Vrijgezelopkamers

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[–] Vrijgezelopkamers 2 points 11 months ago

I’m Belgian. We have three national languages. One is my native language, I’m pretty good at another and I can express myself in the third. I also know English and have notions of a few other European languages. Though some Belgians only know one language or maybe two, most of us can hold our own in three or four. Sometimes more.

So let me just say this: learning a language will really open up a new part of the world for you. That’s not some stupid motivational shit to put on language textbooks. You’ll start to laugh at different jokes, pick up habits, views and culture that would have passed you by completely. It’s really hard to explain this to people who grew up in a mono-culture, but you are really, really missing out.

[–] Vrijgezelopkamers 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

No. This is not a "creative" way to nudge us towards the store. Definitely not. It's just the type of monetization every gamer has been secretly yearning for, right?

[–] Vrijgezelopkamers 9 points 11 months ago

Very much a coffee person here, but more quality oriented than quantity oriented. I drink two cups every day, sometimes three, but only if it is good. I’d much rather drink no coffee than bad coffee. And I’m véry particular about what I call good coffee.

[–] Vrijgezelopkamers 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I often play a game called Sailwind. Very relaxing, but impressively deep sailing sim. It's been early access for a couple of years, but the (solo-)dev is active, new features are added all the time. If he would release a paid, cosmetic dlc: I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I think it would be nicer than to "get him a coffee" or sub to his patreon.

What I'm trying to say is: not all early access is bad, not all paid dlc is plain greed. And the combo is not necessarily toxic.

[–] Vrijgezelopkamers 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You know that would only lead to more games being published as 'a finished product' eventhough they really are not. It would make the problem worse, not better.

[–] Vrijgezelopkamers 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They kind of stare at you as if you just farted in the most obscene way possible.

Or they passive-aggressively make you repeat what you said until you say it 'right'.

Or they reply in a kind of exaggerated broken English.

[–] Vrijgezelopkamers 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

'Nonante' is used in the French-speaking part of Belgium, but it's generally frowned upon in France.

[–] Vrijgezelopkamers 1 points 1 year ago

I (36m) read this recently and I couldn’t shake the feeling that I would have liked this a lot more if I had read it fifteen or twenty years ago. It was very clever at times, language-wise it was buzzing, but it felt very hollow and adolescent at times too.

[–] Vrijgezelopkamers 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Definitely a jackdaw. Still beautiful!

[–] Vrijgezelopkamers 2 points 1 year ago

I think she is the best minister for the environment we’ve had in decades. But her climate policy is just one blazing middle finger to everyone under 40.

[–] Vrijgezelopkamers 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

*Sad Belgian noises

[–] Vrijgezelopkamers 4 points 1 year ago

Shake it, baby!

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