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C
Creamu
Don't listen to foreigners.
KleinesSinchen
KleinesSinchen
The toad, amused about his success and full of schadenfreude, said to himself: "I will do that again!" searching for another centipede. Once he found one, he repeated: "In what order do you put your feet one behind the other?"

The second, smarter centipede stopped a while, looked at the toad and said (:creep:): "You are an idiot. Muscle memory. Once a motion sequence is thoroughly learned and trained…
KleinesSinchen
KleinesSinchen
…the cerebrum isn't really active consciously controlling. Do you think a human, who learned to ride a bicycle, is busy with constantly thinking:
rightLeg.power(100); leftLeg.power(0);
rightLeg.power(0); leftLeg.power(100);
Using brakes and even switching gears becomes automatism. The brain is needed to (hopefully) monitor the traffic (and the not smartphone).":creep:
Nikokaro
Nikokaro
Too bad you were not present at the event; we would have prevented the centipede from being traumatized. 🤣
Note: I don't know what "schadenfreude" means, but it contains the name Freud and so I like it. 😉
AncientBoi
AncientBoi
Just reading this. That's all. :D:)
KleinesSinchen
KleinesSinchen
@Nikokaro [YouTube] Lisa Simpson – Schadenfreude
I thought the word is one of the few German terms used in English as well.
Schaden → Damage, harm, disadvantage
Freude → Joy, fun
Feeling delighted because somebody is suffering. Connection to sadism.

Good example: Laughing about those "funny" video clips were people fall and hurt themselves.
Nikokaro
Nikokaro
It could be. But you should know by now that my knowledge of english is very limited and basic. 😒
KleinesSinchen
KleinesSinchen
Not true and you know this.
Partially related: I need some help: Somebody reading through my text. Alexander1970 will do it (and did for the first few pages). Would you be willing to help me with this as well?
Nikokaro
Nikokaro
It depends on the topic. Technical subjects, I don't digest them. However, if you're not in a hurry, I can try....:)
C
Creamu
You can do it!
KleinesSinchen
KleinesSinchen
"Technical subjects, I don't digest them." → Such topics are (and should be) part of GBAtemp!
There is no pressure of time. My goal is an intermediate level. An introduction for beginners (like myself – hard to find suitable sources), but not only superficial like most information available online. Most sources are already gone (the Wayback Machine to the rescue…)
Nikokaro
Nikokaro
Introduction to what? Anyway, that's fine, but you should also ask a native english speaker/writer/reader, if you know any here... 🤔