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- Comment on Can't wait. 14 hours ago:
In Italian we also have a similar phrase: “Cos’è che è?”
Luckily, it’s only in spoken language because it’s considered a bit “wrong”.
- Comment on Can't wait. 14 hours ago:
In Italian tables are gender fluid. You can have “la tavola” e “il tavolo”.
Surfing? It’s a female: la tavola da surf.
Eating? Male: il tavolo.
Table as a metonymy for eating: la tavola (WTF?!)
- Comment on Can't wait. 14 hours ago:
English lacks a “gusting” word, but romance languages don’t.
e.g. in Italian “gustoso” is the opposite of “disgustoso”
- Comment on Is there an "Avoid Amazon" community for people who want to support smaller online retailers? 1 week ago:
Also now Amazon launched a Temu competitor called Haul. It’s just Amazon-style pointless shit, but even worse!
- Comment on Is there an "Avoid Amazon" community for people who want to support smaller online retailers? 1 week ago:
Or maybe your country has local e-shops aggregator.
For example, in Italy we have TrovaPrezzi. They just aggregate products from many different online shops.
Then you can easily buy the products you want from small shops.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I mean… there’s also a famous Agatha Christie’s book that used to have the N-word in its title.
We’re viewing these things with our modern eyes. But they didn’t have this kind of sensibility those days. It probably felt like using any other word: normal.
I wonder if our grandchildren will feel the same way about something we say normally today.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Also, fun fact: the Wii version is completely mirrored. Like, completely mirrored. Maps, characters, everything.
This is because they realized that most people are right-handed (unlike Link) and they hold the Wiimote with the right hand. So, instead of changing all the animations to make Link use the right hand, they decided the mirror the whole game.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
That’s a memorial (I don’t remember for what or whom) and they decided to paint it blue as if it was a swimming pool
- Comment on Story of my life 3 weeks ago:
Who’s the girl in the post? You know, for science…
- Comment on 2 months ago:
For all the people in the world except the United States, 600 freedom units = ~272 kg
- Comment on Lutris now being built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it after backlash 2 months ago:
Yeah I mean. It’s not like AI can think. It’s just a glorified text predictor, the same you have on your phone keyboard
- Comment on Anon misses flash 2 months ago:
QWOP was hilarious though.
- Comment on Breaking: BAD 2 months ago:
I think Better Call Saul is one of the best series I’ve ever seen (better than BB)
- Comment on McDonald’s CEO’s awkward taste test sparks mocking online: ‘His aura screams kale salad’ 2 months ago:
Yes, I tried it in the US and it was way worse. I’m not saying that the Italian one is delicious, but it’s still better than all the rest.
We don’t have many American fast foods in Italy anyway. McDonald’s, Burger King, a few KFC’s, very few Starbuck’s’ (about ~30 in all of Italy) and less than a dozen Five Guys.
We also used to have some Domino’s Pizza but they all failed less than two years after they opened.
- Comment on McDonald’s CEO’s awkward taste test sparks mocking online: ‘His aura screams kale salad’ 2 months ago:
We don’t have Culver’s in Italy, that’s why I specified that.
- Comment on McDonald’s CEO’s awkward taste test sparks mocking online: ‘His aura screams kale salad’ 2 months ago:
I know. That’s why I said that’s super good for that horrible category. KFC is dirty and oily, Burger King is shit-tier both in speed and cleanliness, even though I think their hamburgers are the best
- Comment on every time 2 months ago:
What is it?
- Comment on The Hole 2 months ago:
Never dig a hole that’s deeper than wider. Then you should be safe.
- Comment on McDonald’s CEO’s awkward taste test sparks mocking online: ‘His aura screams kale salad’ 2 months ago:
Which country are you from?
Here in Italy McDonald’s is top quality; probably the best American fast food.
- Comment on I don't know the reason why. 2 months ago:
I’ve been watching that movie for 20 years and I had never understood what he was eating and why he had red lips.
Turns out pistachios used to be dyed in the US.
- Comment on 'We Thought It Would Be Fun': Nintendo Has a Whole FAQ on Why It's Selling Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Separately for $20 Each - IGN 3 months ago:
Yes i think it’s morally correct to pirate their games
- Comment on Anon is a PC gamer 3 months ago:
I’m happy that Google Stadia died.
- Comment on Beyond fucked up 3 months ago:
This picture says it all. Poor child.
- Comment on Beyond fucked up 3 months ago:
Those times were horrible.
It makes me think about the Italian movie from the '80s called “Maladolescenza”, which is now considered child porn by many countries, thus illegal.
Its writer and director just kept working for the Italian national television for many many years after that movie, up until the 2010’s if I recall correctly.
I also saw a newspaper from the time in which they were interviewing people that came out of the movie theater, asking them what they thought of the movie. It was almost as disgusting as this article.
- Comment on Beyond fucked up 3 months ago:
Don’t ask Danish people about which kind of porn was not only legal, but actively produced in their country up until the '90s…
- Comment on Save as PDF 3 months ago:
Actually, nothing can really read xlsx expect from Microsoft themselves. They wanted to get an “open” standard so they could be used in European public administration. But they also did it in a way so that nobody else can really implement their whole standard.
ODT format is way better than DOCX.
- Comment on jellyfish go to hell 3 months ago:
Are you sure about that? Water also has a pressure that pushes against the animal.
- Comment on Playback speed past X2 is now a YouTube paid feature 3 months ago:
Don’t bother doing that. Just switch to Firefox, install uBlock Origin and you’re golden.
- Comment on Playback speed past X2 is now a YouTube paid feature 3 months ago:
Exactly. We better stop using Chrome. I mean, we should stop using Google products altogether. But for YouTube, it’s impossible to find an alternative that has the same content.
- Comment on Playback speed past X2 is now a YouTube paid feature 3 months ago:
I don’t care when my only way to watch YouTube it’s either:
- on Firefox with uBlock Origin
- on ReVanced
- on SmartTube (for Android TV)
- by downloading the video through yt-dlp