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well, I think that the point is no matter what you try to cut out, just eating and drinking and wearing clothes, plus [whatever], means tons of carbon

actually I find this 'metric tons' thing all over the place and am sick of it. Definitely intended to produce feelings of guilt over just living and breathing

Meh. I would say I'm generally environmentally responsible in my own life, but that's just my choice to try to avoid damaging things. I will say that environmentalists make me want to light a mattress on fire, all memory foam mattress.

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What's the difference between frankfurters and hot dogs?

What truly sets the two sausages apart is the meat, with frankfurters being made entirely out of pork, while hot dogs can be made of beef, pork, a combination, or even with chicken or turkey.
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Why do Americans call frankfurters hot dogs?

The name most likely began as a joke about the Germans' small, long, thin dogs. In fact, even Germans called the frankfurter a "little-dog" or "dachshund" sausage, thus linking the word "dog" to their popular concoction.
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What's the difference between a frankfurter and a Wiener?

A combination of beef and pork is referred to as a wiener. In America, we've kind of reversed it: In general, all-beef dogs are called franks or frankfurters, while Oscar Mayer is really the only major brand using the word wiener, specifically in reference to its classic dog, a combination of pork, turkey, and chicken .

[obviously frankfurters owe their name to Frankfurt, but I'm surprised how many people don't know wieners owe their name to Vienna]

"Wiener dog" an actual dog. German Das hound? Dachshund

they mean by we've "reversed it" that if you see frankfurters in the US they are probably all beef instead of all pork

I dont really remember seeing anything labeled as a frankfurter, I think I'll have to check that out next time I'm in the store

Quote: odiousgambit

they mean by we've "reversed it" that if you see frankfurters in the US they are probably all beef instead of all pork

I dont really remember seeing anything labeled as a frankfurter, I think I'll have to check that out next time I'm in the store

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Finished "Wartime Lies" by Louis Begley, a harrowing account of what his family as Jews did to survive Nazi occupation of Poland. It's a novel, having decided he wanted to change some personal stuff. That it was authentic is obvious, though. You see it stated that they survived by getting false papers stating they were Polish catholics, but it’s clear it took much more than that. Jews who were too trusting that the worst wouldn’t happen, or were misinformed about the best tactics, or just weren’t clever enough, they didn’t make it. As it was, luck played a large role.

Yes, I recommend the book. One thing that surprised me was that they had to cling to their false identity for a while after the war ended, as a “pogrom” took place that the Soviets allowed or were unable to stop. Or were unable to care, Russians undertook their own pograms.

That Jews are citizens with rights protects Jews in America and all over much of the world today. Since you see instances of Jews prospering and owning property in Europe in those days [Begley’s father is a respected doctor in the book] you get the idea that they have the rights of citizens, but this is evidently just not correct. I was wondering what would come up googling that.

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what was the legality of pogroms against jews?

[various websites come up]

In the Middle Ages and early modern era, religious antagonism towards Europe’s Jews resulted in anti-Jewish legislation, expulsions, and violence. In much of Europe, government policies, customs, and laws segregated Jews from the rest of the population, relegated them to particular jobs,and prohibited them from owning land. In the nineteenth century, many of these restrictions were lifted through political emancipation, but in Tsarist Russia, for instance, anti-Jewish laws remained until 1917.

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/antisemitism
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What is the meaning of the word pogrom?

devastation

An organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jews in Russia or eastern Europe
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As for Poland, and as for Socialism being progressive:

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Up to 20,000 Jews… were hounded from Poland at the end of the 1960s. They were accused of supporting Israel in a virulent anti-Semitic campaign led by the communist government.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/poland-1968-the-last-pogrom/

Used the word 'spendthrift' with someone and paused to wonder if it meant the opposite of what I thought, but no. Certainly if you were coining a new word, you wouldn't make this combination to mean what it does

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"Spendthrift" derives from an obsolete sense of the word "thrift" to mean prosperity rather than frugality, so a "spendthrift" is one who has spent their prosperity

I'm noticing the celebrity-type news, which is unavoidable even if you don't care for it, keeps using expressions that assert somebody is 'shading' somebody else. From the below, this is evidently old usage, but I don't remember it. It's getting a renaissance I think

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What does it mean to shade a person?

Shade is a subtle, sneering expression of contempt for or disgust with someone—sometimes verbal, and sometimes not. It appears in the phrase to throw shade, as in "The Sunday Stylers are the last people I'd expect to throw shade on President Bill's hair pursuits" (New York Times, 4 July 1993).

Quote: odiousgambit

I'm noticing the celebrity-type news, which is unavoidable even if you don't care for it, keeps using expressions that assert somebody is 'shading' somebody else. From the below, this is evidently old usage, but I don't remember it. It's getting a renaissance I think

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What does it mean to shade a person?

Shade is a subtle, sneering expression of contempt for or disgust with someone—sometimes verbal, and sometimes not. It appears in the phrase to throw shade, as in "The Sunday Stylers are the last people I'd expect to throw shade on President Bill's hair pursuits" (New York Times, 4 July 1993).

I don't recall it either, but some things develop regionally. Maybe they stay there, maybe they spread. Oh, and many things probably develop "generationally."