Kygo. Just really really good music (especially the latest album “KYGO” and “Thrill of the Chase”.

Have you tried engaging yourself in a group sport? Doing stuff with friends/competing with them can be fun! Doesn’t feel like work at all!

tedious

How? Being hydrated + fiber + coffee in the morning = needing to run to the toilet

Thanks for the detailed explanation!

Aww no worries <3

picked that up from one of them

Ah. Nah, it’s a case of “repeat a lie again and again till it becomes the truth”. I vaguely remember us being taught about this national language thing in school too! Kinda like the Mandela effect (but very likely spread intentionally).

जर्मनी मध्ये फॅमिली आहे का?

नाही नाही. आम्हाला शाळेत ८-१०व्ही अर्ध हिंदी अर्ध जर्मन (१००च्या ऐवजी ५०-५० मार्कांसाठी) असल्यामुळे खूप थोडे जर्मन येते. तेव्हा बी २ पर्यंत यायचे. आता काही येत नाही lol.

पण माझ्या एका मित्राला खूप फायदा झाला जर्मन मुले. आता मस्त जर्मनी मध्ये फुकटात बॅचलर्स करतोय (तिथे जर्मन मध्ये शिकलात तर शिक्षणाची फी जर्मन सरकार भरते).

NRI?

हो, कॅनडा मध्ये.

Marathi and Kannada??? Do u live in Belgaum?

Nah the 13 in the song has nothing to do with the unlucky part. It’s just that the song is a goofy ass song lol. The lyrics literally start with “ding dong ding ding dong ding dong”. It’s basically a woman asking her lover or whatever to come home (not in the ding dong part of course).

She’s like, “I waited 1, 2, 3 - 13 days” for you and you didn’t come. On the 14th day, I did this, on the 15th I did this, on the 17th I realized we broke up, my heart shattered on the 20th and so on. Many find the song nostalgic (not me, cuz I’m not from that generation). For me it’s just another old random annoying-ish Bollywood song.

Also, just to add to my previous comment a little with a live example here:

Kazaxat’s (the person whose comment you replied to) parents are Malayali. They’re from the south Indian state of Kerala. See how Kazaxat doesn’t speak Hindi? Kerala is one of the states resisting Hindi imposition. Also remember how I said that the land of modern India was never under one state? Kerala was one of the lands never under the rule of any state in the Ganga basin.

Also, the actress dancing in the song above is Madhuri Dixit, who is Marathi.

Here’s a link to the song if you’ve suddenly become curious lol. Disclaimer: it’s just another silly old Bollywood song. So if u’r not into that, u ain’t missing anything.

popular old song with Madhuri Dixit where the chorus counts up to 13

LMFAO I would’ve never expected someone to reference that song on Lemmy of all places!!! Such a goofy song lol

you’re Indian?

Yepp

Hindi is the official national language

Oh noooo nonono. This is a large misconception (kinda one that was spread intentionally).

So here’s the deal. India is very similar to Europe, in that there are hundreds of little cultures that have had very different histories, very different cultures, very different religious practices, etc. At no point in history was India (the current borders) under one state, just like Europe wasn’t under one state.

India has 22 official languages, out of which Hindi is the most spoken one (largely in northern India in the basin of the Ganga).

Hindu nationalists have this idea that India needs to be a nation state to protect itself from foreign threats. “A very important step towards that is by having one language that is spoken by all. English can’t be that language cuz it belongs to the colonizers. Hindi however, is Indian. Hence, all Indians must speak it.”

The problem however, is that those that don’t speak Hindi don’t want Hindi imposed on them. According to them, English is a perfectly fine bridge language. South Indians generally hold this position. Their languages are very very different from Hindi. Even their scripts are different (like how English and Japanese have different scripts).

Lemme explain this by giving an example of Europe. Imagine Britain colonizes all of mainland Europe. Europe has never been united before. However, to defeat the British, Europe unites for the first time. They drive the British out, and establish their own state.

Now, a group of Catholic Christian nationalists believe that Europe must become more united to fight against such threats. They want all Europeans to speak one language. This language turns out to be German. State institutions across Europe start making their employees only talk in German. Understandably, the French are pissed with this.

That’s kinda what’s happening in India right now. Many (especially south Indians) are pretty mad about this and are resisting.

I have not heard of Marathi

It’s the language spoken in the state of Maharashtra (whose capital is Mumbai).

83 million people speak it natively, while 16 million speak it as a second language. It shares the same script with Hindi. So if you know Marathi, it’s kinda easy to learn Hindi and vice versa. There are many common words and stuff. I think a huge majority of Marathi folk can speak an ok amount of Hindi today (largely because of internal immigration from North India to cities in Maharashtra and the aforementioned “Hindi imposition”).

English (school/friends): one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten

German (school): eins, zwei, drei, vier, fünf, sechs (hehe sex), sieben, acht, neun, zehn

Marathi (native): Ek, don, teen, char, pach, saha, saat, aath, naoo, daha

Hindi (friends/school): Ek, do, teen, char, panch, cchah, saat, aath, naww, thus

Why do u fuck sharks?

Aww you’re always posting cute stuff like this on Lemmy. Keep up the cuteness haha!