I hope you’re aware that words like Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz aren’t exactly easy to understand for Germans, either. If there’s one thing English is usually really good at, it’s dumbing things down to a level that’s easy to understand for the reader; some scientific texts are genuinely easier to understand in the English translation than in the German original, even if you’re a native German speaker with a relevant university degree.
trigger happy police drones - I Can’t Believe It’s Not A Real Cop ™
Probably contains “AI”, though.
Technically Schyzerdütsch is High German (you could even say it’s the Highest German, considering elevation), while what most Germans call ‘Hochdeutsch’ is actually standard german (which, to be fair, is mostly derived from High and Middle German dialects, as opposed to Low German (and Middle German is much more similar to High German than to Low German)).
It’s really not that different.
German: Dampfschiffkapitän
English: steam boat captain
German, if compound words worked like in English: Dampf Schiff Kapitän
English, if compound words worked like in German: steamboatcaptain
I know some basics from learning electric bass, but don’t ask me about chords (beyond major and minor) or chord progressions. I’m definitely aware that this is a huge blindspot even for electronic music.
I did it as a toddler, how hard could it be for adults?
I think your ideas here go into the right direction, but the confusing part for me is that many of the christians I know are so far below what you’d expect from a christian in these parts (which is already very little) - it’s not that they don’t give everything away to the poor, they’re doing (as far as I can tell) nothing - they don’t pray, they don’t go to church, and they don’t adhere to any of what the bible says they should do beyond maybe basic Golden Rule stuff. And it’s not even like most families would make a big deal out of it if you left the faith or even became fully atheist. Most do pay the church tax, though, which is about 1% of your gross income.
It’s certainly weird how many people say that they believe and then just … don’t do anything that their belief says they should do.
That’s potentially included in wishy-washy christianity. The important part is how they act on it. Though it certainly mystifies me how you can believe in that stuff and then act as if it doesn’t, but that’s kinda how people roll in my parts …
I wouldn’t get involved with someone deeply religious. I’d consider someone religious if they were sufficiently wishy-washy about it, though, e.g. people who are christian and believe in it at least enough to not call themselves atheists or agnostics but don’t really DO anything christian.
I never used social media that much and I can’t be bothered to hang around on Reddit in addition to Lemmy.
A million refugees don’t change that she is denying genocides. The million refugees are only special because her party is so racist, anyway.
And what does that have to do with the topic or this comment?
I vaguely remember someone saying that music is essentially brain massage. Pretty sure I got that from a sample used in a song.
Arguably, being muscular is a male beauty standard. I would very much prefer it if men had more freedom of expression, though.
I really don’t think that kind of expectation is that common.
Yeah, and especially mental health. Not many people are really going to go that far (it’s a LOT of effort), but it’s so unattainable that even fit people often don’t feel good about themselves. Especially if you add all the makeup and doctored photos.
Average is plenty beautiful, though. At least in countries where ‘average’ doesn’t mean ‘severely over- or underweight’.
Beards are one of those things that are at least natural and have uses beyond beauty standards (e.g. some men have sensitive skin that easily gets irritated by shaving, and it protects the skin from sunlight, cold and drying out). If you don’t go all out styling it or having it impractically long, a trimmed beard is less effort than a clean shave (at least for men who have to shave daily to maintain the clean look).
based af