I live in Hesse, Germany. The dumbest law I know about (that’s still in use but rarely enforced) is this:

Aus der Altstadtsatzung der nordhessischen Kleinstadt Bad Sooden-Allendorf: In § 10 Abs. 6 ist geregelt, dass „Sonnenschirme […] beige-, pastell- oder sandfarbig“ sein müssen. Wer dieser Regelung zuwiderhandelt, begeht eine Ordnungswidrigkeit und kann nach dem Gesetz über Ordnungswidrigkeiten (OWiG) mit einer Geldbuße von bis zu 15.000 Euro bestraft werden.

Translation: In that particular town, sun umbrellas have to be pastel/cream colors. If you put one up that is too bright / too dark / too whatever, it can lead to a fine of 15.000€ (ca. $16,700).

Source: https://www.bad-sooden-allendorf.de/politik-ortsrecht/satzungen

That’s some really "spez"ial thinking process right here.

1. Realize that Reddit needs more traffic and users ASAP

2. Randomly block access to content

3. ???

4. Profit!

… seriously … any site that greets me with pop-ups like “we noticed you’re using an adblocker” and stupid captchas and the like gets closed immediatly, and if I need to subscribe / join just to read what some rando on the internet wrote 6 years ago then I’m just going to look for that info elsewhere. Does spez really think that reddit is so incredible and awesome that people would WANT to log in / create an account when confronted with this bullsh*t?

Noone has mentioned Avatar - The Last Airbender yet…? I thought that would be amongst the first answers.

Fixed a timing bug were 5 hours of work only made the clock advance by 5 minutes, and 5 minutes of spare time randomly made the clock advance by 5 hours.

I lost it at “ELISHA YES!”

On a related note, I once read a nice DnD-esque summary of why Jesus was a Lich - that would fit right into this collection. (not my own pic or theory, just something I stole from imgur … still sorry for the missing pixels)

I hope this doesn’t come across as rude, but as someone who has an aunt that behaves VERY similar, I can only say that some people do not want solutions - they want to be mad about something and others to agree with them. Finding easy ways to remove the problem instead of being allowed to complain about it is the opposite of what they expect to achieve.

Exactly this. Put any one species into a tiny depressing enclosure with way too many strangers and way too little food, and they will fight and establish a pecking order eventually. This has nothing to do with how the same species would behave in the wild and with enough resources to live comfortably, and the author realized that mistake years ago and is since trying to correct it.

But I guess the entire “alpha male” thing is just too popular with certain people … ahem.

More and more relevant by every passing day …

Supermarket employee here. We have a “fresh” fish counter selling stuff like whole mackerels and raw salmon fillets and the like.

Each and every one of these has been frozen at least once - this is a mandatory health hazard prevention thing (to kill off parasites etc) and also basically the only food-safe way to transport them in great quantities over long distances without them going bad. They get delivered frozen solid, get thawed behind the scenes and then put on display / on ice for customers to buy. And then they’re lying there all day long until someone happens to buy some … people still treat the pre-packaged fish from the frozen foods aisle as a second choice, even tho those have NOT been lying around half-thawed in the open air for 10 hours straight.

Long story short, “fresh” fish from the counter is less fresh than the frozen stuff, despite customers commonly believing it to be the other way around.

Cats rubbing their face on something leave their scent behind / mark their territory, so yes, in a way they’re claiming ownership. However, your cat isn’t saying “this item is mine now” with this message, but rather likes to leave its own scent on items that also smell like you, as they associate it with something comforting and safe. It is more like a “this thing smells like my human and I want other cats to know that we belong together” scenario.

As for why the TV remote of all things: you’re holding that thing in your hand, and your palms have a lot of special sweat glands that do not react to heat but rather emotions. Humans get sweaty palms when stressed or exited and your cat is basically able to “read” these emotions in items that you held in your hands. If you’re relaxed and comfortable while switching through the channels, the TV remote will basically smell like “my favorite human is happy” to your cat. ;)