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The photo of the balloon here really helps put the story into perspective. https://web.archive.org/web/20190408181736/https://www.museum.bayern/sammlung/geschi

by mkmk 9mo ago

The photo of the balloon here really helps put the story into perspective. https://web.archive.org/web/20190408181736/https://www.museum.bayern/sammlung/geschichten/peter-strezlyk-und-guenter-wetzel.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190408181736/https://www.museu...

qwertox 9mo ago
The text in the link is nice to read. I did a Google Translate on it which you can read here: https://pastebin.com/SdkKQkC6 https://pastebin.com/SdkKQkC6
neilv 9mo ago
> “Are we here in the West??” Only this one question is asked by Peter Strelzyk and Günter Wetzel when they were in the early morning of the 16th. The "Handmaid's Tale" TV series has a great variation on that moment, which chokes me up every single time. (spoilers in video title) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oKZgXvpm0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oKZgXvpm0c
- AniseAbyss 9mo ago
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  - dfee 9mo ago
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  - hopelite 9mo ago
    So turn back the clock to when Hildegard von Bingen was only one of many extremely powerful and influential abbesses that were polymaths and prolific artists and writers and educators of women in Europe? I’ve never understood this mentality that people who read and watched handmaids tale, caused some done kind of weird obsession built on a literal fiction story, a made up story… especially since the reality is not only the polar opposite, but in no place on the planet have things ever been better for any people relative to all other places of their time than in the very European societies and cultures that you types are so suicidally fixated on being destructive of. The irony of the handmaids tale types from my experience is that they/you are, in their/your suicidally manic self-harming obsession, advocates for the spread of Islam in the very western countries that have provided all of humanity all of its freedoms and comforts, which would ironically will lead to an actual handmaids tale type scenario you constantly warn of. Have you ever heard of what the Ottoman Empire did? It makes the handmaids tale sound like a wholesome family dynamic.
    - fc417fc802 9mo ago
      > Have you ever heard of what the Ottoman Empire did? Pertaining specifically to women? No, actually. Any chance you'd elaborate for the curious?
      - Der_Einzige 9mo ago
        Not what he means but the ottomans and women have an interesting history… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultanate_of_Women https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultanate_of_Women
    - jancsika 9mo ago
      > So turn back the clock to when Hildegard von Bingen was only one of many extremely powerful and influential abbesses that were polymaths and prolific artists and writers and educators of women in Europe? Who were the other female composers of her generation?
      - Catholic_Tree 9mo ago
        It is a bit disingenuous to jump from > polymaths and prolific artists and writers and educators to composers. Even the male composers of whom we know the names are few and sparsely attributed. Just look at the Notre Dame school and how little we know except two names with no attached biography and some beautiful music. And even only that by 'lucky accident' since a single, anonymous student wrote them down. You'll definitely find abbesses like Herrad von Landsberg who did write and educate in her generation.
    - greesil 9mo ago
      It's like, a metaphor man. A work of fiction. Not to be taken literally, yet conveys themes and ideas which can become a short hand for conveying these ideas. Tons of folks read Atlas Shrugged and thought "hey this is how the world actually is" too. Or worse, The Fountainhead. Shudder.
      - Der_Einzige 9mo ago
  - yieldcrv 9mo ago
    > a thousand years... less than a hundred?
  - eru 9mo ago
    They want to undo the protestant reformation?
    - fecal_henge 9mo ago
      They are just a bit confused about which Martin Luther they hate.
  - tim333 9mo ago
    So native American tribes and no white people? That would make a change.
observationist 9mo ago
>Ballonfahrt in die Freiheit Gotta love the way German sounds to English ears. Always good for a chuckle. This guy is a hacker hero - do the engineering needed, get the proof of concept built, move fast, break things, start over and go big, then scores a victory over the commies and saves his family.
- assaddayinh 9mo ago
  The private mechanics and electrical hacking culture that is the base for German engineering . Tûftler in jedem Schuppen..
- asdfman123 9mo ago
  I enjoyed learning about the town of Bad Kissingen
  - ahartmetz 9mo ago
    As a German, that name makes me think of pillows (Kissen).
- lostlogin 9mo ago
  Completely agree - although the shine has rather worn off the ‘move fast and break things’ approach.
  - bboygravity 9mo ago
    SpaceX is doing fine woth that approach?
    - lostlogin 9mo ago
      Great example. But when Musk took that approach to DOGE, chaos. And some of the approach hasn’t always gone well at Tesla either. https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/06/01/elon-musk-wanted-to-move-fast-and-break-things-in-washington-the-main-thing-he-broke-was-his-reputation/ https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/06/01/elon-musk-wan... https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/24/elon-musk-washington-congress-00196006 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/24/elon-musk-...
nephihaha 9mo ago
I keep on thinking it was a lot smaller! Wow!
NedF 9mo ago
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by mkmk 9mo ago

qwertox 9mo ago

The text in the link is nice to read. I did a Google Translate on it which you can read here: https://pastebin.com/SdkKQkC6 https://pastebin.com/SdkKQkC6

neilv 9mo ago

> “Are we here in the West??” Only this one question is asked by Peter Strelzyk and Günter Wetzel when they were in the early morning of the 16th. The "Handmaid's Tale" TV series has a great variation on that moment, which chokes me up every single time. (spoilers in video title) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oKZgXvpm0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oKZgXvpm0c

AniseAbyss 9mo ago
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- dfee 9mo ago
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- hopelite 9mo ago
  So turn back the clock to when Hildegard von Bingen was only one of many extremely powerful and influential abbesses that were polymaths and prolific artists and writers and educators of women in Europe? I’ve never understood this mentality that people who read and watched handmaids tale, caused some done kind of weird obsession built on a literal fiction story, a made up story… especially since the reality is not only the polar opposite, but in no place on the planet have things ever been better for any people relative to all other places of their time than in the very European societies and cultures that you types are so suicidally fixated on being destructive of. The irony of the handmaids tale types from my experience is that they/you are, in their/your suicidally manic self-harming obsession, advocates for the spread of Islam in the very western countries that have provided all of humanity all of its freedoms and comforts, which would ironically will lead to an actual handmaids tale type scenario you constantly warn of. Have you ever heard of what the Ottoman Empire did? It makes the handmaids tale sound like a wholesome family dynamic.
  - fc417fc802 9mo ago
    > Have you ever heard of what the Ottoman Empire did? Pertaining specifically to women? No, actually. Any chance you'd elaborate for the curious?
    - Der_Einzige 9mo ago
      Not what he means but the ottomans and women have an interesting history… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultanate_of_Women https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultanate_of_Women
  - jancsika 9mo ago
    > So turn back the clock to when Hildegard von Bingen was only one of many extremely powerful and influential abbesses that were polymaths and prolific artists and writers and educators of women in Europe? Who were the other female composers of her generation?
    - Catholic_Tree 9mo ago
      It is a bit disingenuous to jump from > polymaths and prolific artists and writers and educators to composers. Even the male composers of whom we know the names are few and sparsely attributed. Just look at the Notre Dame school and how little we know except two names with no attached biography and some beautiful music. And even only that by 'lucky accident' since a single, anonymous student wrote them down. You'll definitely find abbesses like Herrad von Landsberg who did write and educate in her generation.
  - greesil 9mo ago
    It's like, a metaphor man. A work of fiction. Not to be taken literally, yet conveys themes and ideas which can become a short hand for conveying these ideas. Tons of folks read Atlas Shrugged and thought "hey this is how the world actually is" too. Or worse, The Fountainhead. Shudder.
    - Der_Einzige 9mo ago
- yieldcrv 9mo ago
  > a thousand years... less than a hundred?
- eru 9mo ago
  They want to undo the protestant reformation?
  - fecal_henge 9mo ago
    They are just a bit confused about which Martin Luther they hate.
- tim333 9mo ago
  So native American tribes and no white people? That would make a change.

observationist 9mo ago

>Ballonfahrt in die Freiheit Gotta love the way German sounds to English ears. Always good for a chuckle. This guy is a hacker hero - do the engineering needed, get the proof of concept built, move fast, break things, start over and go big, then scores a victory over the commies and saves his family.

assaddayinh 9mo ago
The private mechanics and electrical hacking culture that is the base for German engineering . Tûftler in jedem Schuppen..
asdfman123 9mo ago
I enjoyed learning about the town of Bad Kissingen
- ahartmetz 9mo ago
  As a German, that name makes me think of pillows (Kissen).
lostlogin 9mo ago
Completely agree - although the shine has rather worn off the ‘move fast and break things’ approach.
- bboygravity 9mo ago
  SpaceX is doing fine woth that approach?
  - lostlogin 9mo ago
    Great example. But when Musk took that approach to DOGE, chaos. And some of the approach hasn’t always gone well at Tesla either. https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/06/01/elon-musk-wanted-to-move-fast-and-break-things-in-washington-the-main-thing-he-broke-was-his-reputation/ https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/06/01/elon-musk-wan... https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/24/elon-musk-washington-congress-00196006 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/24/elon-musk-...

nephihaha 9mo ago

I keep on thinking it was a lot smaller! Wow!

NedF 9mo ago

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