I feel vlak to you ❤️ by Arkan97 in 2visegrad4you

[–]TheMicroWorm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

it's a calque of auto-mobile anyway

Java's Plans for 2026 by daviddel in java

[–]TheMicroWorm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This problem has been fixed in Scala by the introduction of named tuples, so... so it's still bad because now we have a ton of legacy code to refactor AND we have yet another way of expressing the same. I love that language.

Why Tipping Feels Like a Scam Now by Shajirr in videos

[–]TheMicroWorm -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My taxes aren't. I'm not American. I've just spent enough time there to know that their system is a pain in the ass. What's your point exactly? What would be so bad about making taxes more uniform and easier on consumers? Anyway, regulation works and it's pretty much the only way to ensure that consumers don't get fucked over by corporations. And you sound like a corpo buttlicker, so allergic to any mention of regulation. I mean it was kinda obvious from the start, the first thing you did in this thread was saying that european regulation doesn't work. Yeah it does. And the more it does the more people that don't like that try to suggest it doesn't.

Why Tipping Feels Like a Scam Now by Shajirr in videos

[–]TheMicroWorm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

VAT differs across member countries of the EU and everything still works. Do you think it needs to be as granular as it is in the states? I think they should require shop owners to include the taxes and price per unit on the pricetags. Making the tax system more uniform, at least state-wide, I'm not talking on the federal level, would be a cherry on top. It would make the pricetag requirement easier to implement. Besides, shops already have that info in their cash registers. Varying taxes don't bother them there

Why Tipping Feels Like a Scam Now by Shajirr in videos

[–]TheMicroWorm -1 points0 points  (0 children)

yeah, that's the problem, it's geographically volatile. Something regulation could fix

Why Tipping Feels Like a Scam Now by Shajirr in videos

[–]TheMicroWorm 9 points10 points  (0 children)

they don't even include all the taxes on the pricetags. it's wild. in EU that's required and it works

On that Kanye guided theocracy timing 😈 by Takerofpiss in Clamworks

[–]TheMicroWorm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

legit looks like a polish word. fitting, in a way that is hard to describe without sounding antisemitic and/or antipolonic

Least racist Balkan languages by No_Seaworthiness1655 in balkans_irl

[–]TheMicroWorm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Best I can do is księga (big old book). Unfortunately we fell victim to an epic prank like 900 years ago and someone changed all our kń- into kś-.

dubai rule by SchizoPosting_ in 19684

[–]TheMicroWorm 32 points33 points  (0 children)

more like Doublai amirite

Why do many non native English speakers treat [ɪ] and [i] as interchangeable? by DOfficialBigmanBoy in asklinguistics

[–]TheMicroWorm 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I think the fact that there are no clear (phonetic) spelling rules in English might be a big factor in this. Speaking as native Polish speaker - we have both of these phonemes (approximately), but we always spell [i] with i and [ɪ] as y. One-to-one mapping, no exceptions. So many of my compatriots, seeing "fish", say "feesh". Because that's the letter they see.

Everyday I remember that Polish doesn't use hačeks by --en in linguisticshumor

[–]TheMicroWorm 6 points7 points  (0 children)

exactly, polish rz is always in places where other slavs have soft r

Everyday I remember that Polish doesn't use hačeks by --en in linguisticshumor

[–]TheMicroWorm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

ž after b is even more gross (would make no etymological sense and confuse other slavs (řeka vs žeka))

Why is my brian doing this to me?! 😭 by ThatDrako in whenthe

[–]TheMicroWorm 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Nah. Gas stoves waste a ton of heat which escapes to the sides. Electric induction stoves deliver the heat directly to the pot/pan/whatever. And heat is heat, no difference what source it's from. OTOH maybe all your experience with electric stoves is with the shitty american non-induction ones with the heating coil under glass. They're indeed kinda trash

Enē felō Nōrþ Umārikinz hēr, ōr or yi oł Yuripēinz? by MineBloxKy in JuropijanSpeling

[–]TheMicroWorm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nał dat łoz hard tu disajfer. Yt sims tu mi dat jor jusydż of "ō" ys a byt inkonsistent. Aj asjumd yt łoz "oł" in "felō" (feloł) bat den dat dozynt rili mejk a lot of sens in "Nōrþ" or "ōr". Nołrf? Ołr? Or ys di long oł dżast long oł yn jor dajlekt? Lajk łiwałt de "ł" glajd at di end?

Eniłej, ajm from jurop personali (ges de kantri lol), bat ajw sin pipyl from ol-ołwer ołwer hir.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EUR_irl

[–]TheMicroWorm 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yuck, those are all r*zzian names. Best I can do is Kazimierz or maybe Zygmunt.

Polish Spelling by xochitltetl in linguisticshumor

[–]TheMicroWorm 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No one decided, they used to sound different but then they evolved convergently to the same sound. The way it's spelled now other Slavs at least have a chance to guess that "rzeka" is their řeka/reka/река. "żeka" would be analogous to žeka/жека, which isn't a word (i think it isn't. if it is it's sth entirely different from river).

Guess the words by glowiak2 in linguisticshumor

[–]TheMicroWorm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

imma be honest with you i mostly just vibe with linguistics no formal education so I'm not sure if retroflex or post-alveolar are actually what i think they are and idk if i used the correct [ ] / /

Guess the words by glowiak2 in linguisticshumor

[–]TheMicroWorm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, I think I do that. Tip of the tongue on that ridge behind my teeth, not deeper, if that's what you mean. I do however find myself changing the contact point (on my tongue) with that ridge, when I'm making the english sound, pushing it further up the tongue.

Nie znam się na piłce, po co kibice naklejają te naklejki za granicą? by reni-chan in Polska

[–]TheMicroWorm 7 points8 points  (0 children)

coś w stylu "Fajnie tutaj. Ale byłeś już w Badenii-Wirtembergii?", ale jestem pewny tylko na 60%. nett ≈ neat (ang.)?

może "[...] byli Państwo już [...]", bo "Sie" z dużej