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Zibow Retailleau wrote: Gerard Barry wrote: Here's a common-sense tip on how to reduce "the numbers": unless you feel sick, don't get a corona test! If you must get a test, don't report a positive result to the authorities. At the very beginning of the pandemic, a country did do that. The numbers were neglectable until the situation soon got out of hand that they decided, overnight and without warning, to put a city of more than 11 million population on lockdown. Yes, we all know this 'tip' worked like a charm. [Edited at 2021-04-29 14:36 GMT] Is this Wuhan you're talking about? It's interesting/disturbing how you and most other people seem to accept the inevitability of these "lockdowns". Since when is a lockdown an appropriate response to a viral disease? What next? Lockdowns for the flu every winter, lockdowns in countries with high HIV rates, etc? | | |
expressisverbis Portugal Local time: 05:51 Member (2015) English to Portuguese + ... A few words... | Apr 29, 2021 |
Gerard Barry wrote: So you're another authoritarian who doesn't believe in the right to protest and believes everyone should be locked up in their homes and the economy destroyed because of a virus? And who's complaining that the "numbers are high"? Not the Querdenker, because we put "the numbers" in context and resent the governments of this world using "the numbers" as excuse for restricting our civil liberties and destroying the economy. Here's a common-sense tip on how to reduce "the numbers": unless you feel sick, don't get a corona test! If you must get a test, don't report a positive result to the authorities. The false positives and the asymptomatic infections will keep "the numbers" high forever, giving the government a reason/excuse to extend the lockdown indefinitely. Wake up, everyone! As far as I am concerned, my comment was directed to Matthias, not to you, and I am not going to waste my precious time with you. Also, in your place I would be careful. Show some respect for people here, and if you want to discuss your "rubbish" do it with someone else and somewhere else. This is not the right place for that. Have a good day! | | |
@GB: Ridiculous ... | Apr 29, 2021 |
...to march with people, who call themselves "Querdenker", but who are highly infiltrated and controlled by near-fascistic and open fascistic movements and people as the AfD, Höcke, Reichsbürger, PEGIDA etc. who take every ill-minded opportunity to misuse normally depoliticized people for their plans to turn back the clocks again in Germany and Europe into true authoritarian structures as we have in Russia, China, Turkey, Hungary, and other countries today already. Attacking journalists and si... See more ...to march with people, who call themselves "Querdenker", but who are highly infiltrated and controlled by near-fascistic and open fascistic movements and people as the AfD, Höcke, Reichsbürger, PEGIDA etc. who take every ill-minded opportunity to misuse normally depoliticized people for their plans to turn back the clocks again in Germany and Europe into true authoritarian structures as we have in Russia, China, Turkey, Hungary, and other countries today already. Attacking journalists and simultaneously claiming that all press, tv and broadcast media in Germany are remotely controlled by an authoritarian minded government shows, how far your loss of reality already is (if you ever had a sense of reality). I hope that you at least feel a bit important now and close to the Zeitgeist. As a true democrat, will you again report my posts to the teacher, to have deleted them? That would be great proof of your Gesinnung. Thanks. I forgot: Still no "agrees" beneath your posts. Perhaps you should add to your profile that you are an outsourcer, too?
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P.L.F. Persio Netherlands Local time: 06:51 Member (2010) English to Italian + ... Food for thought | Apr 29, 2021 |
There's little love lost between my fellow countrymen/women and me, but Umberto Eco makes me proud of being Italian. Here's a brilliant analysis from his 1995 essay, of an evil rearing its ugly head again: https://www.openculture.com/2016/11/umberto-eco-makes-a-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html ... See more There's little love lost between my fellow countrymen/women and me, but Umberto Eco makes me proud of being Italian. Here's a brilliant analysis from his 1995 essay, of an evil rearing its ugly head again: https://www.openculture.com/2016/11/umberto-eco-makes-a-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html The obsession with a plot. “Thus at the root of the Ur-Fascist psychology there is the obsession with a plot, possibly an international one. The followers must feel besieged.” The enemy is both strong and weak. “By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.” Selective populism. “There is in our future a TV or Internet populism, in which the emotional response of a selected group of citizens can be presented and accepted as the Voice of the People.” Uncanny, isn't it? ▲ Collapse | |
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Mervyn Henderson (X) Spain Local time: 06:51 Spanish to English + ...
Uncanny it is. The enemy is both strong and weak. I like that one the best - easy to use in propaganda, too. It's strong because it tramples over people, and weak, well, because we're stronger and taller and fitter and sexier and better in bed and so on. What's also uncanny, Portia (and rather creeeeeeeeeeepy ...) is the same person hanging around the same ProZ profile (and maybe others) for no apparent reason. | | |
P.L.F. Persio Netherlands Local time: 06:51 Member (2010) English to Italian + ...
Another brilliant, brilliant writer, and a great read: Night Watch by Terry Pratchett: People on the side of The People always ended up disappointed, in any case. They found that The People tended not to be grateful or appreciative or forward-thinking or obedient. The People tended to be small-minded and conservative and not very clever and were even distrustful of cleverness. And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn't that you had th... See more Another brilliant, brilliant writer, and a great read: Night Watch by Terry Pratchett: People on the side of The People always ended up disappointed, in any case. They found that The People tended not to be grateful or appreciative or forward-thinking or obedient. The People tended to be small-minded and conservative and not very clever and were even distrustful of cleverness. And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn't that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people. As soon as you saw people as things to be measured, they didn't measure up. What would run through the streets soon enough wouldn't be a revolution or a riot. It'd be people who were frightened and panicking. It was what happened when the machinery of city life faltered, the wheels stopped turning and all the little rules broke down. And when that happened, humans were worse than sheep. Sheep just ran; they didn't try to bite the sheep next to them. ▲ Collapse | | |
P.L.F. Persio Netherlands Local time: 06:51 Member (2010) English to Italian + ... Big Bruder 2 | Apr 29, 2021 |
Mervyn Henderson wrote: Uncanny it is. The enemy is both strong and weak. I like that one the best - easy to use in propaganda, too. It's strong because it tramples over people, and weak, well, because we're stronger and taller and fitter and sexier and better in bed and so on. What's also uncanny, Portia (and rather creeeeeeeeeeepy ...) is the same person hanging around the same ProZ profile (and maybe others) for no apparent reason. I love the Big Bruder title, nice one, Mervyn! I was thinking to take a couple of selfies of me sporting sexy lingerie, and post them on my profile, let's see how they like them. In the immortal words of Beyoncé: I don't think you're ready for this jelly and If you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it! | | |
Gerard Barry wrote: Here's a common-sense tip on how to reduce "the numbers": unless you feel sick, don't get a corona test! If you must get a test, don't report a positive result to the authorities. The false positives and the asymptomatic infections will keep "the numbers" high forever, giving the government a reason/excuse to extend the lockdown indefinitely. Wake up, everyone! ... this is the "completely frivolous thread"! Please go on, "Gerard" ... | |
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The coronavirus thread is now much frivolouser than this one, and this is the one full of virus stuff. Que? On a frivolous virus note, I have just returned from the least virusy district in England to the least virusy district in Wales, seemingly without contracting the coronavirus, or any other virus I would hope, yet within two hours I managed to break some ribs. Which goes to show that you can never be too careful, Gerard. Flowers and grapes may be sent c/o ProZ. And... See more The coronavirus thread is now much frivolouser than this one, and this is the one full of virus stuff. Que? On a frivolous virus note, I have just returned from the least virusy district in England to the least virusy district in Wales, seemingly without contracting the coronavirus, or any other virus I would hope, yet within two hours I managed to break some ribs. Which goes to show that you can never be too careful, Gerard. Flowers and grapes may be sent c/o ProZ. And don’t make me laugh. ▲ Collapse | | |
Mervyn Henderson (X) Spain Local time: 06:51 Spanish to English + ...
Sorry to hear that, Chris, but in that case you might think twice afore ye read this. I've broken a few ribs myself, and I know that the most painful thing is laughing with broken ribs. Or sneezing. Or breathing, even. You have been warned ... if you like, don't read any further, and save it for when they've healed. I think this is still a quasi-private joke, due to a self-deletion of mine some time ago, but I was wondering whether you broke your ribs on the ironing board ...? ... See more Sorry to hear that, Chris, but in that case you might think twice afore ye read this. I've broken a few ribs myself, and I know that the most painful thing is laughing with broken ribs. Or sneezing. Or breathing, even. You have been warned ... if you like, don't read any further, and save it for when they've healed. I think this is still a quasi-private joke, due to a self-deletion of mine some time ago, but I was wondering whether you broke your ribs on the ironing board ...? And I did indeed send you some Trump Towers and Barbary Apes (sorry, force of 'abit ...) c/o ProZ, so they should be arriving any time now. ▲ Collapse | | |
I've just sent ... | Apr 29, 2021 |
Chris S wrote: Flowers and grapes may be sent c/o ProZ. And don’t make me laugh. ... some spare ribs as a condolence gift to that address. Get well soon! | | |
Monkey Wrench | Apr 29, 2021 |
What is a name in the Welsh language a tool, which is called in English "Monkey Wrench" and what is the translation of the Welsh word(s) to English? I once read an article in which it was written that from the mines in Wales was wrench entered to England, where was named "Monkey Wrench" and then was named by the country from which it gradually got to the Czechia (Bohemia). The Germany was skipped. Welsh: ?? Google Ttanslate: Wench Monkey EN: Monkey wrench ... See more What is a name in the Welsh language a tool, which is called in English "Monkey Wrench" and what is the translation of the Welsh word(s) to English? I once read an article in which it was written that from the mines in Wales was wrench entered to England, where was named "Monkey Wrench" and then was named by the country from which it gradually got to the Czechia (Bohemia). The Germany was skipped. Welsh: ?? Google Ttanslate: Wench Monkey EN: Monkey wrench FR: clef anglaise DE: Französischer Schlüssel CS: francouzský klíč Compare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_wrench Milan ▲ Collapse | |
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Morwyn mynach | Apr 29, 2021 |
Milan Condak wrote: Welsh: Morwyn mynach Google Ttanslate: Wench Monkey Indeed, there was a fashion back in the 17th century for Welsh maids who were handy at fixing motorcars to be tonsured. Sadly the tradition has not endured. | | |
Deutschland, erwache! | Apr 29, 2021 |
Gerard Barry wrote: Wake up, everyone! ... and whoever haven't we seen come and go here in this wunderbarem thread, Mervyn. I just sit here relaxed with a glass of Rioja, some spare ribs, having one of my last "Schneehasen" cigars I still have left from Opa in that Frisian kitchen, together with some books burning in my chimney (as a precautional measure), and I try to recall all the characters passed by, either sun glassed or sitting on the back-seat of a car (I miss him, did he made it, with his first 500.000 BRL annual revenue?) And the founder of this thread, who hasn't reached out to us for a long time now, not to forget the time machine from Honk Kong, then Kalle, his chicks, the cheques, or my ex neighbours. And now him. Isn't life amazing and funny at all?
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Sadek_A Local time: 08:51 English to Arabic + ... That's bad, Chris! | Apr 29, 2021 |
But, look on the bright side, the Screamer Dual Hook must be proving to having been quite the smart investment now, isn't it? Get better soon and try to stay off stiff surfaces. | | |
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