And how does this shape our understanding of ancient cultures? I sense that we chronically underestimate the tackiness but also the sense of humour of ancient people.
And how does this shape our understanding of ancient cultures? I sense that we chronically underestimate the tackiness but also the sense of humour of ancient people.
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givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 46d
This is a terrible question because of it's vaugeness...
Just Google an article if you want to know the super general basics, then if you have more specific questions, that's when you would bother making a post asking for someone to explain what you're haven't found answers to.
schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 46d
I was hoping to invite people to elaborate on their favourite topics or contribute interesting facts. What brought me to this question is that yesterday someone commented about the shifting meaning of the words "nice" and "mean" - from there I went pondering about youth language of today of which I understand little because I lack the cultural context, and then thought about the Sumerian bar joke ("I can't see a thing, I will open this one"). So I decided I'd just throw something vague out here and see what else people would come up with around this topic. And I prefer to initiate a discussion rather than googling an article. Edit: typo
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 46d
Well it's definitely easier on your end this way...
You just get less information and what you get might be made up ramblings.
Have fun with that, I want see anymore of these if this is just normal posting for you.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 2 pts · 26d
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Our man PJ seems to have retired from the Fediverse about a month ago, but... here's some thoughts from your local doofus--
Again, I'd argue that those things have been around since even Homo sp. (humans) pre-language, with all variety of other animals demonstrating such things even today. The implication being that language and the various things you mention actually go back millions of years!
schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 24d
Now I want to learn all the nasty words for 'human' in different animal languages.
Hmm, I don't really see the link between existential dread, normality and normalization ... care to elaborate?
Too bad PJ is gone, fediverse seems empty without them and I crave my daily historical randomness!
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 1 pts · 24d
It was too wide-ranging of a comment and not nearly as focused as a proper response should be. Deserves a re-write, altho with this community being kind of stillborn now, I'm not sure there's much point. :/
I still post a couple times a week to the various history places, but that's certainly a drop in the bucket compared to PJ's former output. One thing you can always do is just pick a community and page through the older posts. I think each place has at least a thousand or two!