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The Only Way to Save Public Education Is to Turn Every Single School in America into High-End Condos (www.mcsweeneys.net)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What's the name for the terminal, sinking feeling you get from thinking something fake is true for a fleeting moment?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Eating the onion

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I guess thats still the best way to say it.

I was kind of hoping for a 26-syllable german word that described that exact feeling.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

erschrockener Zwiebel-Nachrichtenfresser

Went into Google translate for "startled onion news eater."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Danke.