Explanation: Germans acquired a curious reputation in the 19th and 20th century AD for wanting things precise, orderly, and done to an exacting standard. While this reputation does not date back to the 16th century AD, when religious reformer Martin Luther wrote his 95 Theses criticizing a number of practices of the Catholic Church as not in-line with the Bible they were supposed to following, it does make it a little funny in retrospect.
Luther's influence is immense. He was one of the first to make laborious use of Gutenberg's printing press to mass produce his German translation of the bible. That practically standardised how German should be written and spoken.
Because of him we say our numbers weird, eg instead of twenty three we say three and twenty. Confusing foreigners learning the language and children learning math to this day.
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PugJesus@piefed.social · 45 pts · 159d
Explanation: Germans acquired a curious reputation in the 19th and 20th century AD for wanting things precise, orderly, and done to an exacting standard. While this reputation does not date back to the 16th century AD, when religious reformer Martin Luther wrote his 95 Theses criticizing a number of practices of the Catholic Church as not in-line with the Bible they were supposed to following, it does make it a little funny in retrospect.
ranslite@pie.dasneuland.de · 16 pts · 159d
Plus Luther's theses led to the splitting of Christianity into Catholic and Protestant.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 26 pts · 159d
Luther's influence is immense. He was one of the first to make laborious use of Gutenberg's printing press to mass produce his German translation of the bible. That practically standardised how German should be written and spoken.
Because of him we say our numbers weird, eg instead of twenty three we say three and twenty. Confusing foreigners learning the language and children learning math to this day.
Samskara@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 158d
Three and twenty was common English as well for a long time.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 159d
And then have every communication after that be a stream of obscenities telling them to lick your asshole.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2020/08/martin-luthers-extraordinary-epithets-insults.html
Lemon this is just a list of profanity.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 159d
Interesting how many rulers these epithets could stick to.
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio · 13 pts · 159d
It really is a catch-all isn't it? It would be fun to yell in a crowded room of the fuckers, just to see who acts the most offended by it.
red_sock@lemmy.ml · 27 pts · 159d
He biggest mistake was not laminating the theses!
iceonfire1@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 159d
How tf did this guy write 95 theses and not think to add in 5 more and have an even 100
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 159d
I got 95 problems but a pope ain't one - Some German guy.
Mantzy81@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 158d
Pretty sure the pope was one of the major problems he had.
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 158d
Not after posting his
fuck you I won't do what you told me listTheses.Samskara@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 158d
It’s a psychological trick like used in pricing, when you‘d rather buy something for 0.95 than 1.00.
Who wants to read 100 theses? tl;dr
jarinks@mstdn.social · 1 pts · 147d
@PugJesus we CANNOT follow the instructions thats why we need Jesus