Imagine if like 5% or so of people in a Grocery store acted like he does. Would be so much easier to actually steal something with security being busy all the time with the non-stealers

The dialogs are so horrific that parts of the movies are borderline unwatchable. Nothing makes sense in the context of the movies, basically the Clone Wars series had to fix the whole story because nobody acts believably in the movies. The action scenes (aside from Yoda vs. Palpatine and the Pod Racing) are unbelievably boring because they are not staged well, you are supposed to find the action scenes engaging just because a lot of shit happens, there’s no proper thought behind it.

That guy looks like he’s about to go on an Ayahuasca retreat to help make his career decisions

That’s not tech, that’s policy. Technologically there are no holdups to this, capitalism just needs it to not be so

Good synthetic meat exists, it’s just more expensive to produce so you usually can’t buy it at like a corner store or something

There is never just one political message for an entire TV series. You can go much more granular with this stuff. One blatantly obvious example off the top of my mind is the episode “Squidville”. Messages here are “Diversity and differences are good. A life where everyone is the same would be boring and tedious” and “You’re not better than other people just because you are different”

It’s so funny how the Broncos invest in a window that was probably never there in the first place with Bo Nix at the helm

In Germany it’s just primary school teachers. For secondary school teachers, I think the wages are solid. The working conditions are still absolutely shit which is why I turned away from the profession (at least for now). But the wages are not the problem there.

If Great A’Tuin was real I believe by now it would have been annoyed enough to throw us all off

Flirting with my beautiful, smart and altogether amazing wife back when we were just associates. I congratulate myself on that brilliant idea every day.

what the fuck are you doing to have been permabanned three times

Also dogs differ a loooot more in their DNA than humans. Humans are pretty homogeneous genetically speaking with only 0.6% inter-individual differences. And of those differences, only a small fraction is related to different geographical backgrounds

Since most of these comments are quite over the top: The worst way to do it imo that you can still realistically do every time you put your shoes on without much issue is wrapping the laces around the sole of the shoe so you walk on the laces with every step.

I mean you pretty much answered your own question. The UK never colonised China to anything even remotely close to the degree they colonised India. Which is also why there’s more than 4 times as many people with Indian heritage in the UK than with Chinese heritage. So there’s absolutely zero reason why there should be as many Chinese restaurants/dishes in the UK as there are Indian restaurants/dishes.

Being politically active is so much more than just voting. So many options to do more. You can write to your representatives or call them. You can donate to NGOs fighting for what you believe in. You can be vocal in your opinion on the internet or towards colleagues, friends and family. You can take part in demonstrations or even organise. And a lot of other options.

The mentality of “I vote, what more can I do” is so defeatist and a huge part of the reason why the political right wing can do what they do.

You don’t want to ban advertising, you want people to have an interest in only making their services known honestly and with the intention of letting people know “this exists” instead of with the intention of getting people to buy something. Because it’s actually good to let people know where they can get services or goods and what kinds of services and goods are available. And the only way to truly get to this point is by abolishing capitalism. As long as capitalism exists, there will always be incentive for people to make advertising more than just letting people know. As long as capitalism exists, you can do stuff like “going after false advertising more rigorously”, “banning certain types of ads” or “restricting how many ads are allowed and where they are allowed”. But that only limits the harm advertising can do, it can never stop it completely.

Depends on your interpretation of better. My parents definitely led a more comfortable life filled with more happiness. At my age, they had already been able to settle down and establish themselves professionally. Meanwhile I’m struggling to find a job, may never be able to buy a flat and have been mentally ill since I was 13.

Morally though I am fully convinced I lead a much better life than them. I live more sustainable and climate-friendly. I am politically active trying to change the world for the better and fighting discrimination. In the work I do I try to help young people along in their journey, while my mother as part of her job has been keeping homeless people homeless.

I would not want to have led my parents’ lives. Even though they are far better off than I will ever be in many regards, I am proud playing a tiny part in changing the world for the better where they were at least complicit in the world staying that way.

Anyone recommending CryptPad as an alternative to Google Docs is pretentious af to me or is only using it on PC. The mobile version of CryptPad is the most unusable clunky bullshit ever.

Everywhere could be better off without a government, not just the US.

Also fun fact, Schmitt actually is the direct translation of Smith