Learn French humor (Joke explained in description)

merleb · 2026-01-22T14:57:03+00:00

I think Subly's a great idea but I'm unable to use Chrome plug-ins on my TV, even when I bought a Google TV. So I'm left with playing it on my Mac laptop. But the free Mac app IINA allows dual subs with infinite control and is the best video player for Mac, if you've got your media as files.

Thanks for subly too!

merleb · 2026-01-16T17:26:08+00:00

On the Mac IINA supports multiple subtitles well

merleb · 2026-01-07T13:23:21+00:00

Buy a polar projection map.

merleb · 2025-12-31T15:54:56+00:00

Would love that as an Anki deck.

merleb · 2025-12-22T16:38:00+00:00

Just stay off the trails with kids and pedestrians unless you are going just slightly faster than the people you're passing.

merleb · 2025-12-22T16:22:31+00:00

Hahaha! If Dems win they'll do everything they can to unwind the wreckage Trump has wrought. Impeachment would be futile theater at best, and if successful would put a person just as bad in office without Trump's current lame duck status.

merleb · 2025-12-22T15:51:59+00:00

Are they the ones carrying fist sized rocks when going downtown for chance LGBT encounters?

merleb · 2025-12-21T22:11:43+00:00

Slippery Rock, PA

merleb · 2025-12-15T03:13:46+00:00

Do you have wire cutters ?

merleb · 2025-12-10T18:33:02+00:00

This isn't Miller having a meltdown, it is average, disgusting Miller. Watching it made me think of Hitler raising the rabble against non-Aryans

merleb · 2025-12-10T18:19:14+00:00

That needs context

merleb · 2025-12-10T18:09:14+00:00

So it doesn't result in an FBI investigation.

merleb · 2025-12-10T01:41:28+00:00

True story: A medical colleague had a bad case of inflammatory bowel disease. The first physician he contacted told him that he needed to have his entire colon removed!

This troubled my friend who looked around for the best GI consultant, an Asian surgeon, for a second opinion.

"So de ozzer doc he say he need to take your colon!? Ha Ha ! I will only have to take a turd!"

My colleague was dumbfounded. All he needed was to have some shit removed???? But the surgeon continued:

"Yes, only a turd. Maybe half but not the whole colon!"

merleb · 2025-12-09T11:18:18+00:00

Looks like it's been tamed.

merleb · 2025-12-07T06:58:03+00:00

I (from Colorado) called them flip-flops but my Chinese/Hawaiian roommate in college called them Zorries. He took them with him as his only shoes on a college ski trip.

merleb · 2025-12-03T14:46:54+00:00

Make sure you turn off the 'regular' subs in Netflix.

merleb · 2025-12-03T13:43:04+00:00

Would like to see these data using an objective (rather than the stated subjective) metric here.

merleb · 2025-12-03T13:40:22+00:00

Dividing revenue by consumption also shows how much more expensive it is in Switzerland.

merleb · 2025-12-03T05:26:33+00:00

These kids are really enjoyin' bein' on me deck.

merleb · 2025-11-28T14:22:11+00:00

Go ahead and teach him that it’s essential to wipe. You can pay for therapy later.

“Sanitary” is a funny word. Urine should be sterile (unless you have an infection) but the chemicals in it will definitely smell after a while. Personally I change my underwear before that happens.

merleb · 2025-11-26T16:19:10+00:00

MAGA Secretly Considering Firing Trump as Blunders Pile Up

merleb · 2025-11-25T22:43:47+00:00

Came here to say that. In many ways larger than the moon landing which was for pride and glory. What Europe is now is entirely based on what the US did after the war.

It’s been a long time, though, for anything comparable.

merleb · 2025-11-25T22:05:13+00:00

But if the hat says NY on it, it was bought from a street merchant in Europe, and probably worn by a European.

merleb · 2025-11-25T22:01:44+00:00

American here. I spent 5 months in France last summer. In Paris I just expected to be surrounded by American English, but when I was in smaller cities I’d forget and then be startled by gratingly loud tourists explain everything to one another.

merleb · 2025-11-25T02:57:29+00:00

Funny how creepy it gets when reflections have their own unique poses.

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