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[Ada or ardor]

@Rosenrot_ : I knew you'd like her
I'm reading her book now

 

[Amaj]

Hi everyone !
I'm very new in this process of talking to people I don't know online. Just wondering, how many of you do live in an english speaking country at that time ?
I assume there must be people living in France and people living abroad but maybe I didn't read enough of this thread. I'm glad righting in english make me remember some vocabulary and I think reading you will help me improving it.
About this second (like, about the topic...) : I'm coming back from my holidays in Brittany (shitty weather at that time). I was on internship before and I need to read what corrections were suggested by my supervisors for my report... I really too much procrastinate on it because I don't want to dive again in my subject...

 

[Rosenrot_]

@Amaj I live in Germany but there are some people I speak English with, or I resort to English in certain situations where I can't fully express my ideas in German.

 

[Rosenrot_]

This week-end is Heritage Days where I live, I went to visit a beautiful orthodox church in my area because I've always been intrigued to see what was inside, it's already so beautiful from the outside. Well, it's a lot smaller than I expected but still spectacular! I also wanted to visit a place with old factories turned art galleries but my legs are so sore from exercising this week, I think I'll chill at home today and I'll try to do the visit tomorrow (plus, I think the guided tours are only tomorrow).
I think Heritage Days are next week in France, has anyone planned to visit some historical gems?

 

[Ada or ardor]

Can I share my love for another youtuber ?
Contrapoints
She's so intelligent and artsy and ughh.

(Yep I'm here again out of frustration, because I have no one to talk to when an anglophone youtuber is involved. A ma décharge her subtitles are on fleek ).

 

[Ada or ardor]

@AprilMayJune : hey gorg

 

[Ada or ardor]

Again about Contrapoints. I was considering trying to translate her videos to french (and honestly, well it's pretty obvious when I'm writing here, but my english is far from perfect). Because I honestly love her work and I love english, I have too much spare time, why not give it a try.
So I just launched her last video ("Opulence") which starts with "Oh, hey gorg. How are you gorg?". And I'm writing on my excel page "Oh, salut beauté. Comment ça va, beauté ?" and It's feel just so wrong It makes me laugh.

 

[Ada or ardor]

@AprilMayJune : I've spent a whole hour on one minute and a half, but it's ok, I knew it .
I do think I have a better understanding of it than writing .
I'm not sure at all it will be a long-time project (first, Contrapoints never asked for someone to translate her video as far as I know, and not sure I will be up to do it for 40 hours - put aside I would definitively need someone to read after my mess ).

What are you studying April ? (if it's not too personal)

 

[Ada or ardor]

@AprilMayJune : So cool you can go back to university!

I don't remember exactly . She has been in my "watch later" playlist since a long time, but her videos were too long for me to stay focus on without subtitles! Three weeks / one month ago, a friend was talking about her on twitter, so I tried it again, and I discovered she has really good subtitles. Plus her last video is about something I was interested about, so it went fast (as fast as can be, it's still 20 to 40 minutes videos).

Not really! I've seen you talked about Olly earlier? (what is the name of her/his channel?)
I'm curious about these obscure youtuber with their giant essays .
But, I was thinking about it, the podcast Trump 2020 on Slate (french Slate) gives really good insights about the US politics. I've also really enjoyed the two first season of The good fight, a TV show which starts with the Trump election. But maybe your not the most ignorant person about these subjects and it would be redundant for you!

 

[Ada or ardor]

I've made it til 5 minutes (that's still 1/10 )

(I've started answering you @AprilMayJune it's just.. long )

Edit : Hey, that's super fucking great, that's mega coconuts, there is already french subtitles on the caption stuff on youtube. I don't really know how this all work, but I guess they need final review and it' will be uploaded soon .

 

[Ada or ardor]

Political parties imploding, populist movements, a giant move to an authoritarian right

Have you seen The great hack, l'affaire Cambridge Analytica? (on Netflix)
(sorry, I spitting out recos on you )

Hm, it's only french podcasts. I enjoy very much Community manager, about weird web communities. It's really the best, most fun podcast ever - not always though, it's just that the last episode was about the peeps who drink their own pee to cure everything, with true historical facts on old parisian "sanisettes" (ancient men's toilets ). Disgusting on the edge tho!
Laisse-moi kiffer de Madmoizelle is pretty fun too (they talk about their favorites stuff).
I like Programme B by Binge audio : everyday they invite someone to talk about a topic in particular. The quality varies a lot depending of the person invited. Sometimes, it's an old boring university teacher, sometimes it's ok ! My favorites were the one about Epstein and Tecktonik : danser, mourir, recommencer (several episodes about Tecktonik danse, with great work on the music, really moving - and yes I know the tecktonik is the most outdated thing ever - that's the point ! . It's also a bit nostalgic, because I was a teenager at the time, and my main goal in life was to go to the Metropolis club, even though I already perceived Tecktonik as something really lame!).
Le Tchip gives me that same experience of coziness than Laisse-moi kiffer, except they talk about black culture (I like when the people doing the podcast have a good chemistry).
Parler comme jamais about linguistic and french langage (I love Laélia Véron, she's a researcher and very accessible).
Oh, I forgot Transfert on Slate. A person talks about his or her life, at least one thing that has happened, again, really moving, and often times breathtaking.

But hey there is a whole topic about that question if you want to explore tons of podcasts!

Definitively gonna watch Philosophy tube, and I'll try Donoteat01 (but yeah, it's maybe too specific for me!). Thank you!

 

[Rosenrot_]

@Ada or ardor : If I had known I would one day listen to a podcast on Tecktonik… It was really interesting! I have to admit I was among those denigrating it, I had no idea about what really was behind it. If that isn't a lesson on prejudices against particular subcultures…