Florian Posdziech5d ago
TIL: @nickfarr doesn't know "Sendung mit der Maus". 🤯
Insecurity Princess 🌈💖🔥3d ago
Show threadsebastian

@flowfx @nickfarr

A while ago I said "the guy with the funny helmet carrying my DNS request must have tripped", when diagnosing some issue and I got the weirdest blank looks from my colleagues.

Turns out none of my colleagues grew up with German television, so nobody knew how the internet actually works.

https://www.wdrmaus.de/filme/sachgeschichten/internet.php5

Die Seite mit der Maus - Internet

Armin erklärt, wie das Internet funktioniert. Er zeigt, was passiert, wenn man eine Seite aufruft und die Daten in den Kabeln unterwegs sind.

Apr 30 at 9:15amWeb
Show threadfuzzle @ cccfr5d ago
@sebastian @flowfx @nickfarr
classic ... thanks for reminder :)
Show threadthefeiter5d ago
@sebastian@schottkydio.de @flowfx@chaos.social @nickfarr@chaos.social "Eine Nachricht zur Auskunft!"
Show threadTobias4d ago
@sebastian @flowfx @nickfarr Unironcially one of the best explanations of the internet for childen of all ages.
Show threadDataline4d ago
@sebastian @flowfx @nickfarr This is actually adorable. Going to share this with anyone who asks me "how does the internet work" from now on.
Show threadLivi 4d ago
@sebastian
Thanks for reminding me of this masterpiece  
Show threadtipjip4d ago

@sebastian

@flowfx @nickfarr

Ich glaube das Modem hatte ich auch. *altfühl*

Show threadEd Wiebe4d ago
@sebastian Das ist fantastisch!
Show threadChristoph Petrausch3d ago

@sebastian
I know that feeling. Referring to TV shows of your childhood. Then your colleagues are either too old to have seen them, as they didn't watch kids TV back then, or they were not born yet 😅

@flowfx @nickfarr

Show threadsebastian3d ago

@hikhvar In my case it's a very international team. The intersection set of shows we watched as children is rather small.

@flowfx @nickfarr

Show threadChristoph Petrausch3d ago

@sebastian

Oh that as well. I took a bit of time to adopt to international memes only. Stuff like "Anzeige ist raus" or "Küchenblechmafia" doesnt work in international teams 😅 @flowfx @nickfarr

Show threadAdvanced Persistent Teapot3d ago
@sebastian @flowfx @nickfarr the internet is powered by Spaceballs?! That explains a lot!
Show threaddotKnewt3d ago
@sebastian @flowfx @nickfarr I don’t know german, but this was still an excellent watch.
Show threadAdam ♿3d ago
@sebastian @flowfx @nickfarr I wonder what the German equivalent of "BBC voice" is? I no longer speak enough German to understand that fluently but it's really clearly spoken and well articulated.
Show threadChris Pitts3d ago

@sebastian @flowfx @nickfarr @jay_peper My goodness! Modems! That brings back memories! And even though I'm not fluent in German, that's still a great explanation of how things work.

One thing though. We now know it's not people making the internet work. It's cats. Which explains a lot. 😸

Show threadsrslypascal2d ago

@sebastian @flowfx @nickfarr

Am I the only one tripping over the fact that they were showing a local HTML file from their D: drive instead of the actual internet site at second 9 of the video? 😣