katkit
@katkit@lemmy.world
- Comment on Yes, this is what people did back then 3 weeks ago:
True. English isn’t my native language and I thought about this, but it somehow just makes sense in my head. The way the “just” is used reminds me of the Modalpartikel we have in German. They’re basically filler words that add nuance, emphasis or expectation to a sentence.
Sometimes people ask “Just why?”, and that’s a bit different than only “Why?”, because it adds a sense of confusion or urgency to the question.
- Comment on Yes, this is what people did back then 3 weeks ago:
[Imagine] you wake up in 1995. [There’s] no wifi [and] no cell phones. [What’s] the first thing you do?
- Comment on Are drink coasters for people who frequently spill their drink or have trouble drinking without dribbling down the cup? 4 weeks ago:
I didn’t even think about the German word, which is Bierdeckel - literally beer cover. Well the boring word for it would be Untersetzer, which is the substantive of “to place underneath”.
- Comment on Are drink coasters for people who frequently spill their drink or have trouble drinking without dribbling down the cup? 4 weeks ago:
Additionally to what else was said, I’ve seen them used in beergardens to cover the drink to prevent bugs from drowning themselves in your drink. I guess then the coasters don’t serve to protect the table anymore.
- Comment on Comfy cozy 1 month ago:
Yes. Trumps cabinet leveraged the German company SAP to adhere to their DEI agenda. Trumps ideological ilk connects with each other worldwide to share strategies and knowledge, which of course includes our AfD, which used to be pretty vocal about their support for Trump and has now become uncannily quiet about it.
- Comment on What gives you hope to keep going? 7 months ago:
Personally, I turn to activism. I realized that regardless of how horrible the future will be, there’s good to do in this world.
The world is full of people who are as scared as you and I are. I can make their lives a tad more positive.
The environment is collapsing? Educate and organise, think about how to build mutual aid systems and how to sustain yourself small scale.
The economy will crash? Help others, people who got thrown to the curb by the social system, homeless people, orphans,…
Civil rights are ending? I’m trans and scared. And there’s so many other trans children that are counting on me to be the representation that I wish would have had when I was their age. I’m not going down without a fight.
Democracy is ending? Let’s focus on preserving what we can and try to rebuild. It won’t be over forever.
People being nice to and helping me often makes my day in an otherwise miserable time.I want to be that person for others.