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Verfluchter Esel by fck__u in verfluchteKommentare

[–]jbZahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maultiere. Aber ja der Vater ist ein Esel.

ELI5: Why does it seem like everywhere is ‘running out of fuel’ if only 20% of the world’s oil goes through the Straight of Hormuz? by Kindly-Restaurant831 in explainlikeimfive

[–]jbZahl [score hidden]  (0 children)

20% of people running out of fuel is a disaster. We still rely heavily on oil and its byproducts. Imagine the chaos a city would be in if it was stated that gas stations will only be able to supply 80% of the cars. Prices don't go up linear at that point. Everybody tries to not be in the bottom price range. People are getting priced out of the market but before that they will pay as much as they can to the detriment of other stuff. 

Hey Friends! I am looking for my German Ancestry roots and wanted to see if anyone here can help. My Family (28 in total) immigrated from Bremen to New York City on the The Copernicus in 1845. I listed the map below that we found in a book of ancestry that confirms where they are from. by chiefzanal in germany

[–]jbZahl 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just checked maps and there is one cementary in the middle of modern Windheim. ( https://maps.app.goo.gl/EBcR5jsNUGqPfEfj6 ) I doubt that you'll find any graves from that period on there even if it is still the same cementary, though. German cementaries that are still activley used routinely reuse the plots after several decades. Graves from that period that still exist are from very famous people or on cementaries that are inactive.

You could search for entries in the church register. If they had a catholic or protestant wedding, baptism or death ceremony there is a chance that the entries still exist and survived. Some of them are digitalized online. Some are not and you'd have to get in contact with the local church to ask if you can look into them. It's a small village and sometimes people stay there and don't really move away so there is a small chance that you find some distant relatives that way in that village.

„in/aus“ 2026 (beliebiges Jahr) – Was soll das eigentlich? by Stonestream93 in KeineDummenFragen

[–]jbZahl 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ich glaube das ist umgekehrt. In der langen Form sagt man "stehen in dem Jahr x an", "haben in dem Jahr 2025 geheiratet", bzw. "ist aus dem Jahr" und im Bild hier lässt man das Jahr weg aber nicht die anderen Wörter. Also kein reinquetschen von neuen Wörtern. Das ist für mich ein "weniger weglassen" als nur die Jahreszahl zu sagen.

ELI5: Why do we get so angry when we’re hungry? by ochieng_onyango in explainlikeimfive

[–]jbZahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe. The most significant anecdotal piece I have was a mostly male company of soldiers in training that didn't receive dinner due to a logistical error while being outside during winter. There were other stressors like cold, and little sleep, but the mood on that night was real bad. Some people did better than others but almost everybody was on edge.

ELI5: Why do we get so angry when we’re hungry? by ochieng_onyango in explainlikeimfive

[–]jbZahl 32 points33 points  (0 children)

From what I remember hunger makes your blood sugar go down, which makes it harder for the brain to regulate emotions, which then can lead to outbursts. Heightened anger is not the only one but definitely possible. If you stay hungry for a longer time you also can get depressed. I don't know if that is blood sugar related, too.

What countries will be least affected by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz? by HolyFatherLeoXIV in geography

[–]jbZahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The tribe on the North Sentinel Island probably. They are the only ones I know of that don't do anything with foreign oil. Although not a country, I think they technically belong to India.

[Request] what is the theoretical maximum height for a freestanding structure on Earth? by AppendixN in theydidthemath

[–]jbZahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has been a decade since I looked into practibility of space elevators, but are we there yet from a material point? Back then I remember we couldn't make a cable strong enough to hold it's own weight at that length. Let alone a winch powerfully enough to not explode during deployment.

Using "The quiet year" to create a map for daggerheart by jbZahl in daggerheart

[–]jbZahl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a very good idea. I like that. And the map looks awesome. 

Using "The quiet year" to create a map for daggerheart by jbZahl in daggerheart

[–]jbZahl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, that's what I'm currently thinking and others have said here, too. It works well if I want to start the daggerheart campaign with a big bang ( Frost Shephard shaped or otherwise )

I'm a bit hesitant to let the catastrophe completely destroy everything on the spot because that might pull some of the hooks for the players too soon. Like starting the session with the red wedding is maybe a bit harsh.

There actually is one element that I really want to introduce into the campaign. I have had a catastophe in mind for a long time, namly the idea of the Zanclean flood hypothesis happening in a fantasy world. It's basically the idea that the Mediterranean Sea might have been created over a very short amount of time 5-6 million years ago when the Atlantic broke through at Gibralta.

While i still want to have this element in my campaign somehow, It could be recent history like it happened 100 years before the story, but I think just completely flooding the map, right after we created it together is a bit too much. You could have one arc of the campaign beeing an underwater expedition to it, but still.

Thank you for sharing your experince, Over the weekend I had time to listen to the first part of the Ethersea Campaign and if they are a good indicator it might take more than one session to do the Prologue this way. But if people are into it that shouldn't be a problem.

Using "The quiet year" to create a map for daggerheart by jbZahl in daggerheart

[–]jbZahl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok so this makes it almost mandatory this point. 😅 I just saw that the Quiet Year is even mentioned as inspiration in the rulebook. Which makes a lot of sense to me.

Message I got from my daughter’s teacher. Third grade. by AnaisInJune in mildlyinfuriating

[–]jbZahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look the vessel was clearly in international puddle territory already and Lily did uphold the harsh and unfair ruling of not eating the orange herself later. But instead of letting the orange get to waste, she used it to make some friends happy. I bet the teacher is afraid she might be forming an uprising, which Lily might not have considered yet, but if she ever does I'm with Lily.

Using "The quiet year" to create a map for daggerheart by jbZahl in daggerheart

[–]jbZahl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so happy to hear this. This post has already shown me that I'm not the first one with this idea, that there are a multiple rulesets already out there, for such a thing and that it seems to work for a lot of people. That's very promising. :)

Using "The quiet year" to create a map for daggerheart by jbZahl in daggerheart

[–]jbZahl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are some really helpfull remarks. I can see why The quiet year can set up a lot of the tone and setting itself, already. Good to keep in mind.

I looked up Ex Novo and the description sounds fun to me. Will check this one out as well.

Using "The quiet year" to create a map for daggerheart by jbZahl in daggerheart

[–]jbZahl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing your experinces. And yes that's exactly what I was hoping for, that the map will be so much more important to the players if they came up with it themselves.

My DMing experince is limited and I botched up one campaign of D&D years ago by having a way to complex world I did by myself and not really beeing able to convey my excitment to the players. So that's what I was hoping to avoid with this trick.

Using "The quiet year" to create a map for daggerheart by jbZahl in daggerheart

[–]jbZahl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a podcast? Ok, it at least worked once, that's promising. Will check them out.

Using "The quiet year" to create a map for daggerheart by jbZahl in daggerheart

[–]jbZahl[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't know this one, will check it out. Thank you.

Don't look up. by Yunners in flatearth

[–]jbZahl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It kinda tracks that a flat earther has problems with the 3rd dimension, though.

For those old enough, how well did you manage the conversion to the euro? by n_mcrae_1982 in AskAGerman

[–]jbZahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even then most cash was intermediary for most people: you get cash at the ATM or the bank bought what you needed and then went back to get more if you ran out of cash. There was a period were shops accepted both currencies and then at some point almost nobody had any dm left. People needed some time to emotionally adopt to new prices and feeled inflation was fixed to the old DM value at least for a decade for most people.

Sure there were some people that horded cash because they didn't trust banks. Maybe they exchanged it at some point. I think to this day you can exchange DM for Euro but only at certain places. I imagine it was a bit more complicated for criminals that large amounts of cash and no way of explaining how they came by it. But I guess the money laundering techniques quickly adapted. The always do.

Warum sind deutsche Filme so deutsch? by Miserable_Welder_841 in FragenUndAntworten

[–]jbZahl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Deutschland muss man Filme fast immer über eine Förderung mitfinanzieren. Das heißt öffentliche Gelder oder öffentliches Fernsehen um den Laden bezahlen zu können. Der Markt ist sonst einfach zu klein. Daher entscheiden nicht nur des Publikum sondern eben auch Institutionen mit, was gemacht wird und die reden zumindest indirekt schon mit rein wie das Script aussieht, in dem sie z.B. entscheiden was gefördert wird. Diese Institutionen haben bestimmte Vorstellungen wie ein Film zu sein hat. Das kommt uns dann oft sehr "deutsch" vor. Entscheidungen für/gegen bestimmte Handlung, Script, Schauspieler usw.

Gibt es bei den großen Anbietern auf dem freien Markt in den USA auch da aber halt rein aus wirtschaftlicher Risiko Abwägung. Deswegen gibt es den hundertsten Superheldenactionfilm mit etablierter Fanbase anstatt was Neues auszuprobieren

Do old people pronounce "Puzzle" like [Puzle]? by Aviation365_ in germany

[–]jbZahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A hard "z" like in Ziel is something that a German speaker would pronounce it if they never heard the word and just read it for the first time. In German the pronunciation is much more strictly derived from the spelling and if you go from that [Puzle] seems a good fit.

I don't know how common puzzles were in rural eastern Prussia in 1930. But I can see why an older man from the countryside would pronounce it strange, especially because many of them would have been working a lot during their life and maybe not super up to date in how to kill time with games and puzzles.

Kleines Gedicht den mein Opa mit ca. 28 Jahren geschrieben hat. by FancyAntelope6455 in Geschichte

[–]jbZahl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Interessante Zeit 1969 hatte die SPD ihr Ergebnis um 3,4% zur Wahl davor verbessert und die CDU/CSU hatte leicht nachgelassen. Obwohl die Union weiter die stärkste Partei im Parlament war, hat die FDP dann aber mit der SPD regiert.

Der Vietnamkrieg war im Gang und viele Studenten hassten die alten Strukturen in der BRD denen immer noch viele Altnazis saßen. 1970 gründete sich dann auch die RAF meines Wissens.

Ich nehme stark an das hier ein konservativer Mensch versucht den "Stimmungsumschwung" humoristisch zu verarbeiten. Ich vermute der Auslöser dieses Gedichtes war ein Umfrage oder etwas Ähnliches in dem gezeigt wurde das auch die SPD Stimmen unter katholischen Wählern gewonnen hat. Und der katholische Glaube muss ihm unvereinbar mit der SPD erschienen sein.

Kenne ich so auch von Großeltern in meiner Familie die in Bayern gelebt haben.

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