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 No.25167 [Reply]

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Since everyone and their mother has a podcast these days (you too, Ernst? Your mother?), it's difficult to find a truly good one.

Ernst can't wear headphones at work, and he doesn't like music from the smartphone or the computer speakers, so when he's sitting alone in the office in the afternoon, he likes to listen to podcasts.

Today's recommendation:

The Louis Theroux Podcast.
Ernst has watched all of Louis Theroux's documentaries and was always fascinated by how good he is at interviewing people; a podcast isn't a bad idea at all.

Unfortunately, he has a habit of having bad guests, which made most of the episodes uninteresting.
A very good episode is his talk with Nick Cave about music, drugs, religion, his death sons and most importantly, it is not just an hour long commercial.

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-louis-theroux/s1-ep5-nick-cave-on-his-jlJTbMuHatS/
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 No.25240

>>25239
lol my boss does that. He makes up for it by only sleeping 5 hours.

 No.25241

>>25240
Does he sleep at work or how do you know?

 No.25242

>>25241
Let's say I used to room with him.

 No.25244

>>25242
Not going to slutshame you, but at least I hope it financially worked out for you.



 No.12871 [Reply]

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Burning our brain cells, destroying our attention span.
YouTube shorts are welcome as well
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 No.24749

>>24725
And what was the prompt for that?

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 No.2352 [Reply]

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This is a thread for aphorisms.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "Aphorism" as follows:


1: a concise statement of a principle
2: a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment : ADAGE
3: an ingeniously terse style of expression : aphoristic language


Please adhere to this form and try to stay under 30 words.

Examples:

>The purpose of aphorisms is to keep fools who have memorised them from having nothing to say

Isaac Asimov
Post too long. Click here to view the full text.
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 No.25230

>>25228
wow rude

 No.25232 KONTRA

>>25228
>>25230
This. The Austrian is the homosexual degenerate on this board.

 No.25233

>>25223
Thanks

 No.25234

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>>25232
Ackshually, t'was during a time when I visited with a former German gf female there... long ago.
Even had us delve into the flourishing local swinger club scene, which - much to her surprise - mostly was wrinkly old fucks and couples.

I've seen things... whirlpools compromised of baby batter soup with a dozen people engaging each other full-on inside. Even I wish those memories would be lost in time. Should have ended it long before and took my time to Thai.



 No.17093 [Reply][Last 50 Posts]

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or on the historical character of the english bourgeoisie
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 No.24689

Historic fact: In 1947, there were many weeks without any rain. After a dry spring, there was a massive draught in summer. Rivers fell dry. Hydroelectric dams failed to produce any power. The heat dried the land. July 29th 1947 is the hottest day ever recorded in Würzburg, with a record-breaking temperature of 37,8°C. Bombed-out ruins offered little shelter Even in September, the heat did not subside. There were massive forest fires. On burned meadows, there was no grass for the cattle. In Bavaria alone, 500.000 heads of cattle had to be slaughtered. After the meager harvest, farmers plowed dust-dry land. Hunger followed.
The winter 1947/1948 was extremely cold, and many froze to death in the ruins.

Those who skipped school on Fridays never learned about this! They should have gone to school instead of protesting!

 No.25126

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The reality of this board, I've been forced to return.
I loved reading the multiple and varied approvals of my blog from a host of foreign visitors in Ernstchan, while the rest of the board is in decay. The Germans respond to this by deleting these comments from my thread. This board is in disarray since the Hungarian abandoned ship and the Germans have begun talking exclusively amongst themselves.

For readers of my thought on the historical character of the English bourgeoisie, I leave contact as previously requested orientalist.onthecharacterof@protonmail.com.

 No.25145 KONTRA

>>25126
>This board is in disarray since the Hungarian abandoned ship

I left as well more or less and I don't see Berlin/film bro Ernst anywhere. You only have the schizo and non-humanities Germans left, basically.
Since i have gf and 40 hour work week there really is nothing in EC that adds to my life anymore :( besides a few entertaining posts

 No.25346 KONTRA

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>Moshi Moshi Brezhnev desu?



 No.19650 [Reply]

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Opening at a memorable date
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 No.25079

>>25078
Are you implying that anyone else but Merz would have done a better job?
Please note that I am not saying at all that he is doing a good job in the first place.

 No.25080 KONTRA

>>25079
My grandma's parrot would have done a better job. My grandma's dead, and her parrot was only a budgy. The budgy's also dead.

 No.25083

>>25080
I mean, of the available politicians. Obviously even a blind, deaf and dumb monkey without arms could do a better job.

 No.25084 KONTRA

>>25083
I wanted to propose a new political system called 'lottocracy'. Entered it in google to not ridicule myself, and it turns out that yep, someone else already had that idea. All the good ideas are taken...



 No.21043 [Reply]

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Dream Thread continued.
Last one: >>899
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Had a dream I bought Palantir stock for $4000 a share. A data company. Our government is paying them to centralize all data on US citizens. Should probably buy some while I can still afford it.

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 No.24660

I had a dream that Putin=Nixon. And I'm literally 20-th century American. Obviously it's not true but Hollywood's Nixon derangement syndrome made me feel that. The magic power of art.
Also had dream that wife has a brother who wants to open a cafe where every dish has milk. From standard dishes like porridge on milk to something strange such as "fern with milk".

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>>22185
Welp, looks like my schizo experiments have gone too far

Woke up in the middle of the night utterly convinced that there was a bird in the radiator that I have in my apartment. The flapping of wings was deafening. I tried to pick apart the radiator to set the bird free. Couldn't do it with my bare hands, so I turned around to look for a tool of some kind. When I turned back, the sound stopped and I barely made it to bed before falling asleep again.



 No.24990 [Reply]

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Do you drink cum?
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 No.25002

>>25001
Depends if he was hot or not.

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>>25002
Interesting, how do you know about his ejaculation practices?

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>>25003
Because he coomed in me.

 No.25112 KONTRA

Do you post scum?



 No.24862 [Reply]

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What’s big black and hairy?
Wrong answers only.
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 No.24875

>>24874
Nice try American with Luxembourg flag. Keep trying to make us look less stupid.

 No.24894 KONTRA

>>24875
Are you trying to be funny, alman? Because I swear to god it's not working.

 No.24918

The cock of my wifes ex-husband

 No.24978

ernst too huh?



 No.19406 [Reply]

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Let’s continue!
Previous: >>7
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 No.24919

>>24917
A Gentle Creature, White Nights and Notes from Underground

 No.24924

>>24919
Thanks. I just finished pic rel. Quite underrated, but very good, I thought the protagonist in this was quite special.

 No.24974

>>24643
I just read The Gambler myself. I see what you mean, it’s definitely not my favorite Dostoevsky and is a bit rough around the edges in my opinion. But I especially enjoyed the character of the babushka immensely and thought this book was great fun, although the ending is quite sad of course.

 No.24975

>>24919
Ah and yesterday I also read White Nights to see for myself what all the hype is about and yeah, I enjoyed it, Dostoevsky never really missed. Saw myself in the protagonist. Although I’m a bit surprised this got so popular among normies, because I would have thought it’s too abstract in parts as it’s not only about romance, but whatever. Glad he gets more recognition nowadays.



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Avis, jasmin varnā na ā ast, dadarka akvams, tam, vāgham garum vaghantam, tam, bhāram magham, tam, manum āku bharantam. Avis akvabhjams ā vavakat: kard aghnutai mai vidanti manum akvams agantam. Akvāsas ā vavakant: krudhi avai, kard aghnutai vividvant-svas: manus patis varnām avisāms karnauti svabhjam gharmam vastram avibhjams ka varnā na asti. Tat kukruvants avis agram ā bhugat.
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 No.24901

>>24900
>Watch french media in french.
I just said I do?
Anyway, I'm more interested how other Ernsts feel about learning new words.

 No.24907

>>24901
No, you said you read and listen. News and radio I'd assume.
I think seeing people be french helps a lot. Well, not only french, obviously. I certainly did a lot of english learning through american tv comedy shows, mainly because they are always yelling, so it's easy to understand.
That said, I am not sure I understand your question. Like, just learn the words?

 No.24909

>>24901
Just use pompous English words and pronounce them lazily, that will be close enough.

> Anyway, I'm more interested how other Ernsts feel about learning new words.

Well, it's been a month since I started to focus on vocabulary instead of grammar so it's maybe early to say. But I tried this:
1) Read and translate lyrics of French songs. They're cool because you can listen to them many times in background and thus memorize words and phrases from them. Also because it's always curious "so THAT's what this song was about".
2) Peppa, Caillou. On the one hand, they're easy, so it's enjoyable at first, "wow, I fully understand French speech", but also boring, therefore soon you start to listen inattentively. It's always better to watch/read harder but more interesting content.
3) French thread on 4chan's /int/ - boring, uninformative.
4) Boomer jokes on https://www.birdsdessines.fr/ . Not funny, but short. I just read and translate "top-3 for yesterday" every day.
5) Found online course about French revolution ( https://stepik.org/course/131993/syllabus ). It has tests, which motivates you to think and pay attention.
6) Books with parallel translations. Questionable idea, gives you no motivation to try to understand by yourself because translation is just on the next page. On the other hand, it's interesting what are these books like in original.

At this point my method is to fulfill some plan each day (for example, read one song lyrics and 3 boomer jokes). While doing it, I translate each unknown word. If I stumble upon same word multiple times and each time don't remember it, I write it down to my personal "dictionary". Maybe I'll use these notes in some site with card system in future.
That's my plan, 30-60 minutes of exercise each day, trying to focus on more common words first, and we'll see how will it work out in half-a-year or so.

 No.24911

>>24901
What do you read/listen to btw? Tintin?



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