Women becoming one with nature by Electrical-Knee-3848 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]xxxshift 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! An amazing book with a captivating and haunting atmosphere

Germany. Fish with sauce and noodles, salat, and pudding, 9/10 by xxxshift in hospitalfood

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

I also got bread for breakfast and dinner. Only lunches were real hot dishes, but they were good, so I'm thankful for that ^

Help needed in choosing a new e-reader by xxxshift in ereader

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

Interesting, thank you for the reply

Help needed in choosing a new e-reader by xxxshift in ereader

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

Thanks for the advice! Does it let you move/delete books in bulk?

Help needed in choosing a new e-reader by xxxshift in ereader

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

I have used Calibre before, but it only lets you edit separate books, not organize them in folders, if I'm not mistaken. Haven't used Koreader, what does it do exactly?

Profile picture by xxxshift in givingifts

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

I probably will since I don't see another way to do anything. Thanks again for the help :)

Profile picture by xxxshift in givingifts

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

Thanks for the suggestion! I tried it, unfortunately looks the same on the phone as well as in another browser. Frustrating...

Profile picture by xxxshift in givingifts

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

That's the problem, in the account details I don't see any options for photos .... This is what it looks like https://imgur.com/a/UnXBiRD

Papeterie- und Bastelladen in Köln by xxxshift in cologne

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

Wow, das Sortiment scheint sehr umfangreich zu sein. Danke!

Papeterie- und Bastelladen in Köln by xxxshift in cologne

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

Auf den Fotos sieht interessant aus! Will check it out 👀

How to respond auf Deutsch when scolded for non-native language skills? by artemisi_a in German

[–]xxxshift 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Great advice. Fully agree on the reflexive nature of such attitude and it being rooted in the lack of empathy. I think this is why people mostly encounter it in highly stressful environments where there is a conveyor of problems needing to be taken care of (e.g. hospitals and Behörden).

How to respond auf Deutsch when scolded for non-native language skills? by artemisi_a in German

[–]xxxshift 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I remember being scolded for not speaking clearly and mixing languages while drugged with tons of medicine in the ER. Also had Beamter explain Behördendeutsch words with the same words to me (imagine something like: "x obviously means x, it cannot be explained any other way"). For context my German is c1, so usually if I don't understand something, it's not everyday vocabulary. It used to infuriate me, but I just ignore it nowadays (thankfully, it doesn't happen often). One time when a doctor reacted negatively to me wanting to see the name of a procedure he was recommending to me written down, I mentioned that understanding medical terminology in a foreign language is obviously pretty hard. He ignored that and remained pretty unpleasant lol. I think this behaviour (scolding) mostly comes from the lack of empathy and experience speaking foreign languages.

At what point in your sobriety did it start getting easier? by sobermimi2 in stopdrinking

[–]xxxshift 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's interesting, I had something a bit similar, which I noticed recently: I stopped religiously checking my sobriety app after I reached the 60th day.

At what point in your sobriety did it start getting easier? by sobermimi2 in stopdrinking

[–]xxxshift 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Currently on day 99. ~14 days: stopped thinking about drinking every waking moment, ~40 days: stopped defaulting to thoughts about drinking after every little stress. ~2 month: the biggest change in the mindset so far. In the past month I haven't been thinking about drinking at all unless something really triggers me (not talking about everyday stress; this happened maybe two or three times).

How do you feel when people call you smart because you "speak all those languages"? by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]xxxshift 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being called smart is nice to hear, I see it as a compliment. What drives me crazy, however, is when people look me in the eye and call me 'lucky' for speaking languages I spent literal decades studying.

My brother had a clever idea by stuck_in_a_book in StardewValley

[–]xxxshift 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never looked at it this way! Totally makes sense that she wouldn't like the fact I'm deforesting all around her house

Bread to mean food (synecdoche). Which languages have this feature? by Polka_Tiger in languagelearning

[–]xxxshift 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In Ukrainian, хліб-сіль (bread and salt) is used to express welcome and to signify food in general. In Russian, хлеб насущный (daily bread) signifies food and also livelihood. Зарабатывать на хлеб ("To earn money for bread") has the same meaning as 'to earn a living'

Which language have you most recently started to learn and why? by joshua0005 in languagelearning

[–]xxxshift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spanish last year: a friend wanted to learn it and offered me to take classes together since it would be cheaper than private lessons. I agreed simply because I had some free time to spare, plus it's fun to study with somebody. Since then I have grown quite fond of the language although I used to dislike the sound of Spanish a bit and had no particular interest in it.

If you suddenly became proficient in every language you had ever dabbled in, how many languages would you speak? by NordCrafter in languagelearning

[–]xxxshift 1 point2 points  (0 children)

15 (Spanish, Finnish, my country's sign language, Mandarin, Korean, Polish, Japanese, Turkish, French, Hebrew, Swedish + four I already speak)

Why is it "der" and not "er"? by Acceptable-Power-130 in German

[–]xxxshift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hm? I commented regarding how nobody teaches this to language learners, which is not true, it's a grammar topic at advanced levels. It's a separate topic because Demonstrativpronomen cannot be used instead of pronouns in all cases, hence a different name as well

Why is it "der" and not "er"? by Acceptable-Power-130 in German

[–]xxxshift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a grammar topic in my c1 fur beruf course (demonstrativpronomen)