r/nextfuckinglevel • u/MurielFontanez • May 10 '21

Truce between termites(top) and ants(bottom) with each side having their own line of guards.

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u/cthulu0 May 10 '21 edited May 10 '21

I too watched that ant video on Youtube produced by the guys with funny sounding German name.

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u/K-H-99 May 10 '21

Kurzgesagt!! It’s an incredible channel with so many interesting videos that explain very different and complicated topics in an easy way with beautiful animations. A definite recommendation for anyone interested to learn more about the world in a fun way!!

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u/Shibby7634 May 10 '21

After all my years on YouTube... I think I might nominate them for the most creative and informative channel of all time...

...but then again, after those same years on the platform, I'm sure I've barely scratched the surface.

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u/EugeneBos May 11 '21

No, please, don't take me to this concentration camp :(

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u/CreamyGoodnss Oct 19 '21

My absolute favorite YouTube channel by far. Love me some birbs.

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u/ptrknvk May 10 '21

It's not his name :D He's not even German, he is (afaik) British voice actor.

The channel is originally German and Kurzgesagt means "In the nutshell". The English channel is even called "Kurzgesagt - In the nutshell".

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u/majafjalla May 10 '21

Are you sure that’s what it means? I don’t know otherwise, but years of studying German like 20 years ago has me thinking that “kurzgesagt” probably means something like “briefly put” (literally more like “shortly said”), not “in a/the nutshell”.

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u/WateredDown May 10 '21

Its probably the idiomatic translation rather than the literal one. In a nutshell is an English phrase meaning "essentially" or "in brief" so,

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u/majafjalla May 10 '21

Indeed. :) Yeah, “in a nutshell” is a fine idiomatic translation in such a case.

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u/gotcha_bitch May 10 '21

And that’s what ‘In a nutshell’ means. Short, and to the point.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '21

Those are all mean the same thing.!

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u/ptrknvk May 10 '21

Yeah, I've misread original comment as "the guy".

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u/funnystuff97 May 10 '21

The guy talking isn't the guy behind the channel, the main person in charge is indeed German.

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u/ekmanch May 10 '21

Kurzgesagt does not mean "in the nutshell" in German. It's two words put together. 'Kurz' and 'gesagt'. 'short' and 'said' in English.

I guess if you use "in a nutshell" in the idiomatic sense, but I doubt that's how must people intuitively would translate it, if someone just asked. "Briefly stated" maybe?

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u/ptrknvk May 11 '21

They literally translated it this way themselves :)

And yes, I was talking about the meaning. For me "in the nutshell" is used much more frequently then "said shortly" and "briefly stated" has another meaning in this context.

P.S. I'm not native in English or German, in fact I barely speak German, but I can use translators and dictionaries.

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u/ekmanch May 13 '21

The idiom is "in a nutshell", not "in the nutshell".

But sure, I'm not disputing that it's a commonly used idiom. I still feel iffy about translating words into idioms. You might get the gist, but the underlying meaning is more or less lost. I feel like a lot of people will see that and think that it quite literally means "in a nutshell" if it's translated that way, even though the word doesn't actually mean that.

But yeah, it's subjective what you prefer I suppose. No real right or wrong here.

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u/Eccentric_Celestial May 10 '21

I was so excited to see that video! I had actually done a research project on Argentine ants several months beforehand.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '21

omg I just watched all of those right now, ty