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So, over the weekend I watched 3 very bad movies. They were all a joy to experience. These 3 movies were Now You See It, Spider-Man 3, and Pixel Perfect. I'll be talking about those this week. Or typing. Whatever.
Also, I went 1-2 at that Smash tournament. So better than I expected, but there is definite room for improvement. It was very fun (except for when I played against a Mega Man that I had no idea how to counterplay), and avery competitive environment. I'll probably go again.
Thirdly, a small note for attaching the songs to characters in Where The Water Tastes Like Wine; There are two songs that exist independently of the characters. These are "Heavy Hands" and "Vagrant Song". "Heavy Hands" is really good. It capture the concept of the American Dream quite well, even better when paired with Althea's music. "Vagrant Song" is variably good. It gets a different version depending on the region you're in. Northwest, Deep South, and Appalachia are my favorite regional remixes. It's very good to really bad depending on the area.
Finally, apologies for not doing anything Friday. Slipped my mind, as I was quite distracted that day.
Well wishes,
Neyo
Also, I went 1-2 at that Smash tournament. So better than I expected, but there is definite room for improvement. It was very fun (except for when I played against a Mega Man that I had no idea how to counterplay), and avery competitive environment. I'll probably go again.
Thirdly, a small note for attaching the songs to characters in Where The Water Tastes Like Wine; There are two songs that exist independently of the characters. These are "Heavy Hands" and "Vagrant Song". "Heavy Hands" is really good. It capture the concept of the American Dream quite well, even better when paired with Althea's music. "Vagrant Song" is variably good. It gets a different version depending on the region you're in. Northwest, Deep South, and Appalachia are my favorite regional remixes. It's very good to really bad depending on the area.
Finally, apologies for not doing anything Friday. Slipped my mind, as I was quite distracted that day.
Well wishes,
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So I was looking through a tile contractor page (as you do) and I went into the funniest thing I've read in the past month. Here:
"Why should I hire you instead of another tile contractor or tile store person?"
"Why should I hire you instead of another tile contractor or tile store person?"
The fact that I found this funny scares me more than the fact that this exists.
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Now You See It... is a 2005 movie about a jerk and a weirdo. It isn't very good, and I'm going to talk about why my family and I enjoyed it so much.
Synopsis:
A show about magicians needs, well, magicians. When found, these magicians go to a mansion and compete to be the best magician. One of them is Danny, who is being escorted and taught by Allison. They are both allegedly teens, but actually look like they're in their mid-20s. It's weird. In any case, there are a lot of weird deus ex machina moments, logical fallacies, and some strangely good stop-motion.
Stuff I liked:
The fact that the camera is a canonical thing, and that the cameraman frequently states his mind on the events is funny. The film at one point plays up the fact that bad CGI doves exist (it's a weird movie). The "real" magic in the movie is either stop motion or could be done with only some well placed and used fishing line suspended from the ceiling. A jumpscare happens totally out of pace with the rest of the movie. The parents of Danny are weirdly chill with how the events of the climax go (Danny straight up nearly dies, and then murder someone, in full view of the audience. A "National Board of Skeptics" has a self-proclaimed psychic as a leading member. The actors seem to take this very seriously. Really fun, if YOU aren't taking it seriously. Just don't be afraid to laugh at it.
...I don't know where to go from here.
3/10 shmekels. Go watch it.
Synopsis:
A show about magicians needs, well, magicians. When found, these magicians go to a mansion and compete to be the best magician. One of them is Danny, who is being escorted and taught by Allison. They are both allegedly teens, but actually look like they're in their mid-20s. It's weird. In any case, there are a lot of weird deus ex machina moments, logical fallacies, and some strangely good stop-motion.
Stuff I liked:
The fact that the camera is a canonical thing, and that the cameraman frequently states his mind on the events is funny. The film at one point plays up the fact that bad CGI doves exist (it's a weird movie). The "real" magic in the movie is either stop motion or could be done with only some well placed and used fishing line suspended from the ceiling. A jumpscare happens totally out of pace with the rest of the movie. The parents of Danny are weirdly chill with how the events of the climax go (Danny straight up nearly dies, and then murder someone, in full view of the audience. A "National Board of Skeptics" has a self-proclaimed psychic as a leading member. The actors seem to take this very seriously. Really fun, if YOU aren't taking it seriously. Just don't be afraid to laugh at it.
...I don't know where to go from here.
3/10 shmekels. Go watch it.
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Spider-Man 3
I know this is a memed-on movie, but it is legit really funny to watch ironically. The acting, lines, and plot are just so campy and goofy. It's a delight to watch.
Synopsis:
Peter Parker is Spider Man. His relationship with M.J. is going well...until it isn't. James Franco is a villain...until he isn't...until he is...until he isn't. Then Emo Peter happens.
Stuff I liked:
Emo Peter and the infamous "music" scene. It's so funny and unexpected. The dialogue is terrible ("You want forgiveness? Get religion."). James Franco is so cheesy, it's wonderful. Venom's CGI is actually pretty good. A police officer tries to stop Sandman with a shovel. Honestly, so much of the movie is amazing.
Stuff I didn't:
The pacing was not that good, and the climax of the film is meh. It's serviceable. Other than that, no notes.
5/10 shmekels. I would recommend it over Now You See It... but NOT over the next movie, Pixel Perfect.
I know this is a memed-on movie, but it is legit really funny to watch ironically. The acting, lines, and plot are just so campy and goofy. It's a delight to watch.
Synopsis:
Peter Parker is Spider Man. His relationship with M.J. is going well...until it isn't. James Franco is a villain...until he isn't...until he is...until he isn't. Then Emo Peter happens.
Stuff I liked:
Emo Peter and the infamous "music" scene. It's so funny and unexpected. The dialogue is terrible ("You want forgiveness? Get religion."). James Franco is so cheesy, it's wonderful. Venom's CGI is actually pretty good. A police officer tries to stop Sandman with a shovel. Honestly, so much of the movie is amazing.
Stuff I didn't:
The pacing was not that good, and the climax of the film is meh. It's serviceable. Other than that, no notes.
5/10 shmekels. I would recommend it over Now You See It... but NOT over the next movie, Pixel Perfect.
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Crap, I didn't post yesterday's thing (?)
That was weird. Anyways...
That was weird. Anyways...
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Pixel Perfect:
This is undoubtedly the worst movie I have ever seen. There's one good actor in a cast of about fifteen. The dub for the music is really bad. The plot is incoherent. It influenced Ralph Breaks The Internet. Let that sentence sink in.
Plot:
A boy creates a hologram. The hologram becomes the lead singer in his friend's band, leading to rising tensions. But the hologram is sentient, leading to it desiring freedom.
Stuff I liked:
The really, really heavy-handed symbolism that is not subtle at all. The actor for Daryl Fibbs is good. The acting for the hologram character (whose name is Loretta Modern, by the way) is really, really bad. The movie has like, two songs that it will repeat 3 times or so each. The pacing is actually really good, for no reason at all. Everything is quite brisk, and you never feel like you're putting too much time into something stupid (it's only 90 minutes long). The dub for the songs is not good at all. All of the budget for CGI is spent in two scenes. The way the Internet is visualized is remarkably similar to Ralph Breaks The Internet, which scares me. It actually has the biggest, most impressive plot twist I've ever seen, and the hologram becomes a [SPOILERS REDACTED].
1/10 shmekels. Watch this movie before all else.
This is undoubtedly the worst movie I have ever seen. There's one good actor in a cast of about fifteen. The dub for the music is really bad. The plot is incoherent. It influenced Ralph Breaks The Internet. Let that sentence sink in.
Plot:
A boy creates a hologram. The hologram becomes the lead singer in his friend's band, leading to rising tensions. But the hologram is sentient, leading to it desiring freedom.
Stuff I liked:
The really, really heavy-handed symbolism that is not subtle at all. The actor for Daryl Fibbs is good. The acting for the hologram character (whose name is Loretta Modern, by the way) is really, really bad. The movie has like, two songs that it will repeat 3 times or so each. The pacing is actually really good, for no reason at all. Everything is quite brisk, and you never feel like you're putting too much time into something stupid (it's only 90 minutes long). The dub for the songs is not good at all. All of the budget for CGI is spent in two scenes. The way the Internet is visualized is remarkably similar to Ralph Breaks The Internet, which scares me. It actually has the biggest, most impressive plot twist I've ever seen, and the hologram becomes a [SPOILERS REDACTED].
1/10 shmekels. Watch this movie before all else.
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Porco Rosso is an animated film made by Studio Ghibli, one of the most well renowned animation studios in the world. It's about a WWI Italian flight ace, who is also a pig. It's pretty good 
Plot:
The titular character, Porco, is a bounty hunter on the run from the Italian Air Force. When his plane is damaged, he needs repairs, and in order to pay the debts from the reapirs, he needs to gt into a dogfight and win. I've left out quite a few details, simply for being concise, and for spoilers' sake. The plot's a bit more complex than I let on.
Animation:
I quite like the soft, round animation style of earlier Ghibli movies. It makes the overall tone feel more wholesome, and the slapstick is a lot better for it. The character designs are all really good. Some sequences and environments are really, really pretty. I also like the complete visual overload of the gambling crowd near the end.
Voice Acting:
It's fine.
Music:
A bit like a simplified precursor to The Wind Rises's musical motifs. I quite like it.
Themes:
Freedom is a big, well-developed one in the movie, through the narrative and literal vehicle of the airplane.
(Also, side note: I once saw someone describe Miyzaki films as being full of "airplane fetishism", which is true, but I think it benefits the films, for the most part.)
7.5/10 shmekels. Good.
Plot:
The titular character, Porco, is a bounty hunter on the run from the Italian Air Force. When his plane is damaged, he needs repairs, and in order to pay the debts from the reapirs, he needs to gt into a dogfight and win. I've left out quite a few details, simply for being concise, and for spoilers' sake. The plot's a bit more complex than I let on.
Animation:
I quite like the soft, round animation style of earlier Ghibli movies. It makes the overall tone feel more wholesome, and the slapstick is a lot better for it. The character designs are all really good. Some sequences and environments are really, really pretty. I also like the complete visual overload of the gambling crowd near the end.
Voice Acting:
It's fine.
Music:
A bit like a simplified precursor to The Wind Rises's musical motifs. I quite like it.
Themes:
Freedom is a big, well-developed one in the movie, through the narrative and literal vehicle of the airplane.
(Also, side note: I once saw someone describe Miyzaki films as being full of "airplane fetishism", which is true, but I think it benefits the films, for the most part.)
7.5/10 shmekels. Good.
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Quacks of Quedlinburg is a really good 2-5 player board game, one of my personal favorites. It allows for a wide variety of viable strategies, and has a ton of variety between individual games. Also, it's like gambling, but for low-stakes cowards!
Story:
A bunch of wizards and witches are competing to make the best potions in the annual festival in the town of Quedlinburg! It's cute and simple.
(I kind of want to dissect the story/lore of the game for no particular reason, likely far more than the designers ever intended. It kind of just follows my nature of being what I would call a "high-effort shitposter", which is rather apparent when looking through this blog and online presence in general.)
Gameplay:
Essentially, the endgoal is that you want to get the most points possible. You do this by going farther and farther on your personal cauldron, making more and more potent elixirs. You advance farther on the cauldron by drawing little tokens from a personal bag. Each player draws from their own bag at once and at their own speed, allowing them to contemplate what to do in their own time, and allows one to be immersed in your own personal bubble of stress of deciding when to tap out or not.
Each token has a unique effect and interactions (that can be altered from game to game as players wish). The random token element also makes things much more stressful, since that's also how you get out: when you reach a number totaling greater than 6 of white tokens, your cauldron explodes. When your pot explodes, you can only gain more total points or buy a new type of token to use in your next rounds, both of which you can do if your pot doesn't explode. This cycle repeats several times before the game ends. It is a very, very fun (and tense) gameplay loop, and is what makes Quacks of Quedlinburg one of my favorites.
Table talk is allowed, so you can just call out any other players for being shy with drawing tokens, which is fun.
Artstyle:
A very cute, old-fashioned, overly detailed style. It reminds me of some sort of book I'd find in a thrift store or a grandma's house. It looks quite good, and every piece of the game is done justice with it.
I don't really have a shmekel-based score for this game, because it exists kind of in it's own bubble, where there's such variety that you can't really give it a score. It is amazing, though. If you have a hundred dollars to pool with some friends/family to play a game together, I recommend this a lot.
Story:
A bunch of wizards and witches are competing to make the best potions in the annual festival in the town of Quedlinburg! It's cute and simple.
(I kind of want to dissect the story/lore of the game for no particular reason, likely far more than the designers ever intended. It kind of just follows my nature of being what I would call a "high-effort shitposter", which is rather apparent when looking through this blog and online presence in general.)
Gameplay:
Essentially, the endgoal is that you want to get the most points possible. You do this by going farther and farther on your personal cauldron, making more and more potent elixirs. You advance farther on the cauldron by drawing little tokens from a personal bag. Each player draws from their own bag at once and at their own speed, allowing them to contemplate what to do in their own time, and allows one to be immersed in your own personal bubble of stress of deciding when to tap out or not.
Each token has a unique effect and interactions (that can be altered from game to game as players wish). The random token element also makes things much more stressful, since that's also how you get out: when you reach a number totaling greater than 6 of white tokens, your cauldron explodes. When your pot explodes, you can only gain more total points or buy a new type of token to use in your next rounds, both of which you can do if your pot doesn't explode. This cycle repeats several times before the game ends. It is a very, very fun (and tense) gameplay loop, and is what makes Quacks of Quedlinburg one of my favorites.
Table talk is allowed, so you can just call out any other players for being shy with drawing tokens, which is fun.
Artstyle:
A very cute, old-fashioned, overly detailed style. It reminds me of some sort of book I'd find in a thrift store or a grandma's house. It looks quite good, and every piece of the game is done justice with it.
I don't really have a shmekel-based score for this game, because it exists kind of in it's own bubble, where there's such variety that you can't really give it a score. It is amazing, though. If you have a hundred dollars to pool with some friends/family to play a game together, I recommend this a lot.
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If all of the materials of the Earth (Discounting the oceans and atmosphere) turned to lead, how heavy would it be?
According to this here Wikipedia article, the earth is "composed mostly of iron (32.1%), oxygen (30.1%), silicon (15.1%), magnesium (13.9%), sulfur (2.9%), nickel (1.8%), calcium (1.5%), and aluminium (1.4%); with the remaining 1.2% consisting of trace amounts of other elements." And since the Earth is about 5.97 x 10^24 kilograms, we'll probably be increasing it.
So now we calculate the mass of each individual element in their makeup of the Earth's mass. This gives us:
Now, let's use some stoichiometry (converting mass between elements to determine their conversion to lead.
Equation of stoichiometry:
([{Grams A / molar mass A} x ratio*] x molar mass B) = Grams B
*Ratio changes equation to equation. With this particular one, we are using a 1:1 ratio.
Molar mass B = 207.2
A few steps, but achievable. With this, we get:
**For convenience's sake, I'm giving the "Other" area a molar mass of 100, about the average molar mass of the naturally occurring elements on the periodic table.
Now we add all this together, which is 7.12 + 23.3 + 6.64 + 7.03 + 1.12 + .038 + .463 + .644 + .148 = F
F = 46.503
And that gives us a final mass of 4.6503 x 10^25 kg, or 4,650,300,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms. You can see why scientific notation is used.
By the way, you would just die if this happened, since gravity would increase incredibly, and the core of the earth would collapse under this pressure.
According to this here Wikipedia article, the earth is "composed mostly of iron (32.1%), oxygen (30.1%), silicon (15.1%), magnesium (13.9%), sulfur (2.9%), nickel (1.8%), calcium (1.5%), and aluminium (1.4%); with the remaining 1.2% consisting of trace amounts of other elements." And since the Earth is about 5.97 x 10^24 kilograms, we'll probably be increasing it.
So now we calculate the mass of each individual element in their makeup of the Earth's mass. This gives us:
| Element | Percent (%) | Mass (kg) [Multiply Earth's mass by percent of earth element takes up] |
| Iron | 32.1 | 1.92 x 10^24 |
| Oxygen | 30.1 | 1.80 x 10^24 |
| Silicon | 15.1 | 9.01 x 10^23 |
| Magnesium | 13.9 | 8.30 x 10^23 |
| Sulfur | 2.9 | 1.73 x 10^23 |
| Nickel | 1.8 | 1.07 x 10^23 |
| Calcium | 1.5 | 8.96 x 10^22 |
| Aluminium | 1.4 | 8.36 x 10^22 |
| Other | 1.2 | 7.16 x 10^22 |
Now, let's use some stoichiometry (converting mass between elements to determine their conversion to lead.
Equation of stoichiometry:
([{Grams A / molar mass A} x ratio*] x molar mass B) = Grams B
*Ratio changes equation to equation. With this particular one, we are using a 1:1 ratio.
Molar mass B = 207.2
A few steps, but achievable. With this, we get:
| Element being converted to lead | Resulting Mass (x 10^24 kg) |
| Iron (1.92) | 7.12 |
| Oxygen (1.80) | 23.3 |
| Silicon (9.01) | 6.64 |
| Magnesium (8.30) | 7.03 |
| Sulfur (1.73) | 1.12 |
| Nickel (1.07) | 0.38 |
| Calcium (8.96) | .463 |
| Aluminium (8.36) | .644 |
| Other (7.16)** | .148 |
Now we add all this together, which is 7.12 + 23.3 + 6.64 + 7.03 + 1.12 + .038 + .463 + .644 + .148 = F
F = 46.503
And that gives us a final mass of 4.6503 x 10^25 kg, or 4,650,300,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms. You can see why scientific notation is used.
By the way, you would just die if this happened, since gravity would increase incredibly, and the core of the earth would collapse under this pressure.
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This is still very good to know, though, (lol)
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Not to mention the issue of lead poisoning.
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So, I've just discovered that listening to kpop appears to significantly improve one's mood and skills when playing Smash. I'll try this out on other games, see if it does anything.
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Nonononononononono
I have a mathrock playlist SPECIFICALLY for playing Smash lmao.
I think music in general just helps, maybe!??????????
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Oh, definitely. I’m just wondering if specific types of music alter gameplay.
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Math rock=cerebral gameplay involving zoners and b-reverse (lol)
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(UH OH) BACK TO THE LAB AGAIN
(OH NO) BACK TO THE LAB AGAIN
(WE MESSED UP) BACK TO THE LAB AGAIN
(NOT AGAIN) BACK TO THE LAB AGAIN
(UH OH) BACK TO THE LAB AGAIN
(OH NO) BACK TO THE LAB AGAIN
(WE MESSED UP) BACK TO THE LAB AGAIN
(NOT AGAIN) BACK TO THE LAB AGAIN
UH OH
Edit: For context, a notable player in the Smash Ultimate community (Gimr) said he found new tech in Ultimate the would "change the meta forever". He's been hyping it up for the reveal for the past couple of days, and said he would stream a demo live yesterday. However, Gimr's stream started about 30 minutes late, and when it started, it only showed the pre-stream icon of a gif with "Back To The Lab" (a song from Dexter's Laboratory) playing in repeat for 2 hours. He later ended the stream and said that there was technical difficulties. So it's being postponed. Which is fine, whatever's best for him, and the game ain't going anywhere.
The new tech looks/sounds to be a footstool of some kind, which is interesting, though I don't know what it could do to affect the metagame so much.
(OH NO) BACK TO THE LAB AGAIN
(WE MESSED UP) BACK TO THE LAB AGAIN
(NOT AGAIN) BACK TO THE LAB AGAIN
(UH OH) BACK TO THE LAB AGAIN
(OH NO) BACK TO THE LAB AGAIN
(WE MESSED UP) BACK TO THE LAB AGAIN
(NOT AGAIN) BACK TO THE LAB AGAIN
UH OH
Edit: For context, a notable player in the Smash Ultimate community (Gimr) said he found new tech in Ultimate the would "change the meta forever". He's been hyping it up for the reveal for the past couple of days, and said he would stream a demo live yesterday. However, Gimr's stream started about 30 minutes late, and when it started, it only showed the pre-stream icon of a gif with "Back To The Lab" (a song from Dexter's Laboratory) playing in repeat for 2 hours. He later ended the stream and said that there was technical difficulties. So it's being postponed. Which is fine, whatever's best for him, and the game ain't going anywhere.
The new tech looks/sounds to be a footstool of some kind, which is interesting, though I don't know what it could do to affect the metagame so much.
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APUSH exam complete. I am exhausted. Why do you feel such joy in bringing pain to students, Collegeboard?
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A Guide To The Shmekel:
The shmekel is a currency. By no means is this a normal type of currency. A solid aluminium-silver mix, an inch in diameter, and having existed as far back as standard currency make it both an oddity and rarity. While most currencies change in value with time, a shmekel will change in value with location in space. This value cannot be changed, and will only shift between areas a shmekel is located in. For example, a shmekel within Canadian borders (and a corner of Maine) will be equal to 5.15 Canadian dollars, whereas the same shmekel in the United States will be equivalent to 65.739 dollars US. Here is the full table of areas and prices below:
Due to the volatile prices and nature of the shmekel, it is recommended to bring multiple shmekels when travelling internationally.
Pro tip: don't search up "shmekel". It leads to a Urban Dictionary page you don't want to be on. However, due to the vulgar nature of the word, I intend to steal it, remove that vulgar nature, and make it my own.
The shmekel is a currency. By no means is this a normal type of currency. A solid aluminium-silver mix, an inch in diameter, and having existed as far back as standard currency make it both an oddity and rarity. While most currencies change in value with time, a shmekel will change in value with location in space. This value cannot be changed, and will only shift between areas a shmekel is located in. For example, a shmekel within Canadian borders (and a corner of Maine) will be equal to 5.15 Canadian dollars, whereas the same shmekel in the United States will be equivalent to 65.739 dollars US. Here is the full table of areas and prices below:
| Area | Value (converted to USD for ease and laziness) |
| Canada, corner of Maine, most of Greenland, and Alaska. | 3.96 |
| U.S., Gulf of Mexico, northern half of Caribbean | 65.739 |
| Entirety of Central America, Mexico, southern half of Caribbean, northwest corner of South America (Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia) | 73.196 |
| Rest of South America (and associated nearby islands) | 1.50 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar | 0.98 |
| Northern half of Africa bottom half of Spain/Portugal. | 420.68 |
| Middle East (Stretching from Yemen to Turkey), extending to Iran | 129.12 |
| Southeast Asia (from Nepal to Vietnam and Cambodia) | 23.28 |
| Japan, Pacific Ocean, Indonesian archipelago, NZ, Australia, Tasmania | 16.89 |
| UK, Isle of Man, Iceland, eastern portion of Greenland. | 0.0005 |
| Russia, Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, India, all countries between Kazakhstan and India | 2.00 |
| All of Europe (excluding UK and Russia), northwest corner of Turkey, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland. | 92.20 |
| Antarctica (and associated nearby islands) | 425.728 |
Due to the volatile prices and nature of the shmekel, it is recommended to bring multiple shmekels when travelling internationally.
Pro tip: don't search up "shmekel". It leads to a Urban Dictionary page you don't want to be on. However, due to the vulgar nature of the word, I intend to steal it, remove that vulgar nature, and make it my own.
