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by aksss
1929 days ago
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Was that boss Mr. Burns?[0] Cant help but think of him when people do that. It’s also prescribed to people as a confidence-booster, so it makes me a little more skeptical of someone when they pull that, ‘specially with a contemplative pause. [0] https://images.app.goo.gl/AerFJgpZVkiE8rrf7 |
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Ok so surely "contented" isn't anything to do with finger tents?! ... Apparently it's from the Latin contentus, from continere "to hold together, enclose".[1]
"Sense connection of "contained" and "satisfied" probably is that the contented person's desires are bound by what he or she already has"
That does sound more than accidentally related to hand-tenting! You are actually displaying your enclosure, your container.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/content
[1] Spanish has "contener" – to contain, include, control, repress, hold back. Corresponding to contentus is "contenido" – contained, held back, (noun) contents, (adj) reserved, restrained.