That would be the sensible and forward thinking action which prioritizes Germany’s future well being, yes.

When I search the Wikipedia list of sovereign states, there is not a single other country that uses “united states” in their English name on that list. So at the moment unitedstatesians would be fine to use from that side.

Which countries were you thinking off? Closest I could find are the United Mexican States, but there they have the identify in the middle.

Exactly what I mean. Merkin isn’t exactly a concept that laypeople will know, so using a more descriptive term is better for a wider audience.

I mean, the USA have the current problems because we Europeans already once ditched our crazies to get rid of them. I’m not so sure a second dose will work out better. And also the normal people there are getting hurt even more.

Maybe because they thought their readers wouldn’t know what a merkin is but can probably imagine what a pubic wig is?

And it is not an invented term when it is literally the description of what something is.

~50 % of USAmericans read at middle school level and you think CNN doesn’t use the word merkin because they want to hype a Kardashian?

Thank you for making me read the article about pubic wigs. .

But now I can ask you: why do you think that? Nowhere in the article does it say or imply that she invented it. They said it’s a publicity stunt.

Not every salt is easily soluble in water. Salt in a chemical sense is a compound made up of multiple ions. Marble and pretty much all rocks/minerals are also salts in a chemical sense and you don’t see our mountains being washed away by one rainfall. So saying they use a thorium salt is not in itself a problem, depending on which salt they use.

I couldn’t find any definitive answer, but from what I found on Wikipedia is that they mostly use Thorium dioxide at the moment, which is practically insoluble in water and alkaline, by slightly soluble in acids.

So no, salts don’t all dissolve. It completely depends on the specific salt and its properties.

But yeah, nuclear industry in general is pretty hands off with regard to accountability and taking care of the long time effects.

Oh no worries, eastern religion need no double negative to be as shite as Christianity in regard of power imbalance and it’s abuse.

I learned a while ago that Buddhism does have a hell as well, not permanent like in Christianity, but a hell nonetheless. And you know who is there and gets extra punished? Unbeliever! How convenient for the priests who get donations and can wield power from the believe the people place in them.

And recently I learned about, I think it was Hinduism or another Indian religion, that people needed to offer sacrifices to the temples in order to shorten the burden their recently deceased loved ones would need to endure. And it was explicitly stated in the museum that poorer people who couldn’t sacrifice much or anything were directly told they are responsible for their loved ones prolonged suffering.

So don’t feel bad about lumping all big religions together. I haven’t yet seen a big one, that isn’t shite and more about concentration of power instead of helping the people.

Same dude as in the movie/comic, yes. At one point he was so angry at the sea destroying one of his bridges build to attack somebody, that he whipped the sea to show who is the master and who is the subjugated one.

Didn’t think Godking Xerxes would use the fediverse.

I disagree with the monument itself, but to also remember the victims of the socialist dictatorships (Holodomor, big leap forward, red Khmer, and many others) is not a bad thing. And why there? Because the places where it happened might not want to remember them, e.g. look at Russia and how it handles it Soviet Union past.

While it’s on the fascist side instead of the socialist, Berlin for example has a monument to the forced prostitution during Japanese colonialism. And Germany was not involved there either, but it’s still worthwhile to remember it, since Japan tries to hide it.

I really like Karambolage, it is a lets call it documentary which shows german-french peculiarities, like food, history or just how certain expressions developed. It is always with a little wink about our local uniqueness and tries to explain one side to the other. If you speak german or french, I highly recommend it.

One example from memory which always get used as example by our family if we try to explain it:

There was once a german-french kindergarten and in the winter the children were told to form groups and build snowmen. The groups made up of only german children played nicely and the groups of only french children played nicely, but the mixed groups somehow all got into an argument. The teachers then found out why: in Germany, the snowmen is made up of 3 snow balls, 1 for the legs, 1 for the torso and 1 for the head. But in France, a snowman only has 2 snowballs: 1 Torso and 1 Head. And the children tried to explain to the other ones, that of course they were right and the other side wrong.

I always hoped that something like Karambolage comes from every country and then they get shown to the others. This way we all learn about each other. And most imporant thing to learn: we are all human and not so different in the end.

I mean, you could simply search for

Greece 13 hour

And then you get search results like this that proove that yes the Greek government indeed tries to push for 13 hour days.

I’m honestly a little stumped why you think that this is so strange, there were already multiple articles about it in July.

And maybe there is misunderstanding between mandatory 13 h days and being allowed to work up to 13h? They push for the second one, but that just means that the companies will force those in bad jobs to work even longer.

Nobody is working efficiently and effective for 13 hours. That is simply not possible

Come on, US presidents are meeting with war criminals every time they look in the mirror or meet with their cabinets.

Or did you seriously already forget all the stuff the USA was doing in the Middle East, in Laos or in South America. Admittedly, the last one was never an official war but “only” secret agency stuff.

That’s the part I don’t understand, it specifically isn’t even an orgy! So why join???

I mean… more leading experience than a painter for sure?!

Kinda, but the thing this time is that they will change it f unilaterally rom their side, even if you specifically disabled this connectivity on your phone. So they want that data reallyyyyy badly. So even more important to not give it to them.

And why do you find it it okay to attack if somebody feels threatened? Feeling threatened is a completely subjective & emotional thing. Not something I would want leaders to wager peoples life on. But again: you do you, pal.

Also in general the notion that good things happen during day and those active during the night are nefarious and untrustworthy.

Didn’t think you would support Israel’s attack on Iran. But you do you, pal.