Now reading it, I never directly realized it being this (wrong) way in the english language. In German the equivalent term would be “Hals über Kopf” (Neck over head) which made sense for a feeling of the world being upside down. Funny that in English it is actually the “normal” worldview - at least how the modern expression goes.
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Ok I’m a bit surprised but I 100% expected a comment like this already under this post, so I’ll do it myself:
No wonder if you follow CCRs tips: Don’t go around tonight, well its bound to take your life - theres a bathroom on the right.
Username checks out… kinda :D
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Star Wars Memes@lemmy.world•How long have you been sitting on that?English
8·8 months agoI second this. Dark would be “dunkel” in (modern day) German.
Keep calm and hold, that is the way.
What did you say?
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•When describing color temperatures, the "warm" color tones actually have colder temperatures.
3·1 year agoUh, didnt know minutephysics had a video on this, thanks for sharing!
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•I would personally just treat whatever direction I'm facing at the time as North and go from there.
2·1 year agoMy initial thought when reading your comment was a response about differentiation of both hemispheres, but the way you wrote it was actually quite clever, so kudos for that! :D
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•This is a thought experiment "Ball on a Table" for detecting whether someone has Aphantasia. What do you see when you perform this experiment?
2·1 year ago+1 for a red rubberlike ball … looks like a pattern emerges
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What purchases have been the best for your mental health?
2·1 year agoFunny that you mentioned ONI, played and enjoyed it for > 50 hrs but I always got to the point where the base was falling apart b/c of one of the many missing ressources for my dupes :o So actually quite stressful at times, at least for me :D
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What were you wrong about for a long time? How did you realize you were wrong?
2·1 year agoGus-tav, Gus-gus-tav…
Und sie wusch ihr Haar mit Jojoba-Ööööl!
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Do you pronounce "Data" as "Day-ta" or "Dah-ta"?
3·1 year agoYep, finding myself there, too. Mostly depends on what bit of music/show/media I have listened to/watched most recently :D
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Star Wars Memes@lemmy.world•They don't want you to know thisEnglish
6·1 year agoHave you ever seen space ships moving past the death star horizon bottom first? Checkmate! /s
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is your favorite music streaming service?
2·1 year ago+1 but for me it was additionally the artist compensation


Prost!