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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Depluralize⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fish of rock!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone feeling like doesn't belong anywhere?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m dutch and I’ve lived abroad (EU) for most of the last 8 years. I’m now trying to settle down permanently in France. It’s been only 1.5 years but I think I will always be a “dutch person in France”, just because of my accent, name and the fact that some habits here are just not going to become mine comfortably. However, in NL I feel like an outsider sometimes and I started getting comments about my dutch sounding foreign. Being with my family is nice, but with foreign experience, you just see habits and customs in a different way.

  That said, it doesn’t really bother me too much. I made the choice myself to emigrate knowing the consequences and being the goofy outsider fits me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you become desensitized to it or just never liked it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨please do not the fish⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Leave the damn squirrels alone!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the most confusing false friends from your language to another that are spelt exactly the same?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Some examples from flemish (belgian dutch) to dutch:

  Word - flemish - dutch Lopen - to run - to walk Stappen - to walk - to go out (to a bar) Poepen - to have sex - to poop

  I remember the first time in a swimming pool in flanders I was so confused by all the signs saying I shouldn’t walk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everyone knows hot air rises. So, do we gain or lose weight when we burp or fart?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess warm breath rises, you can see it in winter when your breath is visible.

  However, co2 is not present as a gas in your body, but bound to hemoglobin, so I think it only becomes a gas again in your lungs. Same as farts only forming “outside” your body in your intestines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Art of the Deal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They are not really getting paid, they are getting the money back they paid for windfarm permits and in exchange they have to invest the money in oil and gas in the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is giving only formula long term "healthy" for a baby?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Breastmilk is also made up of numerous chemicals. Chemicals are not bad, we are made of chemicals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If we cured all forms of cancer with the ease of taking a pill, what would be the next thing medicine would put the biggest focus on?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope neurodevelopmental disorders would also get more attention. Although less people suffer from it than from aging-related disorders, when a child is born with a severe disease it affects not only the child’s life, but also that of parents and siblings. (I don’t mean neurodivergence, I mean severe disorders that prevent a child from being able to walk, communicate, and/or live in health).

  In comparison with aging-disorders, so many good years of life are lost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With regards to cutlery, do you prefer a spoon or a fork for eating cake?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use a mini-fork (dessert fork?)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can to many hits to the head make a person the R word in animals? My bc loves to run around the house and hits his head constantly but shakes it off. He acts normal and everything exceept4 zoomies?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I heard of a dog in our local dog park who ran into a stone bench so hard he broke his skull and died, so please try to teach your dog not to do that. If you reward his head hitting behavior by taking him for a walk he will keep doing it. Try to teach him something else instead, easiest is that he has to stop hitting his head, give you a paw and only then do you take the leash. Eventually (hopefully) he will paw at you instead if running into stuff when he wants to go out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(serious) What would we be losing in a world where most people didn't own a car? Please read the OP before posting.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The point is that if there weren’t a lot of cars around you would probably not be living the way you are living now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My boyfriend and I share a spotify account and when one of us notices the other one is listening we insert the song into the queue. Most of the time my boyfriend doesn’t even notice he is getting rickrolled.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are more reasons than just brain rot for not wanting to spend 20 minutes of your free time watching a video about popcorn settings on microwaves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rural Dutch cycling route of Satan 🤘😖🤘⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cycling anywhere in the netherlands and getting more than 1 meter of elevation per km classified as a hilly route in my book.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨100% tru btw⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Muscles are so attractive though, most gymbros just overdo it. I’m thinking more greek god/statue, less Arnold.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Under the most ideal circumstances, how 'clean' is drinkable tap water by the time it reaches our taps?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love those fountains when hiking or cycling in the alps. And I’ve never got sick from drinking that water even as a tourist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's literally science⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can spice them up with alternating leg raises or do a superman or bird dog. There are also loads of other exercises that work. The best exercise isn’t the most effective one, it’s the one you actually do consistently

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨justgermanthigs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cooking laundry sounds like a fun way to say dishwashing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is the point I have reached⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I stopped going to the dentist 7 years ago because I moved to an area with a shortage. I used to have one or two cavities filled each yearly appointment, but I haven’t had any serious issues or pain since I stopped going. I’m a bit worried about future serious issues but I saved so much money, pain and discomfort in the meantime.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some excuses are for you but not for them⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, you shouldn’t really need any other excuse then “sorry, not in the mood right now”. It’s also the weirdest excuse because sex often helps with a headache because it eases pain and tension (when done right).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨learning to play an instrument on your own, but how/what?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmm yes. For such stuff a keyboard is the easiest in terms of learning the relation between chords. You also get a visual representation of chords, octaves and higher/lower notes while you listen/play.

  For the very basics, I saw duolingo does a music course now. It’s very basic but it teaches notes and you get listening exercises to differentiate higher/lower notes. It’s pretty crappy for actually learning a lot but it might be a stepping stone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨learning to play an instrument on your own, but how/what?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Any musical instrument I know needs a relatively active body position and you cannot learn playing music by reading a book. Let’s start by why you want to learn to play music, is it only for bragging rights? do you want to play with others at some point? Do you actually enjoy listening to/playing the music with a certain instrument? Perhaps start by listening to some performances on different instruments and see what you like. I think the main driver in learning an instrument is that you actually enjoy the sounds you can produce with it. Then second, find some beginner sheet music, preferably with associated tips and tricks. The impsl database is amazing for free resources, but an actual guidebook from the library or music store might be better for beginners. And finally, you learn to play by just doing it a little every day. Find out how you can produce the most beautiful sounds, record yourself to spot errors and use a metronome to make sure you have rhythms and tempo right. There are many youtube videos to watch as well. In the end, getting lessons is way easier than self-teaching, but if that is not available to you this might work. Piano and guitar are usually seen as easier to selfteach than violin-type or flute-type instruments as the technique for beginners is more straightforward, but you run the risk of teaching yourself bad technique that is hard to unlearn at a later stage in all instruments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My father the tween literary critic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember reading a book when I was around 10 that was about an apocalypse and only two teenagers survived it. I think they were brother and sister but unsure. At some point they were discussing that they should have children and that they would also need to have children with their children to ensure survival of the human race. It was really weird and my parents wouldn’t have let me read it if they knew about that. They also had it moved from the kids section of the library.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's going on with Olympic skiers and penises?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what I heard: For the ski jump the size of your suit is very important for airtime. There are regulations that the suits surface can only be 4 inches more than your skin surface. They are investigating if male ski jumpers have been injecting their penis to get a bigger bulge, so their suit is allowed to have slightly more surface area.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it's true⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that’s why there’s a smile in the last square.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Between raising two young boys and putting in long hours at a marketing job, Kevin Caldwell can almost never find the time to make dinner. So he and his husband spend about $700 a week to order in"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The quality if the food you eat is such a big determiner for quality of life though… I would rather spent a few hours every weekend mealprepping and living an extra ten years of healthy active life. Plus, if you can save 600 dollars on food you might be able to just work less.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sleep⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen a timelapse of sleeping squirrels before and they sleep in any and every position possible and keep changing it up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New study: No-alcohol and low-alcohol beers, and dry pubs, are on the rise⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because tastes differ. You can get tired of always having sugary drinks and af beers often have a more complex and interesting taste than sodas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are super-computers used for ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I analyze the human genome. If I want to compute something complex on 1000 genomes that all have 90 Gb of data it might take two days per genome on 16 cores. And I don’t have 2000 days to finish my research.