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The Only Way to Save Public Education Is to Turn Every Single School in America into High-End Condos (www.mcsweeneys.net)
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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the name for the terminal, sinking feeling you get from thinking something fake is true for a fleeting moment?

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eating the onion

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I guess thats still the best way to say it.

I was kind of hoping for a 26-syllable german word that described that exact feeling.

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

erschrockener Zwiebel-Nachrichtenfresser

Went into Google translate for "startled onion news eater."

[–] blusterydayve26@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Condos? You aren’t thinking big enough. We’ll need casinos to get this baby rollin.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

Oh fuck that’s why the dorms are so nice.