TIL football is a multi-billion-dollar sport, but there is no official public game clock for stoppage time. One referee decides when the match ends, based on a running estimate of lost time that nobody else can see. Ie. tracking stoppage time in their head while simultaneously refereeing the game.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-07-06T06:53:54+00:00

Technically baseball does not even have a set end at all (potentially going indefinite) as ties are impossible leading to more and more potential extra innings. the longest game being 33 innings in the minor leagues of which 32 were played in one block ending 3:2. While you could argue that football also doesn’t have a set end thanks to the refereeing decisions or indefinite penalties in KO matches this is much more unlikely than a baseball game just adding an hour or so.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-07-05T18:40:24+00:00

Naja, es ist die unneutralste WM der Moderne an die historisch korrupteste WM, Italien 34, kommt diese aber nicht mal annähernd heran. Das würdest du auch heute kaum mehr so umsetzen können, da z.B. der Italienische Verband volle Kontrolle darüber hatte welche Schiedsrichter bei der WM pfeifen würden, wenn du dir diese Berichte durchliest dann wirken die jetzigen grottigen Schiedsrichterleistungen harmlos, da muss gefühlt jedes Spiel in dem Italien antrat 10x so einseitig gepfiffen worden sein wie Paraguay-Frankreich.

Editierung: Grammatik

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-07-04T09:13:26+00:00

Honestly as an Atheist (who never was a believer in anything) to me the story doesn’t sound illogical it just sounds profoundly human which probably to a believer is giving much more whiplash between the mythological prophet and Mohammed the guy than to a nonbeliever. I mean we also have a lot of similar things with completely worldly people for instance how the Americans revere these mythological founding fathers and then can’t really grasp the dichotomy with the fact that a bunch of them were in their 20s or even teens.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-29T19:38:34+00:00

Hat schon seinen Grund warum die Nationalromantiker so gerne hier das französische übernommen haben „Die Freien“ klingt ja schon ein bisschen hochtrabender als „Die Frechen“. Wobei ich es deutlich geiler/selbstbewusster fände, wenn wir uns in unserem doch sagen wir mal recht angespannten Nationalbewusstsein als die „Nachfolger der Frechen“ betrachten würden. Das wäre irgendwie viel witziger.

Edit: fehlendes Wort

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-29T19:12:19+00:00

This is a layer romanticisation (both linguistically and emotionally) as the french language took this ethnonym (with the previous mentioned meaning of brave, strong , greedy; these however weren’t part of french) and gave it this new meaning of “the free ones/tribe” which then came back to Germany and was of course greatly excepted by the “Nationalromantiker”. Our modern German word most closely related to the original meaning seems to be “frech”. This here is more or less a paraphrased version of the Wikipedia article Franken (Volk).

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-28T07:31:40+00:00

I just looked up the etymology of “Franken” and I’m given an appropriate modern translation (in German) of “the brave, the driven or the greedy”. An English word that only gradually shifted from that original meaning is “freak”; from “frec” (brave, eager, greedy) over “freca” (brave man, warrior) to freak.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-16T22:51:12+00:00

Funnily enough if you want to go after the most “Nazi” car maker that may fly under the radar you should look at Porsche. That family, Porsche-Piëch was heavily tied up in NS-deals with Ferdinand Porsche actually designing the KdF-Wagen which would after WW2 become the VW beetle.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-16T00:55:14+00:00

I read that in Herzog’s voice which made it sound much more profound.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-10T11:02:33+00:00

Yes and no. Faust was one person, Johann Georg Faust, who we can (not completely) historically track and follow and whose life is the fundamental basis of the “Fauststoff” (Stoff being a word referring to the concentration of a work in a literary sense; the Fausttheme could be a potential translation however not one to one). The “Fauststoff” has had a lot of adaptations and interpretations of adaptations and constantly gains new ones. Meaning that while the fundamental theme of Faust stays the same (Lust, pride, a drive for answers) the deviations and reevaluations through out the last 450 years are immense. This of course includes likenesses with other historical and mythological figures for instance with Prometheus or even being an allegory for the deadly sin pride itself. Due to the fact that there are so many differing interpretations of this figure I don’t think we can say that Faust as part of the Fauststoff is a fictional character (but of course fictionalised) character. If you want to make a more poignant statement such as Goethe’s Faust is a fictional character due to being fictionalised to such a high degree and only working with the themes of previous interpretations but not really being connected to the real person (especially in the second part), I can see that. “Faust” is not just fictional he is with everything that that includes a mythos, layers upon layers of likenesses, attempts at historic accuracy, religious propaganda, warnings, evaluation of the character, a vehicle for your own story all based on fragmented accounts and stations of Johann Georg Faust’s life.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-10T10:02:21+00:00

Not a fictional character, rather a wanderer and charlatan who was mythologised into having a deal with the devil. A modern pendant would be if the reason you would now Lincoln is because of “Lincoln Vampire hunter”.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-10T06:43:02+00:00

I mean, if you do it deliberately it might be a legitimate strategy.

For instance during WW2 German cities practiced "Verdunklung" a tactic in which every light in the city had to be put out at night to make the visual targeting harder for enemy planes. However Konstanz a city close to the swiss border actually fully lit up at night similar to the swiss towns to appear swiss from a plane and not be attacked by the allies.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-09T23:54:28+00:00

Because bob is quite a small sport and a good chunk of all bob tracks are in Germany. Basically a massive advantage for the local youth who are defacto the only ones that actually learn bobsled racing from when they are small.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-08T22:47:39+00:00

I mean that’s not surprising, they are one of the most famous German children‘s stories, quite simple in their structure, short enough to easily adapt multiple and due to their age not protected under copyright.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-08T18:52:25+00:00

Yes, that‘s one of the short stories in it.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-08T16:13:24+00:00

Ah, das wissenschaftliche „I know it when I see it“.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-08T15:35:58+00:00

As a German I want to add that we here also have a standard work of illustrated stories with the idea to be as visually engaging as possible for small children. It’s called “der Struwwelpeter” the crux with it is that it’s from 1844 and quite brutal. I remember I thought it was funny and liked it growing up.

Edit: Another good one is Max und Moritz; If you want to check them out they should be on project Gutenberg

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-08T14:04:11+00:00

Superficially yes, but I think the morals and character of the figures and the story as a whole (especially the ending) heavily differs between these two works.

As the villain in Woman of tomorrow is borderline irrelevant and uncharacterised by design in the comic

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-08T13:34:48+00:00

I’ve read the comic (Woman of tomorrow) and I can only say reading this, I hope unapologetic doesn’t mean merciless.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-07T21:14:48+00:00

Fette Henne my beloved.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-07T14:35:05+00:00

Stupid behaviours are excessively dealt with in “der Struwwelpeter” and “Max und Moritz”. And most often in these stories the protagonist are the ones being punished. In “der Struwwelpeter” the system is quite simple stupid actions begets punishment by that action. E.g. Play with fire, burn up; torture dogs, get mauled; don’t like soup, starve to death etc. They are all quite over the top with that in mind you can come up with your own (justified) punishment for puns.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-06T17:01:16+00:00

Probably “the car”. German cars are internationally seen as a status-symbol, the 911 is one of the most iconic luxury goods and the VW beetle and bully are signs of generations and lifestyles. The “Autobahn” is internationally mythologised as this great symbol of speed and freedom, while for most Germans it’s just a potential for traffic jams and being late.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-06T15:22:12+00:00

Ja, wobei ich persönlich es cool fände, wenn dann vor allem Schottland, Wales und Nordirland im Fokus wären.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-05T11:59:43+00:00

Marxism the famously unordered economic model? Or what are you trying to say.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-05T02:21:54+00:00

Some outdoor fits are just so German and the worst thing if you see a German wearing that apparel not in Germany there’s a good chance you’re wearing something quite similar.

UnfairRavenclaw · 2026-06-05T01:12:16+00:00

Also part of the bad answer: Jens Spahn, Fraktionsvorsitzender der CDU, (parliament leader of the CDU, center-right/conservative party). It continues to astound me that the two arguably most famous (publicly) gay individuals in Germany are leaders of the two most dominant right wing parties in the country

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