I take it back, that’s a cool tradition

Wait, what? I missed a fan discussion or two.

Well, yes. I can write a series of sentences in English without building in references to explain exactly how they relate to each other, but German writing explicates their relationship to each other.

Thus there’s technically more vagueness in written English, though the reader makes the leap (if the writer is an effective communicator).

As a small example, I went back and forth about including “thus” in the above sentence. I don’t think it’s necessary even in formal, written English, but it would be in German.

Written German is incredibly precise, IMO (I have C2 German, teach it as a second language at a university in Germany, and am currently getting a masters degree in German instruction). I came from a background in legal writing in English, and the amount of references that each sentence after the first in a text needs to the sentence before it was still staggering. The grade on my first thesis paper was an unwelcome surprise, but it can be learned.

I’m proud to have learned German as a second language, because it’s complex and precise, not because of any preexisting affinity for German speaking people.

Fingerprint matching in the 60s sounds, uh, time intensive.

Sind alle Salate, die ich esse, homosalate? Wirklich gute Frage

Big words from a man who can be summoned to write about any gastro pub with a bougy enough name.

Solution? Trans-positive fanfiction that celebrates the parts you’re nostalgic for, but doesn’t financially benefit Rowling

I’d be fucking mad if my parents named me after petroleum

This is objectively true, nice ≠ kind

I’m on voyager, lol, but that’s good to know. I can zoom in further, but there’s no point, it doesn’t get clearer.

The top of the dollop hasn’t touched the ground, taps head

Some of these are poisonous

What’s the x axis on those graphs? I can’t zoom in enough on this picture to read it. I did look it up, but I only found versions with the exact same resolution

Plus, there’s a (kind of) precedent. All you’d have to do is plan it for April fool’s day.

Hey, I don’t actually have any responsibilities right now! Except planning my lessons for next week, but I’ve got time. I guess I could also do the dishes or hang the laundry or email my advisor about my thesis topic…

Well shit.

Oh, yeah, whoosh. Thanks!

I think I’m missing the joke. Are you calm for 70 minutes of your commute and hateful for 20?

I don’t have time to look it up, but his wealth is also listed as net worth, not income, so I suspect that might be a private company, which would explain why we haven’t heard as much about him.

Edit: I have time now and yes, it’s privately owned.

Edit 2: but maybe it’s about to be merged into a public company? I’m not sure, this is pretty nebulous, possibly because it hasn’t been finalized yet.