1. Did you know that Hubski sent a snail in to space?
2. Did you know that mike has an infinite chocolate chip cookie?
3. Did you know that mk is a painter? He wanted to go to art school but decided to become a physicist.
4. Did you know that forwardslash courted his wife via Halo3?
5. Did you know that insomniasexx quit her job over 312 days ago and has started her own business and is kicking ass?
6. Did you know that I make Hubski podcasts?
7. Did you know that the people shouted out to in numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6 above comprise the Hubski team?
8. Did you know that we are bringing on a new developer to the team? We can't wait to announce it.
9. Did you know that sounds_sound designed many of the buttons, icons etc that you see on Hubski? Check out the badge and much of zen.
10. Did you know that veen met with mk and b_b in Amsterdam? and that veen is a perpetual traveler and all around interesting fella? You should follow veen.
11. Did you know that myself, onehunna, AshShields, zebra2, humanodon, theadvancedapes, Floatbox, insomniasexx, zebra2 once wrote an epic tale about Ashley and the Caribou?
12. Did you know that just about once every 5 minutes I'm getting a shout-out or PM asking me a question that could likely be answered by reading the Primer Page? :-)
13. Did you know that in the past three weeks we have had a large influx of new Hubski users?
14. Did you know that Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto?
15. Did you know that _refugee_ writes a poetry journal called Kenning Journal?
16. Did you know that kleinbl00's uncle programmed for Boeing? Check out the 3:40 mark here:
17. Did you know that steve makes the Hubski podcasts in to Hubski video-casts?
18. Did you know that chapterwon is an American writer living in the SW?
19. Did you know that carakio enjoys rock climbing?
20. Did you know that necroptosis is learning how to speak french and kiteboard? Cela sonne comme une bonne combinaison ! Ne pas s'envoler pour le soleil ! Oh , et bienvenue à Hubski mon nouvel ami !
21. Did you know that If all the blood vessels in your body were laid end to end, they would reach about 60,000 miles.
22. Did you know that Ezana is majoring in political science and enjoys writing? I look forward to your insight during the upcoming #sillyseason.
23. Did you know that the dust on rugs and your furniture is not only dirt. It’s mostly made of dead skin cells. Everybody loses millions of skin cells every day which fall on the floor and get kicked up to land on all the surfaces in a room.
24. Did you know that sbohem is a pathology resident? -get some sleep pal.
25. Did you know that we have the #hubskioriginalmusicclub and that we now have more musicians to involve?
26. Did you know that ButterflyEffect just took an epic road trip?
27. Did you know that I consider so many of the people that have been on this site friends? You know who you are and if you are thinking, he might be considering me... WELL I AM.
28. Did you know that wasoxygen learned who he was politically from Mrs. Johnson?
29. Did you know that on Hubski we support magnet links?
30. Did you know that on Hubski we WANT you to share your creations?
31. Did you know that we have Hubski Buttons and that I use the "submit to Hubski button" daily?
32. Did you know that we have a store where you can buy swag?
33. Did you know that Happiness Makes You Cry?
34. Do you realize that I sneak #33 in to every one of these Did you knows that I do?
35. Did you know that I met Sufjan Stevens and talked to him about Hubski?
36. Did you know that every new years eve, mk does a State of Hubski post?
37. Did you know that we are glad you are here? This influx has been really smooth, you are all asking good questions and you seem intent on trying something new and not turning what we have here in to where you are coming from. My hats off to you all for that.
38. Did you know that the people that were here before you arrived have worked REALLY hard to keep this a place for thoughtful discussion? Give them a round of applause.. that's right, lil, flagamuffin, Meriadoc etc... I'm looking at you.
39. Did you know that elizabeth is a damn good photographer?
40. Did you know that b_b is the most un-scientisty scientist I know.
41. Did you know that Hubski has been around for nearly 5 years and it will certainly be around for many more than that?
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We are here to stay, hopefully you are too.
WELCOME! to the new users and THANK YOU to the old guard for helping us acclimate them all.
Happy fourth!
Welp, you've done it. You made me laugh too loud and nearly wake the kids.
I find hubski very interesting. On reddit I would often click the consumable content real quick then go to the comments. The comments is where the quality is to me... or at least is supposed to be. The fact that this is discussion based makes it so much more appealing. I'm also trying out voat.co at the same time, but I'm thinking hubski is the next evolution. It reminds me of forums from back in the day, just with the new age style of nested commenting.
http://rbth.com/articles/2011/04/26/the_twelve_most_dangerous_russian_animals_12694.html look at that fucking catfish
I, for one, am so thankful to be here. My best experiences on the Internet have been from lengthy discussions. The sharing of perspectives worldwide, the quick connection to breaking news, the tolerant and welcoming environments - they are absolutely beautiful to behold. I'm sure there will be many others who come from where I'm from. Hopefully, like me, these were also their favourite things. I can't believe it took me 5 years to find this place. I'm excited to see Hubski grow!
goo, I want you to know hoe much this comment meant to me. It takes a lot of work to cultivate a place like Hubski and I appreciate your enthusiasm for what we have all made. I'm glad you found us. I'm looking forward to getting to know you via your posts/comments. Don't be a stranger. PM me if you ever need anything or have any questions. Thank you!
HA. that would be terrifying. mk addressing the Hubski team: What I failed to tell you for the past 5 years is that I have a master plan. I call it the third realm of Hubski.
A quick shout-out to galen, though I doubt he will see it as he likely turned off his notifications after this post: Hope all the traffic to your inbox didn't freak you out too much. Hope all is well, thanks for making that post.
Merci beaucoup mon ami, c'est fantastique d'etre ici. Je vais apprendre, mais ne peut-etre pas ensemble. Mon Francais est horrible. Je veux parler avec quelqu'un, si quelqu'un est interesse? You startled me with the shoutout, such a warm welcome. Thank you!
In french we don't use "my friend" as English speaker do. It's a third person use , e.g : when you talk about someone (who is your friend), Not a second person use (e.g: when you say directly to someone he is your friend). Except if you are really really close with someone and in a very emotional conversation, you'll never casually label him "a friend" to his face. It is seen as false, or hypocritical, or mocking. But most people know only non-native speaker will use "my friend" this way, so it's kind of charming.
BUT..
There is sort of a slang word (not a pejorative one) we use that exactly has the meaning of "my friend " in English. It's "pote" (or "poteau"). So your sentence should be "Merci beaucoup mon pote, c'est fantastique d'être ici".. It's a popular level of language. You wont sound harsh, or insulting but it's not appropriate in a formal conversation. I guess it would translate to "my bud" (or "my buddy"). Always pleasant to see English speaker going the extra mile to learn that convoluted, complex language full of exception, and stupid rules.
Well maybe thenewgreen and I are really really close and were in a very emotional conversation ;) Seriously, I really appreciate this. Nuances such as this are not always found in beginner books. It's exciting (and of course extremely frustrating at times) to work out the oddities of French. Now's the time to work out kinks before I accidentally offend. Is there a formal replacement for mon pote? Would you just skip the phrase? Would ma poteau be the female equivalent? Or is it mes poteau for plural? Still have a bit of trouble with gender and endings
No formal for "mon pote". French, french Canadian (if someone from Quebec can confirm) and most french speaking African would skip the "my friend". I guess in a post mail (people still write those) you can use it, but it's very old fashioned. That how I imagine the Princess of Cleve would begin a letter to Voltaire: "Voltaire, mon ami, c'est fantastique d'être ici, à Paris". I guess the point is: if it's really your friend, you can use the informal "mon pote". ("poteau" is the original term that was shortened in "pote" and became the most used one) I dont want this to be a lecture on French. It's just, reading your post, It come to my mind, that french really are adverse to intimate speaking with stranger. And everybody admit, even when we all hate you, that Americans are very kind to strangers. So keep saying "mon ami" to whoever you want. French should change their cold way of speaking :)
Huh thats interesting, I'm sure those are carryover from the US. It seems like every other word I hear from some of my coworkers is "bro". I never really thought about how odd of a word pot is for slang. I looked it up, it seems the leading theory is that it orginates from the spanish "potación de guaya"(shortened to potiguaya), or "drink of grief". A wine or brandy steeped with Marijuana.
Well I certainly will continue to spread our friendship freely. It seems especially appropriate after this weekends victory and festivities. Nothing brings the US together like a win. Even if it's a sport no one pays attention to until we're champions. I visited Paris once a long time ago. It's funny, the stereotypes did not seem to hold any ground. I met nothing but kindness. Maybe some good ol' American charm rubbed off? I must admit the Princess of Cleve reference is lost on an educated lad such as myself. It appears I have some French literature homework.
Aha thanks for the laugh. I do tend to lean on google translate quite heavily as well. I like to form the sentences myself, but my vocabulary is still quite lacking. If anybody can muster up the patience to talk with me I'd certainly welcome it.
Ah merci! Tu es magnifique! J'ai appris pour trois ans en lycee. Maintenant, J'apprends avec Duolingo, un podcast appele "Coffee break French", Barron's 501 French verbs, et ecoute le actualite en Francais. Tu viens du Montreal? Ma mere est alle a l'Universite McGill. Je souhaite visiter (Comment dit-on "someday" en francais? Un jour?).
Oui, un jour veut dire someday en francais! Je viens de Montreal donc je parle francais et anglais :) Tu devrais vraiment visiter, c'est vraiment une belle ville avec beaucoup de choses interessantes a faire. Le festival de jazz viens juste de se terminer, c'etais super.
Cool, un jour je veux parler Francais couramment!. Je veux beaucoup aller a ce festival de jazz. Vous avez voyage au France? Comment different est a parler en Francais en France au Montreal?