4 ms·
> thoroughly examined the contents of paper recycling dumpsters used by the cleaning crew. I've seen comments elsewhere noting how German it supposedly is to e
by IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago
> thoroughly examined the contents of paper recycling dumpsters used by the cleaning crew.
I've seen comments elsewhere noting how German it supposedly is to examine the paper dumpsters only, and to actually be right about it.
So to nip this in the bud, let me state for the record that these are mediocre Germans at best: Oil-on-canvas does not belong in the paper recycling. They should have separated the cardboard box and properly disposed the painting as refuse.
Edit: extremely embarrassing typo corrected (see responses if you really have to know). I was going for self-deprecation, which has traditionally worked out to be less painful than this for post-war Germany. Clearly, I'm mediocre at best myself.
- kjs3 6y agoThe paint could have contained lead or other heavy metals. Clearly, not mediocre but below average. P.S. - Showed your post to some of my German colleagues. They laughed. They never laugh.
- huntedsnark 6y agoNip in the "bud" not "butt" as long as we're offing exacting critiques ;) https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/nip+in+the+bud https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/nip+in+the+bud
- DavidSJ 6y agoI think you might mean offering, not offing.
- suchandsuch 6y agoI think you may mean "may", not "might".
- zaroth 6y agoOh no, we are clearing offing the critiques.
- eps 6y agoOh, stop it with this petty nutpicking.
- coolgeek 6y agoI know you're playing along with the pun train here. But nutpicking is actually a very lovely word and concept https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Nutpicking https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Nutpicking
- tomcam 6y agoDon’t worry, a fastidious HN’er nipped your thing in the butt
- tuco86 6y agoPeak german humor right there. Very efficient, I'm impressed. Thank you
- type0 6y agoFunnybot would be so proud
- jamil7 6y agoI’ve come to embrace Mülltrennung wholeheartedly while living here. I even left my first angry note last week to neighbours throwing glass away and not returning it to a recycling bin. I think it’s an important integration step.
- IfOnlyYouKnew 6y agoIt is on the path to Germanicity. To achieve full Germaninality, however, you have to learn not to want it too much. It's really Zen, in a way, if Zen was still and will, rightfully, forever be trying to overcome the industrialisation of genocide.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- hengheng 6y agoOh. Oh. Time to emigrate I guess.
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoAhem! Not every glass should go into the recycling bin. Most drinking glasses would spoil the stock. So if in doubt, anything which doesn't have a recycle sign on it's label or those dot markings at the bottom for the sorting machines is wrong there. That would be "Restmüll". :-)
- jamil7 6y agoI should have expected an answer like this ;) yes I’m aware not all glass goes into the recycling, broken or non-recyclable glass and drinking glasses etc in Restmüll, Pfandflasche to the machine in the supermarket and the others in the recycling bin.
- 6y ago