Germanglish Episode 003: Plague of Acquaintances
Nik seems to be completely recovered from his mystery disease, and on Thursday afternoon we recorded Episode 003. In this episode we discuss social networks, the term “friend” as it is used to describe our social network contacts. We also discuss a few things people do without consciously being aware of what they are doing. We give our media recommendations and the Quote of the Episode.
The new-ish intro/outro music is called “Gravity in Terms of Space-Time” by Starscream.
Show Notes, Corrections, & Clarifications:
Nik did not really seek alternative healing from the Chinese.
40 cm is 15.75 inches, which really is a lot of snow though not close to the height of Nik’s kneecaps.
Germans are not actually dwarfs, except the ones that really are.
Nik really is a Level 7 Pokemon Monster Scout.
Playing Pokemon does not actually grow hair.
Despite what Nik says, none of his Facebook “friends” “snook on there.”
Nik does not play Farmville. His girlfriend takes care of it for him.
Everyone should Google themselves at least once a month.
Keith would break down his Facebook friend list into “Friends,” “Acquaintances,” and “Frenemies.”
Keith apologizes to any mentally handicapped people he may have offended by calling Twitter’s terms “retarded.”
Nik and Keith are aware that Xbox Live is not a social network.
Nik was stating a hypothetical when referring to Keith spreading his hate around. Keith keeps his hate to himself.
Nik described the domino affect of a habitual spiller of liquids (which he is).
Keith actually gets up in the afternoon, not the morning.
Nik refers to Sigmund Freud with regards to Keith’s motivation for questioning why humans do what we do.
Nik prefers the Germussian pronunciation of Tetris.
You can play Tetris on the web for free HERE.
Nik knows that Al Bundy is not really on the show Modern Family, but Ed O’Neil is.
The Quote of the Week may be renamed to “Quote of the Episode.”
Nik mentioned that he nods faster than his shadow and was referring to Lucky Luke.
Nik shares an interesting (and enlightening) “Tweeter” anecdote in an attempt to derail the ending of the show.
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