No.24019
Do you guys think the James Webb Space Telescope marks the last big stretchmark in NASA history before further and further decaying into irrelevance?
No.24023
>>24022> the worst OP picture for a Today thread in the history of Today threadsAnd /int/ has a long history of Today threads. Also:
/int/ - tremendously unpleasing to look at
/int/ - more random than others
No.24024
>>24022It was only slightly randomly chosen. The effect of the picture was in my calculation.
No.24025 KONTRA
>>24024>The effect of the picture was in my calculation.Didn't expect anything else. Congrats, I guess.
No.24026
>>24024> I put ugly freaks on OP-pic in order to annoy peopleSeek help
No.24028 KONTRA
>>24026Not to annoy people.
No.24031
I drank 800mg of caffeine yesterday and did not have these symptoms:
https://www.businessinsider.com/man-overdosed-caffeine-800-mg-for-tiktok-dietician-recommends-against-2023-11I was a bit more jittery (noticeable but not overwhelming), and had to take break every hour or so to walk around. I had no mood swings or euphoria. I didn't have that much increased energy.
I had some trouble sleeping until 4am because I drank caffeine until midnight.
No.24033
>>24031I drank 400mg today and I'm literally yawning right now.
No.24036
>>24033Coffee doesn't stop me from falling asleep, but it does prevent me from
staying asleep. Only drink decaf with dinner or I wake up every hour until morning.
No.24052
Today I did home tourism.
I encountered many people who seem to think it's fine to film and take pictures without making sure to exclude strangers as long as it's a tourist place; I didn't like that. I guess it's to be expected but that doesn't make it alright. But I also saw a few beautiful people, and heard bits of other varieties of German and other languages such as British English (including a reminder that the word "minge" exists, from a conversation between two women), French and Italian. That was nice.
The place itself was nice, too, and the weather couldn't have been better. I encountered some wildlife where I least expected it. I listened to a bird sing. A beetle landed on my head.
I didn't take any pictures, no IWO for you.
>>24022I'm glad I'm appreciating this imageboard with graphics blocked. I can only imagine.
No.24060
New York State's 2025 budget includes a one-time inflation rebate to residents. With consumers paying inflated prices, NY received more tax revenue than expected. Or something. Anyway, they're mailing us money. I should receive $200 at some point this year. Which is nice. A little gimmicky and a shameless attempt to curry favor with voters, but still nice.
>>24052>I didn't take any picturesLiving life rather than documenting it for later consumption. Cool.
No.24073
I'm enjoying the birds singing from a tree. My shift is about to start and I'm happy for begin alive.
No.24075
I just remembered this from grapes of wrath
We saw a nigger
With a trigger
That was bigger
Than an elephants proboscis or the whanger of a whale
Great poem, isn't it?
No.24077
>>24076I've been knowing about it for years (although, like you, I assumed it wouldn't quite be the real deal), but each year, it passes before I notice. Same this year: I had been meaning to look up the exact date, only to realize "oh bother, it's today" forty minutes before the last book shops closed.
This time, the focus was on comics for children, after all the years the industry spent trying to promote the idea that comics aren't just for children and maybe should be called "graphic novel" instead. Of course, many works of sequential art with panels and speech bubbles are not comical, and many have little in common with novels, so both terms can be misleading. In German, they are known by those same terms adopted unchanged from English, and within German, there are no homonyms I'm aware of (
Komik is pronounced differently, and a "novel" is
Roman), so they are probably less misleading than in English as long as you learn them before you learn where they come from.
Publishers offer promotional previews throughout the year. A little on paper, a lot online if you are willing to jump through their hoops.
No.24078 KONTRA
>>24077>I've been knowing about itI've known about it.
English much hard, also it are late
No.24079
Had a conference that went okay-ish. I mean I hated my performance, someone talked in the middle of my presentation very disrespectfully but ultimately based on the claps people seemed to like it.
Shook hands with the head of a think tank by chance because I was arriving alongside a professor and we were talking about my translations that I have submitted. He told me I need to learn to use commas. He is right.
Turns out the exam was this Monday, so I only had two days to prepare, which made me really stressed. I wrote so hard that my hand feels cramped even a day later. Idk if I have passed. But at least I will have everything covered before my trip to China. Mostly anyway.
The trip is imminent almost and I feel a bit stressed about it for some reason.
Today I just spent time translating stuff for seminars and making a presentation and also working through my backlog for the classical Chinese Seminar which I have not attended.
Wrote a catalogue of my mangas. It's not part of my book collection but I opened a separate worksheet for it in my main excel file for cataloguing stuff. Very modest collection. Relatively well rounded I feel like despite this.
No.24083
>>24078Hold your mowl, whorenson. No one liking better knowers and I fucks your mother.
No.24086
Not happening much here. Real life has some serious grip on me.
No.24087
>>240865 days work week. Got appointments for Friday, Saturday, Sunday, all of those came in today. And then it's another 5 days of work. I am already overdue on some visits to friends, so who knows how the next weekends will turn out. Not that I wouldn't want to do the things people invited me to, I just don't like when each and every day is riddled with either work or appointments.
No.24094
>>24093Yes. People must know about my troubles.
t. posting from wörk
No.24095
>>24094Everybody is posting from work
No.24102
>>24101I wish I had the time to jack off all the time, but the truth is that I work more from home than I would in the office.
No.24108 KONTRA
>>24087Yeah, I barely manage what I want to do in weekends.
Need a few more social contacts and another project to work on
thinking about joining the historic association of the surrounding borrows and look into archives and perhaps do a bit of historiography of the area I live in now. But getting gf made me too comfortable in that regard.
Also, I still dance and need to get better, spend more time with that.
No.24113
It's everything they do. Their fake smiles, the way they hold their children, pretending like they care when all they're doing is just cradling their mini-me who they want to control. The way "families" dress, all wholesome and reeking of sappiness.
There are only two kinds of people: breeders and those of us who understand Science.
It sucks to even be among breeders at work.
Breeders are so gross. Children are gross and sex is gross. People are so disgusting. It's like I have to live inside a colony of dirt rats copulating and rising their young.
No.24118
>>24073>>24073I'm in love. I'm an idiot. I know how it ends.
No.24122
>>24120I never thought I could feel such things again, never, and I'm even feeling new things right now. I never ever felt this explosive love to the point of physically experience pain in my heart, dizziness like if I was drunk.
I need sleep.
No.24123
>>24121what is it with cyclists randomly crashing into cars?
No.24124
>>24121I'd respond with a video of car drivers doing stupid things, but there are none. I checked the whole internet.
>>24122>explosive loveSay no more, say no more. I have the feeling that, before the day is over, I will also experience that same explosive love.
No.24125
>>24123They are extremely stupid. Otherwise, they wouldn't be cyclists.
No.24126
>>24124>I'd respond with a video of car drivers doing stupid things, but there are none. I checked the whole internet.See, this is the problem with cyclist apologists. Every single driver will agree that asshole drivers exist and nobody would ever come out and defend a shitty driver.
Cyclists or their apologists will always immediately resort to some kind of whataboutism and hedindunuffin etc. and be irritatingly smug about it.
I think it's in the very nature of that kind of person to be a piece of shit that doesn't want to take responsibility for anything.
>I ran a red light and got run over? It's the driver's fault!>I didn't look in front of me and ran into a car? It's the driver's fault!>I crashed into a pedestrian? Their fault for walking on the pavement!>I could have yielded, but I'd rather have the right of way than not be dead? Fucking drivers!>I ran over a little kid? Shithead shouldn't have been in my way!Cyclists wouldn't have such a bad reputation if you weren't constantly denying that there are assholes and even protecting them and making excuses for them.
No.24128
Back in the days I've rode all over the city in a bicycle. On a small expensive gay triangle bicycle like these:
https://www.strida.nl/en/Not as a mean of commuting though, just as a hobby and to explore the surroundings. But I've moved to another city and the bike left at parents' place.
Hopefully, this summer they'll bring it to me by car, no one except me uses it anyway. I'll still need to buy a second bike for gf. Something small and convenient too. Maybe, Shulz? What does Ernst recommend?
No.24132 KONTRA
>>24128> recommendationsDon't have left shit granola eating hobbies like some Fynn-Malte Berlin hipster, maybe?
No.24133
I saw a young woman perhaps taller than any I've seen before. On top of that, I think she was pretty (not sure as I tried not to stare) and had good fashion sense (not sure as I have none), so she was quite the looker; I noticed a guy pointing her out to someone (his wife?) out of my view.
>>24128>pic 2Euclidian values on proud display.
No.24134 KONTRA
>>24133> I tried not to stareTried. Maybe don't try? Maybe instead of trying, just do stare instead? You think you can do that? Or is it as impossible as not man-spreading?
>(not sure as I have none)Of course not. Fucking Alman-Thorsten gawking at young women in public. Yuck. Do you even know how creepy you are, weirdo?
No.24135 KONTRA
I don’t think I’ve been leading a healthy lifestyle recently. I’ve been staying up way too long. Though the upside of that is that I’ve been talking a lot more with people online.
I’m working down my backlog of university shit.
My China trip’s in a week and I don’t want to leave a lot of shit for when I get back.
I’m a bit anxious. A professor joked that “Me not liking my time in China would be a great loss not just for me but for the university too”.
Ultimately, there is nothing to worry about. I will eat stuff, see stuff and buy stuff. (Tea, cigarettes and books. Maybe something kitsch too.)
I got up in time relatively today. Decided to go out for lunch just so I leave the house. Clerk tried to sign me up for an app or something at the McDonald’s. I sometimes think I should try this stuff but when I was a kid my mother basically told me that every single one of these point collecting things is just something the state can leverage to find dirt on you.
That seems bullshit too, but it’s a strong enough reflex that I never sign up for shit like this.
Exciting times ahead I guess.
No.24139
>>24135I also inherited paranoia from my mother. Don't give up personal information, don't sign up for things, and use a fake name whenever possible. Had this book in our house growing up. The twist? While I took her teachings to heart, she did a 180° and is now on Facebook.
How long will you be in China?
No.24141
>>24135>that every single one of these point collecting things is just something the state can leverage to find dirt on you. That seems bullshit too, but it’s a strong enough reflex that I never sign up for shit like this.
Not sure why your mom thinks it will be the state, must be post soviet mind. The truth is that companies use it to optimize profits by better data about its customers or making a plus by selling the data to a data broker or whatever, state has nothing to do with it.
No.24148
>>24135> I sometimes think I should try this stuff but when I was a kid my mother basically told me that every single one of these point collecting things is just something the state can leverage to find dirt on you. McDonald's would be first in line for using your data so they can better manipulate you into buying more of their burgers.
Why are you so afraid of the government? I think that's suspicious.
>>24141This. Law-abiding citizens have no need to be afraid of the police.
No.24156
>>24141"States" and "companies" are just different tools of the same upper class.
>state has nothing to do with itStates' role in this is that of enabler. States make sure nothing and nobody interferes, while putting up a show of consumer protection.
No.24157
Time for some state derivation debate on EC.
No.24160
I overheard a woman on the street saying tomorrow is election day in Portugal. Which rightwing party is Portuball voting for?
>>24156>States" and "companies" are just different tools of the same upper classWrong. The state is wanted by all classes.
I will refrain from talking about companies.
No.24162 KONTRA
>>24160>The state is wanted by all classesWait, are you really total sheeple or are you just trolling? What a turbo-Michel.
No.24164
>>24157>StaatsableitungsdebatteToday I learned a new term, but I haven't learned its meaning yet.
… Judging from the Wikipedia article, I don't think I even want to try. It really sounds like something Germany and Portugal would discuss on Ernstchan.
No.24175
Why are so many people on the roads with shitty weak cars and people that can not drive? I drive 110km/h like a normal person, and then, there's some faggot retard who only goes 95 kmh after indicator so it's really 90 highest the faggot and I must him overtake. How become so stupid people their driver license?
No.24178
>>24163>>24160It's true, today I'll have to vote and then drive gf to the Polish embassy so she can vote.
>Which rightwing party is Portuball voting for?Cornering me in, awful.
The only viable choice in the rightwing sector is the liberal party. The ruling coalition is sick and corrupt, the far right party is too goofy. I'm not happy with the choices presented. Maybe I'll vote for PCTP-MRPP in solidarity. Voting is useless anyways. No.24179
I learned yesterday that physical punishment was still legal and in use in Canton Wallis’s public schools in the mid-2000s, back when I was a kid. And that teachers were still very much hitting students. I thought it was banned in the whole country in the 80s.
This canton apparently still has some of its public high schools ran by catholic monks.
No.24180
>>24179Children need to be beaten. ADHD, Autism, etc. are just results of a lack of punishment. Beat the children for misbehaving, they will stop misbehaving. They learn that there are consequences to their actions.
Children who are not taught to behave or who are even rewarded for misbehaving will grow up to become irresponsible dysfunctional adults. They will grow up to be hedonistic and irresponsible, unable to bear themselves in public, chewing with open mouths, talking loudly on the telephone, unable to control their spending and going into debt for buying frivolous nonsense, and so in.
All the people with problems once were the children of parents who were unwilling to be a parent and the pupils of teachers whose hands were bound.
>I thought it was banned in the whole country in the 80s. It's still legal in Switzerland for parents to physically punish their children.
but it's sad to see Switzerland slowly going the way of it's neighboring countries. When women were given the right to vote in 1971, the floodgates opened, and when Appenzell-Innerrhoden was forced to give women the right to vote in cantonal elections, it was clear that there would be no going back.
Sooner or later, even Switzerland will become a dirty shit hole like Germany and France.
No.24181
>>24178>Voting is useless anywaysThings are getting so bad in Brazil, so bad, that dairy products are shrinking in size and getting tons of corn starch so they get still. All junk food is shrinking in size and getting extremely expensive, to the point of not be affordable for the masses anymore.
It's currently impossible buy a house or new if you aren't rich.
I don't have any hope for tomorrow.
No.24182 KONTRA
>>24180I sure miss the good old days when everyone was sane because they were beaten up as kids
No.24187
>>24185Education beyond grade 10 is useless. Those who have not learned to express themselves in writing, a foreign language, the basics of calculus, etc. by grade ten never will. It is more important to get young people into the workforce early were they can acquire useful skills. The absurd extension of youth has infantilized society. Millions are learning this as they leave universities with important looking, but worthless papers telling them they are oh-so-smart. It's weird how those oh-so-smart people can't find a job if education is so great, isn't it?
No.24190
>>24188With AI, there are not many jobs for 'high-IQ'-people. Learn coding, lol. The only jobs are those that are to automate. Trades, welding, etc. all the 'knowledge workers' are getting made redundant by ai, lol.
All those business school graduates and software development graduates are all jobless.
No.24193
>>24181A German schizo would say the same about Germany.
We should thank our employers for letting us have jobs and an income to survive.
After me:
>Dear employer, I think about and thank you every day that I am not part of the capitalist surplus population No.24194
>>24181Thank the leftist and enviro-green for creating artificial scarcity.
No.24195
>>24182The Bible says that the man who spares the rod hates his son.
American and European manufacturing is not only more expensive than Chinese manufacturing, it's also worse. A Chinese worker shows up on time, does his job, and is proud for doing so. Even the day after he got paid. The three days after a Western worker is paid, he goes partying and does meth. When a Chinese worker's child is sick, the grandparents will take care of the child. When a Western worker's child is sick, they call in sick, because the grandparents are busy exploring Europe in an RV, spending the money they inherited from their own parents, leaving nothing to their own children. When a Chinese worker just stops coming to work, he knows he can starve. When a Western worker stops going to work, the government will house and feed him and give him money to spend. The Western worker might even have a 'baby momma' who will demand his money, and it might turn out that the Western worker can live better when he doesn't work and let's the government pay his bills, so he might stop working at any time.
In the West today, most people have lifestyles and attitudes we would have associated with marginalized minorities 30 or 40 years ago. They are hedonists who live for today. They do not value education or culture, they value cheap, loud entertainment. They consume excessive amounts of alcohol and/or illegal drugs. They have promiscuous sex, contract veneral diseases and have the government pay for three treatment. They do nothing to improve their lot in life, but expect government to improve it for them with free stuff, coming like mana from heaven. They trash their surroundings, vandalizing private and public property for fun. They steal like ravens. In the workplace, they are lazy, do not follow orders, carry on private conversations during work time, etc.
Why do people act in such a way that must make the blood of every sane hard-working person boil? Because people think they are oh-so special and important. Rules do not apply to them because they are special. Their actions won't ever have consequences, because they are important.
They haven't had the self-importance and arrogance beaten out of them and a love for hard work and discipline beaten into them.
This is one of the reasons China is flourishing while the West turns into Brazil-tier or Jordam-tier or Albania-tier shit holes. Low-productivity mid-income countries where few sane people would invest, with worthless joke-currencies and very limited industries, backwards, run-down, dirty, corrupt, sometimes with entire cities ruled by criminal overlords. All because we refuse to punish children when necessary. One rotten apple spoils the bunch.
Of course, once we get there, people will even pay bribes for hazardous shit jobs without anything we consider work-safety today, with long hours and crap pay, because after they plundered all the coffers for their frivolous excesses, this will be the only possibility to make ends meet.
Strict discipline needs to established to straighten the ship and limit existing damage. Those who are not ready to learn humility, those who exhibit hooliganism, or those who litter, need to be punished, so we can create a clean, healthy, productive environment. Those who are not ready to pull their own weight, because they continue to slack off, to do drugs, to litter and produce noise, need to be to disposed of.
No.24196
>>24188>yarwin.jpgAre they are more concerned about the American wooden toy industry than about their child not being bored?
>agricultural labor, for which an arbitrary level of demand can be created simply by banning industrial farming techniques.Sounds familiar. Let's all rally around the Party and boldly implement Juche Farming Methods!
No.24197
>>24196Also
>If my children are going to have toys>If No.24198
>>24181Fico triste com o incompreensível sistema político do Brasil. O Brasil deveria ser uma grande potência do novo mundo
e eu devia estar a tentar imigrarHistorical electoral change in Portugal. Incomprehensible how the ruling party scored a gigantic win, with the far right party as #2. Historic loss for the Partido socialista. Never thought I'd see this.
No.24200
>>24198Even the party that is much like the schizo kraut is up there with the communist party. Things really are changing. Lord have mercy on our souls.
No.24201
>>24196Most of all, he's concerned about his children not being stabbed by gangsta thugs. So he wants to provide jobs for them:
https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2013/03/sam-altman-is-not-blithering-idiot/ - full article
Making artisan toys is a sinecure.
Btw Yuval Harari provides Ortodox Judaist community as example of post-work society. These zealous people in funny hats don't work, just pray, make babies and leech on Israeli welfare. And according to statistics they're much happier than western secular people.
If you think of it, it's somewhat similar with the mentioned universities. Instead of Talmud keep population busy by Hegel, Said and Derrida. It probably doesn't make them happy people, but on the other hand it solves the problem of overpopulation.
No.24217 KONTRA
>>24201>overpopulationYou mean surplus. You should be stoned by the CEO king for your mistakes. No pardon for creatures of the uncivilized sphere.
No.24223
>>24221We were speaking about bonus programs with consumer product vendors.
Everybody knows that the state has an interest in surveillance of its population and long before any anti soviet 1984 libertarian freaks wrote books about states surveilling people. It's even better under capitalism and libertarian Paradise will be worse **not for company owners, there will get a better protection against transparency in their jurisdiction*"
No.24225
>>24223>We were speaking about bonus programs with consumer product vendors.Accenture has enough computer to serve both the State's desire to control and your local bakery's desire to sell you biscuits.
https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insights/artificial-intelligence/understand-customer No.24226
>>24225Yeah, but it's not the state behind Accenture
unless the state is investor in Accenture and the state does not use the bonus programs to spy on you.
Maybe the state uses data from data brokers. The US and Europe might be very different in that regard. I know that in the US it is easy to get data on people that is hard to come by easily in european countries.
No.24228
>>24227>Law enforcement regularly purchases information they would otherwise be barred from gathering without a warrant. What kind of data? I have the feeling that a lot of data is available in the US for private persons legally anyway.
No.24229
>>24228Legally for corporations and business, yes. The fourth amendment limits what law enforce has access to. Or, it is supposed to. Now that location history or DNA, for example, can be purchased, the government has the ability to monitor whomever without involving a judge in the process.
No.24230 KONTRA
>>24229>law enforceenforcement.
No.24231
>>24223> anti soviet 1984 libertarian freaks> under capitalism and libertarian ParadiseAre these libertarians in room with us now? Please, go touch grass.
No.24234
I cleaned up the dream thread, and some more. Please note that ironically replying to cancerposters is still propagating cancer, so don't be surprised to get caught in the cleansing process if you do. That goes especially for pol-posting in dedicated non-pol topic threads - which are all threads except the pol thread, and, to a lesser extent, the today thread.
No.24235 KONTRA
>>24231It's definitely not you, right?
No.24238
>>24235I'm not libertarian, I swear
No.24239 KONTRA
I can't do shit rn I feel like. China trip is imminent but one exam before it. Couldn't really concentrate on studying. My appetite is down the drain.
Spent some time with friends. We re-watched Stargate and shit. Also played some friendslop games.
I finished my classical Chinese assignments. Lecturer was nice and told me I don't have to do all 12 of the texts, 6 is more than enough.
Also helped a friend with some Buddhist shit even though he knows I "hate it".
It was a right mess.
Honestly I don't really like Buddhism as much as I like reading about Nichirenism and the insane shit its modern followers are up to. But I increasingly find myself referring to it in conversation or explaining tenets to outsiders and I feel like that even if I don't cultivate myself, if I spin the dharma wheel enough then at the end of the kalpa the Buddha might give me a fully furnished kitchen or some shit as an end stage bonus.
They sent me a pre-print of my review to "look through" and like, I personally don't really give a shit I already read through it twice, they edited it a bit it's not like this matters. I know it's going into print but I really only did it to get a grade at a seminar.
Which is kinda the equivalent of an academic press-gang but whatever.
It still rings so strangely.
"Why me?"
"You read fast and write well."
I don't think I write well. Like I don't think there is a shred of authenticity, stylistically speaking. It's a strange roleplay I started playing in high school.
Also I keep forgetting to write these diary entries but really not much is happening. That and I sometimes just legit forget to send them and they then get lost.
But really, I'm just playing games, reading, working out and watching anime with friends.
Not much stuff left. A 10 pages long study, some notes, and some online exams plus a German exam.
>>24141>>24148>>24149I genuinely don't know why she was like that at the time.
Though as far as I can tell she doesn't have an ideological disdain for socialism.
She had a disdain for the lukewarm thinking late-socialism instilled in some people and nostalgia for socialism in general, but I never heard her share any ideological gripes or any ideologically bad experiences.
(And no, I don't come from a family of former cadres, I know one family member who was member of the party but also got promptly thrown out for refusing to renounce Catholicism.)
Ultimately I just feel stupid because I have this hunch that as someone without an app I am subsidizing the "regulars" who use the app to get coupons.
>>24139I will be spending 17 days in China, chiefly in Yunnan.
I've assembled a list of things I want to get. Basically I want some tea, I need to buy some cigarettes and the books.
Strangely enough one of my mother's coworkers asked me to try and bring back some anime figurines for their kids I think. Was pleasantly surprised when mom showed me the link and it was Maomao and Jinshi from Apothecary Diaries.
Idk if I will oblige tho. It's 8 bucks on Aliexpress, why should I put it in my luggage?
I will probably just get rid of my usual neuroticism and it will all be fine by the end of the third day or so.
One of my professors joked that "You having a bad time would be a huge loss not just for you but for the university too."
No.24243
Spilled milk yesterday. Full glass. On the carpet. Cleaned it up with a towel. Put towel in bathroom. Woke up this morning. What is that smell? Oh. Yeah.
So anyway, I'm doing laundry at 6 am.
No.24244
>>24243Spoiled milk is a disgusting thing. I was once visiting a pal of mine, and since we're basically brothers, I just went to the fridge and took a bottle of milk. Since I have high milk consumption, milk never gets close to spoiling at home, so I simply assumed it's like that for everyone, and since there was just a small amount left, I drank from the bottle.
Bad idea, I barely avoided puking.
No.24247
Tried chicken waffles today. Don't you dare to say something bad about American cuisine again, Ernst!
>>24245Ever tasted spoiled mozzarella? The one in brine? Weird and disgusting I don't even know what to compare it to
No.24248
>>24247Recently I stumbled upon aged Camembert which smelled like ammonia. I didn't dare to try it.
No.24249
> French poet and novelist Leon-Paul Fargue described the aroma of Camembert as "the smell of the feet of God."
> (Le camembert, ce fromage qui fleure les pieds du bon Dieu)
No.24252 KONTRA
>>24249> Le bon dieu > Der Liebe Gott> God
> L'état> Der Staat> government
> Le gouvernement> Die Regierung> governmentAre island monkeys retarded? If they are not retarded, what made their language so retarded?
No.24253
>>24252> L'état> Der StaatIt's "state", not "government"
No.24254
>>24253I disagree, and so do dictionaries. While anglos might refer to foreign states and federal states using the word state, they do not use it to refer to the state they are citizens of, that state is always just 'government', as if it consisted only of its executive branch. I swear on your mom, they are retarded.
No.24256
>>24247Never really had spoiled cheese. Or any cheese that didn't come wrapped in plastic. Worst that can happen there is mold, which is then tossed in the bin.
Got home from work to damp towels in my dryer. Should have let it run longer, but I don't trust hot appliances unattended.
No.24257
>>24255>Let me tell you about your languageI will tell you some things about your language you seemingly do not know. (Or, more likely, pretend to not know for the sake of the argument.)
It's 'government issued', not 'state issued', 'government cheese', not 'state cheese', 'government debt', not 'state debt', and that debt was taken out to pay for 'government expenditure', instead of 'state expenditure'. Part of the 'government expenditure' is paying for 'government employees', who might be employed by the judiciary or by the legislature, which are two 'branches of government'.
We have no choice but to conclude that English does not use 'government' to refer to the political leadership of the executive branch. Instead, the term 'government' refers to the entirety of all political institutions of a political entity with a clearly defined territory and population.
I conclude: the translation of the German word 'Staat' is usually 'government', not 'state'. Otherwise, we would need to translate 'staatsschulden' with 'state debt' instead of 'government debt', 'Staatskasse' with 'state coffers' instead of 'government coffers', 'Staatsangestellter' with 'state employee' instead of 'government employee', 'staatlich kontrolliert' with 'state controlled' instead of 'government controlled', etc.
Examples for when English does use the term 'state':
- fragile state
- stateless
- satellite state
- authoritarian state
- islamic state
If it is foreign and has a negative connotation, translating 'Staat' with 'state' works very well.
No.24259
I keep forgetting to hit the reply button.
I packed my stuff and I’m anxious about it. Had my mother look through the stuff and said that I did well.
My luggage is half-empty so it feels unfinished, but then again I never went on a journey this long and this far away.
Guess the empty luggage and backpack means plenty of space for souvenirs.
Realised I could get some snacks too for people. They would like that.
First hurdle will be the food honestly. I’m a picky eater so I’m afraid. It will probably be fine.
Everything will be fine. I shouldn’t nearly be this anxious.
No.24260
>>24259It's normal. I went on a business trip lately for the first time with getting on a plane and all that shit. Couldnt sleep more or less. It's the unknown but things will turn our just fine, trust the process as some people of your generation like to say in social media.
I hope you will return less picky No.24263
Anglos are so dumb they mistake the government with the state as institution.
t. Cleverle
No.24264
>>24259Anxiety is part of every journey further than the front curb. Keep your phone charged and money in your pocket. Enjoy the trip.
No.24265
>>24263The government is more labile and refers chiefly to a particular administration and its goals. It often involves topical decisions such as fiscal policy.
The state however is the structured organizational substrate that the government uses.
The state refers more to capability, while the government refers more to decision making.
For example, the department of state establishes relations with changing governments, and thus focuses on constant statuary (literally representing the country) contact.
This is why the Monarchies such as Britain have the tradition of the monarch signing bills into law (I don't know the law and history of Britain besides the pop version). The Monarch assents that the governments' goals are realized by the copiabilities of the state.
I'm guessing.
Did I get it right or am I a dumb anglo?
No.24266
>>24265I didn't read the prior posts btw
No.24267
>>24265This is besides that notion that the state is often used as an abstract representation of the country while the government is thought of as comprised of people
No.24268
>>24257Well, there are nuances, but there also could be nuances between "etat" and "staat".
I don't really trust neuroslop, but French speaker could correct it.
@swissball is it true?
No.24270
>>24268The definition of état is accurate.
It’s all about the French vs. German conception of the state. Possibilism and determinism. So I guess the opposition also holds quite some ground
No.24273
>>24268Only mildly correct for German regarding emphasis, depending on context. In everyday-usage, the emphasis is on institutional aspects.
Correct elsewise.
No.24280
Is this thing on?
No.24285
The plane was cold as shit for some reason. The transfer at Xi’an was long as fuck, but otherwise uneventful. Everything is nice.
My Chinese has been more useful compared to the translator gadget someone else in the group took with them.
Had an insane spat with my father’s soon to be ex-business partner.
Talked with the guide in Chinese. He said that my Chinese name is nice. For a foreigner I guess.
After that dad said he is proud of me. He literally had tears in his eyes I think.
Had hotpot but it was unbelievably hot. But it was nice regardless and honestly it gave me a bit of confidence. Give me a bit of rice, some soup, some meat and I will be fine. Let me wash it off with a bit of tea like Judge Dee.
Internet seems to be working okay-ish.
Kunming is a “mid city” but it’s not really run down or anything. Amazing though how many gadgets these guys have and how many e-scooters are running around transporting the most random shit.
Gonna have to buy some good quality tea and cigarettes. Maybe a book or two…
No.24286
>>24281Sheesh, how amateurish. Here is the ID-card of King Peter the first of Germany.
The so-called authorities recently incarcerated Peter I. But since he most certainly has declared his will to return his citizenship and leave the jurisdiction of the federal Republic of Germany, arresting him was a crime, and those who ordered and executed his arrest will without a doubt be sentenced by the proper courts once those are reinstated.
If any of the Germanballs wants to stop paying speeding tickets, he can order the documents from the reichsdruckerei www.deutsche-reichsdruckerei.de.
No.24287
>>24285I first read the city's name as "Kumming" and was about to have a laff, but then I properly read and it was not funny anymore.
No.24289
>>24288Really fucking gay. Where is the last name? What is that crest? Why are Reichsbürger such embarrassing retards?
No.24290
Mid Chinese cities be like: More people live here than in my entire country.
No.24291
>>24286Does he claim to be relative of Wilhelm II or something else?
> https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sovereign-citizens-uk-antivaxxers-b1947186.html> One group recently “seized” Edinburgh Castle. The aim was to return the castle to its “rightful owner” – an unemployed security guard who they believe is King Arthur.
> he can order the documents from the reichsdruckerei www.deutsche-reichsdruckerei.deWe have multiple similar organisations, Supreme Councils of USSR. Since they're busyness rivals, they sentence each other to death penalties for counterrevolutionary activities.
But there are also "living souls", who try to detach themselves from their legal persona.
No.24293
>>24290Our major cities have 1-5 million people. I think that qualifies as rural in China.
>e-scootertfw these exist and China has them first. The West has fallen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiWQHpEnScg No.24294 KONTRA
>>24293The west needs more diversity! Diversity is strength!
No.24295
>>24290Where is the 100 pictures IWO, bring chinese city life on to the EC. Pictures of sights and ancient stuff behind museum Glass is verboten though
No.24296
>>24291> Does he claim to be relative of Wilhelm II or something else?Not at all. He is a cook from East Germany.
> But there are also "living souls", who try to detach themselves from their legal persona.That's about the gist of Peter's argument. He claims that he isn't really registered with the authorities as a natural person, but solely as a legal entity. So he could crown himself king.
Of course, we do have nobility trying do away with the Republic. In 2022, the obscure Heinrich XIII. Prinz Reuss planned to storm the Reichstag, to establish himself as regent of Germany.
> Since they're busyness rivals, they sentence each other to death penalties for counterrevolutionary activities.I wish they would do this here. Imagine all the entertaining videos of sessions in kangaroo-courts...
Supreme Judge of The High Court of the German Empire sentencing the High Judge of The German Imperial Supreme Court to death by strangulation would be good for a few laughs.
No.24299
>>24298More specifically, how to get to the global maximum
No.24300
I'm a pretty smart person trapped in a retard's brain because I have very poor working memory
I can't repeat back more than 5 letters in the digit span test
No.24301
>>24300I can't keep track of what someone is saying in a conversation and can't put enough thoughts in my head at the same time to make use of them. I'll forgot what I was thinking before conjucting it with something else
No.24302
You have so much potential!!
lol my working memory is around the 20th percentile
No.24309
The groundhog which lives under my shed has been raising a litter of pups. They have started coming out on their own. For food. Five of them. In another month they'll be independant enough to dig their own dens, but for now the lot of them are extremely skiddish. Turn tail and bolt back into their hole at the slightest movement or sudden noise.
No.24310
>>24309Cute. Can you take a picture, or would the location be too telling? Maybe if you zoom in real hard from afar?
No.24314
>>24311Can't see shit, chief.
No.24322
People seem to understand me relatively well compared to my expectations.
The food is good I think.
I still haven’t spent a single yuan on stuff. After lunch I wanted to buy a can of herbal tea called 老王吉 but when I asked they gave it to me for free.
Sometimes on the mountain roads when people see me they are a bit startled.
My dreams have been nothing but a nightmarish collection of Chinese gibberish for the past two nights.
I have to hold off on buying books rn because the luggage is quite limited from Kunming to Beijing and I will be taking on some of my father’s stuff.
This has been a surprising bonding experience honestly like I am helping him genuinely.
>>24295I am working on it but data is limited. Plus it’s so foggy in Yunnan right now I have a hard time taking any photos.
No.24323
>>24322>posts a picture of a sign prohibiting to eat batsDas raciss!
No.24334
The transmission fluid in my car is low. Checked it twice to be sure. Reading about possible causes. Could be a relatively cheap to fix hose leak, or an expensive Johnson Rod. Either way, the uncertainty is killing me. Dropping it off at the dealership before work this morning. First appointment I could get after the Memorial Day weekend.
>>24322>Sometimes on the mountain roads when people see me they are a bit startledAre there many foreigners in the area, outside of your group?
No.24335
>transmission fluid
what you sent the trainee to fetch once he got wise on blinker fluid, Siemens-air-hooks and file grease.
No.24336 KONTRA
I tried using Wechatpay for the first time today and it worked very well.
Got two boxes of cigarettes as a gift to friends.
My stomach is doing okay-ish. Talked a lot more Chinese with the driver today and he gave me some betal nuts to chew and oh boy I wasn’t feeling good for half an hour or so afterwards!
Guy seems to be blissfully unaware of the world outside China. Was surprised to even learn the name of my country and the fact that we don’t chew betal nuts.
But he seems to understand what I am saying so that’s sorta reassuring.
Got stuck at a road. The Chinese love lying about time. They say this will take 2-3 hours and then they solve it in 30 minutes. Otherwise the ride was smooth.
Some people laughed at how bad my Chinese is at the restaurant. And another one just politely giggled, told me “听不懂” and continued giggling.
Visited a local Catholic Church. Couldn’t go inside because the priest wasn’t here.
>>24334I haven’t seen a single white person outside the group since we left for Kunming. Even then it wad other people at the airport having a layover in Xi’an.
No.24337 KONTRA
>>24336>Was surprised to even learn the name of my countryWould you expect the average European cab driver to be aware of the existence of Burundi?
No.24340
>>24337The difference in relevance between e.g. Germany and Burundi is certainly higher than between Hungary and Burundi, so trying some gotcha with "european" taxi drivers is a bit silly, isn't it? But it's nice that you are such a cosmopolitan who can instantly point out the shortcomings in the quick, likely unedited and spontaneous musings of a kid seeing the world for the first time.
No.24341
>>24336>I tried using Wechatpay for the first time today and it worked very well.You might run into troubles with it a few times because sometimes the local system is not set to accept wechat linked to a foreign credit card, at least I still had that problem last year.
No.24342
>>24335>what you sent the trainee to fetch once he got wise on blinker fluidThey reccomended a bunch of fluid changes, but I declined them all. And, believe it or not, the transmission was fine. Well, the fuild was low, but nothing that needed repairs to remedy. Dealer said my model and year have a known issue with fluid consumption. Just burns it or something. Only solution is to top it off now and then. About a pint every 6 months. Of course I didn't get away scott free. They found other problems. They always do. I just spent a week's pay on two parts I didn't know existed prior to today. Some belt was cracked, and some cover was leaking oil.
>>24337>BurundiI'm not going to google that and just assume you made it up.
No.24343
>>24340>The difference in relevance between e.g. Germany and Burundi is certainly higher than between Hungary and BurundiThat doesn't take away from the validity of the comparison, but adds to it. Why do you think I should have compared a relevant country to an irrelevant country instead of comparing an irrelevant country to another irrelevant country?
Please do not answer, I don't really want to know what you dumb little asshole think.
> so trying some gotcha with "european" taxi drivers is a bit silly, isn't itI have no idea what you are trying to tell me with the quotation marks. Are they ironic? Lol he said "Europe", what a dipshit?
> But it's nice that you are such a cosmopolitan > Such a cosmopolitan Nah, I just frequently deal with uneducated people, like Taxi-drivers and you.
> who can instantly point out the shortcomings in the quick, likely unedited and spontaneous musings of a kid seeing the world for the first timeHow arrogant of me. In the future, I will always expect every foreigner everywhere to not only be able to locate "Germany" on a map, but to have heard about the small town I where I live. Like a genuine person, not some wannabe cosmopolitan. It's not like most "Germans" can't even tell "Japan" from "Korea" or "Lithuania" from "Latvia", so I should totally expect "Asian" cabbies to be able to list ~180 nations and their capitals. Otherwise, some idiot on an imageboard will call me names.
No.24346
>>24345> haha meme picture lol schizo xdddNow, everyone has been "completely" "convinced" that you are not a "retard".
No.24347
It pays well to stay away from EC. How are the other Germans able to put so much energy into posting? Besides being a national holiday today, are you guys even working at your job or are you just pretending to do so?
No.24348
>>24347Thank you for your assessment.
I shitpost on the job, but that of course only works with a certain cranial capacity ;^)
Of course I hardly put any thought or care into those posts, and if you do, you're doing it wrong No.24349
>>24347>How are the other Germans able to put so much energy into posting?>so much energyGood one.
>are you guys even working at your job or are you just pretending to do so?Depends. I'm there to help if shit hits the fan. But if I can afford to slack off, then I do. At work, I'm not aiming for new heights, I just want to keep my head low, so that I don't get into trouble. Basically, I want to make my life as easy as possible. That can also include working hard, in case I think that working hard now will make my life easier later.
No.24350
If I wasn’t an autistic looser, I would’ve been a merchant. Going around the world and reading XVIth century travel stories
No.24352
>>24341Yeah it happened once but we managed to solve it by just having the guide pay and then we sent the money over to him.
Otherwise I could buy a pack of cigarettes at the top of a mountain from some Tibetans while drinking yakmilk tea.
No.24353
I seem to have found the right combination of medications that makes me feel like I don't have mental problems;
Non-stimulant ADHD medication and mood stabilizers
No.24360
>>24359This story is so retarded that it must be the truth, can't make that shit up. Also: Are you sure those guys are your friends?
> since he's already paying so much to Klarna each month, because of the stroller, crib, etcDidn't understand that part, I thought Klarna was a banking service provider, not a loan shark?
No.24361
>>24360> Also: Are you sure those guys are your friends?I've known them for a long time. But now, they are obviously just trying to get free stuff out of me. Still, I think about paying because the wife knows a lot of people. She's in many clubs here.
> Didn't understand that part, I thought Klarna was a banking service provider, not a loan shark?Klarna offers installment plans. They bought lots of stuff on installments.
No.24363
>>24361>Still, I think about paying because the wife knows a lot of people. She's in many clubs here.Lord have mercy on this fool. Do not negotiate with terrorists, Ernst.
i also believe in this story because it's so unreal and I want to believe No.24366
Why perpetrate this circle of violence and lies?
Just gtfo and don't associate with them anyone.
I, too, believe this story is real, btw, because it just sounds too retarded to not be true.
No.24368 KONTRA
I told them to get their car tinted when they can afford to do so. I got a message back how disappointed they are, how it's to protect their child, after everything they did for me, etc.
Hope people don't believe her over me, since she's a native and my parents only moved to this village when I was four, so I'm just a newcomer.
No.24378
Shangrila was very touristy but still nice I guess. It’s essentially a plastic town for the Chinese to LARP as Tibetans.
We took a tour of a monastery. The guide was Tibetan. She held an excellent tour. She was impressed I knew the Buddha’s called Shakyamuni.
Today we are in Baoshan Stone Town which is rural as fuck but it should be fine even of it’s slightly out of my comfort zone.
We are making our way back to Dali. The roads are good.
Saw some old graves and old-style housing on the road.
No.24380
Checking if I have a Buda-Ball.
No.24383
...and a fourth time. Wonder where I'll come out now. Seems that with those chinese firewalls you'll never know where you're routed to.
This seems like a good opportunity to cause some mischief.
No.24384
>>24383I just have an esim so everything just works.
No.24387
>want to buy game merch directly from the devs
>shipping from the US, almost half the price for the products
>would have to pay almost 90 Euros overall
Fucking hell. It's not like I can't afford it, but those shipping costs are really killing me, especially since the merch itself is already pretty expensive.
No.24389
Don't tell me what your are looking at, Ernst. What do you see? You get me? What do you see?!!
No.24394
Visited touristy places in Pest. Crossed Margit Hid, went to Szimpla Kert, visited Goszdu Udvar. Drank a Házmester at the Danube beach on the Buda-Site. It's called Romai Part. Not in that order Had the young female cooks make fun of my pronunciation of 'thank you very much'. My English might be above average among the international staff of a multinational corporation, but it's admittedly insufficient with semi-educated Gen Z. Did not even try to say köszönöm, because that would be worse.
Hungarian is a language only Hungarians could come up with.
Budapest has seemingly been transformed into one big tourist trap, but compared to Berlin, it's a very nice tourist trap, with just a hint of fading K&k charm.
The flora in Hungary is vastly different from Germany. Lots of poppies and mulleins.
There will be an appointment in the hinterland this week, might report if anything of interest happens.
No.24397
>>24395Very good. Keep going.
I don't mind running in the heat per se, though 26C is not THAT hot. I've ran in >30C noon sun before.
However, I hate running when it's also humid because I feel like drowning on dry land.
No.24398
>>24394>The flora in Hungary is vastly different from Germany.Every time I cross a border, I am disappointed when there is no immediate change in landscape or flora, and there are no mammoths and unicorns running around. I was promised a border which divides nations, but all I got is the same shit all over again.
I guess it works better when traveling by airplane.
No.24401
>>24118>>24122I'm even worse in love now after I kissed, sucked nibbled and had sex with her... but she said "I can't have a relationship right, I'm not able of doing that".
I think I will burst out crying as soon as can go somewhere safe to cry, no... I'm already crying right now.
It hurts, hurts a lot, but I had it coming.
No.24403
>>24397Turns out it was more than the hest; our air was bad yesterday. Not something I usually pay attention to, but my sister looked after she heard my nagging cough. Ozone levels were over 100. That's when they tell people with shit lungs to reduce outdoor activity. I have shit lungs. Still coughing today. Good thing I had the day off work.
>>24401At least you tried. Now you know.
No.24405
>>24401You have to learn the way of the Buddha. Desire is the root of your suffering.
>>24403> ozone levelsThat used to be a thing in the nineties. The public lost interest, so it stopped being a problem. Easy fix.
>>24398>Every time I cross a border, I am disappointed when there is no immediate change in landscapeSometimes, there are changes even where there is no border.
No.24406
Today I learned that the word "datum" exists in the english language, but it is a false friend to the german "Datum".
No.24407
Pop quiz: What is the first word in the dictionary for your language? And the last?
No.24409
By the way, what is THE prime authority on english words, anyway?
For German there's the Duden, and that's it, but for english? Oxford? Merriam-Webster? Something else?
No.24410
>>24409Probably, in USA and Commonwealth authorities are different. "labor vs labour"
No.24411
>>24410Those are just different spellings of the same word though.
No.24412
>>24407https://sinonim.org/t/%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%B0Aaa - expresses indignation, gloating, threat or irony
https://sinonim.org/t/%D1%8F%D1%89%D1%83%D1%80Yashur - (veterinary term) acute infectious disease of cattle and domestic animals
No.24413
>>24411"Labor" is American spelling and "Labour" British
Also you have "lift" vs "elevator" and so on.
No.24414
>>24413>"Labor" is American spelling and "Labour" BritishYes, that's what I said.
No.24415
It was a pop quiz. Not ‘google the right answer’
No.24416
>>24415Now I have to google the meaning of "pop quiz".
No.24417
>>24415Pop quizzes are virtually unknown outside the US.
No.24418
The best ones I could think of would be:
Aal: Eel
Zyste: Cyst
No.24419 KONTRA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHSeIK6tmfgWow, in motion and sound this is even worse than OP's picture. Imagine what kind of life one must have led and how the parents failed their kid to find this kind of stuff.
Kontra'ing because it's the only thing I can do.
No.24421
>>24419> Imagine what kind of life one must have led You tell us, you're his compatriot and more informed about the context.
I only know that he used be paid 1500 euros per month for negative essays about "tech bros". And also someone said that he used to be PUA chud before switching to leftism.
No.24422
>>24421Wait, who are you? I thought dutchball was also german?
No.24423
>>24422I am he as you are he as you are me
as we are all together
I am the egg man
They are the egg man
I am the walrus
Goo goo g'joob
No.24426
>>24405They saved the ozone layer, but at what cost?
>>24415Aardvark? and...something with a Z.
>>24425Baby. Why dirty a glass if a bottle is perfectly functional?
No.24428
>>24424Video meliora proboque; deteriora sequor
No.24433
What are your Plans for the weekend? I will watch high fashion artmmercials and go to an smokers and black clothing only bar.
No.24435
I totally forgot the joy of discovering new music, although in my case it was not discovering entirely new music, but actually listening through a whole album by a band I only knew a handful of songs.
When I was a teenager and filesharing really took off an entire new world opened for me. Of course today I can afford to buy a CD whenever I want, but so many concerts, merch and music that I would have never gotten my hands on, had I not listened to shitty 128kbps rips with missing or mislabeled tracks in my formative years.
No.24436
>>24433Going to read some comic books. Listen to music. Draw a bit. Engage in an internal debate over what I'm doing with my life. Make big decisions. Decide to get my shit together. Realize that is never going to happen and give up. Read some more. Go back to work. The usual.
>>24435>the joy of discovering new musicFew things are better than hearing a song or artist and manically seek out more. Even if it's something I already know, sometimes a track will just hit right and it's off to the races as I go down the Youtube rabbit hole.
No.24443
>>24433I will study obscure eastern european photo-artists from the early nineties while smoking with a cigarette holder.
No.24444
I get knocked down, but I get up again; you'll never keep me down
No.24445
>>24443You sound Like the woman I had a date with once and who is a regular at that smokers bar I went to
where black clothing is not mandatory but many people wear it No.24446
>>24435>>24436For me one click hosting was a way to get my hands on music in my youth. In my late youth when I got more and more into electronic music YouTube was the best that ever happened, a giant archive of old music, and for me it was older electronic music in particular, from the 1990s, that were a revelation. A lesson in history. I am very thankful for that and the people that felt the need to digitalize their vinyl and share it with others.
No.24451
>like a few Sabaton songs
>think "why not try the whole album"
>it's actually really fucking boring
Many such cases, SAD!
No.24454
I arrived home from China on the 9th I was just really fucking tired to write a post. The plane ride from Beijing to Shanghai went without much of a hitch. Shanghai to Budapest was okay took. This time they didn't cool the plane to 15 degrees for the whole trip, so I wasn't concentrating on not freezing to death.
Beijing itself was good. It was a proper city, though there was no "high tech shock", mostly just a size shock because I live in the ring around a 2 million city with 4 underdeveloped metro lines, this had 29 lines but it worked like a charm honestly.
The Budapest Airport was shit, just got stuck in a line for 40 minutes, trying to get out after landing and picking up the packages.
Didn't feel much of a jetlag the first day, I went to bed a bit late and slept little, but it was fine. Last night I woke up every two hours, disoriented. I forgot I wasn't in China any more.
After getting home I arranged a lunch with a friend for whom I've bought cigarettes. The usual shtick, a burger lunch while we shittalk everything. Good stuff.
Yesterday I went to the library. There were some new disposed books the librarian notified me of before I went to China, I just didn't have the time to pick them up. I now have a complete set of the 史記 and the 漢書 in the Zhonghua Shuju edition, which is like 20 volumes of good primary sources I use on the regular.
I gave the librarian a teacake. She was surprised.
I have two exams today and then I can turn my attention to writing stuff for class. I have a lot of shit to get done before the exams are over still.
I don't want to say I am unhappy to be home, it's just that during the trip I didn't have to think about anything, just eating, snapping pictures and interpreting some Chinese. So yeah it's kind of a heavy burden.
Also adjusting to the time, some of my online friends I have a much more limited time to talk with because of timezones. I hate that.
No.24456 KONTRA
>>24455There was a group of Italians near Deqin and the girls smoking Chinese cigarettes in the mountains with their pretty hair in bangs was insanely lust-provoking.
No.24457 KONTRA
>>24456Yea! I don’t know what’s up with them but they seem to master femininity. As the men look more at ease with their masculinity, but that concerns me way less.
No.24458
What kind of chauvinistic shitlordery is going on here?
No.24459 KONTRA
>>24458This is actually a #malefeminist discussion.
No.24460
>>24458You missed an intellectual subtext. Our lust is first and foremost an intellectual one
No.24461
>>24460/int/ - intellectual lust
No.24462 KONTRA
>>24461No wait:
/int/ellectual lust
No.24465 KONTRA
>>24464He is a self-important douche and a no-lifer. If you can, have him fired.
No.24469
>>24464>Is dark mode generally seen as superior?I enjoy it for most applications, but in the end it's just a matter of personal taste.
t. lurks with Nigrachan css.
No.24470
>>24464Is he a zoomer spending his time on his phone?
That said, I prefer dark mode for most applications because I usually am on my laptop, and at least for OLED screens it does indeed decrease energy consumption.
No.24480
Had lunch with a friend today. I gave him some Chinese cigarettes. He seemed to like them a lot, especially this random box of Yunnanese cigarettes I got in the mountains from some Tibetans in a hut.
"This is a real after-work cig" he said.
I smoked a Chunghwa. It was fine I guess.
We had a burger lunch and then went to the university campus for a coffee and some drinks. I shared some tips for his upcoming China trip and then just talked shit until he had a meeting. He paid in exchange for me gifting him the cigarettes.
On the way to the metro I noticed I lost my bus pass. Went back to look for it but couldn't find it. Checked at the restaurant, all the places we went to on campus, but nothing. I just ended up getting a new one. Mom wasn't really concerned since I only lost the pass, none of my documents. (I started keeping them separately.)
Probably fell out of my pockets on the metro.
Before the meeting I was leaving the metro and some crippled woman asked me to help her and I helped her walk to the pharmacy.
In the evening a professor sent me a job listing on facebook. "Historical press researcher". Looking for people with knowledge of "Obscure eastern languages at a high level". They are working on an anthology.
Mom got me some callcenter gig at her workplace two days a week for the summer but I will apply for the historical press researcher one too, since that's until September 30th.
No.24484 KONTRA
>>24464> dark mode- screen needs less nrg
- is better for the eyes
- looks better aesthetically
why the fuck would any1 not wanna use it?
No.24485 KONTRA
>>24484not talkin bout dem shiny-bling-bling stuff. yeaaaa, that group advocates dark mode as well, but not because they understood why it is superior.
:3>>24469<3
No.24487
>>24484zoomer bullshit it's not better for the eyes not everything runs on a battery it looks like shite
No.24488 KONTRA
> nrg>>24487> not everything runs on a batteryzoomer mindset detected. instantly thinks of battery, when the topic of energy is coming up.
No.24489 KONTRA
>>24488>>24487>>24484You all write like 89IQ imbeciles, so what difference does it make?
No.24490
I left work yesterday for lunch. They had just installed a new speed bump in the parking lot. The kind made of rubber and bolted down. It was in an awkward location. In the immediate entryway where drivers would not be able to roll into the lot off of the main road, but have to essentially stop first and impede traffic. I use the past tense here because the speed bump had been removed by the end of the day. The thing lasted less than 5 hours. I'm always surprised when logic and reason actually win out over stubborness and stupidity.
>>24484Dark mode is more difficult for my eyes to read.
No.24493
>>24490>Dark mode is more difficult for my eyes to read.I found that for me it actually depends. White letters on black background? Feels weird after some time.
Ernstchan "Dark" theme with light grey letters on dark grey background? Works well.
No.24495 KONTRA
>>24489I write how I like . Get the stick out of you're aas grammar Nazi .
No.24508 KONTRA
I got myself a new pair of flip-flops and also some new shirts.
I am starting today at my brand new summer job. Hopefully earn a miniscule amount of cash to buy some more stuff.
Also had a pedicure. They used some fancy cream but I genuinely would’ve just preferred if they used a knife.
I’m really hyped up for no reason. Scanned a booklet and organised the final workshop assingment for the class.
Things are coming along I guess.
No.24509
>>24508>Also had a pedicureI hope you chose the nail polish to match your purse
No.24510
I have let a section of my lawn grow long for the groundhog pups. Food and cover. The grass has gotten a bit out of hand and today I'll have to finally cut it back. You can see the line of demarcation near the bottom of pic. Taken two weeks ago. The grass is now twice this height.
>>24508Good luck on the new job.
No.24512
Did anyone of you old people had a crush social platform in high-school, where people could anonymously send a message to an account describing someone they saw at hs, the account would next post the anonymized description, the concerned person or person’s friends could then send his socials to the crush account that would then give it to the interested party?
In all of my high-school years, only one guy in my class got described by an interested girl. I’ll let you guess which option I was in.
No.24513
>>24512>old peopleDefine "old". When I finished school, facebook was basically unknown in Germany and Twitter didn't exist.
Go figure.
No.24514
>>24512Sounds like Craigslist missed connections. I didn't go to high school but likely would have heard about such a site if it existed. I did not.
No.24515
>>24514>I didn't go to high schoolOh, now that is way more interesting than Swissball's inquiry. Tell me mooooore
No.24516
>>24515I was homeschooled from grade 6 through 12. Not much of a story. It was my mother's decision which the local Board of Education hated but were powerless to stop. We have very liberal laws when it comes to parents schooling their own children. File some paperwork, then bring the kids in to test once or twice a year. Just to prove they can read and such. We could.
No.24517
>>24513When I finished school, kwick was popular in Germany.
Ulmer Bauernfresse Pixel der ist pädophil am Bein No.24518
>>24517>in GermanyBayern is ned Tschörmany, woaßt?
No.24519
>>24516And how do you feel your education stands compared to people who went to school? How was it not having actual classmates? Was homeschooling one reason why you are lurking imageboards?
No.24520
Finally had a run after skipping a few weeks because of exams+China. My knee hurt a bit but I'm not feeling it today so I think the lesson is "Don't crank up the thing to 11 for the last 5 minutes" and then my leg will be fine.
Yeah, run longer, not faster and everything will be fine. Would probably help with stamina too.
Dad's building a shed. He plans on it to have a smaller part that is essentially a "workshop" of sorts. We talked about it and signed our own version of the Treaty of Tordesillas agreeing that we each get half of the future shelves. Good stuff.
Honestly I feel like my trip to China did a lot to help mend (build rather I think) my relationship with him.
Sister got back from her trip to Italy. She was visiting a friend. Got me two packs of coffee, which is nice.
I mean, I'm surprised, but I got her stuff from China so it's not like this is not reciprocal. (On my part. Usually I'm the asshole who forgets shit like this.)
Been entering books into my catalogue. Leftovers from before the trip and then all the stuff I got. I forgot to enter these cute little pocket volumes I got for 10-12 yuan each. Daodejing you can fit in your palm and so on. So I had to sit down for a third time.
Still haven't gotten to entering the Shiji and the Hanshu into my catalogue.
I need to hack together a study still. And then I can focus on what's important: Translating obscure, insanely mid shit from the Ming period.
No.24523
I want to start a street food review social media channel
No.24524 KONTRA
Gf is leaving for a few days. Slightly guilty I'm excited for it. I missed whacking off.
No.24525 KONTRA
Das leckerste Würstli der Stadt gibst am Berner Suter Ring
No.24529
>>24519>how do you feel your education stands compared to people who went to school?It was terrible. Since I didn't have a high school diploma or GED, I needed placement tests to assess my knowledge prior to attending college. Had to teach myself decimals and fractions in the weeks beforehand. Needed remedial algebra but scored well in reading and comprehension. Still have gaps in my knowledge of history.
>How was it not having actual classmates? I liked it, but to be honest it wasn't good for my social development. I'm a natural introvert and only branch out when pushed.
>Was homeschooling one reason why you are lurking imageboards?Definitely.
>>24523Do it!
No.24532
>>24529>Had to teach myself decimals and fractions in the weeks beforehand. Your mother homeschooled you until you were like what? 17 or 18? And it did not occur to her that it might be a good idea to teach you sixth grade math?
It's infuriating how much American education sucks, but Germany might be even worse.
Diversity is strength, must give degrees to illiterate 'disadvantaged' children, must augment each and every curriculum with 'gender lectures'. Suggestion for a chapter in a textbook if anyone is reading along: 'gender in higher order logic or how sexist smelly CS-nerd shitlords named a proof assistant "isabelle" in the eighties.'). No.24537
>>24529>Had to teach myself decimals and fractions in the weeks beforehand. Fuck's sake what DID they teach you?
No.24538
>>24537Same in Germany. 20 year olds can't do long division, they can't use logarithms, they can't find the roots of polynomials, they don't know trigonometry, they can't apply gauss's method, they can't do simple proofs by induction. The education system is overwhelmed by dumb children.
many of them Merkel-ian rocket scientists Too many of these dumb children are then put into grammar schools. All throughout the system, these pupils take up teacher's time by being loud, stupid and obnoxious and working their influence on the other children. Boots from certain cultures are particularly difficult for female teachers, because no real man takes instructions from a woman who is not a senior female relative, much less from a non-believer woman.
The victim hierarchy has been established, and much to the chagrin of old-school feminists, brown people rank above white women, so nothing can be done about it.But luckily, we do have political solutions. Just give everyone a university degree in something or other, no matter if they only have the skills of an underdeveloped fourth grader.
We'll just give all of those snowflakes office jobs, they will then receive mediocre wages for instructing AI to read and write meaningless emails. We can always let cheaper workers from countries with real educational systems do the real work. Only a nazi would see any problems with this. And we didn't discuss with Nazis, we lock them up! Or shoot them, if necessary! To protect democracy!
No.24541 KONTRA
When imperialism causes schizoid anxiety about Chinese and Indian kids and their calculator brains overtaking German kids with their recessive soy bones it is time for a threefold #Hurra on capitalism.
No.24542
Yesterday I sat the yearly German C1 mock exam. I did well in hearing, reading and speaking. Got 63% in writing, which is a passing grade, but still not recommended for a real exam.
Afterwards the lecturer invited me outside so he could smoke and hear about my China trip. I asked him "You're not going to smoke your usual cigarettes now, are you?" and he didn't understand and said "Of course I'm gonna smoke these", after which I took out three packs I got for him from China, plus some funny cigarette-pipe made of stone and bone.
He was quite surprised I bothered to get him anything, let alone three packs of cigarettes, but in the end was happy.
We spent some time talking, until we were literally told to come inside because they are closing the courtyard for the evening. I thought I had missed the last train home like in some anime.
I went home and ate some instant yakisoba and then went to bed with a cup of milk and had insane nightmares about getting murdered by an entity called "Kafka Knight". I don't think there is anything to it.
I also arranged a date for next Tuesday with a girl from college. I mean, that's nice. I guess. I find it a bit strange though that she is from the exact same region my mother is. I wonder if this will work out or not.
I want it to.
The job thing hasn't materialised. Not mad, just a bit irritated because I'm running out of my savings with the China trip and the book orders I placed for the project dwindling what little I have left.
But there is still the two publications I have coming in. Maybe in September. Idk.
Staying up late tonight to finish a last minute assignment. (Materials for the assignment were sent over last minute. I hate it.)
No.24543
>>24541Dude, just abolish capitalism, then great achievements will come from stupid people! Trust me, bro!
No.24544 KONTRA
>>24542Everyone hates a teacher's pet. Even the teacher.
No.24545
>>24543So-called education is the hallmark of the bourgeoisie. Workers have no need for 'education'.
No.24548 KONTRA
>>24547Or the losers who buy 'a nice car' and then it's literally some bullshit like Honda or Audi or Volvo, not a real car like BMW or Mercedes, they just wasted their money because they didn't have enough to but the real deal, they could have as well bought a dime French it Korean bullshit, the fucking losers.
Or they 'buy' a house, and it's on a mortgage and it's not even a real house, but a terraced house.
Or they get gf and she's a 6/10 who in uni fucked the chads for fun and the nerds in exchange for help with her assignments, and they do everything to keep her and even marry her, and then they pay for her horse's heart surgery, only to then get divorce-raped.
How can these people look in the mirror and pretend they are not utter shite? Everything they do is literally coping hard, what pieces of shit.
And when they do get a job, it's some position at a Medicare company, and they take like 4 years to find something better, and they think it's better, but it's not a real company, just some other medicine German shit company with like 500 employees.
Can't they even see how pathetic their attempts at live are? Don't they know that really successful people can only laugh about them because they are utter losers?
No.24551 KONTRA
>>24544The love you radiate is amazing 2bh.
No.24555
Ernst, I paid for my gf's horse's heart surgery. We need a loan now but the most important thing is female satisfaction in this relationship.
What things do you do to keep a healthy relationship?
No.24556 KONTRA
>>24555Please tell me you're the schizo and not some retard actually entertaining his retardation.
I am aware of the implications of my post.
No.24557
>>24555Thinking of creating a "quintessential /int/ post". It needs to include:
- being depressive
- hating Germans
- a mention of your GF, which is either not relevant for the content the post, or a made up story how you did something retarded for her
- putting emphasis how great this board is, despite rarely posting
- smoking ciggies
- ZIZEK!
Maybe more...
No.24558
>>24557It has to be in a detached, smug tone.
>>24556You should have just kept silent but Germans are eternal Karens
No.24559 KONTRA
>>24557The ghost of Torsun lives on within the EC server
No.24560 KONTRA
>>24558>You should have just kept silent but Germans are eternal Karens>being silent about retards shitting up my board means I'm a KarenWhat was it about that smug tone?
No.24561
What is it with boomer stoners and The Grateful Dead?
I don't know a single song by them.
No.24563
>>24561Friend of the Devil is a banger tho
No.24565 KONTRA
>>24562>plug something into an outlet>blows the fuse, fries the outlet>outlet must have been weak, better not use it anymore>keep the deviceTell your sister to get a vibrator with a petrol engine, the electrical one she uses draws too much current.
No.24566
>>24562Man cable fires are really not cool. A guy once told me the story of a friend of his who caused a cable fire that ran through the wall; that did not only affect the outlet.
Interestingly enough, just yesterday I also thought about losing stuff by whatever means and insurance and such, and realized that I don't really care about my THINGS, but really more about the data - I have over two decades of thoughts, scribbles, work on my hard drives. Of course I have backups and such, but it's not daily ones, so some loss would always occurr if it didn't happen right after the last backup. Although, come to think of it, I also know some THINGS that have served me well for quite some time that are not produced anymore, so any replacement would most likely be of inferior quality.
No.24567
>>24562I'm trying the fire extinguisher, I don't abandon my own (belongings)
No.24568
>>24562>Got me thinking. In the event of a house fire which could not be extinguished, you may have only minutes to escape. What do you grab on the way out?I will get my ciggies, my antidepressants and the Zizek biography my GF gifted me, and then I hope the fire burns down the whole worthless country. Would post more, but I'm on vacation with my GF.
No.24571 KONTRA
>>24569WHY.JPG are you engaging him?
He'll just feel emboldened and run this already not very funny joke into the ground time and time again.
No.24572
Guys, could you cut down the noise of your fire event discussion? My gf is trying to sleep. She had a rough night over at chads place.
No.24576
There was some dumb leftshit Malte who offered his old refrigerator for free on ebay. I wrote him a message telling him I would pick it up and dump it in the forest for 10€. He then went "mmimimimi it's for free I don't want to give it away" I told the leftshit to stop whining and give me 10€ or shut the fuck up, else I would come and kick his teeth in. He shut up, the homo.(Based.)
No.24584
A friend of mine studies architecture. According to him women architects are exceptionally well dressed and beautiful and the men look like they just been casted out of a dirty cave. I then remarked that it was a cool seductive dynamic. He answered that he found it hard to believe that they fucked each other.
What are the sexual/gender differences in the way people dress at your workplace? Are there any? Do male and female of your socioprofessional class have sex with each other or do they seek that kind of thing elsewhere?
No.24585
>>24584>female of your socioprofessional class Who?
t. works in IT
No.24586
>>24585Your project manager, for example
No.24588
Not sure if I should open a new today thread with a close up of a Fischbrötchen since I don't have nothing else on my phone.
No.24653
>>24586Different IT Ernst here. The only females at my work place are in HR and that's in a different building that I go to once every 2 years on average.
And when I went there I went to a HW engineer office with 0 women