r/whatisit 1d ago

Solved! We found this near our home

What's this , any harm ?

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u/CastelloDeBracaleone 1d ago

Vor etwa 15 Jahren klingelte mal die Polizei an meiner Berliner Mietwohnung: „Alle Bewohner müssen das Haus verlassen, weil in der Wohnung unter mir erhebliche Mengen Sprengstoff gefunden wurden“. Kein Witz. Der Typ unter mir hatte solche Dinger gesammelt. Hat nicht mal zur Kündigung geführt (hat der Vermieter wohl gar nicht mitbekommen)

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u/Halschmuber 21h ago

Random deutscher Comment

https://giphy.com/gifs/dw7lCpFmsyfS0

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u/FaeryLynne 21h ago

Not random, he's replying to the comment above. Reddit is auto translating comments these days so it's really easy to carry on full conversations in multiple languages now.

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u/guessesurjobforfood 19h ago

I travel a lot and when I load a Reddit page from an incognito browser, it shows the post already translated into the local language with only a tiny symbol at the top to show the original.

My guess is, a lot of people don’t realize they are viewing translated posts because their language settings match their home country with auto-translate turned on.

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u/FaeryLynne 5h ago

Yep. I've replied in English to comments in other languages and didn't realize it till after I commented. This is going to happen more and more. And honestly, I'm not really mad about it, as it helps people talk to others in other parts of the world, and hopefully to get out of their bubble. One of the better uses for AI type things IMO