Since you both disagree on who has it worse, I conclude that ugly non-binary people do better then both and date whomever they want.

Nun, bin wohl doch im Moment armer Schlucker. Schockiert, dass man als Bürgergeldempfänger jetz arm sein soll, wenn man das rechte Spektrum befragt soll ich doch davon ein Lotterleben führen können.

But Doctor, I am Pagliacci!

Strafrechtliche Konsequenzen, ist immerhin Hochverrat wenn eine Operation durch sein Handeln gefährdet wird und sein Name steht ja in der Gruppenliste. Und selbst wenn man die Rechtslage gut für sich auslegt, es kann ja bei diesem Regime auch außergerichtliche Konsequenzen geben.

I particularly like the reading:

“We’re here, we fuck, we’re queer, shit up”

I can barely imagine the shitty world that makes us need the French nukes in our country, what world would there even be that requires a German one instead? If things are that bad, what good would our own nuke do at that point?

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Again and again I come here to realize: I’m too poor to learn from or contribute to your discussions.

Das ist das Beste, was wir anzubieten haben? Tja, wer Runde 1 verschlafen hat, darf sich wohl nicht beschweren.

Villeicht hass’ Ich auch einfach nur die deutsche Sprache in Songs, muss für’s nächstes Jahr was in Platt finden.

Mag ich auch nicht… aber der ESC ist’s ja ebenso.

Our 2 young Oxen should be strong enough this year to carry the plough on their own, so old Till can go to the Butcher. Everything is already planed, after lent is over and the tithes are paid, I’ll supply another 5th for a wedding, the rest is stored for next winter.

Good ol’ Thunderbolts-come-from-Jupiter Pliny the Elder, the most trustworthy source there is.

Next to nothing? Let’s see:

• Wasn’t/isn’t there a civil war/coup that broke out like 2-3 years ago?
• 15 years ago there were problems with radical Buddhist groups going after Muslims.
• …
• Age of empires 2 gave them Arambai as their unique unit, I think their unique techs were something forgettable with elephants and Manipur Cavalry, which increased attack boni of cavalry against buildings
• In EU4, that area is divided between Ava, it’s Tributaries, and Pegu. I think modern Myanmar sees itself as the successor of one Ava tributary, that broke of and conquered/united the region. Was in Hsinpaw? (I was thinking of Taungu)

There is some aspect of Japanese culture I can really do without in my games, like everyone being either a high school student, just getting 18, or 60+. Especially when they then get into relationships.

Then again, I can’t really say if that would sell. I’m certainly not deep enough into anime culture to gauge interest there.

Das ist in Ostend, Belgien, Fort Napoleon.

Während des ersten Weltkriegs war das ein Quartier deutscher Offiziere. Heinrich-Otto Pieper malte mehrere solcher Patriotischer Bilder and die Wände. Ich habe die Erklärung des Bildes, die ich auf dem Englischen Wikipedia fand, übersetzt und in den Alt-Text gepackt.

Buying a cheap 2nd hand E-bike (right now) means the same as buying any other broken bike: You need to know how to switch a chain and adjust brakes. The electronics themselves however are surprisingly resilient.

“If you can’t ride it without the assistance of an electric motor, please keep it out of the park and off the trails”

That’s all there is to say.

Will Ich nicht anzweifeln, Hafer ist halt billig. Ich habe aber nach der Mandelmilch gefragt, die du erwähnt hattest.

Welche Mandelmilch soll sich den bitte für den Konsumenten lohnen? Ich weiss, dass er das über Steuern und Subventionen wieder reinzahlt, aber der Milchpreis ist für den Konsumenten einfach niedriger, selbst wenn jetz 1 cent pro Liter draufgezahlt wird. Man zahlt ja nicht weniger Steuern wenn man sich vegan ernährt.

Does it count if I only read summaries of both works, not the works itself?

“A true story” is a parody on the “travelogue” that were popular in ancient Greece, like Homer’s Odyssey and Illiad. 800 years later, they had a resurgence in the Roman Empire, like when Virgil wrote the Aeneid. Still 200 years later, A True Story was written by Lucian.

In the preface, Lucian complains that the genre was ruined by authors making up unbelievable tales to trick their dumb readership. So he thinks it better to just admit that all he says is a lie.

The story goes on how Lucian then set sail across the Atlantic, got caught in a storm so terrible it blew him to outer space, and meet the all-male civilisation that lives on the moon, who carry their children through the calf of their leg.

Lucian and his crew return to Earth, get swallowed by a whale, explore the Islands of the blessed, see the Sinners being punished (the ones who lied in their stories being punished the hardest) and reach a distant continent. Lucian says what happened there will be shared in the sequel, which a comment describes as the biggest lie of all.