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What exactly is Kreuzberg 36? I always assumed that was a street number after hearing an old Smut Peddlers song. https://genius.com/Smut-peddlers-kreuzberg-36-

• luplex 3y ago
  Kreuzberg is a borough in Berlin with 150k inhabitants, and it used to be divided into two postcodes: 36 and 61. 36 is the cooler, poorer, more political, younger half of the borough, it really was a center for non-conformists after reunification, but it's being gentrified these days.
  • bravura 3y ago
    https://needleberlin.com/2014/07/03/the-two-faces-of-kreuzberg-36-brennt-61-pennt/ https://needleberlin.com/2014/07/03/the-two-faces-of-kreuzbe... "36 Brennt, 61 Pennt" 'I’ve tried to come up with a rhyme that works in English: “36’s on fire, 61’s just tired” was one solution, but it doesn’t carry the matter-of-factness of the German.'
    • wrs 3y ago
      ChatGPT suggests “36 blazes, 61 lazes”.
      • seabass-labrax 3y ago
        For a AI paradigm that gives the neural network no explicit information about phonetics, the ability of GPT to produce rhyming phrases never ceases to amaze me - especially in a language which is as infamous for its inconsistent orthography as English. Has there been any research attempting to work out how such subtle patterns are learnt by the AI?
• mitjam 3y ago
  It‘s actually called SO36 and a famous punk / music club named after the former postal zone 1000 Berlin 36 which was a part of Berlin Kreuzberg. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SO36 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SO36 https://www.so36.com/ https://www.so36.com/
  • crucialfelix 3y ago
    And it's still going strong