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Cake day: July 6th, 2023
  • Dicska@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ gatheringsEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I hate the vile stuff that the Hungarian government has/had been doing in the past fifteen (!) years, but if there has ever been a chance to overthrow them, it’s now(ish). I know that a year is still a pretty long time, and I’m sure they will switch to overdrive now that they feel it might be their last year, at least in the 2/3 majority, but there’s another election coming in April 2026. I would hate it if the country got expunged juuuust before a possible change of regime, even if that change probably won’t be Earth shattering.

    I just hope the EU comes up with some creative solution to keep these evil autocrats at bay for the “little” time until then.

  • Dicska@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Thousands take to the streets after Hungary passes new anti-LGBTQ+ law banning Pride eventsEnglish
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    1 month ago

    “Hungary would be a better place if you didn’t beat out the fuse, but each other’s” - or “Hungary would be a better place if you’d beat each other’s instead of the fuse”.

    By the way, OP accidentally overlooked the country/place translation, but I’m 100% sure they know, otherwise.

    Boring explanation in the spoiler box:

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    To jack off = to beat (it) out/off in Hungarian. E.g. “I beat out/off my dick to this picture of a daisy”.

    To blow the fuse (…box?) = to beat out/off the fuse in Hungarian. Beat might not be the best translation, and it could be closer to ‘slam’ or ‘pop’ or something, but we use the same word (‘ver’ / ‘beat’) in both cases.

    We also use the term ‘blow the fuse’ when talking about having enough of something that grinds your gears. Like, “I could still tolerate that ignorant knob, but when he started talking about all the doctors of the world conspiring, that blew the fuse for me. (‘beat out/off the fuse for me’)” - kind of when you lose it.

  • Dicska@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Hungary bans Pride events and plans to use facial recognition to target attendersEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Despite the 2/3 majority in parliament, the actual vote head counts were closer to a 45/55 (or 48/52, depending on the source) at the last few elections. This is due to severe gerrymandering, excessive propaganda, oppressing opposition and independent media outlets, and intentionally cutting education funds.

    But I’m also both saddened and infuriated by the fact that while it’s not the majority, still, HALF of the fucking country still supports this vile, hateful, corrupt, literally evil government.

    I guess there’s no hope for the country, and it will soon devolve into another Belarus.

  • Dicska@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•No kant do: Eurovision bars Malta’s entry over title’s similarity to C-wordEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I don’t know the source of this list, but #15 actually means ‘shit’ (like with several other languages in the comment).

    However, I understand it’s not easy, because I wouldn’t say there is a straight equivalent of it in the language. You could go for ‘picsa’, but that’s often typically used for women, or it’s closer in meaning to the english ‘removed’. ‘Pöcs’ has a similar vibe when used specifically on males, but it’s much closer to being ‘prick’. Then there’s ‘köcsög’, which has a closer vibe to ‘scumbag’, but at least not so gender specific. I guess it’s situational.