end your sentences with “lol” you don’t also need to say that you’re Gen Z.

I am pretty sure we lol-ed a lot already before the majority of Gen-Z was even born…

Not just international travel but travel in general.
And if it is only going to the next big town by bike, knowing that you could phone someone and just tell him exactly where you are.

Reminds me:
I have to rewatch Scrubs! :-)

described the $599 device (it also requires a subscription that starts at $7 per month) as a toilet bowl attachment that uses “optical sensors and validated machine-learning algorithms” to deliver “valuable insights into your health and wellness.”

Do they take their product ideas from the Onion?
This can’t be real, can it??

so…you don’t bathe.

That is correct.
I shower.

No, but took me only 20s or so to walk to the bath and take one.
Also 30 additional steps and a reset of the get-up-counter on my fitness watch, so was a welcome reason to leave the couch ;-)

The one before was 5+ years old when its hose broke.
Did not look great but still ok in the end.
Might just be limescale?

I now had to check…

Shower head is appr. half a year old.
Gunk-free so far! :-)

Should they?
I would expect them to be somewhat self-cleaning when in regular use.

Also: Bonus point because Iiteral shower thought.

It’s not true anymore, though.

Uunona has officially changed his name and also his papers have been updated by now.
His name is now just Adolf Uunona.

Source: German Spiegel magazine.

ls there a mandatory number of driving lessons or would it be possible to just do the tests and get the license for £85?
E.g. for the rural kid that started driving agricultural equipment on private ground at age 5?

Have to backpaddle, as you are right.

I now have read the article and the fees given in the heading actually refer only to the theoretical tests.

Got a different impression before based on the brief, as it also mentioned the practical test…

But unfortunately, that are not the only fees you have to pay.
Minimum pay is ~2500€ if you are lucky, to cover all the mandatory parts you need to get a license.

Silently crying in German, knowing this to be the price here if you manage to pass on the first try…

Be careful with such analogies!

The topologists might discover this post and then flock here, discussing how many holes there are in a pair of pants or so…

Cadolzburg / Germany

It’s relatively tiny, but has a lot of unique stalls located in a largely intact medieval town centre with a huge castle directly attached.
Prefer this to nearby Nuremberg at any time!

General recommendation:
Go to the markets in small historic towns.
They beat the big ones on mystic fairy-tale athmosphere alone…

Another example for that:
Bernkastel-Kues / Germany

*test*
**another test**

Test successful. Nice.
I just decided to use the classic variants from now on (by adding '\'s), just as in the good old days!

These are actually really interesting examples.

Take Iran:

On the one hand the area where it is located has had organized societies occupying it for an insanely long time.
This would make it one of the oldest countries by this definition.

On the other hand: when asked the question if the current Iran was the same country as back in the 1970’s, I would certainly say: “No.”
Occupied area and even some of the people might still be the same, but the cultural, societal and governmental characteristics have changed too radically to still be considered the same.
So, by this definition, Iran would be one of the youngest countries.

I think that uncertainty is what OP was getting at:
How much change do we allow to still consider a country the same as at a previous time in history?

Really relies on what you define as a “country”, and how those definitions might have changed across time, or might not even have existed at all.
The US is probably one of the easiest ones.

Enter Europe:
Has the German Reich been a country?
Then what about the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, which today is undoubtetly a country but has also been a part of the German Reich, following its king?

Similar for other claims of age.
We have e.g. 3 “oldest” cities in my country, each relying on a slightly different definition of “city”.

And because they are using it, you are saying that we should not talk about how some topics are becoming more and more taboo.

That’s not what I said.

Please do so, point out topics that are not covered enough, but be specific and not so ambiguous as Ai Weiwei here.

Otherwise nefarious people will use the statements to push their own agenda.