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Post by DE Sinclair on Feb 11, 2016 9:48:36 GMT -5
My daughter recently developed major lactose intolerance. Avoiding dairy has made her life much better, but it becomes a challenge at supper time. I mean, we're in Wisconsin for crying out loud. It's pretty hard to make stuff without milk or cheese here. And just try asking at restaurants and fast food joints for what's dairy-free. They look at you as if you'd asked to sexually abuse their cat. I expect the villagers to show up with torches to burn us heretics one of these nights. Has she been specifically tested for this, or have you discovered this by process of elimination? The reason I ask is that we originally thought my daughter was lactose intolerant, and it turned out after further investigation that she's actually allergic to a milk protein. This is a royal PITA, especially for someone who liked cheese and chocolate, but on the other hand she can eat products containing cooked milk, as the heat denatures the protein and doesn't provoke the allergy. You're right, it was process of elimination. I let my daughter know about the cooked milk thing, so we'll try giving her something made with milk and cooked and see if it bothers her. Thanks for the suggestion, it may make things a little easier on her. |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Feb 11, 2016 9:49:38 GMT -5
You and me both. And to think I started the whole thing by quoting someone else's cover. Yikes. You are hereby sentenced to eating a banana. Wow, you're harsh. Can't I just listen to a Trump speech instead? Though on second thought... |
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 11, 2016 9:59:26 GMT -5
You are hereby sentenced to eating a banana. Wow, you're harsh. Can't I just listen to a Trump speech instead? Though on second thought... That's not punishment, it's torture. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 11, 2016 10:05:36 GMT -5
I think the reform of the French orthography is an abomination and an intolerable imposition by academic elites. Let the language evolve at its own pace, in all its unpredictability, and stop trying to enforce diktats that add very little in terms of practicality.
Zaire! I said eet!
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 11, 2016 10:07:48 GMT -5
I think the reform of the French orthography is an abomination and an intolerable imposition by academic elites. Let the language evolve at its own pace, in all its unpredictability, and stop trying to enforce diktats that add very little in terms of practicality. Zaire! I said eet! What reform is going on, mon ami ? |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 11, 2016 10:08:46 GMT -5
To be honest it's why I haven't participated in so long. I have a hard time participating in it because it's sooooooo difficult to vote for a favorite. Especially this month's contest. I love every cover posted. There are at least 3 that are making it impossible for me to pick a favorite. I still visit the thread to find new comics. But it's like online gaming. I don't do it because people are too hostile and take it way to seriously. But that doesn't mean I stop playing video games, I just play by myself or with my boys. If it's meant to be fun, when it doesn't become fun anymore, what's the point? |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 11, 2016 10:10:45 GMT -5
I think the reform of the French orthography is an abomination and an intolerable imposition by academic elites. Let the language evolve at its own pace, in all its unpredictability, and stop trying to enforce diktats that add very little in terms of practicality. Zaire! I said eet! After that, I had to go back and read your post again as Batroc the Leaper (hearing it in my head as the voice actor who played him in Ultimate Spiderman, where they really hammed up the French accent). |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 11, 2016 11:01:44 GMT -5
I think the reform of the French orthography is an abomination and an intolerable imposition by academic elites. Let the language evolve at its own pace, in all its unpredictability, and stop trying to enforce diktats that add very little in terms of practicality. Zaire! I said eet! What reform is going on, mon ami ? A silly idea that came up many years ago but that is getting more traction these days: that of "simplifying" the way certain French words are written, with the ultimate goal of making the language easier to learn. But it's a ham-handed approach. Instead of simply going with the flow and accepting the new way certain words are spelled by the majority, we've been served a list of modifications that are supposedly "official" and are disliked by almost everyone. Examples, examples... the circumflex accent is being removed from many words... but not all. That's not a simplification! Now nobody knows where to put one or not wirthout a handy list nearby. The sound "f" can be obtained by that letter, but also by using "ph"... does it make sense to "simplify" the word "nénuphar" (water lilly) by changing it to "nenufar", but leaving "éléphant" with its ph? If you're going to change the ph into an f, do it everywhere or leave things well enough alone, I say! (The rationale here is that "nénuphar" does not have a greek root as do most names with a ph, and there should be no reason for it to be spelled with a ph. Fine, fine, that's fascinating for philologists; but we hoi polloi have been spelling it with a pH for, like, ever, and would like to continue to do so, thank you very much!) A carload of words with a hyphen have lost it too, making them harder to pronounce as far as I am concerned. The only true simplifying measure I see in this whole mess is by adding hyphens between every digit when a number is written down, as in deux-mille-six-cent-quarante-quatre, instead of just for the ones below one hundred as was the rule before: deux mille six cent quarante-quatre. I'm used to the old rule, but I see how the new one is simpler. When this reform was first introduced in class, the "old way" was still accepted by teachers; but today more and more insist on the new one. This is very silly, as actual printed books still use the old orthography; how is a poor kid supposed to learn to spell if they,re being told one thing in class and see something else in books? It's as if they now have to learn French twice; hardly a simplification. I sink Batroc should go to the Frensh academee and keeck a few rir ends! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2016 11:05:07 GMT -5
You're right, it was process of elimination. I let my daughter know about the cooked milk thing, so we'll try giving her something made with milk and cooked and see if it bothers her. Thanks for the suggestion, it may make things a little easier on her. Not sure which is better, to be honest - you gain on the cooked milk, but lose on the available lactose-free foods which still contain the milk protein, though there are also a number of non-milk milk-ish products like rice milk, oat milk etc, which are variably palatable substitutes. If she reacts to milk products with a skin rash rather than intestinal distress, it might be an indicator of protein allergy rather than lactose intolerance |
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 11, 2016 11:35:53 GMT -5
I have a hard time participating in it because it's sooooooo difficult to vote for a favorite. Especially this month's contest. I love every cover posted. There are at least 3 that are making it impossible for me to pick a favorite. I still visit the thread to find new comics. But it's like online gaming. I don't do it because people are too hostile and take it way to seriously. But that doesn't mean I stop playing video games, I just play by myself or with my boys. If it's meant to be fun, when it doesn't become fun anymore, what's the point? Are you talking about the same thread, adam? Because until this little dust-up, I would say that the cover contest thread has been particularly enjoyable and friendly. No controversy, no arguments, just the fun of finding covers great and goofy. I wish more folks would enter, to be honest with you. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 11, 2016 11:45:37 GMT -5
What reform is going on, mon ami ? A silly idea that came up many years ago but that is getting more traction these days: that of "simplifying" the way certain French words are written, with the ultimate goal of making the language easier to learn. But it's a ham-handed approach. Instead of simply going with the flow and accepting the new way certain words are spelled by the majority, we've been served a list of modifications that are supposedly "official" and are disliked by almost everyone. Examples, examples... the circumflex accent is being removed from many words... but not all. That's not a simplification! Now nobody knows where to put one or not without a handy list nearby. The sound "f" can be obtained by that letter, but also by using "ph"... does it make sense to "simplify" the word "nénuphar" (water lilly) by changing it to "nenufar", but leaving "éléphant" with its ph? If you're going to change the ph into an f, do it everywhere or leave things well enough alone, I say! (The rationale here is that "nénuphar" does not have a greek root as do most names with a ph, and there should be no reason for it to be spelled with a ph. Fine, fine, that's fascinating for philologists; but we hoi polloi have been spelling it with a pH for, like, ever, and would like to continue to do so, thank you very much!) A carload of words with a hyphen have lost it too, making them harder to pronounce as far as I am concerned. The only true simplifying measure I see in this whole mess is by adding hyphens between every digit when a number is written down, as in deux-mille-six-cent-quarante-quatre, instead of just for the ones below one hundred as was the rule before: deux mille six cent quarante-quatre. I'm used to the old rule, but I see how the new one is simpler. When this reform was first introduced in class, the "old way" was still accepted by teachers; but today more and more insist on the new one. This is very silly, as actual printed books still use the old orthography; how is a poor kid supposed to learn to spell if they,re being told one thing in class and see something else in books? It's as if they now have to learn French twice; hardly a simplification. I sink Batroc should go to the Frensh academee and keeck a few rir ends! Wow! Or should I say, Zut, alors!? An eloquent defense, with which I agree one-hundred-and-ten percent.  Interesting (to me) that the accent circonflexe is part of the discussion, as I once did a paper on the word pecheur in reference to the story of Sir Gawain, as with the circonflexe, which indicates a missing s, it means "fisher," but with the accent aigu, it means "sinner." |
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Post by realjla on Feb 11, 2016 13:12:07 GMT -5
MASH was my favorite show the entire eleven years it ran. Now I find it unwatchable. Cei-U! I summon the changing times! I never found MASH watchable. *pleasedon'tkillme* You won't get 'killed' at the 4077th. You'll just get 'sent home', and the episode will end with the shocking news that your plane went down and 'spun in' to the Sea of Japan. No survivors...but all off-camera. No muss, no fuss. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 11, 2016 13:21:46 GMT -5
You're right, it was process of elimination. I let my daughter know about the cooked milk thing, so we'll try giving her something made with milk and cooked and see if it bothers her. Thanks for the suggestion, it may make things a little easier on her. Not sure which is better, to be honest - you gain on the cooked milk, but lose on the available lactose-free foods which still contain the milk protein, though there are also a number of non-milk milk-ish products like rice milk, oat milk etc, which are variably palatable substitutes. If she reacts to milk products with a skin rash rather than intestinal distress, it might be an indicator of protein allergy rather than lactose intolerance My wife has a similar issue with milk protein, as I mentioned above. In addition to eating goat cheese and yogurt, we've recently found that she can eat creme fraiche without a problem. Apparently cream is mostly fat with little protein, and the process that makes it into creme fraiche changes enough of it. Sour cream might work also. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 11, 2016 22:00:06 GMT -5
I still visit the thread to find new comics. But it's like online gaming. I don't do it because people are too hostile and take it way to seriously. But that doesn't mean I stop playing video games, I just play by myself or with my boys. If it's meant to be fun, when it doesn't become fun anymore, what's the point? Are you talking about the same thread, adam? Because until this little dust-up, I would say that the cover contest thread has been particularly enjoyable and friendly. No controversy, no arguments, just the fun of finding covers great and goofy. I wish more folks would enter, to be honest with you. I don't want to seem disgruntled and take away from others enjoyment of said thread but it just seems some take things to seriously and nit pick at others submissions. "A silhouette isn't a shadow" rather than just not commenting and not voting for what seems outside the OP's parameters for that week's contest. And maybe I'm being thin skinned. Either way no animosity towards anyone. Was just kind of jumping off the other comments in this thread. I hadn't even looked at this weeks contest before it. Sorry. I was intending to single out people. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 11, 2016 23:13:53 GMT -5
Are you talking about the same thread, adam? Because until this little dust-up, I would say that the cover contest thread has been particularly enjoyable and friendly. No controversy, no arguments, just the fun of finding covers great and goofy. I wish more folks would enter, to be honest with you. I don't want to seem disgruntled and take away from others enjoyment of said thread but it just seems some take things to seriously and nit pick at others submissions. "A silhouette isn't a shadow" rather than just not commenting and not voting for what seems outside the OP's parameters for that week's contest. And maybe I'm being thin skinned. Either way no animosity towards anyone. Was just kind of jumping off the other comments in this thread. I hadn't even looked at this weeks contest before it. Sorry. I was intending to single out people. Oh, yeah, I remember that. There have been a few instances of that, I guess, but overall, I always thought the vast majority of participants just had fun posting a cover they'd had fun finding. I can see where the example you mention would come across as nit-picky; I felt the same way. And you're right; people shouldn't be evaluating others' choices, which the rules clearly state. If you don't think a cover fits the criteria, just don't vote for it. Maybe if more community members who see the contest as just a bit of fun gave the thread a shot, the tone you clearly perceive might change. I hope you and others will. And btw, Adam, far from being thin-skinned, you are one of the most open-minded posters on these boards, as well as being honest and respectful. Your comments carry weight. |
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