Fun facts about german, Pt. V. 3 comments
mia_linay
· 3 years ago
I'm listening to Inferno by Dan Brown right now (german translation) and it really bugs me when they start calling each other by their first names but still use the formal "Sie" ugh
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A lot can happen in a year, and most of it did 85 comments
I kicked my boyfriend because I have AMAZING boobs 31 comments
mia_linay
· 3 years ago
If you insist :D
I worked a voluntary year at a psychiatry and one of the patients had a heavy psychosis. He had some reoccurring stuff, like that he's friends with satan, that everyone on the ward broke their necks during the night but he healed them, that he could turn invisible (he liked to demonstrate that while standing in front of you in his undies) and that we were raping him. Well and one day he claimed he couldn't breathe properly because we stuffed his nose with noodles. And about the strip part: He used to vomit out his meds into his sink (on purpose) which would then often clog. So a colleague came into his room to unclog it, and he put on his latex gloves. The patient (in undies as usual) saw that, went "well if you insist", turned around, bent over and pulled down his undies :D
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I worked a voluntary year at a psychiatry and one of the patients had a heavy psychosis. He had some reoccurring stuff, like that he's friends with satan, that everyone on the ward broke their necks during the night but he healed them, that he could turn invisible (he liked to demonstrate that while standing in front of you in his undies) and that we were raping him. Well and one day he claimed he couldn't breathe properly because we stuffed his nose with noodles. And about the strip part: He used to vomit out his meds into his sink (on purpose) which would then often clog. So a colleague came into his room to unclog it, and he put on his latex gloves. The patient (in undies as usual) saw that, went "well if you insist", turned around, bent over and pulled down his undies :D
Can you tell me how the hell does this make sense? 20 comments
mia_linay
· 3 years ago
I agree. Our correct pronouns are deutsch/deutsche/deutscher/deutsches and Deutschland.
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Meet princess Anis al-Doleh. She had over 150 princes wanting to marry her out of which 8 comments
mia_linay
· 3 years ago
Pretty much everything about this is wrong. Pictured here is princess Fatemeh Khanum “’Esmat al-Dowleh” or "Ismat al-Dawlah", daughter of Nasir al-Din (1855/6-1905).
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First, ‘Esmat was probably married when she was around nine or ten years old. Second, the marriage was very likely arranged while she was living among the women of her father’s harem. It seems highly unlikely that she had the opportunity to meet any man not her relative, never mind beguile and reject thirteen suicidal lovers. Later, as a married woman in patriarchal Persia, it’s equally unlikely that she was being courted by amorous suitors.
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The only part of the meme that has a grain of truth to it is that there was indeed a period in Persian history when ‘Esmat’s appearance – namely, her “mustache” – was considered beautiful. But this concept of beauty was at its height in the 19th century. In other words, the 1800s, not the 1900s, as the meme claims.
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Edited 3 years ago
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First, ‘Esmat was probably married when she was around nine or ten years old. Second, the marriage was very likely arranged while she was living among the women of her father’s harem. It seems highly unlikely that she had the opportunity to meet any man not her relative, never mind beguile and reject thirteen suicidal lovers. Later, as a married woman in patriarchal Persia, it’s equally unlikely that she was being courted by amorous suitors.
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The only part of the meme that has a grain of truth to it is that there was indeed a period in Persian history when ‘Esmat’s appearance – namely, her “mustache” – was considered beautiful. But this concept of beauty was at its height in the 19th century. In other words, the 1800s, not the 1900s, as the meme claims.
Klopf Klopf 28 comments
mia_linay
· 3 years ago
Pretty much the only one I ever managed to remember was this one:
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Knock knock
- Who's there?
Banana
- Banana who?
Knock knock
- Who's there?
Banana
- Banana who?
Knock knock
- Who's there?
Orange
- Orange who?
Orange u glad I didn't say banana?
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Knock knock
- Who's there?
Banana
- Banana who?
Knock knock
- Who's there?
Banana
- Banana who?
Knock knock
- Who's there?
Orange
- Orange who?
Orange u glad I didn't say banana?
Klopf Klopf 28 comments
Klopf Klopf 28 comments
mia_linay
· 3 years ago
I came up with a german one (maybe it's funny to those of you who understand a bit of german)
Klopf klopf
Wer ist da?
Bundes
Bundes wer?
SIE SIND REKRUTIERT
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Klopf klopf
Wer ist da?
Bundes
Bundes wer?
SIE SIND REKRUTIERT
A lot can happen in a year, and most of it did 85 comments
Quick animal fact #7 6 comments
You can basically say "du" to anyone your age or younger, acquaintances and colleages as well as everything closer than that ofc. Hope that helps.