Most of my friends from the US tell me that "ought not to" sounds clunky in sentences such as: "He ought not to be so greedy" but then there is downright confusion on which sounds better here "He ought not to have stayed so late" or "He ought not have stayed so late." But arguably at some level, despite this apparent ignorance, we must be acknowledging that the "to" is grammatically correct, after all we would say "He buys a lot of chocolate, though he ought not to," as we clearly recognize that "He buys a lot of chocolate, though he ought not" does not sound complete.

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bonified

hmm interesting

(171k hits on the google apparently)

[Viktor77]

bonified

hmm interesting

(171k hits on the google apparently)

Yea, yea, I cannot spell "bona fide". It's a silly Latin loan anyway, I was just incorporating it into a more authentic English orthography.

[KathTheDragon]

"ought not [verb]" sounds... awkward, to my ears. "ought not to [verb]" and "ought to not [verb]" sound better, but I prefer "oughtn't [verb]" overall.