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1@jesse_saenz Jesse Saenz

Thanks #duolingo I'm sure this phrase will naturally come up in all types of daily interactions. #german #deutschlernen

(A screenshot of Duo lingo) Liebst du Mayo oder liebst du mich?

Do you love mayonnaise or do you love me?

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[–] Darkard 35 points 1 year ago
[–] thecodeboss 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I got ChatGPT to write me a silly dialogue ending in this line:

Samantha: "Arthur, how could you?"

Arthur: "What? What did I do this time, Samantha?"

Samantha: "You've put mayonnaise on the roast chicken again! You know I can't stand the stuff!"

Arthur: "But, Samantha, it adds so much flavor!"

Samantha: "Arthur, it doesn't. It just makes everything taste like... mayonnaise!"

Arthur: "That's the point! You know I've always loved it."

Samantha: "I thought you loved me."

Arthur: "Well, of course, I do."

Samantha: "Well, you can't have both of us."

Arthur: "What, you want me to choose between you and mayonnaise?"

Samantha: "Yes, exactly. Do you love mayonnaise or do you love me?"

[–] sheogorath 2 points 1 year ago

Fuck me, this is actually kinda funny in an absurd way. Everyone is a bot joke are going to get much more real in the next couple of years.

[–] geekworking 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I ever go to Germany, I now have an awesome pickup line.

[–] xantoxis 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Be prepared for a lot of Germans to pick mayo

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's when you produce a jar of mayo from behind your back.

[–] xantoxis 4 points 1 year ago

Honest to god I think this would actually work

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

If you're understanding strictly because of context, how are you supposed to learn the language well. You need to be exposed to absurdity in order to really get it

[–] xantoxis 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't know how much Germans love mayo, then.

[–] orrk 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Germans? not as much, Slaves? damn, they would end the world for one more spoonful of mayo

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Slaves

Err...did you mean to type "Slavs?"

[–] orrk 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

autocorrect XD, that one time you don't check, but ima keep it, it's funny

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Those damn slaves and their... checks notes ... lust for mayo?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We Dutch need all the mayo. Where are you hiding the mayo?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So what's this 'hollandaise' then? What are you hiding from us?

[–] orrk 1 points 1 year ago

we sold it, you'll need to go (to) Hungry

[–] dangblingus 1 points 1 year ago

Pommes mit Mayo? Spinnst du?

[–] dangblingus 13 points 1 year ago

The point isn't to teach you useful sentences to memorize, it's teaching you spontaneous usage of the language. With German, it's definitely drilling all of the specific tense rules into you by throwing random ass sentences at you to translate.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Okokimup 3 points 1 year ago

User name is sus.

[–] RobertOwnageJunior 10 points 1 year ago

'Liebst du Mayo oder liebst du mich? Scheiß egal, ich hab die Gicht!'

[–] drdabbles 10 points 1 year ago

Jesse doesn't truly understand the German language or people until this question makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Hell of an ultimatum

[–] Aceticon 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Such an underrated comment

[–] N0N0 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm german and this phrase is utterly bs. Tbh, every German You will tell this will treat You like you're a retard.

[–] Shialac 9 points 1 year ago

fr... I am german, of course I love mayonnaise

[–] Arbiter 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What would be the proper phrasing for this question?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s grammatically correct but every sane German will obviously pick mayo.

[–] orrk 2 points 1 year ago

that's sort of the point, you aren't learning phrases to spit out like a "Chinese room", but instead vocabulary and grammar

[–] N0N0 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

E.g.: Was liebst du mehr, Mayonnaise oder mich?

What do You like better, Mayonnaise or me?

The point is, it's highly improper to not love a person in favor of a thing. Instead You can lighten it up a bit by just asking for what they like better.

The initial question is only askable among very close friends (Irony/Saracasm), usually not even for couples and definitely not for love interests or lose contacts.

[–] mvirts 3 points 1 year ago

Seems pretty normal to me 😹

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I like how the first section of German Duolingo is learning how to ask for coffee and beer or tea and wine

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If you're Doug Funny this could be legit.

[–] x4740N 1 points 1 year ago

It's better to study language from natural sources, yes you can use dullingo or textbooks but learn about natural language from natural sources by immersing yourself in the content of the language you are learning