andrewta@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhy does the aurora borealis appear to be white in the sky but in pictures it has nice coloration?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down14
arrow-up163arrow-down1message-squareWhy does the aurora borealis appear to be white in the sky but in pictures it has nice coloration?andrewta@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareall-knight-party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·1 year agoWait… Did you really just use the Benjamin Franklin grandma pussy quote for this?
minus-squareVisualBuilder4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoOh. I didn’t know this was a thing. In my mother tongue (German) it is like a normal expression.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 year ago Nachts sind alle Katzen grau https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachts_sind_alle_Katzen_grau Apparently it was originally adapted from Don Quixote
minus-squareall-knight-party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’m sure it is, it’s just because my first experience with it was through that letter, so now it’s ruined for me.
minus-squareall-knight-party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advice_to_a_Friend_on_Choosing_a_Mistress?wprov=sfla1 Learn and be scarred
minus-squareianovic69@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year ago every Knack being by Practice capable of Improvement. Well he’s not wrong there!
minus-squaresfbing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoFrom reading the text, I speculate that Franklin was alluding to the preexisting saying as well – alluding to the cat in the dark as an accepted axiom.
minus-squareall-knight-party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat would make sense, cleverly recontextualizing a regular saying. It would fit the tone of the letter to do that humorously
Wait… Did you really just use the Benjamin Franklin grandma pussy quote for this?
Oh. I didn’t know this was a thing. In my mother tongue (German) it is like a normal expression.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachts_sind_alle_Katzen_grau
Apparently it was originally adapted from Don Quixote
I’m sure it is, it’s just because my first experience with it was through that letter, so now it’s ruined for me.
Excuse me the what now
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advice_to_a_Friend_on_Choosing_a_Mistress?wprov=sfla1
Learn and be scarred
Well he’s not wrong there!
From reading the text, I speculate that Franklin was alluding to the preexisting saying as well – alluding to the cat in the dark as an accepted axiom.
That would make sense, cleverly recontextualizing a regular saying. It would fit the tone of the letter to do that humorously