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It's sort of the teacher's job to be motivational. Most of the ones I had at highschool were great storytellers, but university professors are usually talk & get out, even if they may have more knowledge.
A bit of both maybe :v I find it somewhat pointless to learn something that can be pulled up with an app in a minute.

A lot of places here are card only nowadays, there's only a few specific shops that prefer cash. I'm still old-fashioned in thinking digital payments will get you robbed lol. Paypal had some issues lately too.

Oo have you ever tried to do your own hair?
The government's always pushing renewable energy as an election strategy.
Hm I'm not a fan of fish, capsicum, bittermelon & goji berries but I eat them anyway. Besides that, maybe things that are too sweet or oily (& exotic or bush delicacies lol).

We could all use some more energy

Yea, relateability is also very helpful. Teachers who can make an abstract concept seem relevant to real life are always really good.
I always find it more interesting to learn something lesser known but not easily searched up even if it's rarely useful.

I know in some countries there are beggars who ambush tourists to offer services xD
Universities & large workplaces have digital IDs, government doesn't really (we're really behind in technology here).

Oh no D:
Did your hairdresser retire or just change locations?
I think it might be expensive because there's a lot of pressure to use renewable energy. Food-wise uh...probably barbecues xD It's very multicultural here

Those are some comfortable dishes~
Okras are super slimy, I thought you meant lady fingers as in the biscuit at first.

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Makes sense, but I guess most people are too easygoing to strictly follow such detailed language rules, as long as it doesn't sound too wrong, which reminds me of some funny gendering parody terms like "Fachkräftin"

I understand, I thought Studierender can also refer to someone who is currently being subscribed to a study at the moment, but it seems not.

Isn't "studierende" basically a verb that has been turned into an adjective by adding -de at the end?
If so, then adding a noun marker before the adjective turns it into noun, or does it not?

I like the cognitive challenge of efficient gender neutral phrasing, there are a few ways to do it without notably bloating the language. It feels unfamiliar at the beginning and it takes a while to internalize, but I find the process of finding alternatives kind of entertaining.

I only really did well in school if the teacher was fun. During highschool finals, I was reading up on quantum mechanics instead lol.
The internet is a bit destructive too, since it's hardly motivating to read when you can search or ask chatGPT to summarise the book.
Self-diagnosis does feel like you have every illness in the book sometimes...

It's the moneymonster that hides in a shoebox under the bed lol
Most beggars keep to themselves though there's always the occasional one that talks to everyone or boards public transport & walks from carriage to carriage. There's also bible sellers who ambush people at the bus stop (I try my best not to make eye contact & to appear angry so they don't come near xD).
Yea that is the problem, most government departments here are call center only. In-person visits would be so much easier for confirming IDs.

Turnover as in stores closing & being replaced. There are some places on the shopping street that have been unsold for a while.
Coal lol (energy prices are still super expensive)

You have a certain mood for eating fish?
Ah, I meant either favorite or least favorite.
I did want to try doner & chips sometime. There's a store right by the station but I always eat at home.

Around 6am though daylight savings was not too long ago.
Mm it's always easier to keep motivated with a skill that's also useful in day to day life. What do you usually want to learn?
I pick up too many things but always lose motivation after a week to a month. Maybe it's ADHD /o\

I'm haunted by money all day lol (even outside of work and spending)
My friends always bring up work eventually during outings. Last month I was followed by a yelling beggar on the way to the station. There's also paperwork and government stuff that I keep putting off because their website and document requirements are such a pain.

The food stores in my suburb close and turnover too often. There's almost no competition outside of supermarkets which were forced to raise prices due to ethics with farmer pay. Ideally if the country is producing their specialty, it could be both cheaper and higher quality.

Fish goes fishy fast unless it's very fresh. Meat is fine (unless it's something like liver). I'm not picky with much else.
Do you have a favorite food, or common foods that you won't eat?

It's super nice to wake up early & get everything done before lunch, but most of the time I don't realise it's late until the sun rises xD
There's too many random things to be eager about...like learning how to fold an elephant with towels (I saw one for the first time in a hotel & thought it was the cutest thing lol).

Well, online is my relaxing place to not think about money, work, or anything too serious. It's hard to avoid those with in-person relationships.

Mm usually you'd trust something more expensive to be better, though here everything is expensive, especially food/items that are produced much less than in the host countries.

It's just cheap wine for helping with meat & fishy aftertastes. I did try to drink it once & spat it immediately lol

Oh I mostly use an old desktop. My monitor is VGA so I can't connect my newer laptop to it.
We are pretty opposite there xD As soon as I get home I become a vegetable.
Nope, no bonuses here.
There are nice people...sometimes...though probably not at larger companies. It's always all smiles until it comes down to money & such lol, but it's always better to be friendly than not in case you need something from them...

That CPR ad was amusing lol.

Mm the Blue Danube is such a classic.
There's quite a few diasporas here but it can never compare to the actual country. But there's also some odd cases where foreigners from different regions of the same country settle into the "actual" region & transform the culture, making the 2nd/3rd generation immigrants more traditional. I'm always jealous of people who live in countries with cheap food.

The only alcohol in my house is cooking wine. I've never acquired a taste for it so it tastes like wet wipes most of the time :v
He looks a little like the G Gundam guy too (or anyone with a red bandana lol).

I appreciate that you keep posting about how to quote on the forums in a way that makes it easier to read. It's such a dumb feature and I don't understand what the point of it is, so thank you for teaching me and probably many others how to fix it

Of course there's a desk & monitor xD It's much better than a laptop on a stack of telephone books.
My work has more formal dress but being uncomfortable reminds me that I'm supposed to be working.
Yea it's annoying, whoever talks/networks best here gets the furthest :')
It's supposed to be the usual office work hours 9-5 but depends on how busy the day is; overtime some days, nothing on others. Work is never as the job listing says sadly.
Social interactions & work hours feel much better in a small (like family business small) company though the facilities & work experience gained there suck lol.
Do you get forced to use annual leave there too?

Hm I had a channel that cycled exclusively easy-listening mainstream retro.
The classicals weren't as memorable since there was mostly no repetition & lesser known songs or modern artists, though I'll always remember Vienna's New Year concerts & being hyped for when Radetzyky March plays at the end.
It's quite multicultural here. Do you have many immigrants in your area?

Fellow non-drinker 🤝
Rurouni OP1, feels like it'd go well with Inuyasha too.
The good old days :v
Both perhaps lol.
I vaguely recall a jrock band that had a similar video. There's quite a few other variations of timelapse + lyrics like this Taylor Swift song.

That's nice 🙏
Mm the trains are a lot less packed when traveling away from the city.
My setup is over a decade old & just a office pc & chair, but it's still much more comfortables than than the cubicles at work (though there's a double monitor at work). Google sheets takes a while to get used to on slow pcs. I can't focus at home since I'm used to it being for relaxing & housework, having people talking is also distracting but a bit motivating if others are also working hard.
I often go the whole work day (or until whenever my neck begins to hurt lol). It's good to talk a walk every 20m but I either lose track of time or don't want to break momentum by taking a break.

I watched a little TV in the 00s too, though I mostly listened to 60-80s English & classical on the radio. Anime came in the 10s & regular pop music in the late 10s (& a bit of kpop since there were a lot of Koreans here).

I forget alcohol is legal at 16 over there. It's quite interesting hearing an upbeat song & finding it has depressing lyrics.
Why Inuyasha lol. The combo makes me think of the Rurouni Kenshin OP that has a similar swing drum beat.
Yea "Über den Wolken" feels like a folk or school anthem tier song :v
Electronic seems to be super common, even the rock songs have a few seconds of it in the background.
I wonder if they have a pitch white room for filming or a bunch of green screens.
Ah the classic lyric board videos. Visual illusions are always fun.

Hey, how's it going? What are you watching or reading right now?