german rule

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ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca · 38 pts · 3y (9 replies)

I'm having a hard time.

American when the metric tonne of Reese's peanutbutter cups, caramel chocolate chip...streusel?, and oreo cookies...falls?

superkret@feddit.de · 31 pts · 3y (4 replies)
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SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 3y (1 reply)

They'd cry even harder if it contained a metric anything.

Retrograde@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y

True, as an American and when I'm crying on the floor like this, I like to measure my pain in freedom units thank you

atyaz@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I think in this context "the ice" means the ice cream

barsoap@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 3y

Yep ice cream is just Eis in German, even if the default is Eiscreme meaning at least 10% milkfat content or even Cremeeis meaning 50% milk, no added water, as well as egg. Frozen custard. It's just that noone cares what exactly you're going to order when asking "wanna go eat some ice"?

Fun fact: A felt 99% of ice cream parlours in Germany are called "Venezia" or "Dolomiti" or "Rialto", which is a quarter of Venice. Because that's where the founders were from. It's a fascinating natural phenomenon, flocks of ice cream makers migrating north in early spring and back home late autumn.

a1mlezz@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Americans when their ice doesn't contain...

e-ratic@kbin.social · 9 pts · 3y (1 reply)

... cum

occhionaut@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y

Muh cumstitutional rights!

ExclamatoryProdundity@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

I scream, you scream, we all scream in America.

Millie@lemm.ee · 21 pts · 3y (5 replies)

Why do so many Europeans seem to think the whole country is Texas?

Dee@lemmings.world · 24 pts · 3y

I imagine the same reason so many Americans think of the UK as just London, or France as just Paris. I don't know what that reason is, but I imagine it's probably the same reason.

jannis@feddit.de · 19 pts · 3y (2 replies)

That's not true America is Texas, Florida (if it involves alligators or trans-hatred), California, Las Vegas and New York. Everything else is irrelevant.

Millie@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Massachusetts is literally the most significant state. It's a forest with health care. We're basically elves.

Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Hmmm idk about that Vermont is much closer to being elves than any part of Mass I've ever seen

Cabrio@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y

Because American culture is your greatest export.

Yearly1845@reddthat.com · 11 pts · 3y (4 replies)
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barsoap@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 3y (2 replies)

To contain, include, incorporate. To abstain really doesn't make sense in this context. That abstain meaning I think uses the "return to natural state" meaning of ent- (number 1). Think "unhold" in the sense of "cease to hold a position", that's "to abstain", the contain one... I'm not 100% but I think it's number 6: A thing is furnished such that the adjective becomes true. The cookie is enholden with chocolate chips.

karamellsirus is a misspelling, Karamellsirup should be obvious. crunshies, too, is a misspelt crunchies. Only one that shouldn't be recognisable is Regenbogenstreusel, rainbow sprinkles. Like on doughnuts.

WayTooDank@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

The reflexive form "sich enthalten" means to abstain, without the reflexive pronoun it always means "to contain"

barsoap@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y

On retrospective that's pretty damn obvious.

GenEcon@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
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awwwyissss@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y (8 replies)

Casual bigotry, truly wonderful.

Reva@startrek.website · 29 pts · 3y
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GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de · 15 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Just wait until I bring my professional bigotry.

Maultasche@feddit.de · 7 pts · 3y

That's nothing against my ranked competitive bigotry.

ninpnin@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 3y

Making fun of american ice cream flavors is bigotry now? lmao

DundariousRedripulin@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Bro is trying to defend fat ppl 💀

kebabslob@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 19 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Uh, excuse me. We call ourselves "Americans", not "fat people". Thank you

Yearly1845@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)
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timicin@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

they're speaking for 77% of americans; who are you?! lol