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Germany votes to bring in voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds

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126 points petermcneeley | 5 comments | 06 Dec 25 19:19 UTC | HN request time: 1.091s | source
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appreciatorBus ◴[06 Dec 25 23:48 UTC] No.46177701[source]▶
> "We don't want to spend half a year of our lives locked up in barracks, being trained in drill and obedience and learning to kill," the organisers of the protests wrote in a statement posted on social media. "War offers no prospects for the future and destroys our livelihoods."

Is the idea that it’s better for your livelihood to just start learning how speak Russian now?

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aleph_minus_one[dead post] ◴[07 Dec 25 00:08 UTC] No.46177900[source]▶
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1. consumer451 ◴[07 Dec 25 16:08 UTC] No.46182719[source]▶
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBG3Gdt5OGs
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2. aleph_minus_one ◴[07 Dec 25 20:08 UTC] No.46184664[source]▶
Use, for example, Google Translate on the (Russian) explanations of the lyrics at https://genius.com/Ic3peak-no-more-death-lyrics to understand the context of this song.
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3. consumer451 ◴[07 Dec 25 21:12 UTC] No.46185201[source]▶
Just turning CC=on in the video does a great job as well. They translated well, I think?
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4. aleph_minus_one ◴[07 Dec 25 21:43 UTC] No.46185475{3}[source]▶
In my opinion understanding even the translated text requires a little bit more (cultural) context, which genius.com provides.
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5. consumer451 ◴[10 Dec 25 19:34 UTC] No.46222478{4}[source]▶
Thanks for that. I had never used genius.com for translation along with user comments. Great use case.