A_norny_mousse
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- Comment on Why are some shows so dark? 3 days ago:
This is definitely a thing. See comment with screeshots from Picard. But I don’t let it infuriate me even mildly - just adjust the screen or crank up the gamma or, if you want the cinematic experience, switch off surrounding lights.
- Comment on Why doesn't NASA have a go fund me page or kickstarter? Really don't know how they work but would donate. 380 million in the US if everyone gave a dollar would do good? 3 days ago:
You are correct, NASA is a government institution foremost. What OP suggests is akin to healthcare gofundme’s or that boy selling cookies so his mom doesn’t die of cancer.
That said they do have a point, though I’m sure NASA has other ways of receiving donations.
- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 4 days ago:
Really? Two days later, you make a top level comment that ends in “sigh” without checking how the discussion developed meanwhile? …sigh…
- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 4 days ago:
I looked that up because of this post; prices seem to be back to normal.
- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 4 days ago:
According to this he wasn’t exaggerating. Tricks, pranks, theft and vandalism used to be the default; candy (and organised parties) was introduced to placate the rowdies.
- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 4 days ago:
It used to!
That’s the impression I’m getting overall. From the presumably USian comments - for those that got Halloween via the US, it probably never was.
The video tells an amazing story (starts about 6min in, ends at about 16min in). Apparently Halloween as it was in the 19th century was a mix of traditions from different cultures, partly even the result of culture clash. And the introduction of candy was aimed at placating the little rowdies, invented by ladies that remind me of the temperance movement.
In light of that we should celebrated those kids that still cling to the old, rebellious ways!
Seriously though, most cultures have traditions of at least one day per year where mischief is allowed, and I like it.
Bonus, from the video:
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- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 5 days ago:
In some ways money is actually better than candy.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
I’m not sure I’m catching your drift. What sort of verification? And how does verification (whatever type) “turn into propaganda”?
- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 5 days ago:
The necktie cutting as I know it is a Karneval thing, specifically the Thursday before Karneval, called Weiberfasnacht (“Wives’/women’s carnival”).
Shit, you’re right (same in Cologne). But I seem to remember something similar from Walpurgisnacht; women being in control, somewhat.
- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 5 days ago:
That makes sense actually. I guess I got lucky to get visited by very friendly kids despite having no decorations at all. There didn’t seem to be many about anyhow.
- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 5 days ago:
they came back
Yeah this was part of my question, thanks for confirming. OTOH which adult would refuse to give out candy if they knew that’s the consequence. Maybe it was a gamble.
- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 5 days ago:
Oh, I thought it was the kids that are supposed to trick the adults?
- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 5 days ago:
You turned it around. Nice. OTOH I love to make kids happy. OTOH I knew the single group that came to my house last night and I know they’re plenty capable of mischief and I wish we still had traditions that really allow for that.
- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 5 days ago:
Sounds like something you’d do at Walpurgisnacht. I remember women actually carrying scissors to cut off men’s … neckties or other parts of clothing.
I miss the mischief.
The way you describe it, Southern Germany or Austria or Switzerland?
- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 5 days ago:
Thanks for an honest answer. I suspect most commenters here are larping.
- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 5 days ago:
I thought that. Kids would have to a) come prepared for tricks (eggs, TP…) and b) not be recognizable. And I guess it also required that sweets/treats were more precious and less ubiquitous than they are today.
I think most traditional feasts used to have some sort of good/bad dualism built in, but over time the bad part got removed.
- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 5 days ago:
So how does that work, what does the ritual demand then? Do kids do it immediately or do they circle back later? Do they come prepared for that outcome? And why would any adult ever answer like that if they know that’s what’s going to happen? Or is it enough to not open the door? Or to say I have no treats? Do you have personal experience of such outcomes?
- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 5 days ago:
But is it ever happening this way?
Do people really answer “trick” when asked?
Or rather anything from “no treat, sorry” to “fuck off you lousy brats”?
How does the ritual continue then? What do the kids answer?
And then, do they vandalize that person’s property, usually, or are there other types of tricks?
Do they do it immediately, or do they circle back later, secretly? - Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 5 days ago:
Older generations did
So what’s the ritual? You come to the house, say trick or treat, I’m guessing the adult never answers “trick” but rather fuck off or no treat. What then? Do the kids immediately start wrecking?
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- Comment on Happy American import day 6 days ago:
I guess you never experienced full on Walpurgisnacht celebrations celebrations (incl. Waldmeisterbowle) then, or Dark Carnival.
- Comment on Anon doesn't like the doors 6 days ago:
That’s what they used to say about The Doors way back then, too.
- Comment on My friend got hacked and of course microsoft will not even try to help 6 days ago:
Not sure if fork or reimplementation, but Minetest is in almost all Linux distro’s repositories. There’s plugins and plenty of community servers.
- Comment on Has anyone here ever doubted if your parents were your "real" parents? Is it normal to have these weird thoughts? 1 week ago:
Yes, it’s normal.
Seriously, books have been written about this. Stories I mean, but probably also some sort of analysis.
- Comment on Are there good Movies, TV Shows, Anime, with wholesome family (particularly parent-child) relations? 1 week ago:
There’s an animated and a live action series. Which would you recommend more?
- Comment on Youtube what 1 week ago:
9 million views?!
- Comment on Youtube can detect VPNs now... the fuck? 1 week ago:
I don’t think NewPipe uses yt’s API. yt-dlp certainly doesn’t. It’s kinda the whole point of these alternative frontends.
- Comment on Youtube can detect VPNs now... the fuck? 1 week ago:
This happens via simple lists of IP addresses, no? I.e. the VPN has a limited number of exit IPs and once it’s known who they belong to, they’re easy to block?
- Comment on Take a Look at Rare Photos of Red Lightning in New Zealand 1 week ago:
- Comment on Why are people using the "þ" character? 1 week ago:
German facts.
The ß or “esset” (also known as “scharfes s” or “sharp s”) is actually the combination of the old long s (ſ) and a regular s.
ſ + s = ſs = ß
In German it usually goes back to a combo of ſ + z, aka “ess-zett”.
