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Re:Smashing idea: how East Germany invented 'unbreakable' dr... by javaunsafe2019 on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @09:37AM (#41181347)
German here: as if! No one except a few nerds would notice in real life.
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Re:Smashing idea: how East Germany invented 'unbreakable' dr... by aardvarkr on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @09:45AM (#41181428)
And that’s why I love HN!
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Re:Smashing idea: how East Germany invented 'unbreakable' dr... by lb1lf on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @02:56PM (#41184215)
Those nerds tend to be quite vocal about it, though!

(I count myself amongst them, despite only being 3/32 German...)

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Re:Smashing idea: how East Germany invented 'unbreakable' dr... by g15jv2dp on Thursday August 08, 2024 @12:41AM (#41188180)
> 3/32 German

What is this even supposed to mean?

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Re:Smashing idea: how East Germany invented 'unbreakable' dr... by lb1lf on Thursday August 08, 2024 @02:27AM (#41188662)
Nothing more complex than three great-great-grandparents being German. (Oh, and it was meant as a joke - I definitely don't think of myself as part German!)
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Re:Smashing idea: how East Germany invented 'unbreakable' dr... by CRConrad on Sunday August 18, 2024 @03:34PM (#41284794)
How did your thinking work there, not to get that? Not (mostly...) mocking; genuinely curious.
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Re:Smashing idea: how East Germany invented 'unbreakable' dr... by Rinzler89 on Thursday August 08, 2024 @04:02AM (#41189177)
>Those nerds tend to be quite vocal about it, though!

Where are they loud? I never hear people in the pub/bar shout "My glass has micro-scratches, this is undrinkable!".

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