↪ Replying to @Wildenstam
@Wildenstam True, far from all of these will be of Swedish origin, but at least commonly used in Swedish. 😊
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↪ Replying to @DorotheaBaur
@DorotheaBaur I'd love a thread of idioms pertaining only to cows. 😁🐮
↪ Replying to @MzansiMaasai
@MzansiMaasai @white_owly Ha, I actually researched this! The Prussian blue color became financially viable for less well-off people in the early 19th century. All the finest furniture (used to store linen, porcelain and silver) was painted in this blue. Defecating in it would be the worst possible thing.
↪ Replying to @white_owly
@white_owly Added to thread, with explanation :)
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Swedish sayings.
Feel free to add your own favorites from any language.
1. Ingen ko på isen = No cow on the ice = No worries.
2. Ana ugglor i mossen = suspect owls in the bog (marsh) = I think there is something suspicious going on
3. Nu har du skitit i det blå skåpet = Now you've taken a shit in the blue cabinet = You're in trouble OR you've gone too far OR things have just taken a turn for the worse
2020 has definitely taken a shit in the blue cabinet.
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4. Allt är inte guld som glimmar = Everything that gleams (sparkles) isn't gold = It isn't necessarily good just because it looks good.
5. Bättre en fågel i handen än tio i skogen = It's better to have one bird in your hand than ten in the forest = It's better to be sure of having a little, than hoping to get more.
Monoculture in tech stretches further than you might imagine. x.com/RobertAlai/sta…
So, yeah, certainly not only tech. But here's one story.
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↪ Replying to @neeraj
@neeraj Thanks! 😊 I felt it did really capture my state of mind.
↪ Replying to @unknown
@kateheydonorg Lovely environment! I started cycling to work last year. It was such a great way to start and end the day. Then came winter followed by corona.
This is me in my element when I need to go somewhere off-grid and think.
As I'm deleting my Instagram account, there may be more picture/photo content from me here going forward. We'll see how that plays out ;)
↪ Replying to @amrancz
@amrancz I try to embrace it. It means that you take time to reflect and reason – which is a good thing. It can also mean you are _gaining_ expertise and proficiency, as "the more you know, the more you know you don't know".
'Yet people across the globe now use fragile storage media […]. In the event that the world’s electricity grids could no longer be maintained, we would miss more than comfort and convenience; we could lose science, higher mathematics, and history.'
resilience.org/stories/2018-1…
By repeatedly asking me how my experience with your company was, you are negatively influencing my experience of your company.
Believe it or not, all communication from your company is part of the experience.
#catch22
"Our European visitors are important to us."
The irony of this is that they truly do seem to care about European visitors, enough to know they aren't following privacy laws and decided to protect EU citizens from these practices. American visitors? Not so much. 😅
↪ Replying to @uxmastery
@uxmastery Awesome, would love a list of those more than 200 countries ;)
@uxmastery x.com/stevenjlovelac…
↪ Replying to @hankvonhelvete
@hankvonhelvete I agree. In the true sense of what these words mean, scanning is reading. But in UX the myth of not reading for comprehension lives on...
↪ Replying to @unknown
@matthewdichter Yes, and popups, newsletters, cookie consents, ads, more microcopy...
↪ Replying to @unknown
@danachis @benadida Great thread. This is why Sweden's voting system is all based on paper ballots.
↪ Replying to @mjmetts
@mjmetts I was thinking of you and Andy when I wrote this tweet Michael! Glad you saw it :)