What do the few books I read tell about me? (German)

Just curious to find out what other people think about my ... "collection".

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artifex@piefed.social · 53 pts · 82d (1 reply)

They tell me that you can read in German

chocrates@piefed.world · 4 pts · 82d

Lol I was trying to figure out a clever joke about that and didn't get anywhere

impudentmortal@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 82d (1 reply)

The greenish hue makes me think you live in the Matrix

frtzngbllr@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 82d

That's just my weed mood led strip

jamin@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 82d

Junger männlicher Nerd

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 82d (1 reply)
  • You are a fan of Harald Lesh's work,and have an interest in science.
  • You are into videogames, both as a player/consumer and critic, possibly as a dev.
  • You like a good story game. Not that it's necessarily the only genre you play
  • You are left leaning due to being on lemmy 1984 and interested in privacy
  • I guess you are between 35-45 years old.

If you'd like, tell me how accurate my guesses are :D

frtzngbllr@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 82d

You're pretty close, nice! I'm not a dev and I play mostly roguelikes these days. Coming from competitive games like Dota, CS, OW. Age is somewhere in that range, Yes. Someone else also guessed right with "linksgrün versiffter gamer".

thiscat@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 82d (1 reply)

there is a novelization of final fantasy 7?

frtzngbllr@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 82d

More like side stories, but Yes!

Calfpupa@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 82d

You speak German

makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 82d

You can read German

Samsy@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 82d

Linksgrün-versiffter Physik Gamer.

guy@piefed.social · 5 pts · 82d

You have just started reading

Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 82d

We would get along :)

Aphos@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 82d

You spend much time with YouTube and rocketbeans

fartsparkles@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 82d (5 replies)
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frtzngbllr@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 82d (4 replies)

Fernab davon. Leider. Ich war der dude in der Klasse, der sich nie meldet und nie Hausaufgaben gemacht hat.

fartsparkles@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 82d (3 replies)
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frtzngbllr@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 82d (2 replies)

No need to be sorry, everyone starts somewhere. <3 Zum Streber habe ich nicht das Zeug, ich bin mehr vom Typus "Jack of all Trades, master of none."

fartsparkles@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 82d
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amelia@feddit.org · 1 pts · 81d

"Streber" ist in der echten Welt keine wirkliche Kategorie. Einfach nicht aufhören Neues zu lernen. Auch mal in neue Bereiche reinschauen. Neugierig bleiben statt in der Monotonie der Routine zu versumpfen.

Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org · 4 pts · 82d (6 replies)

Too many of these books look absolutely untouched.

Dante is the exception. It is also a hard one to understand. I assume you tried hard to read it but failed after 20% or so, an then you more or less ended your reading habits, even though most of the other ones (you got one on every birthday) are extremely easy stuff.

frtzngbllr@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 82d

Good observation, I prefer to read on a paperwhite ereader, even if it isn't used as much anymore. I just pirate ebooks of books I bought to support the authors. Missed the mark slightly with the birthday guess though.

pmk@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 82d (4 replies)

Do you think Dantes friends back in the day went "sick reference, bro your references are out of control, everyone knows that" but now it's been like 700 years or whatever and... it takes some effort now? Like right now we all know who "the orange idiot" would refer to, or "the king of rock n roll", but will people know that in 100 years even?

Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org · 1 pts · 82d (1 reply)

I don't think he had friends /s

tomiant@piefed.social · 1 pts · 82d

/s

tomiant@piefed.social · 1 pts · 82d (1 reply)

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

That's fucking funny.

Sick references bro.

I mean, sure, but the references he's making is to some very deep takes on some of the most famous literature in history. Sure there's a bunch of contemporary shade throwing in there but the whole thing with Dante is its ridiculous cultural span, it's like Joyce in its sheer literary density.

And no, there's zero chance this kid went through it and got it, but it matters he showed interest and dedication in trying. Took me the better part of thirty years to even get close to understanding that shit, and historically I'm not alone, it's not an easy text. Beautiful tho.

There are worse books to pretend to have read in your bookshelf.

pmk@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 81d

I don't know, I found myself trying to look up what everything meant all the time, like there's a person in purgatory called la Pia. "Siena mi fé, disfecemi Maremma", so then you have to know about this woman who was born in Siena and was murdered in Maremma by her husband, which was probably a widely known reference back then, but now I just feel like I'm lacking context. But maybe it's better to just sort of go with the flow for those things?

Legianus@programming.dev · 4 pts · 82d (1 reply)

You like Astronomy/Astrophysics?

BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 82d

And especially anything by Harald Lesch.

promitheas@programming.dev · 3 pts · 82d

You dont have a large bookshelf since you stacked some on top like that (im in the same boat haha)

zikzak025@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 82d (1 reply)

They tell me that you were able to play Final Fantasy 7 Remake and recognize more of the side characters than I did when I played.

frtzngbllr@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 82d

Jokes on you, I didn't play the Remake yet. Only the original FF7 back on PS1 and later on PC. (I am waiting for the Remake to be complete)

dragnucs@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 82d

It says you're German and a big fan of Harald Lesch. I have no idea about the actual content.

Libb@piefed.social · 3 pts · 82d (2 replies)

They tell me that you may want to start visiting used bookstore more ;)

felixwhynot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 82d (1 reply)

And the library!

Libb@piefed.social · 1 pts · 82d

:)

PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 81d

That you have some strange mood lighting with poor CRI, mostly.

the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 81d

You like to read.

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 2 pts · 82d

You speak German and are a nerd

Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 82d

du kannst lesen

Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 82d (2 replies)

You like the idea of "What is out there" in space. And stories of a different world

frtzngbllr@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 82d (1 reply)

Aye, and there most certainly is lots and lots of just... nothing. :D

Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 82d

Most likely. But the potential of what was or what could be is just as vast

HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 82d

Like Galileo in library form.

Lehmuusa@nord.pub · 2 pts · 82d

Some literal translations of the books' names into English. They are unlikely to correspond with the real English titles, but might be enough for guessing what books these are in other languages.

Das ABC der Rollenspiele – The ABC of role playing games
Die göttliche Komödie – The divine comedy
Liegt die Antwort in den Sternen? – Does the answer lay in stars?
Eine kurze Geschicte des Universums – A short story of the universe
Der Außenirdische ist auch nur ein Mensch – Even the extraterrestrial is just a human
Ihr habt keinen Plan - darum machen wir einen – Youse have no plan - that's why we'll make one
Kosmologie für Füßgänger – Cosmology for pedestrians
Was hat das Universum mit mir zu tun? – What has the universe got to do with me?
Sieg der Blödigkeit – Victory of stupidity
Unberechenbar – Unreliable
Die Zukunftsformel – The formula for future

PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 82d (1 reply)

I think the Publishers' cabal should settle on a standard for which way the text reads on spines.

frtzngbllr@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 82d

I wholeheartedly agree

dwt@feddit.org · 2 pts · 82d (2 replies)

Ich wusste gar nicht, das Lesch so viele Bücher geschrieben hat. In jedem Fall mag ich deinen Enthusiasmus für seine Themen.

frtzngbllr@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 82d (1 reply)

Einer der klarsten Köpfe, die wir in Deutschland haben. Ich liebe die gesunde Mischung aus Philosophie und Physik. Fing für mich schon beim Sender BR alpha an, als er noch an der Kreidetafel stand.

dwt@feddit.org · 1 pts · 82d

Oh ja, sweet memories!

unsubtle@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 82d

Male, in your 20s

TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 82d

Is there a shelfies community? Maybe there should be one.

Fizz@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 82d

They're all in German so I can only assume you speak German

Sly2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 81d (1 reply)
frtzngbllr@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 81d

Danke 😂

DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 82d (1 reply)

Hey, you have the whole Divine Comedy, instead of cheating yourself by just reading the Inferno part of it.

I'm not even religious, but that's one of the best books I've ever read. One of the greatest endings of all time. The translation matters though. My copy is a great translation.

Sybilvane@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 81d

Which translation do you have?

finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 82d

You know there's something out there, something bigger than the mundane world, and you're trying to figure out what it is, and how you relate to it.

remon@ani.social · 1 pts · 82d

Could use more interpretational titles.

tomiant@piefed.social · 0 pts · 82d

Narcissist. Or lonely.

Ariselas@piefed.ca · -1 pts · 82d

That you might be from a country that make great cars, cameras, and ok beer.