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  • Fun fact:

    In standard Dutch:

    • poep = poop = shit.
    • Poepen = to poop.

    In Flemish/Belgian Dutch:

    • poep = backside (as in the poop deck, the French la poupe = backside).
    • poepen = to fuck. Etymological root comes from pop(children’s doll), root is probably the latin pupa=doll/girl. I assume the English puppet also comes from the latin pupa. Poppen used to mean playing with dolls. Poppen became poepen, perhaps through the influence of poep/la poupe.

    This is entirely irrelevant knowledge, but I find it kinda adorable and interesting.


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    17 days ago

    Yep.

    And it doesn’t even have to be something they find particularly interesting. People are social animals. The socialising is less important than the subject of discussion.

    Hell, people will watch/do stuff they find boring, just so they can have something to chat about with colleagues or friends on a monday. A bit like that IT Crowd episode, where they pretend to care about football/soccer.

    In this case, the guy picked something he guessed they probably both played as children and had some nostalgia for, resulting in a low stakes conversation while they figure out if they’re attracted to each other.

    It’s actually a good flirting/bonding tip. Talk about something you both enjoyed as children, so the first interaction has positive associations and is relatively low stakes. Having differing opinions on some aspect of roblox isn’t ever going to be a deal breaker, is it?


  • Bit of tangent, but IRC the thing with depictions of Jesus, is that the bible doesn’t really describe what he looks like. In early Christianity, depicting Jesus was still considered idolatry. When depictions do become more common, they’re often not meant to be an accurate representation of what he looked like.

    So when they did started depicting him, they were likely inspired by Greek/Roman gods like Orpheus, Hermes and Apollo. Often with a Zeus beard tacked on and wearing the robes of a Roman emperor.