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What is the evil eye?

A glance believed to have the ability to cause injury or death to those on whom it falls; pregnant women, children, and animals are thought to be particularly susceptible. (source) 

But not men? Eh, on further scrolling around the interwebz it seems that, depending on the culture, the evil eye doesn’t discriminate. Men are not spared its consequences in, for example, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and South Asia. Good to know … I guess.

It’s a wicked shame that we can’t just evil eye the current heinously vile, greedheaded, malevolent, and catastrophic regime out of existence.
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Word for the day:

Ultracrepidarian — (ul-truh-krep-i-DAIR-ee-un)
     noun
:  someone who offers opinions on matters beyond their knowledge.

That pompous ultracrepidarian talked about physics as if he were Stephen Hawking himself. Everything he knows comes from a couple of YouTube videos though.

Shut the fuck up! Don’t be that person … an ultracrepidarian.

They Can Talk

An ultracrepidarian will trip on their own lack of knowledge, so it's not worth arguing with them.

Etymology:

It comes from the Latin phrase ne sutor ultra crepidam, which literally means "let the cobbler not go beyond the sandal." Ultra = beyond, crepidam = sandal/sole, -arian = English suffix denoting a person characterized by something

The term derives from a famous story about the ancient Greek painter Apelles (4th century BCE), as recounted by the Roman writer Pliny the Elder in his Natural History:

Apelles had a habit of displaying his paintings publicly and hiding nearby to hear critiques. One day, a cobbler (Latin: sutor) criticized the way Apelles had painted a sandal in one of his works. Apelles acknowledged the valid criticism and corrected it.

Emboldened by this success, the cobbler then began to criticize other aspects of the painting—elements beyond his expertise. Apelles responded with the rebuke: Ne sutor ultra crepidam (Cobbler, not beyond the sandal!). (source) 

Related — mansplaining

Another fine word:

Habibi — this is an Arabic word that translates literally as "my love" or "my beloved.”

When used for a parent to a child, the word could be translated as sweetie or honey. In a more romantic context, beloved or my love might be more accurate. When used between friends or strangers, it can be represented as “my brother,” or “my friend” or even “bro” or “dude.” (source) 

I just love that Dr. El-Sayed (hopefully soon Senator El-Sayed!) used it when tossing off a comment to Mike Rogers, his opponent in the Michigan senate race. “Good luck out there, habib.”

You know Mike Rogers, right? He’s the multimillionaire right-winger who lives in Florida NOT Michigan.

This is the very same conservative ultra evangelical “Christian” who ‘s suspiciously reluctant to address concerns about people he’s chosen to have as part of his political team.

The former FBI agent dodged one such question while collecting a local endorsement in Saginaw on Wednesday, where a reporter asked why two pastors from the Living Word Church were on Rogers’s Faith Leadership Coalition, months after three elders at the church’s Midland chapter were sent to prison for sexually abusing children.

The dubious personnel inclusions involved Brian Ford of Living Word Church in Ludington as well as Tim Cross, the founding pastor of Living Word Church in Muskegon. Ford defended former pastor James Randolph at trial, before he was sentenced to at least 25 years for first degree criminal sexual conduct. (source) 

Even more on the story here. 

So then, Rogers is ex-FBI and their director, Krazy Eyes Kash, is very forgiving of sheep/man or goat/man or maybe even alligator/man love affairs. The FBI doesn’t judge when it comes to bestiality. AND Rogers is involved with and has hired convicted pedophiles, ya know, as Republicans are wont to do. Kind of makes Mikey look pretty damn dodgy, slimy, and icky, eh? 

Maybe that’s just me though?