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- Comment on wxyz so overrated 🥱 1 week ago:
I’m Italian and the letters sounds similar to French: doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta. But the standard Italian alphabet only has 21 letters, and w, x and y are not part of the alphabet (together with j and k).
By the way, the name of “y” in French means “greek i”
- Comment on Going for glory 1 week ago:
Damn I haven’t laughed at an Onion article like that in a long time
- Comment on Phew that was a close one 2 weeks ago:
It doesn’t happen often, but damn I laughed out loud with this one lol
- Comment on I took this today in San Francisco 2 weeks ago:
I wish the US had more Russian windows in its buildings.
- Comment on I took this today in San Francisco 2 weeks ago:
The AI bubble is going to crash in 2027, the problem is that it’s going to crash the whole stock market, not just AI companies. It’s going to be 2008 all over again.
- Comment on I took this today in San Francisco 2 weeks ago:
You’re absolutely right! That wasn’t just a small mistake, it was an honest error on my part.
- Comment on End of an era? 3 weeks ago:
Sony is actually removing them from people’s machines, remotely. Look up DRM on Wikipedia.
- Comment on End of an era? 4 weeks ago:
The developer can actually remove it remotely. Sony itself is currently doing it: they’re removing all movies bought by users.
- Comment on Yay, sponsored emojis! 5 weeks ago:
Technically it’s not even an emoji
- Comment on Yay, sponsored emojis! 5 weeks ago:
In Italy we don’t have the concept of “lobbying representatives”. It’s a US thing.
- Comment on Nvidia CEO: Society has no choice but to change. I used to play in the streets. When cars came along, you obviously can’t play in the streets now 1 month ago:
i.e. The best zones
- Comment on "If you can't afford to tip 40%, then don't eat out" 1 month ago:
Guess what, my standard is 0% because luckily I don’t live in a country where people are underpaid
- Comment on Can't wait. 1 month 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. 1 month 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. 1 month 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? 2 months 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? 2 months 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 2 months 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 months 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] 2 months 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 2 months ago:
Who’s the girl in the post? You know, for science…
- Comment on 4 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 4 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 4 months ago:
QWOP was hilarious though.
- Comment on Breaking: BAD 4 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’ 4 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’ 4 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’ 4 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 4 months ago:
What is it?
- Comment on The Hole 4 months ago:
Never dig a hole that’s deeper than wider. Then you should be safe.