Look, look! Spain having alfil meaning elephant and Italy having alfiere meaning standart-bearer (is that a common English word?) great! Which one came for the other? Or are they oddly unrelated?

The one thing that surprises me the most about US nowadays is that revolutionary violence is not significantly more widespread. I posit that it’s a combination of too much to lose and no hope for success, but u don’t really understand it

Reference please?

Or, sometimes, their are that weird brand of «  great at teaching but totally forgot this is not a graduate class »… there are quite some proofs like this in my uni now, and convincing them, every semester, that asking for active research results in a 1h30’ test during the fourth semester is NOT reasonable is a pain every time.

On the positive note, all their students are great at the subject matter and significantly more advanced than expected… if they didn’t give up completely

That feels quite sad, honestly… I wish you all to find fulfillment and happiness without the need for sugar supplements

So the respect option is the most likely

I wonder: was it a sign of respect towards the uncle or was it an insult? Or neither, just cool?

It always shocks me how the whole plot of Star Wars original trilogy (and now Andor) is “how the young people get radicalized into terroristic organization”. But somehow the clash with our international politics is never noticed, how we create exactly the same scenarios…

(Sorry, messy comment, I hope it makes sense)