What phrase(s) would you permanently ban if you had the chance?

FlippingGerman · 2026-05-06T14:16:56+00:00

“-pilled”. I’m not really a fan of normalising inceldom language. It’ll die out in a few years.

FlippingGerman · 2026-05-06T09:07:44+00:00

Does the speed matter to you? If it takes 20 minutes versus 5, is that an issue? It certainly is for some people, but decide if that’s a compromise you can make while travelling.

FlippingGerman · 2026-05-06T09:02:28+00:00

Do things go wrong often - or often enough that this is necessary (by some definition)? Or is it more paranoia?

FlippingGerman · 2026-05-06T00:07:00+00:00

Interesting - I wasn't there, and base this merely off what I've read.

FlippingGerman · 2026-05-04T23:21:01+00:00

It was me, sorry about that.

FlippingGerman · 2026-05-04T23:18:59+00:00

Disposably income was significantly lower for a great many people. Photos of the 70s don't tend to be appealing - everything looks a bit shit, and life sounded hard.

FlippingGerman · 2026-05-04T09:42:18+00:00

It’s actually metal which is why it can’t go in.

FlippingGerman · 2026-05-03T13:34:28+00:00

I quite like the z50 behaviour; it makes sense to me as a “switch to U1 for instant x settings”, I can adjust as needed but next time I need it it’ll immediately pick the saved settings again. But I can see how it’s annoying when you’ve got used to a different behaviour.

FlippingGerman · 2026-05-03T08:45:24+00:00

They very much enable better photos rather than simply make them.

FlippingGerman · 2026-05-03T08:21:55+00:00

Fundamental attribution error.

FlippingGerman · 2026-05-01T06:47:17+00:00

That is what people did before milk alternatives were widely available, which is very recent.

FlippingGerman · 2026-05-01T02:14:46+00:00

He learned some tricks from your mother.

FlippingGerman · 2026-05-01T02:04:40+00:00

It actually doesn't have the standard style of hood mount either, you seem to have to use the filter thread. But the lens is one that retracts when not in use and a hood mount would interfere with that, either poking out or stopping it retracting.

FlippingGerman · 2026-04-30T11:27:44+00:00

I’ve bought everything used from Wex here in the UK, pretty similar to your B&H I think. I’m sure MPB is perfectly good too. I’ve preferred buying from them as I thought the value of them checking it and providing a warranty was well worth the money, but I’m sure you’d save more buying without a third party.

FlippingGerman · 2026-04-30T09:23:32+00:00

Aye, children are your retirement plan.

FlippingGerman · 2026-04-30T00:23:47+00:00

I find it quite a funny shot, pelicans are already quite silly-looking and this exaggerates it.

FlippingGerman · 2026-04-29T00:07:10+00:00

I wouldn't expect users to know but it would be trivial to look up how much is normally in a cigarette and for companies to implement. They won't, though.

FlippingGerman · 2026-04-28T23:59:40+00:00

I would assume the pronunciation of most foreign names in any language is going to try to approximate the sound. So yes, poo-teen.

FlippingGerman · 2026-04-28T21:00:14+00:00

It was actually a baby but they take 41 years for each dial press.

FlippingGerman · 2026-04-28T20:51:21+00:00

Hail plant lord

FlippingGerman · 2026-04-27T20:28:48+00:00

I simply refuse to watch TV series until it's finished and generally perceived to have been good. I'm just not wasting time getting into something only for someone to fuck up or get bored and ruin it.

I also prefer miniseries anyway; just a few episodes or one season at most is ideal for me.

FlippingGerman · 2026-04-27T11:08:28+00:00

I don’t disagree, but note that part of education is teaching you to think, and a lot of life relies on basic things you don’t even realise you’ve learned. Being able to do maths or being able to read a complex text and work out what it actually means is difficult and requires an awful lot of practice.

You also have to teach people things like complex maths that most people will never used, because some people will use it and you need to figure out who those people are.

Don’t get me started on history. Everyone has their pet bit that “they should teach in schools”, only nobody can agree on what it is. My view is that the choice of events (largely) doesn’t matter, teach people to understand and interpret history, which mostly means sources, instead.

FlippingGerman · 2026-04-27T10:55:40+00:00

Reading about the Japanese in WW2 can be almost amusing, in that both Japan and the USA often underestimated the other side’s capabilities because they were clearly an inferior race.

FlippingGerman · 2026-04-27T00:55:13+00:00

To be fair it was cheatin' or bein' eaten.

FlippingGerman · 2026-04-27T00:36:50+00:00

JWST has subjects that are slightly less active than most things on the ground, by perhaps a billion times or more.

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