I know it’s an unpopular opinion given current circumstances, but I’ve always been a huge nerd about Russia. The history, the geography, the music, etc. And as an American, I’ve always found it fascinating how U.S.-Russian relations have fluctuated over time. We’ve gone from allies, to enemies, to frenemies. This doesn’t mean I support Z or Putin, of course. What are you a nerd about?
I’ve fallen out of most of my hyperfixations (yay depression) but I used to be really into:
-Words, I loved the idea you could express entire and specific meanings with a single word
-Gemstones and their mythology. More around what people used to believe and cultures rather than current day “crystal” stuff. Also, they are mad pretty
-Chemistry, I used to do backyard chemistry and loved the feeling of alchemical-like hands on stuff. chemistry feels like magic!
-Plants/Toxins/Toxic animals, what more do I gotta say? Nature is metal AF and don’t give AF. It’s wild the solutions it generates and how humans use them or adapt them.
Ever heard of toki pona?
toki! mi jan Jojo, mi pilin pona taso li pona tawa toki.
I have not! I haven’t dabbled too much into other languages, but after reading a quick synopsis is seems pretty fun and efficient!
I was almost at the point where I could say I speak it, but I’m not really there anymore. There’s a discord called “ma pona pi toki pona” (a nice place for toki pona) that I liked for a bit.
It’s a fun language to play with because it forces you to be all poetical with your words since there’s only so many of them.
What are some of your favorite ‘all encompassing’ words, that we might not know?
Also, fuck depression. It’s not welcome but it still shows up at my ‘house.’
Hmmm, well all encompassing would be something like omnipotent and panacea which most people know. To be more accurate it conveys something specific, clearly, in less words. I.E. “Draggle” - to drag through dirt and mud. As opposed to just “drag” -to be pulled along the ground. “Brontide” - a storm off in the distance. “Bombilate” -a soft buzzing noise, “Quiescent” -inactivity, at rest, akin to tranquility. ( these definitions are not verbatim, just from memory)
The problem I always have with using words like that is people always take you as arrogant, know it all, or pompous. Also, ironically, it saves no time because on order for it to be effective the other person needs to know and understand the word to get the meaning laconically.
So I rarely use the words except as “hey fun fact” stuff