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Cake day: July 31st, 2023

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  • As a German, I would not want German to become a language of communication within Europe. The comparative political power of Germany within the EU is already too high, smaller Eastern and Southeastern EU members already have had to form alliances like Visegrad.

    Ireland being the only country with English as major language within the EU makes English actually a more neutral language than languages of the populous countries. One could call it European English.


    Maybe Sámi languages, Basque and Maltese could come together and form the most distinct language that is most neutral? /s









  • Robert Sternberg saw three main elements in hatred:

    • a negation of intimacy, by creating distance when closeness had become threatening;
    • an infusion of passion, such as fear or anger;
    • a decision to devalue a previously valued object.

    The front-facing fist 👊: Threatening, intense, replicable (most people have hands)

    The down-facing knife 🔪: sharp, cold, calculated

    There are also very specific symbols of hatred, like the swastika and the Nazi salute, white-hooded robes and burning crosses, the flag of the Daesh, the Z of the RAF for the West et al., but all of those are tied to certain ideologies and cultures and might not make any sense outside of relevant situations.