I too enjoy the crunchy texture of shampoo. Never thought of grating it though, I definitely should try that. Variety is the spice of life after all and the spice must flow.

It’s just: “De man is dood”. We don’t capitalise nouns, only proper nouns like names and places (same as in English). Germans do, but that language is even weirder than ours. 😋

Ah, the good old Negerküsse (German) or Negerzoenen (Dutch), translated: Negro Kisses. In the Netherlands they’ve been renamed to Kisses 2 decades ago, for obvious reasons.

Edit: ffs, I hate not being able to use the N-word for a factual statement.

Personally I solved it by plugging in a wired headphone in my laptop. Fuck Bluetooth, it’s never worked in a stable fashion for me these past 25 years or so, no matter what devices or OS I use. 3.5mm jack and USB remain the superior choices.

What’s that, “feeling of accomplishment”? I’m afraid I only ever feel the relief of a crushing pressure that’s been building for far too long.

Driving stick is still the norm here. Learned it in a Suzuki Swift, which did not do honour to its name.

Zwarte Piet has nothing to do with Christmas, it’s part of Sinterklaas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas). While Santa Claus was based off this character, its an entirely different festivity.

Said the person who just voted for the “Scorpions stinging backs” party.

It’s almost as if he is just a Trump lackey without the slightest idea of what he’s talking about…

I do wonder how many hours you need to microwave yourself to get a crispy, dried out face like that by the way.

The BEST and LARGEST BOXES in the world. And I will make MEXICO PAY for the pen I use to tick them!

Watch your genetically inferior tongue, Freebirth!

That would be a Timber Wolf I suspect.

public transport is just 10x as comfortable as any car could be

Yes, nothing beats walking to a bus stop and waiting there in the cold, rain or burning sun, hoping the bus shows up in time or at all. Then stressing, because it being 15 minutes late probably means your connecting train will be gone. Oh yes, there it goes. Half an hour wait with no place to sit. And then repeat this two more times for more connecting trains and buses.

And I haven’t even talked about not being able to sit during train rides, or having to sit on back wrecking seats. Unfortunately I have back issues and after having enjoyed the ‘comfort’ of our public transport I often end up just not being able to stand or sit anymore at the end of the day because my back hurts so bad.

That is my average commute, and as a bonus there ultimately isn’t a difference in price here between taking the car or public transport. To top it off my average travel time is 60 minutes by car, 1.5 - 2 hours by public transport, often depending whether or not the first bus shows up in time.

It would be able to overlook a lot of this if it was feasible to do some work in the train, but with all the fragmentation on my route I never really get anything done.

I really would like to use public transport, as it is more sustainable than my gas guzzler, but each time I try it the experience just sucks so bad.

Don’t forget about them screwing Origin Systems. RIP Wing Commander and Ultima.

Well, hello fellow rebel!

The first thing I always do is turn 120Hz off. The difference just isn’t meaningful enough to justify the extra battery drain. On a PC monitor sure, but on a phone I really don’t care if my feed scrolls a bit smoother.

I’ve never heard that one before, in my circle we call it a military shower.

Fight, as in that promised cage fight against Zuckerberg that he slithered his way out of?

Thanks, hadn’t heard that one before. Good to know, (without context at least) I’d definitely wouldn’t have recognised it as a slur. Doesn’t help that ‘troon’ happens to be the Dutch word for ‘throne’. 😋

I’d recommend searching for other sources to corroborate that story. A website selling Faraday bags telling you that you really need a Faraday bag is hardly a reliable source.