Originally posted by Exabyte
I'd rather drown in Eldarin etymology and risk being unemployed for this than having to work in some job that doesn't interest me just for the money with the consequence of not finding the time to enjoy the subtly structured deliciousness of Ardean linguistics I think 😐
😄Briliant
Life is more than getting a job and money.✅ don't ever give up on what you love...even if it isn't related to money or work.
Society?! Society!?!
Don't even get me started with society....DO you even realize the evil corruptness of it all?
Society won't let you do this, or that or whatever? That's absurd. You have control over your own self....Yes, I understand, Society has power over some things...like you can't walk downtown naked...society wouldn't accept it. You have to obey certain hospitality guidelines....ect...
Society can be evil....but in NO way, will society EVER stop me from doing something like learning elvish...I draw the line there. Society can be a bad, evil place, but in no way will they ever have enough power to drag me down to the level of a cockroach!
I'll wear clothes for SOCIETY.
I'll chew with my mouth closed for SOCIETY.
...but I will NEVER allow myself to be downgraded in that way, as to loose my free will, and love. Society does not have that power, at least not over ME...I'm stronger than that.
Originally posted by Mandos
(Now she's gonna ask me: What is normal?) 🙄
It is the opposite of 'abnormal'. Yet the prefix 'ab', means away from; off.
The argument goes that there are varying degrees of normalities. What's normal for one person might not be for you. E.g. in Japan, it is normal for them to eat raw, sometimes poisonous fish, yet not for me...
In some third-world countries, it is normal to hunt or fish for food, while we have supermarkets.
😕 what was the topic again?
Originally posted by Mandos
It's hard to keep up with you... 😉
Eating ice cream is normal, speaking elvish ain't.
(Now she's gonna ask me: What is normal?) 🙄
Normality isn't absolute.
The problem is that you're refusing to grasp the points being made here. You just keep rambling on and on, repeating yourself as if everyone who tries to learn Elvish will stop doing so just because YOU think it's pointless.
I'm not just talking about ice cream. It's just an example. You should probably re-read all the posts here, just in case you didn't get what we're all trying to say? 🙄
society by itself is not an entity to be hated, loved, labelled good or evil... it has no thought, it is not a living and breathing thing... it is a word used to describe a mass of people living and working and governing each other as they see fit, that may or may not always benefit the individual, nor it may not be to its liking... it is the need of the one to learn or know a thing that doesn't always add to the good of society no matter how useless it is, but for that one person... to learn elvish is an individual's desire... as is learning klingon, sword making, hammering metals into armour, the art of sword dancing and horsemanship... um, where was I?
Re: Can there be a "too much Middle-Earth fan"
Originally posted by Mandos
Talking about Middle-Earth and all that relates to it is great, but when it comes to speaking elf, I think it's becoming a littl bit crazy.
I've heard that one of the goals Tolkien had was insert, give a reason for the elf language to live, when he wrote the book, language he created himself.
It's nice to know, but (and I know some of you know it) some people actually learn it! Everyone have passions, but to what extent?
How many people speak Sindarins in the world?
Personnaly, I think it's a waist of time and energy to learn it, even if Middle-Earth is a passion to you (which is in my case).
You're the one who's talking too much about Middle-Earth. It's a waste of your time, why don't you learn some REAL knowledge?
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