irritatingknitter @irritatingknitter@leftist.network

Let's start with a vague #introduction as I am not in a position to post revealing information about myself w/o risking employment.

I have an incomplete degree in STEM that I don't plan to pick up again. I switched to #literature and language and #arthistory, which suited me more I guess. During my studies I focused on the conditions under and with which art was/is produced. I'm also a #marxist.
I'm currently employed in the #library of one of the leading universities in my country.

As someone who studied #german #literature I've seen more than enough #poetry for several lifetimes. I've seen it all, or so I thought. I recently came across someone who rhymed 'Boot' (ˈboːt) with 'Pilot' (piˈloːt), as they do indeed rhyme, and wth not. BUT it somehow feels wrong. Never have I ever felt so strong about the use of words :(

Are there any examples for this in languages you speak? Like do english speaking people feel it's weird that 'one' (ˈwʌn) and 'won' (ˈwʌn) are the same?

This bothers me so much. Why do things exist, just to torment us? Just to suffer?

There are some things that do not pair well with my #ADHD, like anything I don't understand. I tend to #overthinking and if I am confronted with something unknown or new to me I can't relax until I fully understand it.
Yesterday I learned that there are non-simply connected #mazes where the walls are not connected to the outer wall and therefore you can't use the right-hand-on-wall strategy to escape it. I thought about it for a long time, and there seems to be no simple solution.

The worst thing about not being allowed to #work from home - besides loss of quality of life - is that I'm alone most of the time. My co-workers are part of another team that gets to decide their own schedule, while I'm not even allowed to be 15 minutes late without a 'good' reason. So today I will be isolated again for 8 hrs. Humans are not made for this, that's some #RealBS. We need to #rethink our concept of work.

At home I could at least talk to my neighbour's cat during my breaks.

Einen Fernseher nennt man übrigens sjónvarp, also sowas wie einen Anblick-Werfer. Und das tut er ja auch, irgendwie.

#DeutschDonnerstag #Sprache
#Isländisch lernen ist sehr viel leichter, wenn man deutsch kann. Viele Wörter haben das selbe grammatische Geschlecht, Verben folgen ähnlichen Prinzipien, manchmal klingen sie sogar ähnlich.

Allerdings muss man sich manchmal darauf einlassen, dass man einige Wörter nicht-isländischen Ursprungs als Konzept denken muss. Ein USB-Stick ist beispielsweise ein minnislykill - ein Gedankenschlüssel. Macht irgendwie Sinn, wenn man so darüber nachdenkt.

One of the few benefits of getting up early for work in winter is seeing the stars in the sky. I am particularly amazed each time by the #Orion constellation. Today it even outshines the street lights.

On a different note, we must abolish unpaid breaks at #work. I'm legally obliged to take them, adding ~1h to my work day during which I can't really leave the premises. If I *have* to spend time at work then it's not on my own terms and therefore I'm owed compensation. Same goes for lunch tbh

Why tf do students in this country have to pay 800$ #tuiton per semester when they cost the government between 30 and 70 times as much and the difference is covered entirely? #classwar #capitalism

Today I was randomly remembered that #soup exists, and now I'm sad.

I was involved in what was probably the most impactful redesign of our country-wide #library system since computers. A massive amount of libraries was interconnected so that researchers and students were able to borrow media from across the country for free, assisting them in completing papers or their degree. There was only one "problem": its cost, which was paid by the university with arguably the most funding. This is quite a long one so I'll do it in pictures. #industrysecrets #privatization