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rinx  ·  3345 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: September 30, 2015

I'm getting old :) Mind translating for people out of the loop? I took some guesses

Aquarius cusp, XNFP, 4 w 5 wings - new superheroes?

Avpd - alien vs predator disorder

Scopophobia - fear of people who use foreign words, like biscuit instead of scone and pop instead of soda





user-inactivated  ·  3345 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Avpd - alien vs predator disorder

Well, thanks for making stifle laughter in class.

Okay I'll give this a shot.

I can't tell you what Aquarius Cusp means.

XNFP: a Jung Personality Test identifier. It means nothing.

4 w 5 wings: An enneagram type. I don't know what it means, but whatever it means, it means nothing.

AVPD: Avoidant personality disorder.

Scopophobia: Fear of being stared at.

Yup.

user-inactivated  ·  3345 days ago  ·  link  ·  

drop him

user-inactivated  ·  3345 days ago  ·  link  ·  

*it

coffeesp00ns  ·  3345 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I know you ain't hatin', but...

Gender fluid or Gender neutral's a bunch of things, but it's pretty much never "it" (unless someone specifically requests). "It" is reserved for inanimates."They/them" is pretty standard neuter across English and the Romance Languages (Italian, French, Spanish).

Just because you think it's a phase for this person doesn't mean it's not daily life for a bunch of people.

arguewithatree  ·  3345 days ago  ·  link  ·  

aquarius cusp refers to horoscopes. if someone was born around the 20th of the month, that's likely to put them on the cusp of another sign. aka more horseshit

caelum19  ·  3345 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd say all this horsehit will stop when Mercury is no longer in apparent retrograde(Apparent prograde?)

b_b  ·  3344 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The word you're looking for is anterograde.

caelum19  ·  3344 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks! Do you know why they called it that instead of 'prograde'? Because retrograde and prograde are also opposite.

b_b  ·  3344 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The root word is "anterior", which means either toward the front (in anatomy) or preceding in time. I may have been mistaken when I applied to term to planetary motion. It is a very common term in biology, and is used as an opposite to retrograde (say in transport of proteins up and down nerves). Apparently, this term isn't used in planetary observation. The most common term according to wikipedia is "direct motion". Apologies.

caelum19  ·  3344 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah, don't worry about it. Now I've learned two things!

you say

    transport of proteins up and down nerves

I didn't even know nerves had an 'up' or 'down'. Would this refer to being 'closer' or further from the brian(Going to keep that typo) or what?

arguewithatree  ·  3344 days ago  ·  link  ·  

i feel like mercury has been in retrograde for like half a year now but i don't pay attention to the planets so...

lil  ·  3345 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Avpd - alien vs predator disorder: a psychological condition which features continuous video game-playing, particularly alien-predator video games. Can be life-threatening.