Explanation: The American holiday of Thanksgiving has come to be linked to remembrance of when some local Native American tribes stopped ‘pilgrim’ settlers in Plymouth, Massachusetts, from starving to death in their new settlement.
… had they known how they would have been repaid, they may have just left the pilgrims to their own devices…
Fun fact I learned from the book 1491, the Plymouth settlement was right on top of a native village that had just been wiped out by (likely) European disease, which was actively decimating the region’s population.
Imagine, a bunch of crackers take over your dead cousin’s house, mess everything up, half the people you know are sick and dying, and you still helped them… only for the remaining colonization effort to further destroy your population.
which was actively decimating the region’s population.
Fun fact: Being decimated means that 10% die, and originally, it’s a punishment that the 90% are forced to carry out against their comrades. Pretty sure that’s a lot less bad than what the native americans suffered.
Explanation: The American holiday of Thanksgiving has come to be linked to remembrance of when some local Native American tribes stopped ‘pilgrim’ settlers in Plymouth, Massachusetts, from starving to death in their new settlement.
… had they known how they would have been repaid, they may have just left the pilgrims to their own devices…
Fun fact I learned from the book 1491, the Plymouth settlement was right on top of a native village that had just been wiped out by (likely) European disease, which was actively decimating the region’s population.
Imagine, a bunch of crackers take over your dead cousin’s house, mess everything up, half the people you know are sick and dying, and you still helped them… only for the remaining colonization effort to further destroy your population.
White people: not even once
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I knew i was forgetting some details, thanks
Fun fact: Being decimated means that 10% die, and originally, it’s a punishment that the 90% are forced to carry out against their comrades. Pretty sure that’s a lot less bad than what the native americans suffered.
I was obviously using the figurative definition but yes that is the etymology.
The figurative definition is about as stupid as saying “literally” when it’s not literal IMO.
You’re decimating me here
chops off your lower right leg while sobbing
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Yes, not stupid at all!
If you want exact syntax free of cultural influence stop speaking English and make up your own language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change?wprov=sfla1
What if it’s fucking stupid, though?
Language makes stupid chances because people can be stupid, but that’s okay. It doesn’t make the intent of what is said any less genuine.
You sound like the French government in how they love to gatekeep the language and reject colloquialisms.