Happy April Fools Day! 
My daughter was born this day a few years back. No foolinâ. 
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The Man Who Set A Volcano On Fire, orâŚ
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Mastodon net discovery
In German, you may hear about strange animals - well, theyâre not animals:
- Draht_esel (wire donkey) = bicycle
- Wasser_hahn (water rooster) = water tap
- SpaĂ_vogel (fun bird) = joker
- Land_ratte (Land rat) = landlubber
- Tisch_bock (table goat) = trestle
- Pleite_geier (bankrupt vulture) = symbol for bankruptcy
- Fleisch_wolf (meat wolf) = mincer
- Lese_ratte (reading rat) = book lover
- Schweine_hund (pig dog) = the inner force that keeps you from doing sports
I add the _
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a few more:
BĂźcher_Wurm (book worm) = Leseratte
UnglĂźcks_rabe (bad luck crow) = unlucky fellow
Pech_vogel ( Pitch (resin) bird) = UnglĂźcks_rabe
Mäuse_speck (mice bacon) = Marshmallow
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In my case I have a very strong pig-dog. 
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I am actually copy pasting these in google translate just to hear the pronunciation! 
P.S. I took German classes a few years back as a vacation activity and after absolutely no revision, I still can pronounce some words/letters well (thanks to my teacher, he taught us Sanskrit) 
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The only German I know I learned during the construction of a manufacturing plant, from the German Project Engineer. He said:
âMein Gott! Mein Gott! Es ist eine Katastrophe!â
It needed no translation.
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Well thatâs not a very recent translation. I do believe we used to use it like that, but in modern day Germany I have met not a single person using âSchweinehundâ in that sense.
I actually suggested to change that translation to âOneâs weaker selfâ, which is much more fitting.
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A very sophisticated man.
A less sophisticated man like me would have just said âSo eine ScheiĂe!â. Which google translated to âWhat a crap!â, which isnât quite right eitherâŚ
(Although I must admit that due to my constant exposure to the English language at my last bike-crash I just shouted the F-word)
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He had a degree in engineering, so perhaps. I was in his office, having just been hired as the Plant Maintenance Director. A brand new plant, in 1981. This was in Lamar, Colorado @ Neoplan USA, a German-owned bus manufacturing company. He was on the phone speaking to a member of the Auwarter family back in Germany.
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another good example of German âpatienceâ
Kranplätze mßssen verdichtet sein
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Does it also come in a Hyprcursor variety where the package just contains one big cursor-shaped gummy? 
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Yepp!!! :'D
you can even have your own self customized cursor 
Just you need to have enough power in your PC to handle it 
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Found this in Hyprland Discord
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Warning: not safe for
workproductivity!
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