I've been reading a lot of Native history lately and figure I should extend that interest to language as well.

One of the ling profs at my college teaches a class on the structure and history of Native American languages, but alas, I won't have time to take it before I graduate.

Any book recommendations for self-study?

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Spent a few minutes looking through the defense spending bill that passed Congress this past week and pulled out a few things pertinent to the National Guard. President still needs to sign this, but it gets passed every year, so no reason to think it won't.

Here's the BLUF (bill text included below)

• SEC. 736 Vaccine refusals are limited to Honorable Discharges and General Under Honorable
• SEC. 913 Commissioned a study over the next year to see the viability of a Space National Guard
• SEC. 512 No use of private funding for interstate deployments
• SEC. 230 Assembling four NG units to participate in a micro nuclear reactor program
• SEC. 1249 Briefing requested on enhanced cooperation between the NG and Taiwan
• SEC. 2601 Bunch of spots getting cash for construction/land acquisition (listed below)

SEC. 736. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN DISCHARGES SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF

FAILURE TO OBEY LAWFUL ORDER TO RECEIVE COVID-19 VACCINE.

(a) Limitation.--During the period of time beginning on August 24,

2021, and ending on the date that is two years after the date of the

enactment of this Act, any administrative discharge of a covered

member, on the sole basis that the covered member failed to obey a

lawful order to receive a vaccine for COVID-19, shall be--

(1) an honorable discharge; or

(2) a general discharge under honorable conditions.

(b) Definitions.--In this section:

(1) The terms ``Armed Forces'' and ``military departments''

have the meanings given such terms in section 101 of title 10,

United States Code.

(2) The term ``covered member'' means a member of an Armed

Force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military

department.

SEC. 913. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE ROLE AND ORGANIZATION OF SPACE ASSETS

IN THE RESERVE COMPONENTS.

(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to

determine the appropriate role and organization of space-related assets

within the reserve components of the Armed Forces.

...

(2) An analysis of--

(A) the costs of establishing a Space National

Guard in accordance with subtitle C of title IX of H.R.

4350, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, as passed by

the House of Representatives on September 23, 2021; and

(B) how a Space National Guard established in

accordance with such subtitle would operate as part of

the reserve components.

**SEC. 512. PROHIBITION ON PRIVATE FUNDING FOR INTER

Unedited; questionable language

Previously: Bret thought that falling in love would be awesome. Even after he saw the skanks and former men vying for said love. Courtney did what the rest of us would do and drank her ass off, passing out before she could make it to elimination. And then stripper Jackie rejected Bret! For her own anxiety issues, though, not because she finds it ridiculous to compete for the affection of a middle-aged wig-wearing Botox addict. This gave octogenarian Ambre a second chance to make Bret her lovre.

It is morning. And gah! Angelique sleeping looks like a scene right out of Where the Wild Things Are. Niki explains to us that four of the eliminated girls have gone home, while one is still in the house. Yes, it is drunk-ass Courtney. When she wakes, Peyton has to break the news to Courtney that her tour ends here. Once Courtney scrapes the fuzz off of her tongue, she calls herself a dumb [expletive]. I like to think that she channeled Tiffany on that one, but I guess we'll never know for sure. As she lugs her bags down the stairs, Peyton, in her three-packs-a-day Patty and Selma Bouvier voice, yells, "Stay off the sauce!" I kind of love her. Courtney tells us that she came to the show with a full intention of falling in love. She's a sweet girl and a caring girl, she says, but is also apparently a blackout-drunk girl. And if that's not what Bret's looking for, she says, maybe he's better off. Who ever thought that Bret would pass up a blackout-drunk girl? Credit where credit is due.

As the girls make themselves up, Sara confesses that her parents don't know she's there. And! She applied for the show as a dare. What could the "truth" question have been to make this seem like a more appealing option? You know it was like, "Have you ever killed a puppy?" For shame, Sara puppy-killer! Inna Tuna is pissed off and wants Bret to find out. Her strategy for this is to tell loudmouth Aubrey the truth about "whatshername, the Indian one." Manjula? Inna Tuna is certain that Aubrey will tell Bret. For her part, Sara doesn't seem to be trying to keep this a secret. She tells how it all went down:

Sara's friends: You're not gonna do it. Sara: Watch me do it! Sara's friends: You're not gonna do it. Sara: Watch me do it!

Scintillating. Aubrey, whose perma-bandana must be there to cover up her hormone therapy patches, can't wait to tell Bret. She notices Bret throwing a football around with Big John, and figures she can throw a ball, kinda.

With the various prominent or outright famous white Winona/Wynonnas in the world I have always assumed that Winona is a "not common but not uncommon" European name for a girl, and didn't think much on its origins. I like this name a lot as a possible name for the daughter I am expecting in the summer and I love the nickname of Winnie. I looked it up and was surprised to see it originates from the Sioux Dakota language. Have you ever known someone with this name, and what kind of impression do you have of it? Perhaps most importantly, is it appropriate to give this name to someone who isn't of Native American descent? My daughter will be biracial white/Asian.

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Do your worst!

As part of my ongoing DCEU rewrite, I initially wrote a Green Arrow movie based on the CW's Arrow TV show (2012-2020), but after I posted a draft, u/Iamthekween69 suggested the miniseries format since there was a lot going on that needed room to breathe. Taking their advice, I decided to flesh out some storylines, cut off the fat from the original Arrow TV show, lay groundwork for the larger universe and make Ollie's characterization more comicbook accurate. After all that was said and done, this is what I was left with, my rewrite of the Arrow TV show as a miniseries set in my DCEU, and based in part on Green Arrow: Year One and Green Arrow: Rebirth comics. Without further ado,

Arrow

EPISODE 1: De Monarchia

We open on a bearded man, marooned on a deserted island noticing a fishing boat in the area. He runs to the camp, picks up the bow and shoots a flaming arrow at a previously prepared pile on the coast, which ignites. Fishermen see a fire and guess that someone is on the island. On the beach, they see an overgrown man in green clothes kneeling in front of them. The men take the stranger to the ship and leave the island. Oliver Queen looks at the island one last time before turning his head to face the horizon, in his hand his only possession, a small wooden crate.

5 years ago, in Star City, Oliver Queen, the heir to the multi-million-dollar Queen Consolidated, and an entitled, arrogant, and wild socialite is celebrating on an old, abandoned oil rig owned by his family. He hosts a gigantic rave and attempts to out-drink his numerous guests. During the decadent festivities, he runs into Sandra-Wu-San Lance, the adopted younger sister of his ex-girlfriend Dinah Laurel Lance. He talks her up and flirts with her intending to get back at her sister for breaking up with him, by sleeping with her. Slowly, Sandra (who is upset at her “sanctimonious” sister) begins to give in. Oliver and Sandra sneak off in a speed boat out to the Queen’s Gambit, his father’s ship that is anchored in the middle of the sea. The two of them walk into the seemingly empty ship and have drunken sex in the cellars. The next morning, they are woken up by the sound of the ship moving. Oliver and Sandra find their way to the upper levels where Ollie hears his father, Robert Queen frantically talking to someone about destroying “the device”. As he sees Oliver, he suddenly cuts the call and asks Oliver what he is doing on the ship. Before Oliver can respond, Robert sees Sandra a

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.