samus12345

joined 1 year ago

Not a German speaker but some words just transcend their native language in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

Yes, "gesundheit" means "health." You're wishing someone good health if you say it when they sneeze. Always preferred it to "bless you."

DOJ to ask judge to force Google to sell off Chrome, Bloomberg reports in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 21 points 14 hours ago

They can just wait it out until it becomes the corpo-friendly Dept. of Injustice on Jan. 20th.

TIL in 1933 the Wall Street Journal had a headline which read "Berlin Views Hitler Calmly: Rise in stocks reflects confidence he will not disrupt nation's affairs" in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The ~~roads~~ autobahn?

What's your favorite RPG maker game? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Yume Nikki.

How the hell did they shoot Austin Powers? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

How the hell did they shoot Austin Powers? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago

He also played the aptly-named Goldmember.

Bluesky Might End Up Defeating Twitter Once and for All in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Even if it did, Musk would just buy it.

Lemmings living in red states, how’re you doing? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

I live in California, but I'm worried about just how much resistance a state can do against the Feds.

"The American experiment endures," Biden said. "We're going to be OK." in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

~~Mildly~~ Infuriating

Apparently drinking isn't as cool if you drink at home in the cheapest way possible. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Temporary rule added: no US politics in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yes, not until Jan. 20th (MLK Day, he'd be so proud!). But it's not like someone's gonna set up a big Lemmy server, then move it to a different country later.

Temporary rule added: no US politics in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It’s still weird to me that there is no US instance.

Damn good thing. We definitely don't want one hosted in a fascist country.