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What the flock?! such smart names!

Science should let more cartoonists name things. That how we got the thagomizer and the Rube Goldberg machines. Anyways! SHERLOCK CROWMES!!!!!

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Biting will continue until morale improves.

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May your 25th of May be glorious! Here's to Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, and a Hard Boiled Egg.

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German here. The voice actor did a really good job with the pronounciation. He doesn't sound like a native German speaker but far, far away from sounding silly or cringe. Especially combined with his general delivery. I listened to that episode three times back to back, I enjoyed it so much.

(And I very much appreciate him not doing a terrible German accent during the English bits.)

I've seen German speakers analyzing Heinrich's word choice, but what I'm really curious about is how does his accent/pronunciation come across to a native speaker?? I have no frame of reference whatsoever for whether it's authentic or silly or has any particular sort of vibe

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Adding to that, back in the day Fräulein was considered way more respectful than Frau is today. It was used as an honorific for specifically high-class unmarried women. Heinrich is being exceedingly polite to her.

And it would make sense for him to still use that now-outdated form of address. He says he has trouble keeping up with the times and I doubt he ever interacted much with adults.

something about tmagp40 i haven't seen anyone else mention yet: heinrich unheimlich addresses alice with the german proper/formal "you" (Sie; used for strangers, acquaintances, teachers/superiors/businesspeople, basically anyone you're not on a first-name-friend-basis with):

...but he explicitly uses the improper/informal "you" for dane (du; used for people you're close with, kids, and is considered uhh... INCREDIBLY RUDE AND DISRESPECTFUL to use for people you don't know):

(given, "Wie du moechtest" isn't the most formal of phrases ("as you wish" isn't very proper), but there is definitely a way to say it with "Sie"/more formally if you try). he was being rude to dane on purpose. deserved and also hilarious

bonus: he also addresses alice by "Fraulein" near the end of the episode, which is also generally considered outdated/weird at best and condescendingly sexist at worst because it essentially translates to "unmarried woman/'young miss'" (when the term is used in modern-day it's usually an insult, or used by parents to refer to their daughters in a "you're in trouble missy" way). he addresses her politely as a business partner but still uses dated, century-old terms to refer to her rather than just saying "Frau" ("miss"/"woman"/general german term to refer to women in modern day). fascinating guy all around honestly.

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WAAACHT AAAUUUF VERDAMMTE DIESER EEEERD-E!!!!!!

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John William Waterhouse, Penelope and the Suitors (1912)

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Putting a quotes post together and I just think this one deserves its own post:

"When in doubt, choose to live."

-- Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

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“Not all men” you’re right. Sir Samuel Vimes, Duke of Ankh-Morpork, Commander of the City Watch would never do this, and he’d arrest every single bastard who would.

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Knight Writing 🌙📚🐉

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Watterson pulled no punches

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my lord of autism

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Addams Family Values (1993) dir. Barry Sonnenfeld

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© pet_foolery

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Do not obey in advance...you are only teaching power what it can do.