The capacity for empathy is perhaps one of the most remarkable traits of humanity. The ability not only to recognize another's feelings, but to adopt them as our own requires an astounding level of emotional intelligence, yet incredibly, having this ability is considered a cornerstone in the foundation of what makes a decent, normal, functional …
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Jī Lèi
I'll admit it: I may be too sentimental for my own good. It's been a tendency of mine since childhood to attach unnecessary emotional value to things. A brief sampler: I have a hard time discarding packaging or advertisements that feature pictures of people's faces because it feels heartless. I don't like to pitch even …
Mahlzeit
Lunch is my favorite part of the day. On weekdays, it's a break from work and a celebration of having made it halfway through the day; on weekends, when my day often starts much later, it's the first real step into the day ahead of me and a chance to soak up the anticipation of …
Juoksentelisinkohan
Compound words are fun. German is best known for doing this — stringing words and word parts, known as lexemes, together to create a single monstrosity of a word for something that usually doesn't need a dedicated word to begin with — but a handful of other languages do it too. As a result, those languages …
Verbomania 