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United StatesBernd2023-01-23 03:37:25 · 3yNo. 250414reply
How the hell are bananas so cheap ay my local grocery store despite being grown thousands of miles away? They are cheaper by weight than apples or even potatoes which were grown just a few hours drive away
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NetherlandsBernd2023-01-23 18:04:53 · 3yNo. 250473reply
I remember reading about this monkeys bananas relationship in some 19th century fiction, I don't think they were cheap back then so it's probably genuine
SloveniaBernd2023-01-23 19:00:14 · 3yNo. 250487reply
potato farmers are paid fairly
banana farmers aren't
capitalism wins against
PeruBernd2023-01-23 19:25:40 · 3yNo. 250499reply
Based and enlightening
United StatesBernd2023-01-23 20:22:07 · 3yNo. 250509reply
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-most-interesting-fruit-in-the-world-ep-375/

GermanyBernd2023-01-17 18:38:20 · 3yNo. 249579reply
My mother’s racism is so fucking tiring. Foreigners are the only thing on her mind apparently.
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SwedenBernd2023-01-22 23:30:41 · 3yNo. 250399reply
SpainBernd2023-01-23 03:41:47 · 3yNo. 250415reply
"Let him cook"
HungaryBernd2023-01-23 13:54:24 · 3yNo. 250444reply
Bernd is contrarian. He would bitch about his mum not being racist too.
GermanyBernd2023-01-23 15:54:11 · 3yNo. 250458reply

GermanyBernd2023-01-20 11:44:21 · 3yNo. 250109reply
A few months ago when hispa refugees flooded KC, there was even a Bolivian (apparently they are very rare on IBs) and he was quite nice. I enjoyed talking to him. I wonder where he went...
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GermanyBernd2023-01-20 18:20:14 · 3yNo. 250147reply
nothing is broken exept my english.
ChileBernd2023-01-20 22:26:53 · 3yNo. 250218reply
I saw that Bolivian making an appearance again, but it didn't last long, I imagine he got bored.
Curiously a few days ago I saw a Paraguayan active in the threads and they are also rare users in the channels.
GermanyBernd2023-01-22 16:13:23 · 3yNo. 250362reply
I wonder how it must feel to be posting from a rare country that pretty much nobody else posts from. Like, Kuwait, Iceland, or some Asian countries like Korea.
GermanyBernd2023-01-22 17:30:04 · 3yNo. 250373reply

GermanyBernd2023-01-14 17:01:37 · 3yNo. 249048reply
I can't wait to move out in a year and leave the sonbasket behind me. I'm so excited to finally take my life into my own hands. I'm already imagining all the things I could do. The biggest thing for me is leaving Germany, I'm unsure, whether it's a good plan. It shoul be well prepared as it would be a life-changing step. Maybe I will even find a girl in the future, who knows? Probably not, who am I kidding. ;_; It's good to have a future and plans, Bernd. That shit keeps you alive.
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GermanyBernd2023-01-16 20:18:16 · 3yNo. 249372reply
Something wrong with an adventure and exploring the world?
KansasBernd2023-01-16 23:30:57 · 3yNo. 249404reply
No those are important. I think the concept of just moving to someplace and expecting a change of scenery to magically fix problems is a common and misplaced notion.
AustraliaBernd2023-01-17 09:52:54 · 3yNo. 249455reply
Can you add pls? srsly
Haldorss#8313
United StatesBernd2023-01-22 01:59:09 · 3yNo. 250319reply
moving out will be a huge adventure
try to save other huge adventures for later

United StatesBernd2023-01-19 23:22:50 · 3yNo. 250033reply
You might not like it, but this is what peak culinary innovation looks like
GermanyBernd2023-01-20 02:04:42 · 3yNo. 250049reply
>real cheese
There probably is some American law that says anything that contains at least 10% actual cheese can be labeled as "real cheese"
SwitzerlandBernd2023-01-21 21:11:55 · 3yNo. 250304reply

United StatesBernd2023-01-21 09:05:52 · 3yNo. 250252reply
It is almost 50% cheaper to buy a new hair clipper on amazon that was manfactured in Indonesia ($11) than it is to just replace my lost charging cable on my US manufactured
clippers ($20)
 
Then of course as I am browsing i see some overpriced german made "precision" clippers with a cool sleek shiny design for $300
 
Globalization in a nutshell
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PolandBernd2023-01-21 11:20:11 · 3yNo. 250270reply
so, what are you going to buy then?
United StatesBernd2023-01-21 12:00:43 · 3yNo. 250276reply
I'll search my house for the missing charging cable one more time then if i can't find it I'll just order the cheap amazon clippers i guess.
 
2 day free shipping for the chinky clippers vs. $5 shipping fee and at least 2 weeks for replacement cable that i need
 
Jeff bezos wins again
GermanyBernd2023-01-21 12:15:31 · 3yNo. 250277reply
Don't get one with a battery, get one that is directly powered by mains. They have Schwingankerantriebe which are indestructable and you can't lose the cable against because it is permanently attached to the device.
If you don't want to support Moser one you can get one from Wahl.
PolandBernd2023-01-21 12:25:35 · 3yNo. 250278reply
> Jeff bezos wins again
only if you let him, don't do it Bernd

GermanyBernd2023-01-20 08:37:43 · 3yNo. 250095reply
Wörk laptop is doing an update for 40 minutes already (home office). Fuck Winblows.
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PolandBernd2023-01-21 11:19:28 · 3yNo. 250269reply
> I used GNOME in the past, it's alright
please don't speak such heresy
GermanyBernd2023-01-21 11:29:45 · 3yNo. 250271reply
What do you dislike about GNOME?
PolandBernd2023-01-21 11:35:31 · 3yNo. 250272reply
I haven't used it in a long time but I remember GNOME 2 and when GNOME 3 came out I just hated how it looked and using it felt cumbersome so I switched to XFCE and haven't looked back since; I guess at this point I'm just prejudiced against GNOME
GermanyBernd2023-01-21 11:41:48 · 3yNo. 250273reply
Cinnamon is more like GNOME 2 and MATE continued GNOME 2's legacy. I have tried XFCE in the past as well, but I did never quite like it's design and found it's features too limited.

JapanBernd2023-01-21 01:22:49 · 3yNo. 250228reply
YUKI IS SEXY!
NAGATO IS SEXY!
SloveniaBernd2023-01-21 16:43:31 · 3yNo. 250290sagereply
you're a nonce m8

RussiaI just watched this timeless classicBernd2023-01-17 18:09:32 · 3yNo. 249575reply
Who was in the right here, /int/?
I honestly think that Eddie was doing the best he could. Sure, Lao is correct when it comes to neglect of what the Belgians left to the Congolese, but when it comes to Eddie's sloppy job it was about the absence of work ethic in Congo in general rather than his personal fault.
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RussiaBernd2023-01-18 09:47:56 · 3yNo. 249677reply
> Could you provide any examples of situations where the Chinese missed to take notes
I think this goes to any sort of interactions they had with the locals. They didn't come up with a way to motivate these people to work and not abandon their job, and they cheaped out on every basic comfort they could realistically provide (from food to accommodation) to keep people interested in doing their job properly.
> What I also failed to mention in my previous post: the radio host was definitely my favorite character.
Indeed, as it brings up the most interesting topic: the Congolese don't care, they know they are lazy and "useless" in Western terms, but they enjoy their careless lifestyle and this is one of the things that the Chinese will never be able to understand, they cannot grasp the kind of mindset where being successful is not a sort of a "religious goal", and neither can the Chinese understand a mindset where it isn't.
GermanyBernd2023-01-19 21:33:40 · 3yNo. 250015reply
BTW are there more assburger documentaries like this? Does any Bernd have recommendations? I can only recommend the documentary „Encounters at the End of the World“ by Werner Herzog. It’s about the McMurdo station on Antarctica and it’s inhabitants.
RussiaBernd2023-01-20 10:46:39 · 3yNo. 250104reply
"American Factory" for sure. It's the same story more or less: a comparison of work ethics of two different civilizations (the Chinese are involved, again) that have to work together, only to find out they're barely compatible. Except for both parties are actually competent this time.
I was definitely on the American side although it's obvious that the old proletariat is doomed. And by who? By those who claim to be "communist". Very dramatic movie.
GermanyBernd2023-01-20 11:24:34 · 3yNo. 250108reply
Thanks.

GermanyBernd2023-01-19 17:47:10 · 3yNo. 249938reply
Average kohlcel
United KingdomBernd2023-01-20 05:28:25 · 3yNo. 250073reply
At least he’s not talking about children
RussiaBernd2023-01-20 10:39:01 · 3yNo. 250103reply
The line between kohl and /pol is nonexistent at this point.

SwitzerlandBernd2023-01-05 15:33:01 · 3yNo. 247591reply
So the cockroaches blew up nord Stream 2 how does that make you feel?
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United KingdomBernd2023-01-20 05:31:39 · 3yNo. 250074reply
Brits but I think it’s lies. Britain and Poland absolutely did do it but it will never be proven.
SloveniaBernd2023-01-20 08:27:31 · 3yNo. 250094reply
That's interesting, we call germans cockroaches…
GermanyBernd2023-01-20 09:22:46 · 3yNo. 250099reply
Please don't call our American allies cockroaches. They just want to sell their fracking gas and cant do that if there is cheaper russian gas on ze market. It is not personal or evil, just capitalism in its purest form.
GermanyBernd2023-01-20 09:23:32 · 3yNo. 250100reply
Wow super rude?

GermanyBernd2023-01-18 20:29:05 · 3yNo. 249782reply
Okay, i think, I will listen to the newest Joe Rogan episode and then go to bed. Bye.
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PolandBernd2023-01-19 21:18:19 · 3yNo. 250007reply
thank you, although I have mostly nightmares recently
GermanyBernd2023-01-19 21:24:54 · 3yNo. 250011reply
That’s not good. I wonder how nightmares come into existence.
United StatesBernd2023-01-20 00:15:06 · 3yNo. 250041reply
watch this tonight
it will make you smile
GermanyBernd2023-01-20 07:33:21 · 3yNo. 250089reply
That’s fascist.

United StatesBernd2023-01-17 10:30:01 · 3yNo. 249458reply
Ate whole pidser by myself against.
Haha whoopsie
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GermanyBernd2023-01-19 19:42:55 · 3yNo. 249977reply
Self made?
SloveniaBernd2023-01-19 20:30:28 · 3yNo. 249984reply
Against?
RussiaBernd2023-01-19 21:15:43 · 3yNo. 250004reply
Problems? Constipation?
United KingdomBernd2023-01-20 05:20:52 · 3yNo. 250070reply
Today I made a strange currylike meal. Firstly i puréed an onion. Would have puréed two but one was rotten at its core, isn’t it always disappointing when such cases transpire? I had no garlick but would very much have appreciated some, not even salt or powder garlick had I and it is surely a best loved thing. I had instead used a half teaspoon of basil and of oregano, one equal to the other for these too are best loved.
After that I fried in the purée 250g of chicken strips, sliced alredy from the packaging, these i fries until the pale redness of the fowl was gone into a pleasant white complexion, et sachiez que this complexion is preferable in all things. I added then a teaspoon of paprika and half of chilli powder, finished a bag of cumin amounting to not more than one and a half teaspoons and then indeed I put upon it indeterminate coriander and a pinch of turmeric et sachiez que the turmeric destroys all things in excess for its love is cruel in nature. No salt did I use and only a touch of black pepper in the same quantity as of turmeric.
Et sachiez que I added these and with them tomato purée such as is got from a tube. Et sachiez que the meal was bare and caught and so quickly did I cook some red lentils that are orange in fact, but perceiving the heat of the pan and gross reduction of liquids therein did I add some quantity of milk amounting to no less than a half of whatever foolish dwarf cups used by Americans to measure things culinary, and no man knows truly the quantity. Likewise truly did the milk do heavenly work upon the earth and truly did the chicken cook well and peacefully until the lentils were good. So too did they join the pan and et sachiez que the meal was filling and it was bland for want or the salt I had forgot.
Such was the meal I cooked, partly curry and partly dhal, though principally based as always upon Nigella’s meatball sauce.
Moral: forget not the salt, et sachiez que milk is never amiss in the cooking of meat and of sauce for it is sure to make well and thick and tender.

GermanyBernd2023-01-19 11:21:10 · 3yNo. 249868reply
In a few days I'll be the proud owner of a Steelcase Leap. This is my first proper office chair in my life. I've been sitting in plastic garden chairs so far. Hopefully I will be satisfied and don't have to send it back to get a Herman Miller instead.
 
t. NEET
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PeruBernd2023-01-19 22:30:42 · 3yNo. 250030reply
What do you mean? Mine does have a headrest.
 
Damn, now I need one! I bought this gaymer chair because it was cheap (290 soles) but I never thought about the footrest.
United StatesBernd2023-01-19 23:46:29 · 3yNo. 250038reply
expensive chairs are a meme
expensive keyboards are a meme
expensive other stuff (i cant think of more examples now) is a meme
there is minute and almost indiscernable difference between these products, despite a relatively massive price gap
TurkeyBernd2023-01-20 00:28:57 · 3yNo. 250043reply
why not herman miller tho? i will prolly buy it next time i shop for chairs.
United StatesBernd2023-01-20 03:05:41 · 3yNo. 250063reply
I have an Aeron, and I can confirm it's more comfy than my generic office chair.
But it still wobbles at the base.
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