idiomaddict

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 55 minutes ago (2 children)

Northern German dialect

Weird question: I notice she pronounces the g in Hamburg with the ich-Laute, like Hamburch. I hear this all the time where I am, but we’re definitely not northern.

Does anyone know if that’s done everywhere in Germany or is it most commonly done in the north?

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 26 points 3 hours ago

The fired guy accused him of hitting on his wife. It’s been nearly 70 years since Emmet Till was brutalized, and it feels like we haven’t learned anything

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Sadly , I’ve only ever seen beer from friars, not fryers.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

I was a server for years and I don’t know what political views my customers had directly, but my absolute favorite people to serve were tradesmen with their families (at least locally, tradesmen are often assumed to be conservative). They tended to be pretty relaxed and tip well. Those are historically union jobs, and I don’t know if the people working them still vote in favor of worker solidarity, but they still culturally support it, ime.

My least favorite people were also people who are often assumed to be conservative, for what it’s worth: families on their way home from church. They were nitpicky, required a lot of attention, and tipped like shit, plus they often tried to get things comped off their bills by complaining about something on their way out.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world -2 points 19 hours ago

I stand by pointing out to people that that commenter’s solution is eugenics 🤷

If something else bothers you, you’ll need to be clearer about it.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I’m in awe of the level of self acceptance you must have. I would not be happy with myself if I could say exactly how much time I’ve spent doing basically nothing

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

Following Haarmann's arrest, rumours circulated that Haarmann ate the flesh of his victims, or sold it on the black market as pork or horse meat.[34] Although no evidence was ever produced to confirm these theories, Haarmann was known to be an active trader in contraband meat,[35] which was invariably boneless, diced, and often sold as ground meat.[36] When asked where he obtained the meat, Haarmann sometimes said he had obtained the produce from a butcher named "Karl", although investigators would later note that the stories Haarmann told his acquaintances regarding the origins of this individual varied.[37][38]

😶

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world -2 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Remember kids, the best way to fight eugenics is with eugenics

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

It’s pretty funny, actually. McConnell is smarter, slier, contributed more, and was more willing to sacrifice everything to bring down American democracy, and at best he’ll be remembered (if at all) as an enabler.

Sucks to suck.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

That’s just following in Reagan’s footsteps, to be fair.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

Make him pay it for each entrant. It’s probably still pocket change because a hundred billion dollars (or whatever it is now) is effectively infinite money.

Sometimes the depth of the hole we’ve dug ourselves is just astounding.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 106 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But to answer your question, yes. If an unbiased translation is impossible (which it is), the solution is to have versions with as many contradictory biases as possible, so they hopefully cancel each other out.

 

He writes insane things in all caps that are divisive, instead of hopeful. His products are overpriced, flimsy, and deceptive, instead of cost effective, long lasting, and simple (this isn’t an ad, this is probably not a comparison they’d invite, but I’m happy to reword this if it feels like too strong a recommendation). He takes the worst parts of religion and distorts them to suit his purposes, instead of using just the best parts of various religions and other writers to try and find a universal message.

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Upright Jerker (en.wikipedia.org)
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Basically a reverse gallows with a horrible name

The upright jerker was an execution method and device intermittently used in the United States during the 19th and early 20th century. Intended to replace hangings, the upright jerker did not see widespread use and was withdrawn from use by the 1930s.

 

I like to react with this to my trumper dad’s foretelling of a communist future under Harris to the family chat, but you do you.

 

This is a spelling bee clone (or rather a fork, but the dev calls it a clone) that stopped updating a couple of days ago. Has anyone heard anything? It was my favorite version, so I’ll be sad if it’s gone forever.

The code for it is public (but I’m 0% tech-savvy and have no idea what to do with that), so it’s also possible that others have clones of it. If anyone knows of any (specifically of this one, not general spelling bee clones), that would also be much appreciated.

Edit: I went back through the archives and it’s probably vacation, lol. There’s a week or so missing from the last two summers as well. I am surprised that it’s not automated, and I’ll be supporting the developer as soon as possible, because that’s hella impressive.

 

Hi, I’m in a classic college crunch, even though I’m fucking 32 and getting my master’s. I have a paper due yesterday and no extension, but I’m hoping they don’t check the mailbox until Monday.

Onto the problem: I’m exhausted and fried from too much stress and weed, and too little food and sleep (zero hunger though, plus I’m puking from stress, so… I’m eating soup when I can and starting with good breakfasts). I have to write, but I can’t think because I’m so tired. I can’t sleep because I’m so stressed. I can’t calm down, because I haven’t written the paper. Weed ostensibly helps with the first two but very much not with the third one.

I wrote two sentences (the first two in the introduction) in 35 minutes, so trying to push through is… inefficient. What do I do?

Edit: I have already discussed and agreed with my fiancé, we’re not buying any more weed at least until I’m done with my studies, so no worries there.

 

When you look at a picture of three marbles, you don’t have to count them to know that there are three there, your brain just automatically knows that, but you have to count to see whether there are 17 or 18. I remember reading about a study of this for various animals. If I recall correctly, humans can typically recognize 4-5, but can train up to 7 or 8, but crows or possibly an insect have a really high quantity that they can just sense.

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