Enkrod
@Enkrod@feddit.org
Webdeveloper from Germany, nerd, gamer, atheist, interested in nerd-culture, biology of everything creepy, evolution, history, physics, politics and space.
Progressive. Ally. SocDem. Euro-Federalist.
Political Compass: -7.0, -6.62
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 2 days ago:
and I don’t know who the others are
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 2 days ago:
Also, I own a house, have no college debt and have met Steve Irwin and talked to Alec Guiness and Terry Pratchett in person.
Your move young whippersnapper.
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 2 days ago:
I’ll need a couple of negative points for that to hold true.
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 2 days ago:
Still nothing compared to how it’s used in the US.
I’ve never seen a cheque in my entire life and it’s so incredibly niche that you might as well talk about paying with stocks or gold bars.
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 2 days ago:
1 Point, we don’t use cheques in Germany.
- Comment on Where cookies 2 days ago:
Oma why did you betray me like that?!
- Comment on Now that's an interesting question 1 week ago:
It’s even worse when you remember that Jaime is pronounced Haime (from whence Hamish)
- Comment on Now that's an interesting question 1 week ago:
That is correct. Greek Iakóbos to Latin Iacobus to Jakobus to late latin Jacomus to early French Jammes to english James
- Comment on Now that's an interesting question 1 week ago:
Tiago -> Iago -> Iakobus -> Jacob -> James
- Comment on 3's grip looks the most comfy 1 week ago:
Does a mechanical pencil count?
- Comment on I tried THIS and it actually works all the time 1 week ago:
Die Welt braucht mehr von dir 🤩
- Comment on Apple ordered by EU regulators to open up to rivals. 1 week ago:
at least in the US
And there’s your answer
- Comment on Something's wrong with denmark 2 weeks ago:
Note to self: For learning a scandinavian language - learn Swedish instead of Danish.
- Comment on Having a baby? Use this one weird trick! 3 weeks ago:
Being the child of a tourist is not the same as being raised somewhere.
Most european nations have special citizenship rights if you grew up in that nation or were born there after one of your parents has resided there at least some time.
Example Germany:
Children of non-German parents acquire German citizenship at birth if at least one parent has a permanent residence permit and resided in Germany for at least five years prior to the child’s birth.
Btw. after residing legally in Germany for 5 years the parent can themselves acquire german citizenship.
Example France:
Children born in France to foreign parents may acquire citizenship from age 13 subject to residence conditions. A child born in France to foreign parents becomes a French citizen automatically upon turning 18, provided that they reside in France on their 18th birthday and have had their primary residence in France for a total (but not necessarily continuous) period of at least 5 years since the age of 11. Children born in France to two stateless parents receive French nationality automatically at birth.
Also you can always go through the normal ways of acquiring citizenship. Upon turning 18 and having been raised in the country you usually fulfill all requirements for it.
- Comment on #Buy-Eurpean (or Canadian) 3 weeks ago:
Ugh… top shitpost
- Comment on Having a baby? Use this one weird trick! 3 weeks ago:
People born in a country should have citizenship.
Why?
- Comment on Controversial question 3 weeks ago:
Yes, there is a strong case that voter suppression won him the race in 2016 and 2024
- Comment on The Volkswagen ID. EVERY1 is an affordable EV for the masses 3 weeks ago:
Why would you ship a small car to a country in love with the biggest streetpanzers?
- Comment on In the jar you go 4 weeks ago:
Eh… I’ll come out as a Brony here, albeit not of the clopping variety, which allows me to speak more freely.
There are many SFW and even child friendly spaces in Bronydom. Many of us have children ourselves and just enjoy the neurotics and fresh silliness of the show and even sillier subculture. The fandom is just chock full of nerdy references which often got picked up by the show, because the creators are huge nerds as well and love to signal to the knowledgeable audience. Just like Sponge Bob has lots of adult jokes hidden in child friendly dialogue.
- Comment on That explains a lot 4 weeks ago:
A not-sparkling stellar mass
- Comment on Nope 1 month ago:
It werfs flammen!
- Comment on Me when my parents told me they first met in the summer of 1999 & started dating the following year and I did the math (dad - 1959, mom - 1984) 2 months ago:
(I’m born in 2006)
…
I’ll just sit here, aging quickly.
- Comment on You did it. You broken the conditioning. 4 months ago:
You saw them fall into the ravine, but did you see the body? HAS ANYONE SEEN THE BODY?
- Comment on Weekends were a mistake, says Infosys co-founder Narayama Murthy 4 months ago:
His american colleagues sometimes poke fun at my cousins branch for only working 35 hours a week, taking long vacations and having lots of state mandated holidays throughout the year. When they hire someone new they sometimes comment on how lazy the german colleagues are…
Then they point them towards the numbers and the fact that the german branch is constantly setting the productivity records. They’ve been outperforming the americans by more than 10% for years.
- Comment on Tradition 5 months ago:
No Llama song, very disappoint.
- Comment on Tradition 5 months ago:
- Comment on GORILLA GORILLA 5 months ago:
Diceros bicornis
The twohorned twohorn… this is wild.
- Comment on It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple? 5 months ago:
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
Writer James D. Nicoll
- Comment on Honey 5 months ago:
First, let me agree that everything in the kingdom Animalia is, in fact, an animal.
But now let me point out that many of the people who say shit like this might not speak english as their first language. Many languages have different words for animal for different types of animals. I tried to find out what I’m half remembering but I can’t find it quickly and I have to get to work. But I vaguely remember that some word that’s usually translated as animal into english actually doesn’t include insects. Just like the english “deer” at one point in time refered to all wild beasts (but not fish or fowl) and now only refers to Cervidae.
- Comment on Social media is becoming infested with climate change denial and misinformation 5 months ago:
My most hated meme people use right now is: “We’ve had the worst storms/rains/drought/fires of the century every year, that’s just how it is.”
Bitch if it’s the worst of the century every year that means it’s getting worse every year! There’s no status quo in this!
