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Blaze destroys multimillion-euro German fire station that had no alarms(www.theguardian.com)

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robdor@lemmynsfw.com
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Is there a word for multiple levels of irony?

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BobbyTables@discuss.tchncs.de
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In German we call that a “Schildbürgerstreich”. Yeah, no kidding, we have a word especially for things like that.

It refers to a foolish or absurd act, often involving a misunderstanding or misapplication of logic, typically in a humorous context - especially around buildings. The term comes from the “Schildbürger” tales, which depict the antics of the supposedly foolish citizens of the fictional town of Schildburg.

Edit: the fictional town was called Schila - thanks to diplomjodler3 for pointing it out!

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RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com
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At least our language was prepared for that fire, when the fire department wasn’t.

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Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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The town was called Schilda. Legend has it that the citizens of this town were very wise and sought after as advisors everywhere in the country. Then one day they were fed up with that and decided to be total fools from then there out.

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BobbyTables@discuss.tchncs.de
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You are right! Brain fart on my side with Schildburg… Schilda is correct!

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nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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The home directly next door to our town fire station (less than 200 yards away) burned down when I was in high school. Also it was also the fire chief’s former house.

We kinda always assumed it was for insurance money, but I really have no idea.

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LwL@lemmy.world
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They’re almost certainly volunteer fire fighters given that this is a rather small town, so there might not have been any present at the time.

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BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
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“That’s not how fires are supposed to work!”

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aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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“I’ll just put this fire over here with the other fire”

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@Blaze@sopuli.xyz

WHAT DID YOU DOOOOOO???

Edit: Does that tag him? I thought it would be clickable…

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AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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It seems to work with Voyager

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Mango@lemmy.world
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LMAO

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cabron_offsets@lemmy.world
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Unfortunately, but yeah.

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Mango@lemmy.world
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Stuff like this tends to be an “everyone assumed someone else was on it”.

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