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They're called Îles Malouines in French and Islas Malvinas in Spanish, after all.

This is all true. Yet, all I’m hearing is "Water under the bridge! Annexion is just a thing humans do, get over it." and I think that’s too easy to say when you aren’t, for example…

We could have stopped right at the moment when ‘need’ was replaced by ‘greed’. I know, illusionary.

No, I'm just thinking about things on a more abstract level and wonder whether what is taken for granted really is always a given when doing so.

That may all be true, but you’re talking about voluntary affiliations here. Colonies are rarely ceded voluntarily, but are usually the result of an invasion or a lost conflict. The…

No hatred was uttered. Just a view of the world you're apparently opposed to.

So you’re suggesting amnesia and ignoring the fact that Gibraltar wasn’t a blank spot on the map before it was annexed by the British. I think that’s a very one-sided view.

Well, in theory, they should! :) Imagine a world where expansionist acts of violent injustice could be undone.

If it belongs to the people who live there, why does Britain have any say in their matters?

I was not talking about any of the points you mention, I was refering to the geographical facts alone. Wouldn't you agree that in general it is kind of silly to claim ownership of …

I didn't debate that.

From a purely geographical point of view, it is so absurd that there is even a debate about to which land mass Gibraltar "belongs" to. As a colonialist, I would find it very diffic…

Traditionally, it also has the meaning of "Personen von höherem Stand", meaning upper class people.

That would be "Höhergestellte" nowadays.

Whilst the world suffers because more and more let's say "not entirely climate-neutral" data centres are being built beause you were to lazy to read an article you mean.

Straight to the crystal ball.

"We live abroad in China, and Greek is one of three languages my kids are learning."

… which heavily involves memorizing foreign letters. English and German mostly share the same alphabet, though, which suggests that the person asking the question hasn’t quite gras…

This is about memorizing foreign letters.

This isn't a product.

The test is supposed to be /fun/. But "completely normal" folks just don't get it, I suppose.

Yeah, we all know that. Could it be that you're German or autistic?

Of course they used none.

"Hackerbrief" means "hacker letter" in German.