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Cake day: March 11th, 2024

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  • It didn’t, but it’s still kinda better than a lot of trans representation back then. She is very clear and open towards him, and never does anything objectionable. He and his idiocy is what’s being made fun of.

    Not perfect by any stretch, but certainly not what I’d have expected from a writer who turns out to be a total bigot later on.



  • Well, it was a popular song that was made into the national anthem of the Weimar Republic. The Nazis kept it, but added another one.

    The Deutschlandlied/Lied der Deutschen is mostly about uniting the disperate kingdoms that used to be where Germany was into one country. The use of the first two stanza was mainly discontinued because they mentioned borders that are way outside modern Germany, and are a bit unserious for an anthem (German women, German wine). They also aren’t banned, just not part of the national anthem.

    So it wasn’t written by the Nazis, and not necessarily their main anthem. Still, something new would have been nice. I like the Kinderhymne, I would also have taken Auferstanden aus Ruinen, it’s a lot more upbeat. But oh well, we’re stuck with it for now.





  • Thank you - Very realistic! And nah, I’m not suicidal, that’s fine. Just kinda hopeless for humanity’s future, which makes me a bit more indifferent than I’d like to be.

    But I’ve got friends, I’ve got ttrpgs, I have my tinkering projects, I just feel any happiness found is very much hard won from a society that is very anti-human, not because it cares about opposing anyone, but because it is so very indifferent to most things that matter.

    I probably should stop writing comments at night, I turn into a bit of a downer.










  • I’m not saying they aren’t providing a valuable service to many people. They are to me. But they also have the potential to cause great harm to their users, and are very hard to hold to account, should they ever do that. So I try finding the one I distrust least, and use that.

    I don’t really see the parallels to ‘nothing to hide’. It’s just a bit of, in my eyes not entirely unjustified, paranoia.


  • I am generally distrustful of anyone who takes money to hide potentially illegal activities. I don’t think they shouldn’t ever be used, but they do have the potential to be a massive weak point, and the way they’re set up to avoid censorship laws also means you can’t really hold them to account, should something go wrong. Ever tried sueing anyone in Panama?