• Datorie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s “ich im echten Leben”, which is a literal translation of “me in real life”.

    Basically it’s a meme community and the german version of me_irl.

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      1 year ago

      Actually, it’s a direct translation of I_irl. It should really have been mich_iel or mir_iel.

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        1 year ago

        It’s a bit more complicated. English uses me much more than German uses ich. Think of: It’s me, you and me, …