chapotraphouse

do germans have the most varied name across languages?

you have: german/tedesco/allemand/nemets/deutsch. Somebody like french spanish italians have semi-similar names, here they are just wild, with different starting points.

One would think it's cause they formed so late, but italy was also non-existent for majority of late middle ages

Do you ever feel...like a plastic bag?

Backed my car into a power pole. So mad at myself. I was hurrying because I wanted to to get home, backed in to do a delivery. The pole had an electrical box on it and it creased a corner on my trunk and broke the backup light lens. Messed up the paint on the bumper when it bent, too.

Car insurance is such a scam. I've given them at least 20k over the years with only one $1400 claim, but if I have to use the insurance, I'm going to end up paying more in increased premiums.

Hopefully I can get it fixed with only a new trunk lid. I'm going to try to see if a shop can get me a junkyard part and blend the paint. Probably be minimum 3000, I bet more like 5000 if I elect to replace the bumper.

At least I can still use it while I wait

It's kind of funny that Americans treated Morgenthau as crazy for his plans for Germany, but everyone memory holed that Roosevelt aired the idea of creating a country called Wallonia by handing over a third of France to Belgium (So the Wallonian part of Belgium would be so much bigger than the rest it would just be Wallonia) and then semi-permanently putting France under military occupation just to fuck with De Gaulle.

Edit: in case people don't believe me https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_government_in_France

Made myself go on a walk and somehow I feel even more sad brain turn off pls

Chicago Papal Bulls

Know this people, if comments have more dislikes than likes, then they will fall to the bottom of the page and no one will see them without scrolling.

Watching the recent Did You Know Gaming video on Gunpei Yokoi made me curious to check out the Japanese biography they mentioned ({任天堂|にんてんどう}ノスタルジー {横井|よこい}{軍平|ぐんぺい}とその{時代|じだい}). I thought it'd be fairly inaccessible, but I was surprised that I was able to get through the intro without too much difficulty—still very slowly, mind you, but I wasn't running to the dictionary every other word as I had expected. It's making me realize I might be setting myself up for failure by trying to read novels, since they tend to have all kinds of flowery language whereas nonfiction has more straightforward prose. I'm not sure I'm interested enough in Gunpei Yokoi to read this particular book, but I'm sure I can find some neat nonfiction books in my areas of interest that haven't been translated yet.

Another night where I spend five hours rolling around in bed trying to get to sleep. I wish I had an offswitch that just conked me out for 8 hours. I don't care if I die in a fire while I'm asleep

decided to research why kiwi tastes so uniquely, i dunno, prickly (how cactus should taste in my imagination)

finding lots of ai websites it's kind of an allergy, now i'm in zone. What if one day glorious kiwi betrays me and i get anaphylactic shock

*ooh found a website that says it's some proteins, like pineapple, i will believe this one

So few hours in the day when you have to keep working doubles. I may go back to my old habits of waking up super early just to exercise.

Barron Trump after Donald ruined his victoria 3 ironman save file by moving the sliders.

I keep making posts in mutual aid but so far I'm discouraged because none of them had any replies. I rapidly ended up in the streets but I know this is temporary until I get a rent deposit.

SpaceX tried another Starship test, and it went broadly like the last few. That is, the first stage booster pretty much worked as expected, but the upper stage failed. At engine cutoff, it started leaking all over the place and tumbling out of control, then the door they were going to test didn't open and it burned up on reentry again.

Huge shout out to cats. I love them and thinking about them makes me happy.

Started rewatching Please Save My Earth! last night and I love Issei and Jinpachi's relationship and that Issei is kindof a representation of a trans woman it's so sweet

holds up your post

whispers loudly

it's a baiiiit!

My brain at 3AM:

If Grimbeard did an Umineko Review, he would give the Rat Roundup the lowest score possible: .

Congratulations to the 5 people that have fried their brains enough to also understand this.

Let me introduce you to my partner, Gabagool Pizzarino.

Yes, he is Italian. How'd you guess?

I'm starting to think too much about my relationships again. Wish my brain would stop doing that

"I hate power of friendship" mfers when Ethan Hunt does the impossible.

John wick: ends up being purposeless after getting his revenge. Bond: ends up being a self desctructive asshole. Ethan hunt: fights for his friends.

Guwss who ended up saving the day most?

what's the best extension for bypassing paywalls on chrome nowadays?

If humanity ever makes an artificial general intelligence, we'll somehow fuck it up. No disaster, we probably won't even give it a terminal goal. No paperclip maximizer - SamsarAI. Feels apropos to me