Thorwegian ❄️

1983 vintage. Likes to read and learn. Scandinavian, male, straight and neurospicy.

Maintainer of https://berserker.town

Member of the Fediverse since 2017.

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2024-05-22 18:01:04

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@npub1k48…uyly I like your personality. It's so bubbly. Lifts me up a bit when you reply. Not a flirt or anything. Just how it is.

2024-05-22 17:58:47

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@npub1k48…uyly Well, it's a bit hit or miss. "Was I unfunny, or was no one online to see it?"

2024-05-22 17:32:05

It's been six days over here. On the calendar, it says 24 hours. But it's been six days from where I'm standing.

2024-05-22 17:17:56

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2024-05-22 16:33:27

The core points from "God's Debris", a book by Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams.
I disagree when he uses the word "avatar". That word is for people who are deputies of God. Prophets. Seeing as he wrote the book, and he thinks this is the height of enlightenment...
...he is pointing to himself as a prophet. He has a fairly solid fanbase (people who fell for his schtick), but I do not believe he represents God on Earth.
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2024-05-22 15:38:31

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@npub16pg…jv07 That's what she said :nkolul:

2024-05-22 12:46:57

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@npub12y9…5amv It has struck me. I'd have to be a very unsmooth one. Not exactly Mr. Charming.

2024-05-22 12:42:52

They accuse me of navel-gazing. But have you looked at my navel? It's great! :ablobgrin:

2024-05-22 12:40:51

Det tok meg en time å skrive 6 avsnitt. Ifølge min interne klokke har det gått 6 timer. Et døgn tilsvarer altså 6 dager fra mitt ståsted. Ikke så langt unna hvordan det oppleves...

2024-05-22 12:29:58

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@npub12y9…5amv I have been paid for it a few times, by the newspaper in my home town. So I know I can produce output that gets on print.

2024-05-22 12:28:17

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@npub12y9…5amv I like to write things, but I feel the energy isn't being channeled productively with social media and texting.
One of the few things I can do right in life is to write. And I'm not getting paid for it.

2024-05-22 12:22:19

En venn av meg kaller det for "gjemmekontor". #norsktut

2024-05-22 12:19:36

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@npub1njh…8ehe Ah, "framing device" kaller de det der på engelsk. Blir nesten som en sales pitch for historien.

2024-05-21 22:38:00

I'm right in all the wrong ways.

2024-05-21 21:36:59

Things any reasonable adult should do: Pay rent.
Things I fill fight until my death: My annoying neighbour.
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2024-05-21 20:08:47

The last time I saw a guy date a woman with children, it was a disaster. As a guy, her kids also need to be compatible.

2024-05-21 19:38:17

After I write that I am shutting down this instance, umpteen replies come.
I'm sorry. It doesn't work like that.

2024-05-21 16:58:25

About 10% of what I post here gets a reply. Often, a negative one. It's obvious why berserker.town is shutting down. Too little, too late. And I need to do less computers and more going outside.

2024-05-21 15:06:59

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@npub1phg…a280 There are a few facets to that question. People I can talk to and see are more important now. Or people who help out.

2024-05-21 15:03:11

Announcement
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2024-05-21 14:44:12

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@npub140w…su0k People you meet if you walk outside will not even know what these words mean.
Is it your goal to win the Internet? Not really mine. Tomorrow, I will meet my gym buddy again. This is a computer and fingers are hitting keys. It's not food, sex, visceral experience, or anything important.

2024-05-21 14:34:39

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@npub140w…su0k Remove the brown and add a cowboy hat and it's the same thang.

2024-05-21 13:01:11

Norsk kan være litt vrient. En liten bokstav og plutselig så havner guttungen på grillen. #norsktut
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2024-05-21 12:51:19

Norwegian is a tricky language.
tunfiskbiter i vann = diced tuna in water [as opposed to oil]
tunfisk biter i vann = tuna will bite you underwater [as you're swimming]

2024-05-21 12:47:02

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@npub18c4…syv6 When you have a kid?

2024-05-21 12:36:41

Jeg kan se hvorfor de har behov for en...
#norsktut
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2024-05-21 12:11:07

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@npub14ps…az4t Knowledge versus wisdom. The latter is synonymous with experience, which you can't gain from books.

2024-05-21 12:07:31

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@npub1hem…rq92 Moral lesson: Always try to rob people as they're about to leave the gym.

2024-05-21 12:00:11

I don't think most parents truly care that the kid is a repository of knowledge or that their grades are good.
What they care about is that the kid has a good life. If school didn't exist, but being able to make balloon animals was an important job qualification and indicator of success, that's what parents would want for their children.
I suspect that scholars sometimes forget about this, because they love knowledge for knowledge's sake. They have a philo - love - for Sophia - the goddess of wisdom. They're philosophers, in other words.

2024-05-21 09:46:31

Taking the trash out is somewhat satisfying, because it feels like you're taking some trash out of your head as well.

2024-05-21 08:47:40

News site, but it's just giving today's trending topics a bullshit score from 1 to 5, based purely on how much of it I smell. No fact checking.

2024-05-21 08:40:15

They sell bread like this at the local corner store. Turkish sourdough bread, they call it. It reminds me a bit of the best French bread. Doesn't quite reach up, but is miles ahead of what I can get at the nearest supermarket or bakery.
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2024-05-21 07:25:37

Trying to avoid processed food.
I just swallow everything whole now, to avoid processing by my teeth...

2024-05-20 06:07:13

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@npub14ps…az4t That's a very broad question. What do you mean?

2024-05-20 02:44:05

Most textbooks aren't anywhere near as good as this. Not only is this funny. It also illustrates the concept in a really good way.
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2024-05-20 01:22:12

Went to this place in Oslo today. I like it because it and the people who go there display some semblance of character and individuality, which can not be said for the rest of the city. It's a little bit like Kristiania in Copenhagen. I wish I could live and work in a place like that.
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2024-05-20 01:07:40

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to diss a 🐝?

2024-05-20 00:45:06

The weather: Windy
The cat:
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2024-05-20 00:37:08

Still looking for that elusive job that I could realistically get...
1. With prior experience only as a software developer and a high school CS tutor.
2. Having been largely unemployed for the past 4 years.
3. Where talking to an actual human as you're doing the work is okay.

2024-05-19 22:02:17

Scientists: Avoid the sun. It gives you skin cancer.
Also scientists: The skin makes vitamin D if you get some sun, which is good for you.
So... Stay inside like a vampire to avoid cancer and take vitamin D supplements to compensate?
Sunblock? No thanks. Icky. I don't use any kind of lotion because the sensation is so unpleasant. And you're already sweating from the heat. I'm quite sure it would be hopeless anyway. I'd sweat and wipe all the lotion away.

2024-05-19 08:01:32

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@npub15dz…h56t Taylor Swift is far from the first one to do that.

2024-05-19 06:49:25

Italians: Would you like Mozarella, Mascarpone, Parmigiano Reggiano or Gorgonzola with that, sir?
Spanish: Would you like Manchego, Ibérico, Cabrales or Majorero with that, sir?
Norway: Cheese or no?
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2024-05-18 23:03:26

Silly me, who plays a diesel
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2024-05-18 22:55:43

*wheeeze*
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2024-05-17 23:24:09

✈️💥
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2024-05-17 11:15:49

Såvidt æ vet har ikke en jævla sjel fra hjæmbygda ainna enn meg skaffa seg konto her. Æ tru kanskje æ stryke av med døden før nånn andre kommer hit.

2024-05-17 11:04:43

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@npub12sm…9ef3 Jeg er ikke så uenig i dette, egentlig, men...
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2024-05-17 10:26:08

I try my best to not explain jokes to the heavily autistic crowd on Mastodon.

2024-05-17 10:21:47

:3
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2024-05-17 10:14:16

You don't say!
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2024-05-17 10:08:48

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@npub1hem…rq92 Sarah Andersen probably doesn't got to Starbucks, but everyone knows the brand name. It's a bit like saying "McDonalds" even if you went somewhere else.

2024-05-17 09:57:44

In Norway, that's Espresso House, but same general idea.
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2024-05-17 09:43:35

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@npub1xwz…9lc3 No need for Phong shaders if you just apply a Bezier curve for tone mapping instead.

2024-05-17 09:30:49

Just at the time I needed shaderfrog.com to be up, it went down on me?
Really, world?
REALLY?
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2024-05-17 06:51:59

Tried my best to shake all the water out of the shower head. Blizzard (my cat) is going nuts from it now.

2024-05-17 05:53:13

Norwegian words you didn't want to learn today: rævskjegg
assbeard
Meaning butthair.
"Komme seg opp og tørke rævskjegget"
Get up and wipe the ass beard
i.e. a normal morning

2024-05-17 05:46:23

Even the cat looks depressed today.

2024-05-17 05:27:42

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@npub1u8r…cadr
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2024-05-17 03:13:55

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@npub109x…wvvl There aren't many animals that far north that could kill you. There used to be polar bears at one point but they were hunted to extinction.

2024-05-17 02:48:04

One reason I don't like soy-based meat alternatives is that they smell a bit like pet food.

2024-05-16 18:30:45

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@npub147l…vyrc To rave reviews, I expect?
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2024-05-16 17:55:54

In America: The fuck are you doing in front of my car?
In European cities: The fuck are you doing in front of my legs?

2024-05-16 15:54:34

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@npub140w…su0k Let's hope that The Gathering is once again arranged in Vikingskipet next Easter.
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2024-05-16 08:36:41

Do they still sell inkjets? Who prints out photos these days? I have a printer, but it's a laser. They mostly can't print anything in colour, but they last forever. It's been years since I last bought a cartridge.

2024-05-16 06:19:26

I don't like the direction that the world and my life has taken in the past 5-10 years.

2024-05-16 04:38:29

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@npub1nn8…8sed I feel attacked.

2024-05-15 21:05:58

Obviously, my shirt isn't clean. I have a cat with white fur. I'm fine walking around like that. The problem is the cowards.
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2024-05-15 19:50:06

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@npub1j02…d2hr Du er så godt som norsk, er mitt inntrykk. Litt klaging over landet, men det er jo litt sånn man gjør.

2024-05-15 18:45:33

Viss du ska skjønn nordnorsk bainnskap så må du faen i hælvete høre på det hær opptaket med vaskemaskina:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVjbIcuS4uI&t=15s
Forbainnade jævelskap!
#norsktut

2024-05-15 12:33:05

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@npub1l3g…vu48 To dissuade such depictions, perhaps one should step up and work together.

2024-05-15 12:25:49

The Norway #ADHD group on FB strikes me as people who are always looking for stuff. Drugs, treatment, easy ways out. They're not looking for key solutions, such as collaboration.

2024-05-15 12:10:13

Not really prepared to commit to a single idea. No matter how important it seems. Forever alone.
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2024-05-15 10:21:53

America is somewhat fascist. Teetering on the edge of pulling a Mussolini.
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2024-05-15 08:38:33

Når man er fra Nord-Norge og skal prøve å konversere, og ser seg nødt til å uttale alt med utropstegn. #norsktut

2024-05-15 08:27:29

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@npub1580…g6wy Min første lange dag ute i sola var da de hadde Holmenkollstafetten (som jeg ikke deltok i, men havna midt oppi fordi jeg ikke fulgte med). Jeg flasser fremdeles. Ble bra solbrent.

2024-05-15 02:48:08

Jeg er ingen politisk ekspert, men jeg tror Ap kunne fått flere stemmer hvis Støre og en del andre sentrale figurer gikk av, og partiet innstilte seg på reform. #norsktut

2024-05-15 02:37:31

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@npub1xp5…jcs3 I hear that. I didn't say it's exactly the same. Just similar. I don't have evidence that Biden is a puppet. But I'm seeing a trend.

2024-05-15 02:17:20

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@npub1sj6…gm58 Similar stereotype to FrP voters, then.

2024-05-15 02:03:29

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@npub1sj6…gm58 There's a paradox there. I can say I'm in favour of preserving Finnish culture and language, but if I do that, suddenly, I'm Perussuomalaiset...

2024-05-15 01:45:22

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@npub17hp…ypu3 David Bowie was a very strange English man. The UK is good at producing strange English men. That's how the industrial revolution got started. Someone in England decided to be odd.

2024-05-15 01:36:58

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@npub1sj6…gm58 Lapland?

2024-05-15 01:34:27

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@npub1sj6…gm58 Back in Finland?

2024-05-15 01:10:34

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Adding to this, in Danish, "kuk" does not refer to the male genitalia.
It refers to a mess or a problem. "kuk i computeren" is hilarious to Swedes and Norwegians, because it sounds like "dick in the computer".
So, basically, in Danish, it means "f***ed up" instead of the thing you f** with...

2024-05-15 01:07:14

How to bake bread like an Egyptian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLw7lnX868Q

2024-05-15 00:41:18

Privatlivets fred, i sin fulle og hele kapasitet, slik folk flest kjenner den, er ikke noe du egentlig kan kreve etter å ha kledd deg naken for hele verden, slik man gjør ved å gå ut i det offentlige rom. Selv vanlige folk må jo forholde seg til at folk husker hva man har gjort, og at hvis man skiller seg ut, kan man få et rykte, og bli lagt merke til på gata. #norsktut

2024-05-14 23:50:48

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@npub1njh…8ehe I mine drømmer er ostekake like enkelt å lage som mikrobølgemuffins. Det er så mange trinn, og jeg vil ha kake nå, ikke i morra! 😭

2024-05-14 23:47:21

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@npub1j02…d2hr Det var en bok jeg leste som barn på biblioteket som var en lærebok i C++. Den hadde alle variablene på norsk. Jeg lurer på hvilken mentalsykdom den forfatteren hadde.

2024-05-14 18:50:23

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@npub1nyu…fwfl I might be in a mood for coq au vin at the moment.There might be problems...

2024-05-14 17:58:22

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@npub15dz…h56t But soon enough, after you've been left alone for long enough, the nights get cold and dark, and you start missing company...

2024-05-14 17:18:34

Norwegian: korpsmusikk
English: corpse music
Jokes aside: "korps" and "corpse" are both from Latin "corpus" - meaning body. A "korps" is a body of people. Through historical accident, this came to mean "marching band" in the Norwegian language.
So, that is why we celebrate Constitution Day with corpse music...
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2024-05-14 14:52:24

That's a funny analogy!
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2024-05-14 14:34:08

🔧💸
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2024-05-14 12:18:51

Considering that Norway has a population of only 5.5 million, it has a lot of hydroelectric plants. Many than Sweden, which has a population of 10.5 million. The reason is geography and climate. Lots of mountains and lots of rain. And there are no nuclear power plants.
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2024-05-14 11:07:17

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@npub1j02…d2hr Jeg merker jeg blir litt urolig av meg hvis det ikke er noe fjell og hav i nærheten.
"Men, det går da ikke an å leve på den måten?!"

2024-05-14 08:26:29

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@npub1knc…jx9d Low quality connections. No one takes appointments seriously anymore. You're lucky if they even bother to cancel ahead of time.

2024-05-14 05:36:17

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@npub18s3…dwfv Something tells me your actual surname is not, in fact, "Hammond".

2024-05-14 05:32:51

TFW you live in a big city and you run into a junkie who is working on his debut novel, and you realise how extremely useless it is to be talented but not privileged.

2024-05-14 04:24:09

TFW you do everything you're told to, but somehow, when you do it, it's always wrong.

2024-05-13 15:52:45

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@npub1alk…kuv2 Hvis du har kjæreste eller andre du bryr deg om som tilfeldigvis er en del av statsapparatet, gir det mening å lystre. Men kjenner du ingen der oppe, ser jeg ikke helt vitsen.

2024-05-13 13:41:30

Starting with a piano sample, I made this beat.
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