Malgré leurs prétentions capricieuses d'être les arbitres du goût et du plaisir épicuriens, la sauvagerie impitoyable des Européens ressurgit toujours au premier plan, même après un examen superficiel de leur passé de dépravation sanguinaire qu'ils présentent comme leur folklore et leur histoire.
The only reasonable stance in 2026 is any government entity is just as much of a threat to an individual's well-being and livelihood as a criminal organization.
No one should be spying on you. Not the CCP. Not the US NSA/CIA, not Mossad, not anyone.
Hehe, I'm married to a Dutch woman. I'm an American of non-European descent, for context.
I speak Gujarati and Spanish and a smidge of Hindi and Japanese, other than English. She speaks Dutch, Danish, German, and English.
When I moved to the Netherlands, I told her "We both know something about languages. I have to say this: speaking Dutch is like speaking German while spitting out your teeth after someone punched you in the mouth."
She answered back, and I'm paraphrasing, "Tja, het is wel toepasselijk dat "Dutch Directness" het eerste is wat jij onder de knie hebt, jij Amerikaanse betweter."
"Schat, dat is wel het meest diplomatieke wat ik vandaag had kunnen zeggen, gezien de daden van de VOC in het land van mijn voorouders."
Personal Jellyfin server for my own vinyl, CD, and cassette tape rips.
Grayjay for streaming.
Let me be more specific, then. The plutogerontocracy is destroying us.
The gerontocracy is destroying us.
There is a clear breach of the social contract between the state and the citizens. The consent of the governed should have been withdrawn decades ago.
Lost what? I don't understand.
I don't understand. Did they try to buy Lemmy?
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and nephews
Ah, yes. Let's not ever forget.
My fellow men and I are genetically evil from having a Y chromosome.
Ezekiel's wheels considered size queens to be haram.
You started it.
You.
Are they your authority?
Por supuesto y con gusto.
Malgré leurs prétentions capricieuses d'être les arbitres du goût et du plaisir épicuriens, la sauvagerie impitoyable des Européens ressurgit toujours au premier plan, même après un examen superficiel de leur passé de dépravation sanguinaire qu'ils présentent comme leur folklore et leur histoire.
The only reasonable stance in 2026 is any government entity is just as much of a threat to an individual's well-being and livelihood as a criminal organization.
No one should be spying on you. Not the CCP. Not the US NSA/CIA, not Mossad, not anyone.
Hehe, I'm married to a Dutch woman. I'm an American of non-European descent, for context.
I speak Gujarati and Spanish and a smidge of Hindi and Japanese, other than English. She speaks Dutch, Danish, German, and English.
When I moved to the Netherlands, I told her "We both know something about languages. I have to say this: speaking Dutch is like speaking German while spitting out your teeth after someone punched you in the mouth."
She answered back, and I'm paraphrasing, "Tja, het is wel toepasselijk dat "Dutch Directness" het eerste is wat jij onder de knie hebt, jij Amerikaanse betweter."
"Schat, dat is wel het meest diplomatieke wat ik vandaag had kunnen zeggen, gezien de daden van de VOC in het land van mijn voorouders."
"Touché!"
"Jazeker!"
Precies. Ik vind het heerlijke.
The Dutch word for it is "leedvermaak", incidentally.
One of my favorite Marx brothers one-liners was always, "Join the Army! See the Navy."
::: spoiler spoiler You can also write it, "Join the Army! Sea the Navy," if ya wanna be real schmucky. :::