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- Comment on Should leftists who are anti-authoritarian use the term "comrade"? 9 hours ago:
Never thought about that, probably because my language has a special word, that is different from “Kamerad” (comrade):
“Genosse”.
Much better, no military and hierarchical connotations.
I wonder if there exists an English equivalent…?
Dictionary gives me compeer, consorter or confrère as possible translations.
- Comment on Contain them 13 hours ago:
No joke: in my native German dialect, women are grammatically neutral.
My then gf was completely shocked when visiting my birth region for the first time.
It still married me, though! :-) - Comment on Sweet ancestry 3 days ago:
No contradiction here, a large chunk of former Prussia is now part of Poland.
- Comment on Sweet ancestry 3 days ago:
When someone goes “I am x% (insert European county here)”
it’s actually convincing proof that he is 100% American. - Comment on In 2015, the Fortingall Yew, one of the oldest trees in Europe, decided trans rights are tree rights and switched its sex to female 🏳️⚧️ eat shit transphobes 1 week ago:
Hey, I think this is highly toxic!
;-)
- Comment on Anon wants a job 1 week ago:
l was at first somewhat confused when reading the post, but now found out that “labor” may not only mean “work”, but also “workforce”.
TIL :-) - Comment on If you are a guy living with a woman you know THIS 1 week ago:
l know the picture, but I also sit while peeing.
Trying not to be an asshole to my SO…
- Comment on Someday, someone will invent something that can ‘envelope’ small flat items so they can be shipped more efficiently. Until that day … 1 week ago:
France also?
Damn, I somehow expected France to get centralized energy infrastructure right… - Comment on I support this 3 weeks ago:
Home Bargains is British, isn’t it?
So maybe region-dependent custom.
Here in Germany I would judge it to be equally uncommon both in cities and the more rural areas. - Comment on I support this 3 weeks ago:
That’s one of the exceptions I was thinking about. Looking at someone and deciding to do something beneficial specifically for that person.
- Comment on I support this 3 weeks ago:
Which is totally ok!
Although I would either be slighty confused by it or more likely wouldn’t even register it at all, as not expecting thanks to be directed at me.
In the end, placing the divider is somewhat of a selfish action on my part, omitting later stress… - Comment on I support this 3 weeks ago:
Practically never in my whole live, standing in thousands of checkout lines have l heard anyone say “Thank you” to another person placing a divider.
It is in both person’s interest to place it, so the the one who has the opportunity to do it just does.
Had I encountered the woman from the post, I just would have classified her as mentally not entirely stable and kept my distance…
- Comment on Any guesses? 4 weeks ago:
Has quite probably the same root.
G-Wagon is short for “Geländewagen” which just means “offroad vehicle” in English. - Comment on Any guesses? 4 weeks ago:
That actually is very interesting!
I wonder if it is just a coincidence or if there is some kind of connection between the two… - Comment on Any guesses? 4 weeks ago:
l come from a farmers family in Germany.
I’ve known it from some equipment we used back in the 80’s or so :-) - Comment on Any guesses? 4 weeks ago:
Offroad?
(“Gelände” in German, so with a “G”) - Comment on 4 weeks ago:
And compared to the 10 year old titles on sale that actually work well and look great on 5 year old mid-range HW…
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
More recent most promising theory, that could explain it, seems to be that the universe is just spinning somewhat.
There go the “unknown, new physics”, if this proves to be correct… - Comment on 5 weeks ago:
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
Douglas Adams
- Comment on You live in Clown World when guys are using bathroom hand dryers 1 month ago:
Oh no, don’t tell me another innocent term has been captured by the far right??
In this case, using it in apolitical contexts might perhaps be a good thing, though?
Diluting its supposed significance… - Comment on You live in Clown World when guys are using bathroom hand dryers 1 month ago:
Well, I guess many one into such stuff, sooo… :-)
- Comment on How festive 1 month ago:
😦
Do we have a DINgore sub somewhere on Lemmy?
- Comment on You live in Clown World when guys are using bathroom hand dryers 1 month ago:
This sticker will definitely give guys ideas… 🫣
- Comment on ...will continue until... 1 month ago:
It’s a scan of a carbon copy of a physical picture… I know these specific kind of primordial copier-based proto-meme distribution from the 80’s and 90’s, but not after that any more.
So l would say, quite probably a still somewhat relevant leftover from the previous century… - Comment on 1 month ago:
Yes, actually it kinda brings its own kids friendly GUI.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
My kids learned mouse usage with GCompris at the age of 4 or so.
It has very basic ones for absolute beginners with high motivation factor.
And the rest of the educational package is also great, stuff for all ages in there.
Also free, open and multi-platform. - Comment on Gamepad for Linux Gaming? 1 month ago:
Logitech F710, works pretty seamlessly for me on Kubuntu and Mint with GoG/Lutris.
- Comment on X-Files '90s promo shoot 1 month ago:
Did you see Duchovny in Twin Peaks?
I do not know what his real inner person is, but I guess it has always been legendary… - Comment on Cope 1 month ago:
Dude, I can even see it as a straight guy.
- Comment on Cope 1 month ago:
Does that conversely also mean that a woman with a beard does not need to wear a hijab?