#fulanito

[el-pombero]

Una copilla, por favor. 🔈🔉🔊

[midnight-specialist]

You know you live in a latino household when you wake up to el cepillo by fulanito on full blast :))))

[sambuchito]

como vas a poner a europibes antes que los jugadores que se rompen el lomo por su país viejo gagá

[perroulisses]

Sorry guy the quality died after that Asclepio's design post lol

the big 3

[dormiloncito]

yo explicandole a mi mamá todo el rollo de junpei, yuji y mahito

[antimnemonic]

dwelling on the end of transformers one. you do see that there are affluent bots comfortable with the system, possibly even enjoy lording over the grubby cogless bots. are they ok with their workforce now being able to stand on equal footing with them? what about the fact that their god chose a lowly miner to rule over them? and then there's probably a lot of cogless bots who built up ages of resentment for the system but had no choice but to make peace with it bc they thought that that was just the way they were born -- and now they see that their condition was on purpose and that the people ruling over them were complicit in this. no doubt after getting powered up a bunch of them ran off to follow megatron in the wastelands

[cl4ssyjazzy]

Incredible discovery

"Mochi" is to Anglophone cat owners what "Firulais" is to Hispanic dog owners.

[mikrokosmcs]

[latinotiktok]

Que loco, cuando yo tenia 10 años un nene en el colegio se cagó encima y estaba llorando. La seño dijo "ay! Alguien pisó caca de perro y se paró en el asiento de Fulanito!" Y todos le creímos y decíamos fue tal no yo no fui etc. Así que Fulanito se fue a su casa temprano con el honor intacto y me di cuenta de lo que hizo la seño como 10 años después <3

Increíblemente wholesome

[spanishskulduggery]

Hello:

This is a nuance question. What are the minor differences between tan, tanto, cuán, and lo (adjetivo)poder ser a (sustantivo) when modifying "to an extent" something is?

There's a pattern to these words that can help

Typically the question words have a QU or C sound; and the descriptors here have the T

The question words can sometimes be used as other parts of speech, but the questions or implied unknowns will have accent marks

This will make more sense below

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First, tal and cual - used to describe nouns, or sometimes become nouns themselves:

tal = such, such as / "one such" [noun] tales = such, such as / "some such" [plural noun]

cuál = which? / which one cuáles = which (ones)? / which ones? [plural]

(el/la) cual = the one (in particular), the one that/which, one such cual = as [in poetry; synonymous with como, very unusual]

If you're seeing tal and cual you're seeing nouns for the most part; tal is "such" or "like that" and cuál is more common with the accent mark or in a relative clause

De tal manera... = In that way... / In such a way... De tal palo, tal astilla. = "Chip off the old block" / "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree" [lit. "from such a (wooden) stick, such a splinter"] Escribe sobre la vida tal y cómo es. = "He/She writes about life exactly how it is." [tal y cómo is literally "such and how" but often means "exactly so/as"] Tal leyenda no me interesa. = A legend like that doesn't interest me. / Such a legend doesn't interest me.

There's also an expression Fulanito/a de Tal which is very idiomatic but it's a made up placeholder name like "Mr/Mrs Whoever from Wherever"... fulano/a is basically "someone you don't know their actual name", and de Tal is "from Such" so it comes out as "What's-their-name from Wherever"

...You see this in contexts where someone knows nothing about the person, or they mean so little to them that they can't be bothered to learn their name

You will also see this expression:

(son) tal para cual = "they were made for each other" / "a match made in heaven"

You say this about people who are very much alike

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Now as for cual you get into questioning words; an unknown noun but specific

If tal is "such", cuál with the accent mark is qué + tal meaning "what such"... aka "which one"

¿Cuál es? = Which one is it? ¿Cuáles son? = Which one are they?

Seeing cual without the accent mark is most commonly used in what they call relative clauses - it's a clause within a sentence that gives more specific information "related" to what noun you just brought up:

Esa torre es la Torre Eiffel, la cual es el edificio más conocido de Francia. = That tower is the Eiffel Tower, which is the most well-known building in France. El amor, el cual es un tema muy importante para muchísimos autores y poetas, sigue siendo expresado y discutido en el arte de todas formas. = Love, which is a very important theme for MANY authors and poets, continues to be expressed and discussed/debated in art of all kinds.

Relative clause just means you decide to add a comma and talk about a specific noun (which could be a person, place, or thing) almost in an aside

You can also do relative clauses with el que and la que they're just more informal than el/la cual ...it's like saying "the one that" vs "the one which"

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Also I should say cual can also be used as como in some poetry. It's really uncommon today but every so often in poetry you'll see it.

Like rojos labios cual carmín is the way they translated "lips that shame the red red rose" but it literally means "(VERY) red lips like carmine/vermillion" - it reads like very flowery writing, usually reserved for older things or fairy tales or something that feels antiquated

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Next we move on to tan/cuán and tanto and cuánto/a and again there's a pattern

tan/cuán work with adjectives and adverbs as "so much" and "how much"

And tanto/a and cuánto/a work with nouns as "so many" and "how much/many?"

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But actually first let me say you will NEVER have to use cuán for "how much + adjective/adverb"; it is considered very archaic and only appears in lyrics and poetry. The only time I've ever seen it was in the translation for Pocahontas in Colors of the Wind:

¿Cuán alto el árbol crecerá? = "How high does the sycamore grow?" [lit. "how high will the tree grow?"]

But from that you can say it's "how much" in terms of "to what extent" - if you're using adjectives you use them agreeing with the gender/plurality

More to the point though, what you actually use depends on region and thankfully it's pretty evenly between Spain and Latin America, and reasonably understandable what you're saying/hearing regardless so no one's really confused it's just a difference in region:

Latin America will use qué tan (which is a deconstructed cuán), and Spain prefers cómo de which is more like "to what extent"

¿Qué tan alto es el árbol? = How tall is the tree? ¿Qué tan alta es la montaña? = How high is the mountain? ¿Cómo de alto es el árbol? = How tall is the tree? ¿Cómo de alta es la montaña? = How high is the mountain? ¿Qué tan lejos? = How far (away)? [adv] ¿Cómo de lejos? = How far (away)? [adv]

And again adverbs won't need to agree; ¿qué tan rápido/a? is "how fast" for example as an adjective, but ¿qué tan rápido? by itself could be "how quickly?"; same with cómo de - only difference is that's for Spain

And cuánto is used for amounts, "how much/many?"

¿Cuánto cuesta? = How much does it cost? ¿Cuánta comida hay? = How much food is there? ¿Cuántos hombres? = How many men? ¿Cuántas mujeres? = How many women? No sabes cuánto te quiero. = You don't know how much I love you. [cuánto here as a noun is like "the (unknown) amount"]

PS en cuanto + subjunctive is "as soon as + subjunctive"; don't worry about it for right now, but every so often you see a cuanto with no accent mark

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So on to tan and tanto/a, same general distinction

tan is "so/quite/very" used with adjectives and adverbs, and tanto/a is often done with nouns and countable things

Eres tan listo. = You're so smart. Eres tan lista. = You're so smart. Son tan listos. = They're so smart. Son tan listas. = They're so smart. Hay tanta ropa. = There's so much clothing. / There's so many clothes. Hay tanto peligro. = There's so much danger. Tenemos tantos problemas. = We have so many problems. Tenemos tantas personas. = We have so many people.

It's really the same difference between mucho/a and muy

With comparisons, you use tan or tanto with como. The important thing here is that these are expressions of equality or equivalence, rather than "more/better" or "less/worse" that you'd see with más/mejor and menos/peor.

Es tan listo como ella. = He's as smart as she is. Es tan lista como él. = She's as smart as he is. Son tan listos como ellas. = They're as smart as they [f+f] are. Son tan listas como ellos. = They're as smart as they are. Sus libros no son tan famosos como sus poemas. = Their books aren't as famous as their poems. Sus películas no son tan famosas como sus obras de teatro. = Their movies aren't as famous as their theatrical works.

tanto como is more used as "(someone) as well as (someone else)" or "(something) as much as (something else)"... usually in the context of something pertaining to or affecting something/someone, or just overall "involvement"

Tanto yo como mis colegas... = Myself as well as my colleagues... Tanto tú como tus amigos... = (Both) You as well as your friends...

And you use it to compare equal amounts of things with others:

Tienen tanto dinero como yo. = They have as much money as I do. Tienen tanta influencia como nosotros. = They have as much influence as we do. Tengo tantos amigos como amigas. = I have as many (male) friends as (female) friends. Tengo tantas amigas como amigos. = I have as many (female) friends as (male) friends.

You can also see tanto as an amount like "as much" or "so much" just a plain noun, or an adverb like saying no tanto "not so much" or "not really"

And then there's mientras tanto which is "meanwhile" [lit. "while as/so much"]

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And I'm not entirely sure what you mean by lo in context with comparisons so I'd probably need more context

I'm used to seeing things like lo más antes posible "as soon as possible" or "the soonest possible", or lo más imporante "the most important thing"

Also lo máximo/mínimo que as like "the most/least that (+ something else)"

[tatakittysworld]

Ꮶ᱾ᝲꦙ ᡶᩚꪒᥱׂꪩᥱׂ᭡ᥟ - Ⲋ᭡ꪻ᱾ᝲ᥉̌ᡶᩚꪒ & Ⲋᥟ᥉̌ᦺ

[kamas-corner]

"El silencio de Rulfo creo que obedece a algo tan cotidiano, que explicarlo es perder el tiempo. Hay varias versiones. Una que explicaba Monterroso es que Rulfo tenía a su tío fulanito, que le contaba historias, y cuando le preguntaron por qué ya no escribía, él contestó porque se me murió el tío fulanito. Y yo me lo creo, además. Otra explicación es simple y sencilla, y es porque ya está, todo tiene fecha de caducidad. Por ejemplo, a mí me inquieta mucho más el silencio rimbaudiano que el silencio rulfiano. Rulfo deja de escribir porque él ya había escrito todo lo que quería escribir y, como se ve incapaz de escribir algo mejor, simplemente para. Rimbaud probablemente hubiera podido escribir algo mucho mejor, que ya es decir palabras muy altas, pero ése es un silencio que a los occidentales nos plantea preguntas. El silencio de Rulfo no plantea preguntas, es hasta un silencio entrañable, es cotidiano. Después del postre, ¿qué coño vas a comer?"

- Roberto Bolaño

[motsimages]

Fantasy High sale los miércoles en su casa, los jueves en la mía y siempre lo veo sabiendo ya los grandes momentos. Alguien podría pensar que es el superspoiler pero con la pandilla desastre que son, saber que fulanito saco un 20 natural y Brennan se caga en su puta madre no significa absolutamente nada porque antes de ese golpe maestro puedes tener a uno perreando encima de una mesa, el otro dándole golpes al malo con su propio puño y diciendo "deja de pegarte" y todo esto no está relacionado de ninguna manera con la trama principal, con el 20 natural ni con la propia escena en la que estaban hace tan solo 3 minutos.

[perroulisses]

Odysseus, Jesus and Patroclus as fulanitos

[bloshik]

i don’t usually write posts like this because who cares, right, but i couldn’t keep it up any longer because it’s starting to piss me off.

not to vent or anything, but if you write on your blog that you’re ‘there’ for anyone who needs it - don’t fuck it up later - or pretend that you care - because i’ve lived and seen so many experiences where the person who really needed someone to talk to and couldn’t do it with a psychologist, went with the first stranger they met on the internet, and then that stranger dumped them at the first available opportunity.

also, ding-ding-ding: everyone’s feelings and conditions are different. can you believe that? everyone experiences things differently; if you can’t understand that and try to throw common words in the air to “help”, then just don’t do it at all.

if you’re the one who needs help and can’t afford it or just don’t want to talk to someone professional - write your thoughts down, make a fic out of it, draw, crochet, sing; do something with your hands that has nothing to do with talking to someone else. because you know what? no one cares. the people who say they do? just being polite. the people who leave space on their blog for other people to talk to them? they just thrive on being useful and somewhat ‘good’ in others’ eyes, but the second you disagree with their opinion - you’re not part of their ‘gang’ anymore. i know the people i’m talking about know themselves.

i’ve been working with middle-aged people for my college assignment, and what really struck me were the words of this woman: “no one can have a voice anymore these days.” doesn’t it resonate with some people? if your opinion is different and not as “common” as everyone else’s - you’re a convicted criminal, my friend. you act different and out of the norm (pretending to be polite, having your own opinion, etc.)? you can’t be a part of this society, unfortunately. you can’t open your goddamn mouth because fulanito will come to the “rescue” of this author who just didn’t want to be confrontational, and will destroy that person’s career and life just because THEIR OPINION WASN’T THE NORM.

what is the norm nowadays, huh?

if your HEADcanons are different from the vision of other authors, you’re not right and cannot have a word anymore. it’s literally called fan FICTION, people. wake the fuck up! people who become popular because they know a big author and get a rep JUST because of their influence? “the road that leads to hell is a very easy road.” matthews 7:13. people working on their own accord in the fandom where everyone knows each other, and then not getting any support because they’re not “known enough”? it’s okay, patience and time will pay it off, believe me.

also, over the years of covid and ‘chronic online brain rot,’ people have actually become less thoughtful and angrier (just a thought; but it has also been scientifically proven).

you yell about respect till someone hurts your fucking ego.

this is not a venting or call for attention post, but rather jotted down notes for myself that i might re-read in the future, because i’m currently lacking sense.

[demonstars]

i think countrapoints on her video did a good explaination in how that snow ball effect happens.

Like it starts with the actual actions:

Fulanito insulted menganito

It gets simplified with others words:

Fulanito was being mean towards menganito

It gets exagerated by Even more simplified versions:

Fulanito was atacking menganito

Then it becomes a far too extreme version:

Fulanito was abusive and toxic towards menganito

It becomes less expecifit bc in one point people forget what fulanito actually did and it was wrong yeah but not so far serious like the more extreme parts are making it out to be. I think it's also bc of the characthers litmits bc they force people to talk in more simplified ways so it's more probably they'll resume "fulanito insulted menganito" with "fulanito was being toxic"

That tracks I think