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Cat person. At least half of my followers are bots. I can't be a***d to remove them.
There was a vet called "Silke Sanft" (= "Silke Gentle" in German) around the corner from my first flat. Sadly, I was pet-less back then and never found out if her nomen was an omen.
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
There was a vet called "Silke Sanft" (= "Silke Gentle" in German) around the corner from my first flat. Sadly, I was pet-less back then and never found out if her nomen was an omen.
(Sollte weihnachtliches Dessert beisteuern und war zu jung und zu faul zum Backen. Rezept: Brandy und Sahne erhitzen, über Panettone-Scheibe gießen. Voilà.)
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
(Sollte weihnachtliches Dessert beisteuern und war zu jung und zu faul zum Backen. Rezept: Brandy und Sahne erhitzen, über Panettone-Scheibe gießen. Voilà.)
Ich: serviere Panettone mit ~1 Liter heißer Brandy-Sahne pro Person (ok, erst 1x und ohne Zitronat, aber war der Hit).
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Ich: serviere Panettone mit ~1 Liter heißer Brandy-Sahne pro Person (ok, erst 1x und ohne Zitronat, aber war der Hit).
The thing about good stories is that they're so universal that they work across genres. You just need to *know* them to play with them. Seems like she couldn't tell her Rapunzel from her Ophelia. 😜
Alternatively: use your own bl**dy imagery (which she can't do either without being cringe).
Alternatively: use your own bl**dy imagery (which she can't do either without being cringe).
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The thing about good stories is that they're so universal that they work across genres. You just need to *know* them to play with them. Seems like she couldn't tell her Rapunzel from her Ophelia. 😜
Alternatively: use your own bl**dy imagery (which she can't do either without being cringe).
Alternatively: use your own bl**dy imagery (which she can't do either without being cringe).
There are a handful of TS songs across her entire œvre that I can enjoy when I switch the language-processing part of my brain off.
But even that doesn't work with her latest album, it's just 100% not sing-alongable-to. 🎤👄 "Shake it off" 🎶 while cleaning the bathroom? Doable. "Uh-pheli-uhh"? Nope.
But even that doesn't work with her latest album, it's just 100% not sing-alongable-to. 🎤👄 "Shake it off" 🎶 while cleaning the bathroom? Doable. "Uh-pheli-uhh"? Nope.
December 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
There are a handful of TS songs across her entire œvre that I can enjoy when I switch the language-processing part of my brain off.
But even that doesn't work with her latest album, it's just 100% not sing-alongable-to. 🎤👄 "Shake it off" 🎶 while cleaning the bathroom? Doable. "Uh-pheli-uhh"? Nope.
But even that doesn't work with her latest album, it's just 100% not sing-alongable-to. 🎤👄 "Shake it off" 🎶 while cleaning the bathroom? Doable. "Uh-pheli-uhh"? Nope.
I don't know what poptimism is but this is depressing.
December 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I don't know what poptimism is but this is depressing.
By the gallon!
a man in a white shirt is standing on a stage with his mouth open and a purple background .
ALT: a man in a white shirt is standing on a stage with his mouth open and a purple background .
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December 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
By the gallon!
We need a lettuce. 🥬
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Tru...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Tru...
Liz Truss lettuce - Wikipedia
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December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
We need a lettuce. 🥬
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Tru...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Tru...
Ein Martenstein geht doch nicht mit der Zeit! Da würde er sich ja die Kundschaft vergraulen. (Wobei: E-Mail als Boomer-Kommunikationsmedium passt eigentlich wieder ...)
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Ein Martenstein geht doch nicht mit der Zeit! Da würde er sich ja die Kundschaft vergraulen. (Wobei: E-Mail als Boomer-Kommunikationsmedium passt eigentlich wieder ...)
"Martenstein mault" wäre mein Vorschlag für eine aussagekräftige Alliteration.
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"Martenstein mault" wäre mein Vorschlag für eine aussagekräftige Alliteration.
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ich (🇩🇪) bin nur über "Einserkastl" gestolpert. 😆
November 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Ich (🇩🇪) bin nur über "Einserkastl" gestolpert. 😆
Having worked (been forced to work) with LLMs for little over a year, I'm worried about sh*t not working anymore over the medium term. Either because LLMs won't do the job and/or because there won't be any experts around anymore to determine whether they *do* do the job.
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Having worked (been forced to work) with LLMs for little over a year, I'm worried about sh*t not working anymore over the medium term. Either because LLMs won't do the job and/or because there won't be any experts around anymore to determine whether they *do* do the job.
This is my new life motto.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is my new life motto.
Ich wohn an einem Stadtpark und bin ziemlich verwöhnt. 😀 Im Winter finde ich die hibbeligen Schwanzmeisen süß. Rotkehlchen sind beeindruckend laut, aber manchmal etwas überdreht. An Eichelhähern mag ich ihre Punk-Einstellung – "Mir doch egal, wie das für euch klingt".
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Ich wohn an einem Stadtpark und bin ziemlich verwöhnt. 😀 Im Winter finde ich die hibbeligen Schwanzmeisen süß. Rotkehlchen sind beeindruckend laut, aber manchmal etwas überdreht. An Eichelhähern mag ich ihre Punk-Einstellung – "Mir doch egal, wie das für euch klingt".
What always gets me is "I didn't have X so I used Y, love this recipe!" – Which one? The one you're commenting on or the one you just invented?! 😆
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
What always gets me is "I didn't have X so I used Y, love this recipe!" – Which one? The one you're commenting on or the one you just invented?! 😆
Whoa, es gab ein Update! Jetzt mit spätromantischem Irrgäste-Paket, wie verlockend!
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Whoa, es gab ein Update! Jetzt mit spätromantischem Irrgäste-Paket, wie verlockend!
In meinem Elitehabitus habe ich nur das Zwitscherpaket der NABU-Vogelwelt-App zugekauft.
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
In meinem Elitehabitus habe ich nur das Zwitscherpaket der NABU-Vogelwelt-App zugekauft.
Completely forgot about this one. 😆
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Completely forgot about this one. 😆
I could almost feel my POV change with repeated use of certain terms and expressions. It's also funny how concepts that didn't exist for me (bc there's no word for them in my native language) became real. But that happened mostly (only?) on the lexical level.
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I could almost feel my POV change with repeated use of certain terms and expressions. It's also funny how concepts that didn't exist for me (bc there's no word for them in my native language) became real. But that happened mostly (only?) on the lexical level.
I'd say it sounds more like a Star Trek episode. 😄
I came across the SP hypothesis as an undergraduate 30 years ago and couldn't believe the ridiculousness of the examples they gave. That said, having lived and worked abroad for almost a decade, I've mellowed a bit on them. 😬
I came across the SP hypothesis as an undergraduate 30 years ago and couldn't believe the ridiculousness of the examples they gave. That said, having lived and worked abroad for almost a decade, I've mellowed a bit on them. 😬
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I'd say it sounds more like a Star Trek episode. 😄
I came across the SP hypothesis as an undergraduate 30 years ago and couldn't believe the ridiculousness of the examples they gave. That said, having lived and worked abroad for almost a decade, I've mellowed a bit on them. 😬
I came across the SP hypothesis as an undergraduate 30 years ago and couldn't believe the ridiculousness of the examples they gave. That said, having lived and worked abroad for almost a decade, I've mellowed a bit on them. 😬
"My husband doesn't like spinach, so I used bok choi for the spanakopita – the whole family loved it."
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"My husband doesn't like spinach, so I used bok choi for the spanakopita – the whole family loved it."