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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 74 points 4 months ago

!theyknew@lemmy.sdf.org

[–] Brett@feddit.org 67 points 4 months ago (5 children)

thats german anglicisms for you. before smartphones we called mobile phones handys

[–] LiveFreeDie8@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago (3 children)

What is it called now? They are still teaching to call smartphones a Handy in german classes.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 31 points 4 months ago

That's correct. Do pronounce it Händy

[–] Brett@feddit.org 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It depends. Handy is still pretty common and everybody will know what you are talking about. But atleast in my circles we just call them smartphones most of the time now.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Johanno@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago

Wischkästla

[–] Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 4 months ago

Me and all my friends all call them "Handys".

And to people not familar with English loanwords in German: Yes, the correct German pluralization ends with a "ys" and not as it would be correct in English: "ies". The same is true for "Hobbys" and "Babys", not sure if there are more.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Before? They still call them that

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

What are whistles? Blowys?

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 8 points 4 months ago

Hahahaha, omg that's awesome

[–] mongo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah handy is funny and is pretty common, but walkies is just what most brits will say for a dog walk and I have no idea where else it is used so would probably suggest it is a bit niche

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 32 points 4 months ago

It’s the pet play part not walkies

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 46 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

"We already make you degenerates bring your own grocery bags. We can figure out what other weird shit you're into."

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Can I also interest you in tobacco waterpipe and belt buckles?

[–] idefix@sh.itjust.works 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I assume it's some kind of sex reference, is that right?

[–] S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

The kink of act like pets it seems

Now if you allow me I'm gonna wash my hands and mind I touched tumblr...

[–] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 18 points 4 months ago

And here I was, trying to crack "Walkies" instead

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You don't like the idea of having someone gently pet you and scratch behind your ears while they tell you how pretty and nice you are and how they'll take care of you?

Cause it's pretty fucking nice even just as a game to play for a couple of hours.

[–] MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I want to eat pellets out of a bowl on the floor

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago

Enjoy! Sounds like you have your shit together.

The five steps to a satisfying sex life:

  • Know what you want

  • Accept what you want

  • Learn how to communicate what you want

  • Actually communicate what you want

  • Don't be too quick to decide who can and can't give you what you want

Every one of these is way harder to do than say though.

[–] S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah this is more of a "walk in a leash" thing it seems.

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

I've both held and been on the leash at clubs.

"Can I introduce my pet to you? She really likes ear scratches."

People are WAY nicer to each other's pets than to other humans. It's nice to get that.

Out in the street, yeah more people aren't going to get it, but then again, fuck the haters.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I thought that was called pup play, not pet play.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I would think that pup play is just a subcategory of pet play specifically for dog type human pets.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 4 points 4 months ago

Hmmm. Having a pet sounds fun.

But probably not something I'd seek a relationship over.

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 26 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Eh, this seems like a niche enough kink that it's your own fault for thinking this sounds dirty. I'm kinda annoyed I know about it now. You should delete this post.

[–] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can't pretend you've been on the internet for more than a day and not heard of catgirls yet

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago

I guess I am at least aware of it, but I didn't make that association when I saw the post.

[–] Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

You think you have a bad, I found out during sex with an ex girlfriends that "ageplay" is a thing... It really didnt help that she looked younger either. If she didnt drive a car, I would have been sweating bullets...

UwU I want walkies with Mummy

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Expanding the target demographic I see

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 4 points 4 months ago

Maybe it is for humans, and we got them all wrong!

At this point though, I would be a capital P pet, not the fetish type that is. An actual fucking pet.

Just throw me raw meat and let me sleep.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago

I can think of a couple people I know who would love to have one of those.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah, they could make his/hers sets and call it mummy and daddy walkies