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Re:The Awful German Language by FiatLuxDave on Friday May 16, 2025 @02:07PM (#44008266)
The reference you were looking for is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights
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Re:The Awful German Language by VonGallifrey on Friday May 16, 2025 @02:27PM (#44008451)
From your link there:

> written in a mangled form of German.

If you show this to anyone who knows German, they will recognize that this was written by someone who doesn't.

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Re:The Awful German Language by marcusb on Friday May 16, 2025 @02:46PM (#44008656)
I believe the comment you replied to is what is known as a "joke".
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Re:The Awful German Language by VonGallifrey on Friday May 16, 2025 @03:13PM (#44008869)
Given that the commenter left another comment about having been misinformed, I don't think it was a Joke.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44008622

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Re:The Awful German Language by kevin_thibedeau on Friday May 16, 2025 @03:57PM (#44009242)
So the stereotype rings true then.
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Re:The Awful German Language by mrkstu on Friday May 16, 2025 @07:07PM (#44010606)
The one about German’s lacking a sense of humor?
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Re:The Awful German Language by janderson215 on Friday May 16, 2025 @10:54PM (#44011691)
Ja
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Re:The Awful German Language by marcusb on Friday May 16, 2025 @03:47PM (#44009155)
yeah, it was a joke and what you just linked to was sarcasm and/or mockery.
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