Where I live (London) things are virtually cashless. Nearly everything is just paid for be contactless. I basically never have coins and it would be a huge hassle to get them.
I love it, honestly.
Where I live (London) things are virtually cashless. Nearly everything is just paid for be contactless. I basically never have coins and it would be a huge hassle to get them.
I love it, honestly.
It’s a classic example of the Paradox of Tolerance…
I think they mean “reign supreme” in the sense that, given the choice, most people these days would choose the bluetooth anyways.
Its just so nice to not have a cord…
Now that the internet (and particularly social media) has become weaponized as a very cost-effective tool for cyber-warfare, it’s basically inevitable that the fragmentation will continue to happen.
It’s a bit uncomfortable because it goes against the idealism of the early internet which I still cling to, but I just don’t see any way that the current situation is sustainable.
Alive and well in Bosnia!
Yeah, this bit is unfortunate but understandable
Why though? If we let them leave, there wouldn’t be any reason to not recognize them.
Even countries that weren’t ‘allowed’ to leave usually get recognized eventually. Kosovo is a decent example, since Serbia is adamant that they are still part of Serbia, but they declared independence around 15 years ago and roughly half of the UN recognizes them as independent.
Seriously, it’s wild to me that people are against this.
The right to self-determination is important, regardless of what an old document (the US constitution in this case) says. Tons of countries (including the US!) became independent despite ‘not being allowed to’.
Also – think of what cutting off Texas would do for the American political balance… we might actually get to pass progressive legislation for once!
“we fought a war about this 160 years ago, so you can’t have self-determination”
I agree with you about their politics within the US, but hell yeah they should be able to leave if there is popular support for it.
Why not? Self-determination is important. Countries split up all the time, the US isn’t special.
If they genuinely want to leave, I’m all for letting them.
I haven’t but it sounds like a winning combination
Everyone here saying how awful this sounds, and I’m just sitting here excited to try a new food. I ate mealworms before and they were pretty good, so why not?
It’s certainly not what I’m used to but it’s definitely less weird than some common foods we typically eat like cheese (which I fucking love, but if you think about it its weird as shit!)
Welcome to the UK where the same rental would be twice the price without any security or rights to your place.
Renting is fucked basically everywhere, but in Germany it’s less fucked than most places, if you can believe it.
I Moved from Germany to the UK a little over a year ago.
The UK (at least London) is soooooooo much worse as far as renting goes. I rented a few places in Germany in a couple different cities and every place had some annoyances, but I just wasn’t prepared for what a free-for-all shitshow it is in the UK.
Literally hundreds of people coming to viewings for a single place. Landlords can basically raise rents whenever they feel like it and force you out. The places are generally absolutely terrible quality with very little incentive to improve things. I had places trying to force 3+ year contracts with no break clause. I’ve never experienced so many colleagues constantly having issues with “the landlord raising rents by 30% and when we refused or tried to negotiate we got forced out”. Then you have to scramble to find a place in a month.
They price everything based on number of bedrooms rather than size, so landlords are incentivized to subdivide flats into multiple units and minimise space. A 4-bed flat-share with no living room? Fairly standard, even for working professionals.
Plus, after you pay the extortionate rents the TENANT pays the taxes (council tax).
I encountered issues in Germany with renting (particularly when I first moved there) but the German situation would be a HUGE improvement for most of the UK
I think what the OP is referring to is that Trump HASN’T had any real repercussions for acting the way he has, whereas a ‘normal’ person would have ended up with charges by now.
Thing is, those who are against immigration are much more motivated. This is generally how politics goes, that a motivated minority can eventually get their way against a less-interested majority. As great as it is, that was largely what happened in the other direction with issues such as gay marriage.
For those who are anti-immigration this is often the only topic they care about, or they care much more about this than anything else. On the other hand, those who are pro-immigration are largely either mildly-favorable towards it or they care much more about other issues.
Personally I think that left-leaning parties in Europe basically have two options currently:
-Fight against anti-immigration stances and then lose power.
-Focus on other topics while getting tougher on immigration.
It might not be the smartest move to be anti-immigration, but unfortunately in a democracy feelings are usually more important than facts and one of the biggest issues with the left is not being able to accept that.----
I know a few people who live in Amsterdam and they all said basically the same thing: as it currently is, most locals don’t really go there because it’s miserable due to all the poorly behaved tourists. I’m sure that there are plenty of locals that may disagree, but it seems to be mostly an area for tourists.
Like any situation there are going to be winners and losers, but I feel that this is most likely a fairly large net positive for most residents.
Doubtful, given that Dendi is Ukrainian…
But now that I think of it, he’s a Russian speaking Ukranian so maybe he WOULD be their first choice…