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07-27-2021, 03:01 PM | #53791 | |
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Well this certainly clears it up... |
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07-27-2021, 03:08 PM | #53792 | |
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07-27-2021, 03:10 PM | #53793 |
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Did you know that Hebrew, Arabic and the Latin Alphabet are all descended from the same source? Canaanite migrant laborers wanted a way to write like their Egyptian bosses. But they didn't want to have to memorize 1500 characters like Egyptian Hieroglyphics. So they took a shortcut and had each symbol only represent one sound. Reducing the number of characters one needed to learn to 30-ish.
Scholars even think they found the mine site where the original alphabet was invented. There are hieroglyphics etched into the walls, and also the new proto-alphabet, saying stuff like "Melgart was here". Even scripts like Indian and Thai were inspired by this original alphabet. Writing was invented 4-6 times in isolation, depending on who you ask (Sumerian, Egyptian, Chinese, Maya for sure - then maybe Indus Valley and Inca knot-writing). But the alphabet was only invented once. |
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07-27-2021, 03:12 PM | #53794 | |
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07-27-2021, 03:37 PM | #53795 |
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CDC says it's time to go back to masking for individuals who live in areas where there's high levels of transmission.
Yay. |
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07-27-2021, 03:38 PM | #53796 |
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07-27-2021, 03:43 PM | #53797 |
"You like to drink?"
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07-27-2021, 03:43 PM | #53798 |
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07-27-2021, 03:48 PM | #53799 |
Life is changing..
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07-27-2021, 03:50 PM | #53800 |
Life is changing..
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fix your shit Israel
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07-27-2021, 04:54 PM | #53801 |
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Florida looking bad. 30-39 year old cohort going into hospital a lot more now than before
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07-27-2021, 05:38 PM | #53802 |
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https://twitter.com/angie_rasmussen/...981221897?s=21
Good thread on why the “variant escaping immunity” thing doesn’t work |
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07-27-2021, 06:09 PM | #53803 |
NFL's #1 Ermines Fan
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07-27-2021, 06:18 PM | #53804 |
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I just checked the CDC county map.
The county I live in is rated HIGH (worst) for level of community transmission. We have 2.....yes TWO active cases out of 6200 people. What the **** is this shit? |
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07-28-2021, 06:08 AM | #53805 |
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I don't think the CDC is even following their own completely arbitrary models anymore.
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