A random thread of absolute randomness...

[Ostria]

Hunter's teacher: Did you know that Hunter is the class mayor?

Me: Really? That's amazing!

HT: Yeah anytime someone is doing something they arent supposed to be doing or not doing something they're supposed to do, he lets us know.

Me: Oh......he's the class snitch

HT: XD

 

here's how my day's going (face palms)

[kejedo]

3 hours ago, kejedo said:

The phrase "gung ho" suggests enthusiasm  and comes from the Mandarin Chinese term gōnghé (工合), an abbreviation for Gōngyè Hézuòshè (工業合作社), meaning "Industrial Cooperative Society." Enough with the etymology, pauline

Mandarin is one of the 22 languages that I am non-fluent in. 

[dljbsp]

6 minutes ago, kejedo said:

22 languages that I am non-fluent in. 

 

Of the 7159 languages you're only nonfluent in 22?

 

[kejedo]

I believe I had 22 language groups in my ESL classes and learned a phrase or phrases from each student. A good mimic,  I could fake it for a while. 

[just1-4all]

Recently there was a "Blood Moon", which, for those who don't know, is when the earth casts its shadow over the moon's surface. This occurs when the earth comes between the sun and the moon. I think I figured out why it turns red (and without the help of looking it up on the net!).

 

If you were standing on the moon as the earth eclipsed the sun, you would be in bright sunlight. But as the earth starts covering the suns surface, sunlight is passing through the atmosphere at a shallow angle from behind the earth casting the red and orange hues—same as we see when the sun sets—onto the moon's surface. Am I right? 🧐🤔

 

Still not going to check it on the internet to verify that yet. 

 

 

[dljbsp]

3 minutes ago, just1-4all said:

"Blood Moon",

 

Yes, your reasoning is exactly right. A total lunar eclipse, commonly called a "Blood Moon," is caused by sunlight filtering through Earth's atmosphere and scattering its red and orange colors onto the moon's surface. 

 

Here is a breakdown of why this happens, confirming your thought process:

• The total eclipse: During a total lunar eclipse, the Earth is positioned directly between the sun and the moon, blocking all direct sunlight from reaching the moon's surface.
• The view from the moon: An observer on the moon during this time would see the Earth completely eclipsing the sun. However, the rim of Earth's atmosphere would be glowing brightly with sunlight.
• The scattering effect: Earth's atmosphere scatters the blue and green light from the sun, which is why our sky looks blue during the day. Longer wavelengths, such as red and orange, are scattered less easily.
• Red light is bent and reaches the moon: The red and orange light from the sunrises and sunsets all around Earth's perimeter is bent, or refracted, by our atmosphere. This filtered, reddish light is then cast into Earth's shadow and illuminates the moon's surface.
• The sunset analogy: You are correct to compare this to a sunset. The same process that makes the sun appear red and orange to us on Earth's surface during sunrise and sunset is what causes the moon to turn a reddish hue during a total lunar eclipse

[just1-4all]

29 minutes ago, dljbsp said:

 

Yes, your reasoning is exactly right. A total lunar eclipse, commonly called a "Blood Moon," is caused by sunlight filtering through Earth's atmosphere and scattering its red and orange colors onto the moon's surface. 

 

Here is a breakdown of why this happens, confirming your thought process:

• The total eclipse: During a total lunar eclipse, the Earth is positioned directly between the sun and the moon, blocking all direct sunlight from reaching the moon's surface.
• The view from the moon: An observer on the moon during this time would see the Earth completely eclipsing the sun. However, the rim of Earth's atmosphere would be glowing brightly with sunlight.
• The scattering effect: Earth's atmosphere scatters the blue and green light from the sun, which is why our sky looks blue during the day. Longer wavelengths, such as red and orange, are scattered less easily.
• Red light is bent and reaches the moon: The red and orange light from the sunrises and sunsets all around Earth's perimeter is bent, or refracted, by our atmosphere. This filtered, reddish light is then cast into Earth's shadow and illuminates the moon's surface.
• The sunset analogy: You are correct to compare this to a sunset. The same process that makes the sun appear red and orange to us on Earth's surface during sunrise and sunset is what causes the moon to turn a reddish hue during a total lunar eclipse

I feel so smart for having thought that through. I thank Jehovah for possessing a well-functioning brain of course! ... so far at least. 🤓

[kejedo]

Lewis Latimer is an African American instrumental in the invention of electric lighting.

[kejedo]

1 minute ago, kejedo said:

Lewis Latimer is an African American instrumental in the invention of electric lighting.

https://www.lewislatimerhouse.org/about

[Pabo]

13 hours ago, kejedo said:

Mandarin is one of the 22 languages that I am non-fluent in. 

 

Mandrin is one of the 22 citrus' that I do eat.

[kejedo]

Shu mawna tu tonka, oh watch si = He dances with wolves in Lakota (not written in original alpha.)

[kejedo]

5 hours ago, kejedo said:

Shu mawna tu tonka, oh watch si = He dances with wolves in Lakota (not written in original alpha.)

Lakota was a spoken language. Efforts have been made to set writing to it. My effort was phonetic only.

[CHecker]

Isn't Lakota one of the languages used during WWII? Wind Talkers I think they were called. 

[Tortuga]

26 minutes ago, CHecker said:

Isn't Lakota one of the languages used during WWII? Wind Talkers I think they were called. 

Apparently they drove tonka trucks too...

[CHecker]

23 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

Apparently they drove tonka trucks too...

Oh you naughty! 

[kejedo]

 Sunkmanitu Tanka Ob Waci     Someone else's attempt at "He dances with wolves."

[kejedo]

I believe "Wind talkers" featured the Navajo language.

[kejedo]

Tonka trucks were named after the Dakota Sioux word "Tanka" or "Tonka," meaning "great" or "big". 

[dljbsp]

11 minutes ago, kejedo said:

I believe "Wind talkers" featured the Navajo language.

True. Windtalkers (2002) is about the Navajo “code talkers” who used their native Navajo language as an unbreakable radio cipher during WWII.

[kejedo]

Eponym refers to a geneic word that was the proper name of somone or thing else. 

The word shraonel is eponymous:

Shrapnel is named after Lieutenant-General Henry Shrapnel, a Royal Artillery officer, whose experiments, initially conducted on his own time and at his own expense, culminated in the design and development of a new type of artillery shell.

[kejedo]

16 hours ago, kejedo said:

Eponym refers to a geneic word that was the proper name of somone or thing else. 

Kleenex, Frigidaire, Q tips are all eponyms. 

[kejedo]

The term gaslighting is from the 1944 film Gaslight and became popular some 70 years later, possibly thru online eposure. Some mental health experts have expressed concern that the term has been used too broadly. In 2022, The Washington Post described it as an example of therapy speak, arguing it had become a buzzword improperly used to describe ordinary disagreements. I am annoyed by  people (with no training) overlabeling others. 

[kejedo]

Supercilious does not refer to super or silly. The word comes from the Latin supercilium, meaning "eyebrow," which was associated with a stern or haughty look. Someone with a supercilious attitude often has a condescending air, looking down on those they consider less important. 

[kejedo]

Does more than one post on the same subject mean it is no longer random? Or that the person posting is trying to be recognized as a top contributor?

[kejedo]

I will be home for meeting, tomorrow, b/c my doc's nurse called me today (my scheduled telemed) and said my doc will call tomorrow.