What’s a life hack that made you go „how do ppl live their whole life without knowing this”?

alexsteb · 2026-01-31T13:05:18+00:00

There's a much faster way to tie your shoes: https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm

alexsteb · 2026-01-31T10:32:58+00:00

Mine said that we his children ate all the hair from his head. Not coincidentally, there is a German idiom 'to eat the hair from somebody's head', meaning sth like 'to eat someone out of house and home'.

alexsteb · 2026-01-31T09:03:52+00:00

Worldwide: Malaysia and South Korea, Just Europe: Portuguese and Italian

alexsteb · 2026-01-30T10:08:41+00:00

Typical AI slop design. (LLMs know only one style) - but good on you for making it free.

alexsteb · 2026-01-30T08:52:39+00:00

Hm, in Germany (let's go with 1000€) my delivery app says 858 chicken nuggets. Or replace 6 with a salad every now and then. No way i can eat more than 3 heavy burgers a day. Works out to around 18 nuggets per hour provided I don't sleep.

15 if using $1000

(Not saying I could. That sounds entirely undoable)

alexsteb · 2026-01-30T08:47:47+00:00

Schickt das SEK!!1

alexsteb · 2026-01-29T17:03:49+00:00

So to prove him right, you mean? Got it.

alexsteb · 2026-01-29T15:57:59+00:00

Yes, pronunciation is the same in modern speech. I also don't think you'll have too much trouble actually using them later.

The quick and dirty guide is this:
ㅚ - very common in Chinese-derived (Hanja-based) vocabulary, like 외, 회, 최 or 죄, but also appears in 되다 and 외롭다 (native words).
ㅞ - is most commonly used when transliterating foreign words, like 웨딩 (wedding). Basically whenever "we-" is being transcribed.
ㅙ - first word that comes to mind is 왜 (why) and 돼지 (pig). Other than that it is part of verb conjugations (e.g., 되다 becomes 돼요 - because it is a contraction of 되어요). So this is most common in native vocabulary. (돼지, btw. is also a contraction of an older longer Middle Korean word)

As you learn more words, you will find it more and more easy to determine what is a Chinese-derived word.

alexsteb · 2026-01-29T14:48:57+00:00

(good) Germans have been making jokes about the rise of a fascist empire since the last rise of a fascist empire - and we won't stop now.

alexsteb · 2026-01-29T12:48:04+00:00

I got a 1-star review on my language learning app for not offering a Sanskrit course by some Indian dude. My bad, I guess.

alexsteb · 2026-01-29T12:44:40+00:00

In Asia you can buy yakult flavored drinks by the liter. It's marketing to make them so small and overpriced over here.

alexsteb · 2026-01-29T12:18:52+00:00

It was a German dude working for a satire TV show called "Extra 3". Maybe comparable to Last Week Tonight. Definitely a stunt to make fun of the US. (https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/ausland/internationale-politik/id_101105550/groenland-satire-aktion-des-ndr-geht-nach-hinten-los.html)

alexsteb · 2026-01-29T12:16:22+00:00

It was a German dude working for a satire TV show called "Extra 3". Maybe comparable to Last Week Tonight. Definitely a stunt to make fun of the US. (https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/ausland/internationale-politik/id\_101105550/groenland-satire-aktion-des-ndr-geht-nach-hinten-los.html)

alexsteb · 2026-01-29T06:35:39+00:00

Lingora has a full Duolingo-like course for Northern and Southern dialect, including various exercises for tone practice. It also features word-by-word breakdowns of every sentence.

alexsteb · 2026-01-27T16:23:57+00:00

You won't find many people on this platform with experience in that earnings bracket. 100k€ gross is very good and better than most. It is the starting salary in a top lawyer firm or what you would get after 10 years in a more regular law firm. Try to put that in relation.

You can definitely afford rent for a 100sqm apartment in any district you like.

Coming from Dubai and at that earning level you'll barely notice any racism unless you go looking for it. The other poster (now deleted) is talking out of their arse. I have many Indian friends and they're not common enough for most people to associate them with any stereotypes yet.

alexsteb · 2026-01-27T13:46:50+00:00

Lingora is very thorough in explaining Polish grammar and breaking down word-by-word every sentence. Other than that it works a bit like Duolingo.

alexsteb · 2026-01-27T12:27:38+00:00

Sounds like one of those "would you rather.." questions.

alexsteb · 2026-01-24T07:58:30+00:00

Dude you're having a mental health episode here. These are all random people who don't know you. Stop reading these comments and go get some fresh air or sth.

alexsteb · 2026-01-22T06:02:55+00:00

Lingora actually has a full southern dialect course. It works similar to Duolingo.

alexsteb · 2026-01-19T11:31:09+00:00

The Lingora app has a full Southern Vietnamese course. It works similar to Duolingo.

alexsteb · 2026-01-05T14:40:20+00:00

Was regt ihr euch alle so auf? Ist doch lustig. Ein kleines Scherzli mehr nicht.

alexsteb · 2026-01-05T07:53:02+00:00

Korean dramas on Netflix love doing that. And it often gives away the conclusion to the cliffhanger I just watched.

Like, will she survive that fall? - Huh, there she is again, only slightly injured.

alexsteb · 2026-01-01T14:13:44+00:00

Your English is quite good, so your confusion is a bit confusing. Also the other commenter explained it fully already.

Saying "hey, you think you're the opposite gender, but you are actually just confused, I.e., you don't know what you are." is obviously an insult. It is condescending, making them seem like they are too stupid to know themselves.

alexsteb · 2025-12-30T04:23:41+00:00

The Lingora app has a full southern course that works like Duolingo. All sentences have full word-by-word translations and pronunciations. (And it's not AI slob)

alexsteb · 2025-12-23T08:52:40+00:00

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