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2017-08-01 (Tuesday)

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  • philgyford’s avatar

    @andybudd Certainly similar. I guess Torschlusspanik is a feeling likely to come on during one’s mid-life crisis. I imagine. Er…

  • philgyford’s avatar

    My favourite German compound word is Torschlusspanik, “gate-close-panic”. The fear that time is running out to do major life things.

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    @Zoonie @matlock Yeah, so good. It’s not unusual for me to feel tension, or sadness, or similar with TV, but that constant feeling of *horror* was new to me.

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    PeterMannionMP’s avatar

    @philgyford Doppelhanger?

  • philgyford’s avatar

    Alright… German word for being unable to accept a TV season’s artistically valid open ending because it’s the same as a cynical cliffhanger.

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  • buschenfeld’s avatar

    When Theresa May met Justin Trudeau

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    @paulpod A new life awaits you in the off-world colonies, they said. A golden land, they said. Well the trains don't work

  • PeterMannionMP’s avatar

    @philgyford Doppelhanger?