colourlessidea

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[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There’s also a faster sense of done-ness with a phone call: the conversation is almost always over at the end of the call, whereas with something like text it can take ages because it’s so spread out.

[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 7 points 11 months ago

I’d say that it’s almost completely different. With pour over you’re getting a longer drink, very different texture (in general a clean cup, varies a bit depending on pour over style) and with good quality light roasted coffee beans a ton of flavor and tasting notes.

you need the pressure to “crack”

I’ve never heard this (which doesn’t mean much) - my understanding is that pressure is simply another form of extraction.

[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 8 points 11 months ago (11 children)

What time was that? (genuinely curious)

[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What’s a good unbiased source? As an example I checked DW on the above website and while they’re rated as being left center and having a high factual reporting, thanks to Germany’s general bias they currently report very little about Palestine.

[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If they’re not verifying the age, then surely a checkbox is enough?

[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 22 points 11 months ago

Caring isn’t binary, it’s a spectrum. I appreciate anyone who takes time to wish me on my birthday, regardless of how much they care about other aspects of me.

[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 15 points 11 months ago

Counterpoint: I think this is a far better form of protest because it directly targets the party being protested against with a lesser impact on everyone else. It reminds me of a transport protest (I believe it was in Japan?) where the buses were working as normal but not collecting any fares from passengers.

[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

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[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Dumbledore is much better in the movies

This is a hot take I’ve never heard before

[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

Yes that’s a good example too! (I don’t know of any language where that’s a possibility but I agree it’s similar)

The spaces are used for a reason

That’s the thing though - my hypothesis is that it’s based on what one is familiar with. There are languages/scripts where spaces don’t indicate word boundaries (e.g. Chinese), or that are rather agglutinative (e.g. Finnish), or somewhere in between (like German), or on the opposite end of the spectrum you have Hindi/Devanagari where a space and an overline marks a word. Totally understandable that it feels perhaps rot13-ish due to unfamiliarity but I would be surprised if native users of those languages share that sentiment.

[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 16 points 11 months ago (6 children)

German infamously has a lot of long compound words but for those who struggle with them I have a question (I’m curious and there’s no judgment here - I totally understand that it’s hard): Canyoureadthissentenceeventhoughtherearenospaces? What about Orangecatsittingonamat? If yes, is it difficult in German due to having a smaller vocabulary in a new language, or something else?

[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

German is phonetic though - once you know how pronunciation maps to the alphabet (and certain compounds), it becomes easier to spell any new word. It’s actually why there’s no Spelling Bee in German.

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