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cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 5d

i used to have a book that listed all his swear words.

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 5d

oh right, the asian thing...
i wonder how growing up with stuff like that didn't turn me into a racist

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 5d

ah, i see. when i read the comic books i was too young to care about what the captain drank. but still the name loch lomond stuck with me. so respect to hergé for choosing that name

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 5d

oh, yea, i see that. as a kid i read and re-read them all the time. but especially the older ones were... yeah, pretty much racist. and a belgian of all people writing about africa in that way?

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 5d

It was first mentioned in the 1966 English-language edition of Tintin and the Black Island (replacing Johnnie Walker in the original), although it remains ambiguous whether or not Hergé came up with the name on his own.[9] (2/2)

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 5d

quoted from wikipedia: "Loch Lomond" is also the name of a fictional brand of Scotch whisky consumed by Captain Haddock in Hergé's famous comics series The Adventures of Tintin.[8] Despite the name, the whisky has no connection to the real-world Loch Lomond distillery. (1/2)

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 5d

oh wait, after checking wikipedia: they are not even connected at all. hergé seems to have made up a name that sounded scottish, not knowing about the actual destillery. before that the captain drank johnny walker.

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 5d

at this point i'm not even sure if you're being sarcastic. assuming that you are not: yes way! and iirc it exists because of the comics. it's not even expensive

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 5d

ich habe immer gern romane gelesen. die männer in meinem umfeld, die nur sachbücher gelesen haben, haben sich oft als schlimmere menschen rausgestellt, als die, die gar nichts gelesen haben.

ich würde gern wieder lesen...

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cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 5d

there actually is a scotch whisky called loch lomond

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cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 5d

the game's the game

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 7d

bitte? was ist das denn für ein vergleich?

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 7d

köln wär wohl am nächsten gewesen...

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 7d

hätt ich noch karten bekommen hätt ich auch ne meinung :(

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 7d

that he would gladly give up his german name? i do

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 7d

sehr gut.

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 7d

he would have a few choice words to say.

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 7d

nicht unterschätzen, wie viele nazis es schon vorher dort gab...

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 8d

just enjoy the few years until we eventually catch up.

cpt commie @cptcom.bsky.social · 8d

oh, it probably won't. but as a european on the european continent i don't imagine that i have much influence on the europeans on the american continent anyway.