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One Frontier customer is calling the airline “tacky” after an unsatisfactory flight experience.
In a viral TikTok, Kendro (@kendro_k) says she was supposed to land in Chicago a few days ago. However, due to “freak weather,” the plane was low on fuel, so it had to land in Michigan. She says the pilots hoped to refuel and get on their way. However, the crew “timed out” before this was possible.
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A woman’s relationship is currently being dissected after sharing a 13-second video of her boyfriend. In a viral TikTok, Kira (@fodo_nyc), a food and travel influencer, shares her boyfriend’s extreme “dedication to the bit” when she asked him to bring back some leftovers from Carbone. Folks did not find his gesture in the least bit funny.
Kira’s clip begins with a to-go bag from high-end Italian restaurant Carbone. Having a reservation at this eatery is often said to be a reflection of social and wealth status. Its star-studded clientele includes A-listers like Rihanna and the Kardashians.
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Sometimes, customers see nice kitchenware they’d like to have for themselves when dining out at a restaurant. Some ask if they can purchase the item that caught their attention, like these customers who asked if they could buy the Olive Garden cheese grater (it comes with a little block of cheese!) and the Outback Steakhouse bread board. Others, like this Texas Roadhouse customer, just shove what they want into their to-go box or purse.
This customer took to TikTok to ask servers an important question about this habit. “Chat, do bussers or servers actually know when we take silverware or dishes home?” questions @glizzyondatbeat in a viral post.
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muccamukksententiae_antiquae_feedHerodotus, Histories 7.102.1-7
“After he heard these things, Dêmarêtos was saying the following: “King, since you order me to tell the truth completely and to say things that someone might not be caught in a lie by you later, poverty has always been Greece’s companion, but virtue is acquired, nurtured by wisdom and strong custom. By cultivating this excellence, Greece has warded off both poverty and tyranny.”
῾Ως δὲ ταῦτα ἤκουσε Δημάρητος, ἔλεγε τάδε· «Βασιλεῦ, ἐπειδὴ ἀληθείῃ διαχρήσασθαι πάντως κελεύεις ταῦτα λέγοντα τὰ μὴ ψευδόμενός τις ὕστερον ὑπὸ σέο ἁλώσεται, τῇ ῾Ελλάδι πενίη μὲν αἰεί κοτε σύντροφός ἐστι, ἀρετὴ δὲ ἔπακτός ἐστι, ἀπό τε σοφίης κατεργασμένη καὶ νόμου ἰσχυροῦ· τῇ διαχρεωμένη ἡ ῾Ελλὰς τήν τε πενίην ἀπαμύνεται καὶ τὴν δεσποσύνην.
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“To the Spartan representatives, the Athenians answered as follows: “It was a very human response that the Spartans feared we might make an agreement with the Barbarian. But because we believe it shameful that the Athenian spirit should shudder so, know that there is no amount of gold anywhere or land so exceeding in beauty and location which we would ever wish to take to align with the Persians and enslave Greece.
“There are many, serious reasons which would prevent us from doing these things, even if we were willing: first and greatest are the temples and dedications to the gods which were burned and destroyed. This compels us to seek extreme vengeance rather than making agreements with the man who contrived it. Second, is our common Hellenic blood, our shared language, the shrines of the gods and the sacrifices, customs and ways of living we keep in common—never would it be right for the Athenians to betray these things.
Know this too if you did not happen to know it before, as long as a single Athenian survives there will never be a treaty with Xerxes. Still, we give you thanks for your concern about us, that you have worried for out destroyed home enough that you are willing to supply and feed our people.”
πρὸς δὲ τοὺς ἀπὸ Σπάρτης ἀγγέλους τάδε. ‘τὸ μὲν δεῖσαι Λακεδαιμονίους μὴ ὁμολογήσωμεν τῷ βαρβάρῳ, κάρτα ἀνθρωπήιον ἦν: ἀτὰρ αἰσχρῶς γε οἴκατε ἐξεπιστάμενοι τὸ Ἀθηναίων φρόνημα ἀρρωδῆσαι, ὅτι οὔτε χρυσός ἐστι γῆς οὐδαμόθι τοσοῦτος οὔτε χώρη κάλλεϊ καὶ ἀρετῇ μέγα ὑπερφέρουσα, τὰ ἡμεῖς δεξάμενοι ἐθέλοιμεν ἂν μηδίσαντες καταδουλῶσαι τὴν Ἑλλάδα. ’
‘ [2] πολλά τε γὰρ καὶ μεγάλα ἐστι τὰ διακωλύοντα ταῦτα μὴ ποιέειν μηδ᾽ ἢν ἐθέλωμεν, πρῶτα μὲν καὶ μέγιστα τῶν θεῶν τὰ ἀγάλματα καὶ τὰ οἰκήματα ἐμπεπρησμένα τε καὶ συγκεχωσμένα, τοῖσι ἡμέας ἀναγκαίως ἔχει τιμωρέειν ἐς τὰ μέγιστα μᾶλλον ἤ περ ὁμολογέειν τῷ ταῦτα ἐργασαμένῳ, αὖτις δὲ τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν ἐὸν ὅμαιμόν τε καὶ ὁμόγλωσσον καὶ θεῶν ἱδρύματά τε κοινὰ καὶ θυσίαι ἤθεά τε ὁμότροπα, τῶν προδότας γενέσθαι Ἀθηναίους οὐκ ἂν εὖ ἔχοι. ’
‘ [3] ἐπίστασθέ τε οὕτω, εἰ μὴ πρότερον ἐτυγχάνετε ἐπιστάμενοι, ἔστ᾽ ἂν καὶ εἷς περιῇ Ἀθηναίων, μηδαμὰ ὁμολογήσοντας ἡμέας Ξέρξῃ. ὑμέων μέντοι ἀγάμεθα τὴν προνοίην τὴν πρὸς ἡμέας ἐοῦσαν, ὅτι προείδετε ἡμέων οἰκοφθορημένων οὕτω ὥστε ἐπιθρέψαι ἐθέλειν ἡμέων τοὺς οἰκέτας. ’
languagelog_feedWe've talked about Dungan a lot on Language Log. That's the northwest Sinitic topolect written in Cyrillic that has been transplanted to Central Asia. See "Selected readings" below.
For those of you who are interested and would like to hear what it sounds like in real life — spoken and sung by male and female voices — we are fortunate to have a series of ten radio broadcast recordings (here).
Note the natural, easy, undistorted insertion of non-Sinitic borrowings, e.g., "Salam alaikum" (Arabic as-salāmu ʿalaykum السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ ("Peace be upon you"). That would not be possible in sinographic transcription of northwest Sinitic speech. This and other aspects and implications of alphabetic Dungan have been extensively discussed on LL.
After I brought Dungan speakers to America and wrote about them in Sino-Platonic Papers (no. 18, May 1990) and elsewhere four decades ago, they caught the attention of Berkeley professor William S-Y. Wang, to the extent that he organized a research trip to Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan where the Dungans live. He was hoping to have one of his graduate students write her Ph.D. dissertation on Dungan. Unfortunately, he had to give up on that plan because he said that neither he nor his graduate student could understand Dungan speech.
Selected readings
[Thanks to IA]
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My Dad sent this message to me over Facebook Messenger the night before I was supposed to fly home from a trip to Paris. . .
He died last year. I listen to this message every time I fly now.
I got these text messages from my dad after my mother confessed he wasn’t actually my biological dad. I’m 31 years old and this is the first I knew of it.
More to me then any jewel that can be found, love always Papa
This is the last Christmas card I ever got from my dad. He had a fatal stroke on the day before Christmas 5 years ago. He was right – I’ve had some amazing adventures since – a doctorate, a Fulbright, a ton of travel, lots of love and now totally ready to work on the toughest of problems.
Ironically, I also don’t sleep much… My research assistants always laugh when I send them emails at 3 am. But I’m dreaming up solutions to problems and they just can’t wait…
See more Father’s messages, or share your own, on the PostSecret Facebook page
Hey Frank,
I’m a long time post-secreter (is that a thing? If no, it totally is now!) from Cape Town South Africa.
I don’t how I stumbled upon you, maybe part All American Rejects part Facebook when it really was a thing – all I know is that I make sure that I am part of that view count every Sunday!
I remember that there have been times when you posted questions that you posted to your father before his transition… My grandmother is en route too, and we have this super complicated relationship, but I think these would be a great avenue for healing ( for both me and my mom).
Would you please send me those questions, or repost them on Sunday? I’d love to use them for the little time we have left before the Big C takes her from us.
Much love to the Post Secret Family!
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post_secret_feedI asked PostSecret followers on facebook for once-in-a-lifetime questions to ask my dad for an unforgettable interview. Over 700 replies with more than 1,000 questions came back.
This was the original post:
I was thrilled with all the thoughtful questions shared with me, from the delightful to the profound. I read them all and picked 25 to ask my father. At a family dinner the night before our day of tandem paragliding, as an experiment, I peppered three into our conversation. . . it didn’t go well.
Like many families, ours was far from perfect, with divorce and estrangement being a part of it. So when other family members began responding to some of my father’s answers, long-buried feelings and some judgement turned the interview sour. Because of that learning experience, I changed some of my questions and gained three insights for when I would try again the next day.
• Avoid questions about regrets or mistakes. Instead, start with questions that include the word “favorite”, like, “What’s your favorite decade and why”?
• Try to keep the questions open-ended and let responses spark other questions naturally. Aim for a flowing conversation rather than an interview.
• Really listen. . . No, really listen.
On the two hour drive to the Gliderport the next day, it was just my father and me in the car. I told him how much it meant to me to go through these questions and get to know him better. He was game so I cautiously started. He passed on some of the questions, but then really began to share a lot with me, including a secret. He even started asking me some of the same questions! The spirit in the car was supportive and generous, with some heartfelt laughs as we used questions as prompts for our once-in-a-lifetime conversation.
Even though we were unable to do any gliding because of wind conditions, I’ll never forget that day and the new appreciation I discovered for my father. I can’t reveal the secret he told me but another part of our conversation shocked me. I asked this gentle and caring man; “What is the most common misconception people have about you?” He said. “When I was ten-years-old, my mom spanked me for the last time. I don’t think you know how stubborn I was then but you do know how stern your Grandmother could be. I remember through my tears and pain looking at my mother and saying, with spite, ‘I like getting spanked’!”
Here are the 25 questions that guided our conversation.
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Do you have a favorite snack, song, television show, recipe, comedy?
Can you tell me about your best friend when you were a kid and one of your adventures?
Can you describe a favorite memory about a family member?
What is the oldest story you know about our ancestors?
Is there something about me that you have always wanted to know but have never asked?
If this was to be our very last conversation, is there anything you would want to say to me?
What is your first memory?
Did you ever get into trouble as a kid? What happened?
If there was a biography of you, how would you want to be described?
What choice are you thankful that you did not make?
What is the best advice you remember from your father?
Is there anything you wish you had said to someone but didn’t have the chance?
Can you teach me something?
What is something you would like me to ask you?”
What do you wish you would have spent less time worrying about?
What is something you deliberately did not tell me as a child and why?
What is the best part of your day? What makes you feel most alive?
What is the last thing you changed your mind about?
What things helped you get through a difficult time in your life?
Over the course of your life what trip or place was most special? Why?
What would you like to re-experience again because you did not appreciate it enough the first time?
Can you tell me something about yourself that I don’t know that you think would surprise, shock or delight me?
What habits served you the most through life?
What is the best mistake you have made, and why?
What do you hope my siblings and I have learned from you?
How are you doing right now? Is there anything on your mind right now that you’d like to talk about?
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(When my father visits again, I’ll be sure to have his favorite comedy and snack ready.)
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Dear Frank,
I recognized my dad’s card as soon as I saw it. All of us kids sat him down tonight and asked him about it- turns out it was written and sent a year ago, when my mom had just broken his heart, and he was hopelessly lost.
Now a year later, he’s healthier than he’s been in years, our family is closer than ever, and, thanks to the strange blessing of PostSecret, tonight we all had the opportunity to share our appreciation, love and support of one another.
My dad is working on a follow-up postcard to reassure you and the supportive PostSecret Community. This whole process has been incredibly therapeutic for him and for us kids too.
The post PostSecret AfterStory appeared first on PostSecret.
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Relativity? Time dilation? Quantum physics? BORING. When I read a star-spanning sci-fi epic, I don’t care about the physical motion of celestial bodies, I care about being moved by them. Space operas, aka “soft” sci-fi are science fiction stories about our universe without being bogged down by the pesky laws of physics. How do those sandworms in Dune not collapse under their own weight? How do Gideon and Harrow travel to distant planets without experiencing time dilation in Gideon the Ninth? Doesn’t matter, these authors weren’t sweating the science when writing the 10 best sci-fi space operas, and neither should you.
Obligatory Dune paragraph incoming: Frank Herbert’s sci-fi magnum opus is the pinnacle of soft sci-fi. The Magic Flute of space opera, if you will. The story of Paul Atreides’ rise to intergalactic power inspired countless works of classic science fiction, everything from Star Wars to the Warhammer 40k universe. It’s got giant worms, whacky spaceships, a villain propelled around by anti-gravity tech that defies all physical laws, and a sandy substance called spice that lets people see into the future! The science makes absolutely no sense, and that’s the point! You want an explanation of how the Bene Gesserit do all the superhuman nonsense they do? You’ve come to the wrong place. You want the most seminal sci-fi work ever penned in spite of all the scientific hoo-ha? Come right on in, the ornithopter’s waiting.
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One customer’s experience with PODS has her declaring, “I’m sick and tired of being ripped off.” We relate, girl.
In a viral TikTok, Gabrielle Griffin (@gabrielle_griffin), who goes by GiGi, says she called PODS a few weeks prior to order one of its shipping boxes so she could fill it up for her cross-country move. She says she received a 30% discount, and the resulting price was $4,700. She decided to book it because she didn’t have to pay until a few days before the delivery, so she figured she’d shop around for better deals in the meantime.
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The best sci-fi isn’t all alien invasions and pew-pew laser beams, sometimes the most affecting sci-fi stories are the ones that feel close to our reality but a little off. Crackling static from radio transmissions captured from the other side of the sun, bits of fragmented code that almost seem like they were generated by intelligent design, the shadow of conscious in the cold glow of a computer’s camera eye. Emotionally chilling and intellectually stimulating! These are 10 of the most haunting works of sci-fi, possibly penned by a ghost in the machine.
While it was adapted into a full length novel with Robert Silverberg, Issac Asimov’s Nightfall was at its best in its original short story format. Written when the sci-fi titan was still a budding author, Nightfall is the story of a planet that orbits multiple suns, and is washed in perpetual daylight for centuries. Ancient history on the planet tells of a once in a millennia occurrence: a celestial event where all suns set simultaneously, and mysterious objects called “stars” shine in the dark sky – driving people insane with a sense of cosmic dread. When rumors of the return of the “the long night” begin to spread across planet Lagesh, a group of scientists plan to study the event – and potentially lose their minds in the process. It’s one of the simplest and most effective cosmic horror stories ever written. Night is pretty damn scary, especially if your civilization hasn’t seen it in over a thousand years.
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One Walmart shopper discovered how difficult it can be to order groceries with delivery services.
Amy (@amymluke0813), a mother and empowerment coach who regularly posts on TikTok, placed an order for a Walmart delivery, only for it to get delivered to the wrong house. Frustrated, she reached out to Walmart’s customer service and received a full refund. She tried to put the order in again, but then realized that the person delivering the order the second time around was the same person who delivered it to the wrong address the first time she tried.
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