Posts by Amonticue@c.im
 (DIR) Post #ASugisGlz7fMhvYa9Y by Amonticue@c.im
       2023-02-21T16:24:02Z
       
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       Dear manufacturers of quality hair products: Did it ever occur to you to use large, high-contrast letters to mark your #shampoo and #conditioner bottles for those of us who don't wear our reading glasses into the shower?
       
 (DIR) Post #AWVP6VKyIeho2XwtsG by Amonticue@c.im
       2023-06-08T16:41:47Z
       
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       Dust if you must.But wouldn’t it be better,To paint a picture, or write a letter,Bake a cake, or plant a seed?Ponder the difference between want and need.Dust if you must.But there is not much timeWith rivers to swim and mountains to climb!Music to hear, and books to read,Friends to cherish and life to lead.Dust if you must.But the world’s out thereWith the sun in your eyes,the wind in your hair,A flutter of snow, a shower of rain.This day will not come round again.Dust if you must.But bear in mind,Old age will come and it’s not kind.And when you go, and go you must,You, yourself, will make more dust.- – - written by Mrs. Rose MilliganLancaster, Lancashire, England
       
 (DIR) Post #AXzqK933lcB3g6x1Um by Amonticue@c.im
       2023-07-22T17:10:48Z
       
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       "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."George Bernard Shaw
       
 (DIR) Post #Ahit1IIvBXBTdBxpAG by Amonticue@c.im
       2024-05-09T18:26:50Z
       
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       @ZachWeinersmith I see several suggestions to watch Netflix or some other streamer with the target language is set for audio and subtitles.I very much agree with setting the audio for the target language, but I find that setting the subtitles to the target language to be less than useful. Mostly because if the original language for the show is English, then the subtitles don't match the audio.An example of this is that I'm watching Star Trek:TOS with German audio, but the subtitles are simply a translation of the original manuscript, as if it were just created by Google Translate. The voice actors are using a script that was written in German by translators whose mother tongue is German, with German idioms and interjections. Sometimes the audio and subtitles match, but usually they don't.