Nothing that crazy I guess, but two events I remember:

• A small fire broke out next to the tracks and the train driver actually stopped the train and got out to extinguish it

• A train busker played so loudly and terribly that a group of random passengers got together to shove him out of the train at the next station.

I don’t hate the people who got cosmetic surgeries done on themselves, but I hate the culture that made them feel like they needed them. I also think it often just doesn’t look good.

Angels are celestial (non-human) beings who are sent to earth by god as messengers. Ghosts are the souls of dead humans that haunt the place where they died. Besides being supernatural, fictional beings, they don’t really have much in common IMO.

Farming is a factor for sure, but the kind of multiresistant bacteria being bred in farms are usually a bigger issue for the farms than for humans. Zoonotic diseases exist of course, but most of those bacteria do not infect humans and there is much less opportunities for diseases to spread to humans from a farm. Places like hospitals overusing antibiotics are far more dangerous for human health, as all the germs there are human ones and because there are a lot of opportunities for human to human transmission.

But as I said, it’s not that we should only reduce antibiotic overuse in humans. Overuse by farms is a massive problem as well. One doesn’t exclude the other.

Even if that worked, the problem is that we’re already overusing antibiotics and breeding all kind of multiresistant bacteria. We have to use them sparingly or we’ll run out of usable antibiotics in the near future.

It was already a dead franchise. Worst case it’ll stay that way. But I’m not without hope, as not all Amazon adaptations are bad, e.g. The Expanse or The Boys.

On the other hand I don’t know how to feel about Emmerich being involved. I think he always disliked the direction the series took after his (very different and IMO inferior) movie.

That’s pretty much the opposite of what the comment they’re replying to was saying though. They were complaining about bikes going below the speed limit, so I guess they only want the Lance Armstrong types on the road and not the commuters.

If you’re going 1/4 of the speed limit and there’s no biking infrastructure, please stay off the road.

Why though? With American roads being as wide as they are, shouldn’t it be quite easy to safely overtake slower cyclists? I manage to do that even on narrow European streets.

Right now, it’s all tech-industry hype, which we should be very skeptical of. None of those robots are proven to work well and that’s what needs to happen first before there’s any chance of them becoming mainstream. I could see humanoid robots being used in some capacity, at some point. But with those first generation products, I fully expect the tech industry to overpromise and underdeliver.

I’d personally keep it generic. I guess something like “Sorry, I just get nervous when interacting with other people sometimes. You haven’t done anything wrong.”. Hopefully reassures her, but doesn’t make it awkward by bringing up any sexual feelings.

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An unfortunate necessity when the military threat level is high. It was suspended here in the early 2010s, which I was in favor of, but I think it should now be reactivated, as there are clear military threats against my country and its allies. I also think all genders should be conscripted and that there should always be an option to object and do civil service instead.

I love traveling but I also love returning home and having a place that’s my own where I can be comfortable and undisturbed. Traveling the world for a few months would be cool, but as long as I have a home to return to, I wouldn’t consider it a nomadic lifestyle. So no, not for me.

Don’t forget the ubiquitous Sylt sticker.

In Germany, wives couldn’t have a job or open a bank account without their husband’s permission for most of the 20th century. Wouldn’t be surprised if it was similar in the US.

Worth noting that those are the prices directly at the energy exchange. What people and companies will actually pay will differ from those values quite a bit due to taxes, fees etc.

Depends on what’s at stake and how serious these threats are. I wouldn’t let my family be murdered over my political beliefs.

Unlike Reddit, when a user or mod deletes a post on Lemmy, its entire thread becomes completely inaccessible.

It’s basically a financial support programme by the government for students. Students get some money each month, half of which is an interest-free loan and the other half a grant. It can be up to about 1000€ monthly, but if you have wealthy parents it can also be 0€.

Zero is the norm in Germany

I guess I grew up in a different bubble in Germany, as almost everyone I knew at university did get some financial support from their parents. Bafög was never enough to cover rent etc and jobs for students were in short supply, so it was pretty much necessary. Not to mention that you get less Bafög the more money your parents make, so even the state expects parents to provide financial support if they have the means.