One more case of “etymology is definition”. A lipophobic substance doesn’t fear fat, it is repulsed.

“Phobia” describing bigotry is not the “phobia” in things like arachnophobia.

I had a friend who believed in that. She tried to explain to my then GF how her having a symmetrical face means she’s definitely a Libra.

Now, I loved her to bits but my ex-partner did not have a symmetrical face. Few people have. But apparently the way stars aligned on her birthday meant she must have one, so that friend insisted on it.

This isn’t reason or just a different jargon. This is woo-woo. Sitting down everyday, trying to manifest a leading role in a famous TV show but doing nothing else to get this because “manifestation will do its thing” isn’t jargon.

That friend was someone I got along with. Because she did not try to convince me that vaccines are evil and instead I should just do a spirit cleanse. Like others tried to. This “jargon” is accompanied by fundamentally different ideas about how and why things happen and can lead to anti-scientism.

Lastly, yes, I consider sound healing bogus. The idea that frequencies alone can heal serious injuries is dumb. The difference between acknowledging that vibrations picked up by the brain can assist in a healing process and the idea that this can somehow replace any other treatment is fundamentally unreasonable.

DEI wife.

She will never engage with any other this.

A trade deficit is never exploitation. Lets pretend it is!

All of the stats Trump put up weren’t tariffs, they were a percentage of much less they would have to import in Goods from a certain country to make for the trade deficit with said country in Goods.

Not a single stat on that sheet looked at the trade in services. America always had a service trade surplus.

If we combine the two, a lot of countries that seem to “”““exploit””" the US are suddenly exploited by the US.

But lets go even further: The countries receiving the highest tariffs are Vietnam and Lesotho, becuase the US has the highest deficit in Goods with these countries. Because both countries are too fucking poor to buy american products. A worker in Lesotho, producing Jeans for the US market, would have to invest three months wages to buy said jeans and about 20 years of wagest to buy the cheapest american import car. How the fuck should these countries reduce their deficit?

Okay, but still, we assume that a deficit is somehow exploitation. Trump has said that the tariffs are going to do two things, namely bringing back American Industry and forcing trade partner to drop “barriers and tariffs” (i.e. safety regulations).

For a tariff to do the former, it has to stay until the relevant factories have been built in America and have also paid themselves off. For a tariff to the latter, the possibility of it being removed once the partner comploes has to be on the table. A tariff can’t do both.

But hey, don’t believe me. Read the paper the White House cited in their Announcement of the Tariffs.

Hands, faces, eyes, insignias. The usual shit.

The sentiment of the post is right, but AI is shit and we can adress smaller shit while also focussing on big shit :)

There, said it to your internet face

Atleast you’re somewhat funny :)

I forgot humans and cats have the same level of agency to you.

Nah, ai slop should stay in the facebook boomer corner and die.

I know about american circumstances, thats why i added that part in parentheses.

In the european countryside, car dependency is definitely on the same level as in America.

On the topic of prices: the first car my brother and i shared was a 2008 ford fusion. We bought in 2019 for 1.5k.

Either company cars, leased cars or someone has the spare 30k for a car.

And of course people take out loans for cars too, but thats less common. And not really necessary in the cities.

Yeah, u buy a used one for like 2,000 - 3,000€. Or you lease. But taking on a loan with 16.9% interest would not cross my mind.

If i cant afford a car, then i aint buyin one.

(This post was presented to you by “living in a livable city” Gang)

Get angry, frustrated and ask someone who knows. And because more people are using Windows, chances are, they will find the answer way quicker. Also, most programs already run on windows.

Like when i wanted to set up my Proton Drive on Windows, i just downloaded it and started it.

On Ubuntu, i had to write a systemd.service to get the program to autostart on starting my machine. Which was fun, but it isnt for a lot of people.

The year of linux will never come because a lot of people wanna boot up their pc and have it work. Just fire up a program and have work, without looking up workarounds and clis and other stuff.

I made the jump just this month but i can totally understand if someone doesnt wanna do this.

Spanish civil war, colorized.

More importantly, it would not be illegal in Austria.

Japan had been holding out for a positive response from Soviet Union. The delusional high command thought they could craft aj alliance against the US. After the USSR invaded, the leadership went into a tail spin. It would have been a matter of days before they would have surrendered.

The US did not want the USSR to push deeper into Manchuria and Korea, so they dropped the a-bombs.

An invasion wasnt necessary. A blockade and a week of fighting on the continent by the USSR would have sufficed.

Me?

Love how an attack on russian soil is somehow a provocation. Mfers, you are at war. Sorry to inconvenience you.