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I don’t know that system of a down music video

That’s part of the problem.

„Yeah, it’s unfair to count us that high in death by alcohol. You should divide it by litre of alcohol drank.“ - said no-one ever, with good reason.

Too much cheese + no crust

In the larva state workers and future queens are equal. It’s all in the nurturing.

Since we’re both familiar with german signs, you would agree that Halteverbot is a symbol in and of itself and there’s nothing crossed out. As you scroll down the page you linked to, you’ll see a Halteverbot crossed out, and it’s like this /

My point is not to be right, but just to show the Americans, that not everything “is correct like this”, since we are in an international space with lots of different rules. So our thread here goes into the opposite direction of what I wanted to achieve. Still appreciate the conversation.

It’s not the same, because I don’t live in the same country.

there ya go

Nah fam, / is the correct way. Even traffic signs are like that.

Me utilises masonry bow, coincidentally

You count every single protein you eat to get swole? Nerd.

You strap hard rate monitors to yourself to run a 10km? Nerd.

You go to concerts of your fav rapper and buy and wear his merch? Nerd.

You don’t do anything that’s interesting, but go to the screws and bolts plant every workday at exactly 6:30, wear the same blue dungarees, get off at 15:00, wash your hands with your favourite extra strong, lemon-scented, degreasing soap? Nerd.

You know which grain of wood you can glue together and which way it should curve to not trap moisture and rot? Nerd.

I think this factoid gets spun out of proportion. Iirc German could ve become the language of science or one field of science. But it was never a contender for the language of trade or diplomacy (the latter being held by french for a long time).

The cartago treatment

I think “endoplasmatisches Retikulum” is a more memorable phrase we learn or meme about

Bodo Wartke - endoplasmatisches Retikulum

Brick gothic

And brick factories with high arches windows and rounded roofs

USA tradition, if the groundhog sees it’s shadow, there will be X more weeks of winter.

It’s not worrying, it might be foreign to you.

»« is the style of direct speech markers used in German book setting. It’s basically mirrored from the French style, who use «»

„“ is the style used in German handwritten texts and quotations

“” is the English style for direct speech and quotations

The tenth hour of the day goes from 9:00 to 10:00.

So quarter of ten is 9:15. I don’t know how one would explain the other possibilities, but this is the correct answer.

Imagine it as a glass of water that gets filled for each hour. Once it is full, the hour has been reached.

Many guests are actually there for work. If breakfast opens at 7, that’s a little late for my liking. I gotta finish and drive over to the client and start timely.