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[MrRoboto75]

It's weird how often I'm reminded there's like multiple million people who will probably never forget the intonation of "Hey! Listen!"

If someone says Hey to me I usually respond by looking at them and replying, "Listen!"

I've caught someone dead in their tracks with it, once.

[scriver]

What's that from?

[Frumple]

Ocarina of Time, the first N64 zelda game. There's a famous/infamous character in it with a signature phrase -- first thing you hear from them, possibly the first voice you hear at all once you start the game, if I'm not misremembering -- of "Hey! Listen!"

They're largely considered one of the most godawful annoying characters in all of gaming

[Rolan7]

I'm sleepily thinking about our 10 grasping digits (I had been thinking about math stuff, including base 10).  I've got this notion that a species with 6 digits (2 fingers + thumb on each hand) would have very different ergonomic designs.  Like for a device with a hilt and trigger (like a power tool) - there are sufficient digits, sure, but could they comfortably handle one of our devices designed for 3 fingers together along the grip?  Or might they have two strong opposing thumbs with which to clutch things tight, then a dextrous "forefinger"?  Would that forefinger have more range of motion than our fingers, much like our fingers are flexible compared to our thumbs?

Or maybe their 3 digits would be equal, kinda like a grabber-claw where there's no thumb (or forefinger).  Surely that would result in some oddly shaped devices, from our perspective.

Or gosh what if they were left-handed /s
Anyway I didn't have any point, just random thoughts.

[Rolan7]

Conjugating spanish verbs for nosotros (first person plural) puts amos at the end!  So like for "buscar", it's "Nosotros buscamos" for "we're looking/seeking".  That's so cute!  I can't help but think it's related to amo.  It's like you're saying "I am the people I care about are [doing X]".

It's kinda weird how English doesn't differentiate between singular and plural "you".  Tú and vosotros.  I guess the difference is usually clear in context.

What's not always clear in context is the difference between "first person plural" that includes or doesn't include the second person.  And yet I think both English and Spanish have that ambiguity, right?  So that telling someone "We will go" says nothing about whether they're expected to come along, except via secondary signals like emphasis.  Even in Spanish AFAICT.  In English you might emphasize "WE" (and drop the contraction) to exclude the second person, but that's pretty ambiguous without more context.

Eh I'm trying to recover my old Spanish and Latin lessons.  Conjugation is such a pain, but it's also sorta interesting sometimes.  And hey, it makes me thankful we don't gender every single noun

[delphonso]

It's kinda weird how English doesn't differentiate between singular and plural "you".  Tú and vosotros.  I guess the difference is usually clear in context.

My wife struggles with the "general you" and "royal we" that is used in English. The general you (like "you never bite the hand that feeds you") is a tricky one - because although it is referring to "everybody" and is used for advice, it is also frequently actually referring to the 2nd person, but is meant to feel less direct.

Eh I'm trying to recover my old Spanish and Latin lessons.  Conjugation is such a pain, but it's also sorta interesting sometimes.

This is great, Rolan! I love hearing about this stuff.

[scriver]

It's kinda weird how English doesn't differentiate between singular and plural "you".  Tú and vosotros.  I guess the difference is usually clear in context.

You used to have have that -- thou (tu) and you (vosotros). You just decided to go super formal for some reason and drop the singular/informal pronoun.

[MrRoboto75]

It's kinda weird how English doesn't differentiate between singular and plural "you".

"You" and "Y'all"

[Frumple]

It's kinda weird how English doesn't differentiate between singular and plural "you".

"You" and "Y'all"

wrongly implying y'all isn't used as a singular you, I see

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[Frumple]

Someone should make a call monitor thing that automatically hangs up if one side of the conversation gets too loud. Call it a hush module or somethin'. You use that, put in the business's ToS "all our phone lines will immediately disconnect you if you start yelling".

Then you make that shit ubiquitous, maybe enforced by national level law: All commercial and governmental phone lines have the hush module installed and active.

Quality of life for phone operators nation wide just straight skyrockets overnight.

[delphonso]

My grandmother will never have a call again.

[Frumple]

There could maybe be some kind of national registry for folks that are hard of hearing, I'unno. There could be workarounds in those cases. It'd be optional for personal calls, probably, too.

[Iduno]

My grandmother will never have a call again.

WHAT?