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Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

The mentioning of a salt gun just sent me down a rabbit hole…

And this below must be the most US thing I have seen in quite a while! 😆
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Also found a fantastic direct translation with hilarious WTF-factor on the page (for anyone speaking German): Image

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glimse@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
They’re incredible and by far the best bug killing method I’ve ever used. They don’t move when you’re pointing it at them from a meter away and the salt usually just rattles them to death so you aren’t picking up bug pieces. Sometimes it vaporizes them, though lol

Don’t make the same mistake I did and shoot it near a house plant, though.

Care to translate that German for us lesser people?

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- Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yes, looks effective!
  
  When young, I had a blowpipe shooting sucker cup darts.
  Most effective mosquito hunting device I ever owned. But left a mess of the target and was slightly cross to re-use the darts ;-)
  
  I will give translating a try, but guess some of the silly punch will get lost in translation: "Will the salt squirt [on] the beetle?
  “No, the beetle stays complete for an easy cleaning” (Where “bespritzen” may also be used as a colloquial term for ejaculating on someone or something)
  
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  - glimse@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    That’s pretty funny. Even funnier that it’s saying almost exactly what I said!
    
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    Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Yes, after thinking about it for a few seconds it becomes clear what they are trying to say.
    The direct translation 1-to-1 translation to German is just really bad and funny sounding :-)
    
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- celeste@kbin.earth ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  What salt gun do you use? I've never heard of them and now I'm intrigued
  
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  - glimse@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    The original Bug-A-Salt. I did some research and the knockoffs are nowhere near as good. And I sure as hell didn’t want the one with CO cartridges
    
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dbx12@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I can almost hear the grinding noise this will make when you step on it inside the house. Or the nasty feeling of salt in your socks.

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- TheGoldenV@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  It uses a minuscule amount of salt. Actually works better than a swatter or the electric one. The form factor is a bit silly, but it gets the job done.
  
  I keep a hash mark count on mine.
  
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