I love that. It's part of what's hilariously called the "Beamtendreisatz" (roughly, the three rules of public servants)
1. Das haben wir schon immer so gemacht (that's how we've always done it)
2. Das haben wir noch nie so gemacht (we have never done it like that)
3. Da könnte ja jeder kommen (then everyone would try it)
They're so German that they're very difficult to faithfully translate. Just imagine a grumpy older guy looking for every excuse not to do what you want him to.
Hey newbie, I'm sorry my comment hurt you. But you don't have to be able to read German to apply the charity principle [1] and be a decent human being. Love you, too.
What kind of person comes to an English speaking forum, drops a quote in a foreign language without any translation and pretends to not get called out?
I love that. It's part of what's hilariously called the "Beamtendreisatz" (roughly, the three rules of public servants)
1. Das haben wir schon immer so gemacht (that's how we've always done it)
2. Das haben wir noch nie so gemacht (we have never done it like that)
3. Da könnte ja jeder kommen (then everyone would try it)
They're so German that they're very difficult to faithfully translate. Just imagine a grumpy older guy looking for every excuse not to do what you want him to.
It’s actually your #1and your #3 plus:
“Wo kämen wir denn da hin?“ (Just think where this would lead to.)
"Handle nur nach derjenigen Maxime, durch die du zugleich wollen kannst, dass sie ein allgemeines Gesetz werde." -- Immanuel Kant
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Hey newbie, I'm sorry my comment hurt you. But you don't have to be able to read German to apply the charity principle [1] and be a decent human being. Love you, too.
[1] https://principle-of-charity.net/
What kind of person comes to an English speaking forum, drops a quote in a foreign language without any translation and pretends to not get called out?
What kind of person new to a community (account created today) tries to police more established members of that community in their very first comment?
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What kind of a person complains in the comment instead of highlighting the text he doesn't understand, right-clicking and selecting "translate"?
ever heard of the categorical imperative?