German must have its own share of disappointing terms.

Pferd comes to mind as an example. I really expected something more metal like horzdraken or comical like hoofenstreider. But no, just a boring Roman loan word.

Gah what a fucking tool.

Well at least he isn’t getting paid when I rewatch Ace Ventura 2 on plex 😎

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not Roman

Koln: am I a joke to you?

Is O’Brien going to beam up a Q, store his powers in the buffer, then finishing beaming his leftover mortal coil to the holodeck with no safety protocols to fight to the death against Worf’s Skeletor? I want to say yes.

and then that Cato MFer ups and kills himself just before I was gonna kill him with kindness. Can you believe that? What a dick right?

How I imagine Caesar retold the story over dinner.

No one ever think to give him the nickname of Sybian Soong?

I’ve made a terrible mistake

Doppelsöldner has entered the chat 😎

Doppelsöldner (“double-mercenaries”, “double-pay men”,[1] from German doppel- meaning double, Söldner meaning mercenary) were Landsknechte in 16th-century Germany who volunteered to fight in the front line, taking on extra risk, in exchange for double payment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelsöldner

Probably need more crossbows because the Romans sorta forgot, according to Emperor Leo VI The Wise

The fact that archery has been completely neglected and fallen into disuse among the Romans has caused a great deal of harm nowadays.

Same :(

Please tell me this is the German word for wielding a tire iron 🙏

Finally, a chance to talk about Michael the Deacon! I mean there’s not a lot to say but it’s really interesting that an Ethiopian deacon befriended Martin Luther and demonstrated to him there’s valid Christianity beyond the pope’s clutches.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_the_Deacon

Edit: and for extra Star Trek fun Ferengi and Negus are Ethiopian words for foreigner and king 🤓

Don’t you get it? You cocksucker! I work for Dick Jones! Dick Jones! He’s the Number Two Guy at OCP. OCP runs the cops.

Oh ya sometimes I forget about that. 🙃

It’s a reference to a Star Trek villain “Malik Soong” from ENT whose actor is also played “Paul Muaddib Atreides” in the syfy Dune miniseries.

Fun fact. Malik meaning king is the dead giveaway that “Malik Soong” was always a cheap copy of “Khan Singh” from Wrath of Khan.

Haha yes, thanks for a breath of fresh air.

It’s been eye-opening to read up about history in that area of the world 🤓

I want more filler episodes the same way Magic The Gathering wants bad cards:

The solution to the aforementioned problem leads to the second reason “bad” cards exist. Different cards have different functions and appeal to different players.

We make some cards for the multi-player crowd. We make cards for the flavor crowd. We make cards for the silly crowd. We make the big creatures and spells for “Timmy.” We make the combo cards for “Johnny.” We take each different group of Magic players and throw some cards their way.

The problem is players tend to define “bad cards” as cards that they personally see no reason to play. But certain cards aren’t meant for them in the first place.

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/making-magic/when-cards-go-bad-2002-01-28

Me when my 13yo daughter shows me how she can draw on her ipad on her mint box because she found, downloaded, and stood up weylus all by herself.

My brutal but fair take:

I feel the bigwigs for Star Trek would sacrifice us all, in a heartbeat, for their own Grogu to get the kiddos buying merch.