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Cake day: June 5th, 2023

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  • frank@sopuli.xyzto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerègle
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    21 days ago

    I agree with everything you said! I’m learning danish as a native English speaker, and I find the same struggles (also enjoyed slowly reading your Norsk)

    I think a part of it is Scandinavian people being a little polite/power dynamic sensitive and switching to English for good intentioned reasons. But also, let me speak poor danish, it’ll be better for all of us in the long run!






  • The term snake oil is actually especially fitting for this, due to its origins.

    In Britain in the 1700s there was a somewhat common recommendation for using rattlesnake oil from the fat of the snake for skin diseases/rheumatism. The efficacy is debated but it’s got some amount of potential for change (if not help).

    This turned into people in the US selling mineral oil as “snake oil” as a total panacea. So a product that actually could do stuff being used as the poster child for a completely useless product that can solve every issue ever, buy as much as you can today.

    Snake oil indeed.






  • frank@sopuli.xyztoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldChange my Mind
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    1 month ago

    I can’t tell if this is sarcasm or not. I mean, Trump is just the marketing of a president. All sizzle, no steak. He has appeared in debates but it’s a huge stretch to say he’s shown up well in them.

    In fact, a lot of politics are purely a popularity contest these days, aren’t they?