It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?
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    12h ago 100%

    The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

    Writer James D. Nicoll

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  • Honey
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    Enkrod
    12h ago 100%

    First, let me agree that everything in the kingdom Animalia is, in fact, an animal.

    But now let me point out that many of the people who say shit like this might not speak english as their first language. Many languages have different words for animal for different types of animals. I tried to find out what I'm half remembering but I can't find it quickly and I have to get to work. But I vaguely remember that some word that's usually translated as animal into english actually doesn't include insects. Just like the english "deer" at one point in time refered to all wild beasts (but not fish or fowl) and now only refers to Cervidae.

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  • ich🪒iel
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    Enkrod
    1w ago 100%

    Bei Martor habe ich als Jugendlicher in den Sommerferien mal gearbeitet (und bei Haribo, bei Lutz, bei Krups und einer Menge kleiner Firmen), war von mir zuhause aus ja nur 15 Minuten Fußweg.

    Martor legt echt Wert auf Qualität und die Klingen sind extrem scharf. Leider bin ich sehr ungeschickt und war beim Verpacken nicht gut aufgehoben, hab den Pflasterkasten quasi im Alleingang erschöpft.

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  • »Wetten, dass..?«-Moderator Gottschalk - »Ich habe Frauen im TV rein dienstlich angefasst«
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    1w ago 100%

    Ich finde den im Interview angesprochenen Vergleich mit Otto Waalkes so passend. Ebenfalls ein stark ins Alter gekommener und schnell an Bedeutung verlierender Entertainer, aber Otto hat sich selbst nie zu ernst genommen und empfindet sich selbst nicht als "wichtig".

    Und den Unterschied merkt man, Gottschalk kommt als jemand rüber der nicht damit klar kommt, dass sich keiner für seine Meinung interessiert und die Wahrnehmung von ihm sich ins Negative wendet. Und je unwichtiger er wird, desto krampfhafter kommen von ihm die üblen Boomer-Sprüche, desto mehr verurteilt er die Veränderung und die Spirale geht weiter.

    Otto freut sich einfach, dass man ihn noch kennt, man schätzt ihn weil er (halbwegs) witzig ist und ganz viel Nostalgie an seinem immer gleichen unverwechselbaren Humor hängt. Und er altert in Würde eben weil er nicht öffentlich damit hadert, sondern zu genau dem steht was er ist: Ein Komiker dessen in die Jahre gekommenes Material immer weniger dem Zeitgeist entspricht, der aber deshalb nicht den Zeitgeist verurteilt.

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    Schwuler Iraker aus Deutschland abgeschoben: Schwere Vorwürfe gegen das Bamf
    The Moment of Truth | The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.
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    Enkrod
    2w ago 100%

    Don't discount the other generations culpability in this though. Conservatives aren't a problem we can simply wait out. Newer generations are doing slightly better but even among GenZ there are many who would agree with the current system if it were more in their favor instead of the boomers. Education and propaganda are getting worse, GenZ identifies more religious than Millenials, disinformation keeps getting more and more widespread in a social media ecosystem that has - for younger generations - for better, but also for worse, largely replaced the news.

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    Democrats Vote
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    Enkrod
    2w ago 100%

    Republicans are definitely better at getting people in line

    That's also really really strongly due to their efforts at voter suppression for the dems. It's so much easier to show up to vote if you can just hop over to the local polling station, go right in, stand in line for like 5 minutes and leave while many urban voters in blue or especially black areas have to stand in line for hours and might still get turned away because their names have recently been purged from the voter rolls.

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    Here we go! Conservatives masquerading as Libertarians is happening!
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    Here we go! Conservatives masquerading as Libertarians is happening!
    ich👁️👁️iel
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    Enkrod
    2w ago 100%

    Ich hatte die Wahl dazwischen mein erstes Michmich über etwas zu machen das wirklich passiert ist oder ein gemeinschaft-referenzierendes Meta-Michmich über einen Moderator zu machen...

    Ich denke ich habe mich entschieden wie die Dauerpfostierer es getan hätten. ;)

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