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ervaqre schreef op 3-1-2017 18:19:
>> Well, apparently Youtube doesn't earn people a lot either. Hence the
>> whole Patreon thing you see at the beginning or end of some productions.
>> I know on Twitter some monetize their tweets by throwing in sponsored
>> content.
>
> Let's do the same thing on the usenet. First though, we need to convince
> companies that Aglami has a lot of lurkers who are keen to buy products.
> Speaking of lurkers, I wonder if we still really have them around. You
> know, those cold, cruel people who just watch these threads go by. They
> never say anything, but are always there.

They're playing #shutup

>> The Germans can speak Turkish as much as they want. Just as long as they
>> don't start firing people because of alleged connection to an
>> organization alleged to have been part of a failed coup. That way you're
>> just motivating people to organize a new coup.
>
> Stop referring to something that was in the news months ago!

So how aboot that wall in Berlin coming down, eh?

Sorry, I suddenly sounded Canadian there.

>>> Dat hebben we niet!
>>
>> Is "that having we not" even English???
>
> I'm pretty sure it isn't. That "pining" we not on the other hand might be
> a good candidate to become part of the English language by 2036.

Dutch English as an official English dialect? We've been doing that for 
years in Aglami.

>> A model what? A model citizen? A model train? A Dinky Toy?
>> Wait. This was in China, wasn't it? They needed an American for a
>> commercial and the closest they got was you?
>
> They needed a white person and since I was the only white person in town,
> they offered me money for photo shoots. Because otherwise the company
> would need a white model to be flown in from the capital.

Then they'd have to decide how white, what color hair and eyes and all 
that whilst looking through a white models catalog.

> I refused of course. Though I am pretty sure my photo has been used for
> advertising in a store I once visited. Also lots of random people who
> took my photo on the street. Wonder what those were used for.

A poster in the store:
"Have you seen this foreign man? Presumed armed and dangerous."

>> That one failed the citizenship-test. Even Merkel won't show mercy and
>> kick that one out.
>
> Citizenship test? I don't think they have those in Germany. Nobody ever
> asked me or my wife anything. And what are they going to ask anyway? Who
> the most famous German in history was?
>
That's a trick question. The most famous German was an Austrian.

-- 
Danny.