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  • alleycat@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldChoose Sans
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    28 days ago

    but also fuck Ben Garrisons 8,500 labels on his political cartoons

    Wat. It’s Ben Garrison. That’s his thing. He makes fun of excessively labeled political cartoons by doing it over-the-top. He also has a sad Statue of Liberty in every comic.

    Okay, I was completely lost.



  • alleycat@lemmy.worldtoSuperbowl@lemmy.worldUral Owl
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    2 months ago

    The german language has two words for “owl”: “Eule” and “Kauz”. I’m a native speaker, but I had to look up what the difference is (Wikipedia/Deepl):

    “Eule” means “owl”.

    “Kauz” also means owl, but specifically the small, fat and grumpy looking kind:

    Various bird genera and species from the family of true owls (Strigidae) are referred to as [Kauz]. The differentiation between the terms “Eule” and “Kauz” is a peculiarity of the German language and has no equivalent in terms of zoological systematics. [Eule] are generally rather elongated, slender bird species, whereas [Kauz] have a stocky, large-headed shape

    [Eule] are considered thoughtful and wise, whereas [Kauz] are considered clumsy, eccentric and reclusive.

    That’s literally it, it has nothing to do with biology. So the correct translation would be “grumpy-looking goshawk owl”. 😉