The original of this scene is about him speaking German, right? They claim that his “die Bart die” tattoo is about the german female article, and then say that sentence about folks talking German. Now, I grew up speaking German, and saw this scene in the German dub as a child/early teen. I found it funny, because the grammar in “die Bart die” is really, really bad, if interpreted in German. So obviously the folks talking about it like that are dumb, thus funny. But seeing it now like this, and thinking a bit about it: is the original joke about the Nazis too? Like, is this one sentence which to me was always about somebody being uneducated about my native language actually about somebody being uneducated (or willfully ignorant) about history?

I can think of one counter example: In Death Trash, there’s an escort quest, where you have to guide a blind guy with a shot gun through some kind of factory. He’s as much of a liability is the devs could make him, running in and shooting blindly in all directions as soon as a combat encounter starts. It kinda turns the whole thing into a mission where the challenge is to defeat the enemies before the person you’re escorting gets a chance to kill you both. (I guess that’s what all the bad escort missions also boil down to, but in this case it’s very explicit, which makes it funny.) They also kept it quite short and do it only once, so it works out. Still, it’s the only escort quest I’ve ever done, that I’ve actually liked.

I’m especially glad how this government campaign focuses on a clearly defined terminology that differentiates between trolly doom posting and affected people in a bad situation just expressing themselves online. It’s great how they don’t just use subjective terms like “negative content” or “sensationalized” or “trivial” , and then straight punish platforms for posts fitting these very wide terms. Cause you know, platforms definitely won’t be overly careful with what they allow, when there’s a threat of actual punishment. This is definitely a well thought out campaign, that’s well thought out to take care of some unfortunate citizens.

Somebody once recommended pumpkin seeds as a snack to me. Not because they are especially healthy or something like that, but because they are really annoying to peel. Yes, I could eat them unpeeled, but the entire point of the idea is to make the snacking just a bit less rewarding. I tried it. Worked for maybe a week or so before I stopped. But it had a much more interesting long term effect: it got me used to unsalted nuts as viable snacks. Of course I immediately fell back into my old habits after the pumpkin seed experiment, but from then on I made sure to always buy a pack or two of unsalted nuts or seeds or dried fruits together with my other snacks. And at some point I managed to figure out the one rule that worked for me, and had the biggest impact long term: only buy new snacks once I’ve fully run out of old ones. And maan, that bag of wallnuts/peanuts/pumpkin seeds/dried apples could last for a long time. In turn I also started snacking on stuff that I didn’t really consider a snack before. Like, I’m bored, and the only snack in my cupboard is a bag of wall nuts - so I’d make myself a cucumber salad instead (which is just cucumber and soy sauce. Maybe some olive oil if I’m feeling fancy) . I didn’t really stop snacking. And the amount I am eating hasn’t really gone down either. But what I’m eating has become a lot less fatty and sugary in general. It took me about five years of very slowly changing the ratio of sweet snacks to healthy snacks, and by now I basically never have more than one single pack of cookies, chips or chocolate at home (which is gone within a day, but it’ll take about a week before I buy another one). At social events I find myself constantly eating whatever is on the table. But all in all, my weight is very slowly, but consistently, going down, and I am feeling better about myself in general.

Tldr: buy a bag of unpeeled pumpkin seeds, and force yourself to peel each one of them before eating it. See where the journey takes you.

I have deja-vues surprisingly often. Every once in a while, I’m talking to somebody about a certain topic, or doing a specific thing in a specific location, and I get this memory that I’ve seen this exact thing happen in a dream some time ago. The weird thing about that is that I usually forget my dreams right after waking up. I know I have vivid dreams, but their contents is usually gone from my mind within seconds of waking up. It’s probably just my brain doing things. But some irrational part of me believes that I have some weak form of cassandras curse, where I am allowed to see the future, but not allowed to remember it.

I feel like North Korean news wouldn’t be so casual about opposition and political protests. Not that they wouldn’t mention them. But I’d expect them to lean much more into their anti-capitalist righteousness or something along those lines.

I know how little I know about chemistry. The stuff on that page probably makes sense. But this just made me laugh.