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Khemehekis wrote: ↑27 Sep 2024 14:41 Avril Lavigne turns 40 today.

"Sk8er Boi"

And Stephan Genkins turns 60 today.

"Semi-charmed Life"

Shit, that makes me feel old!

I've been trying to figure out how large Helssi colony ships are on both population and physical size levels. So far it looks like a minimum of 1,000 individuals and 190 acres/~0.3 square miles/~0.77 square kilometers, with most of the land and other resources used to produce food. While there are ...

Jimmy Carter is a centenarian now. He wants to keep going until he can mail his vote in. I, on the other hand, have no desire to live past 60. My ambition, since very young, has been to meet my grandchildren. I don’t think my daughter is likely to ever go to post secondary school; if she does I’d l...

Khemehekis wrote: ↑28 Aug 2024 02:24 Eldinesque question: Is Lubbek spoken in Lubbock, Texas?

That question was on my mind; but I never intended to post it!

HolyHandGrenade! wrote: ↑14 Sep 2024 02:01 Omg this is wicked. My worldbuilding is so tame.

What they said!
I want to follow this.

I'm curious, what is everyone's backgrounds in this field/interest? Mine? Wikipedia. I’ve been interested in it since elementary-school age. When I was in about the 3rd grade, my parents were sent as missionaries to south India. The community there was highly international, and had people from all ...

Okay, so there is still some confusion here: Plural agreement refers to the number of a certain argument, e.g. the subject, the object or the absolutive marked object. That's what people often gloss PL, usually also specifying the person, e.g. 3PL. Pluractionality on the other hand refers to the nu...

You both beat me to it!
I hope everyone had a good St. Hildegard’s Day yesterday!

Thank you, Ahzoh!

Creyeditor wrote: ↑13 Sep 2024 18:38 "Rest of your life" is usually considered long-term

Not when you’re already 72 y/o

Thanks, elemtilas! So, maybe, >= 55 ? …. I also don’t know how to describe my goal to the dating-apps’ software. Casual or long-term relationship? I want it to be medium-term, I guess; the rest of my life. And I suppose I want it to be casual, but steady; like a pair of high-schoolers “going steady”...

Khemehekis wrote: ↑31 Aug 2024 22:00 Where's Eldin?

Thanks for asking! I was able to sign back on today 2024/Sep/10.

LinguistCat wrote: ↑11 Sep 2024 01:23 That sounds like a reasonable way of going about it, and wish you luck in your search.

Thanks!

@LinguistCat, @lsd, @elemtilas, and @ anyone else who decides to read this: My daughter will turn 30 in about a week and a half. And I’ve been 72 since February this year. So I’ll approximate that I’m 42 years older than my daughter. I don’t want to try to date anyone closer to my daughter’s age tha...

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@VaptuantaDoi: This thread is great. So many awesome ideas. I particularly liked the SCL and Tribrachids. ...What do tribrachids look like? What Visions1 just said! QFT. …. I have tried to start making a trivocalic conlang. My approach was notably less sophisticated and less thorough than yours. I e...

Suggestion: Have a double-planet near the inner boundary of the habitable zone. They could be Earth-sized or Venus-sized, and orbit each other. As a couple, they would orbit your star. Then, near the outer boundary of the habitable zone, have a gas giant with at least two habitable satellites betwee...

Here is the current state of things: Four habitable planets orbit around a sun-like star (about 20% larger than ours), in a solar system of 12 planets. An 8 planet system is very rare, and a 9 planet system would be an anomaly. A 12 planet system is so unlikely as to be unrealistic. And I don’t thi...

@TBPO : What WeepingElf just said! Go for it!
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Khemehekis wrote: ↑06 Aug 2024 07:19 I just learned the word "altisonant" from browsing a Medium.com article by a famous troll.

Altisonant = high-sounding ?