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  • Exactly.

    I’d say that’s most languages in a nutshell - they start wherever, then grow organically based on a million reasons.

    And the written form is nothing more than an attempt to capture how it sounds, to codify how it’s currently used, not to be prescriptive.

    John McWhorter explains this really well in “Great Languages of the World” - he’s pretty light-hearted and amused by things like how convoluted and inconsistent English is, while also delving into how different languages likely came to be the way they are.















  • Not youtube, but check your local library for productions by The Great Courses/The Teaching Company.

    They produce videos of actual college courses by professors from schools like Columbia, Harvard, etc.

    There used to be one on multiple religions, it was very long (probably 40+ 30 min videos). They’ve since split it into separate courses on each religion.

    It’s really amazing, the professors are completely neutral (or perhaps sympathetic/understanding as to the circumstances that birthed each religion). They all approach it from an historical context to develop an understanding of each religion.

    TGC also has a couple courses on Pagan beliefs, Nordic religions (for lack of a better word), etc.

    I’ve collected about ten of the courses and ripped them to Mp4 and Mp3 so I can watch or listen as I want.

    Not sure why so many people decided to downvote your question - it’s good to want to understand human history and the paradigms that developed over time to bring us here today.

    I gave you an upvote when you were zero, and someone has already downvoted that. Bunch of Luddites.



  • I think that’s just movies - kids just wouldn’t like coffee because it’s bitter. No one I’ve known has said kids can’t have coffee, just recognize they won’t like it.

    Hell, my father let me taste his coffee and beer when I was 5-ish because I was curious. I disliked the coffee completely, but the beer had something…

    I stumbled on liking coffee in my 20’s.

    Edit: caffeine effects people differently. As a young adult caffeine wouldn’t keep me from sleeping, today if I have coffee late in the day it may impact my sleep. A sibling can’t have any caffeine after lunch or it definitely messes with sleep.