• janbaumy@lemm.ee
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    14 hours ago

    Fax machines and overhead projectors, if you live in Germany. Basically every office here still has a (frequently used) Fax machine and all schools still use overhead projectors.

    It was actually quite a shock to me when my University retired their projectors in 2023. They sent an email to each and every student as a warning. Life‘s crazy here.

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      9 hours ago

      As a stupid american that took a few German classes in highschool many years ago, I must know, do you call it “der Projektor” or “der Bildwerfer”?

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        38 minutes ago

        100% „der Projektor“. Bildwerfer makes sense as well, but I have never heard anyone use that word before.

        It actually reminds me of the German version of me_irl (ich_iel) where they try to use German words exclusively even if it sounds completely silly.