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We "go" to lots of things that aren't places. Im going to prove it with this sentence.
Can you do it after we go to lunch?
...into space. go figure
I think I'm going to vomit.
Is it nice there?
No, my stomach is going to town with all this regurgitation.
In English, ‘go to’ can be used as the future subjunctive tense of the verb being conjugated.
Sounds fancy. I hope it's not expensive to use.
Go to ass.
if you insist ;-)
I've got to go think about it for a second, and then I get to realize what it meant.
I'm going to go to sleep.
Double going!
Planning to go into detail, or was that it?
In Spanish, they talk about hunger and thirst as if they are physical objects.
German too. Ich habe Hunger. Sie haben Durst.
Sie haben Durst
Durst
Heh, Fred Thirst
I think that's more that tener (to have) doesn't always mean a physical thing.
As an example in spanish they use tener for age. As in tengo 20 años literally is "I have 20 years" but it means "I am 20"
Or ten cuidado means "take care" or "be careful" but literally is more like "have care". Both phrases use tener in a nonphysical sense in the same way as in english we use "to have". Like to have compassion or to have doubts.
but it works because abstract concepts are things an individual can own.
Like "Tengo quidado" is "i own the the abstract concept of care".
it could work in English, but it just sounds strange or poetic, like "i have hunger"
Je suis Francais. J'ai froid. Je plaisante, j'ai je suis chaud.
Well then take a piss.
I'd rather leave a piss.
Go poop.
That's what i say in the bathroom, like it's a team sport.
Goooo Poop! 🤾🏅
I'm going to go, to my bed, to sleep.
It's a state.
you don't go places when you sleep?
As a stress sleepwalker, yes I do.
I wish I did, I don't dream so for me it's pretty much just skipping anywhere from 6 to 10 hours and suddenly it's the next morning.
I sure do. Just last night, I went to a store that was closed. The shopkeeper had hired a very tall and furry troll to guard the store at night. She said the shop is closed, and seemed a bit irritated. We shook hands for no apparent reasons, and then I went away. I sat into a car, we drove off, accidentally drove off road, plowed through the 1 m thick snow, fell off a cliff. We nearly crashed into a house, but somehow managed to land on a road right next to it.
That’s why you don’t try to do your shopping in the middle of the night.
If you have trouble going to sleep then try falling asleep instead.
Sleep is my go to when I'm tired!
I'm 90% sure that it was originally in the form of "to go <there/place> and " and has just been shortened over time. A refined colloquialism, if you go for that sort of thing
I wish it was. I wish it was...
Tel'aran'rhiod
Naw, just a state of mind.
In german we say either say "go" or "laying to sleep/rest"
Huh that's funny, "laying to rest" in English is an expression for burying someone after they have died
this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2025
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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