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by monopoledance 5y ago
The argument was about "free-market" insurance contracts tho.
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Yes, of course there is. Just like any other medical sample you have ever given. Blood, stool, urine, swaps... But also all the unintentional donations: Every pubic hair you lost on the toilet seat, every tampon you disposed, every bandage
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by monopoledance 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_Prayer
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by monopoledance 5y ago
It's democracy. We were much closer to Chernobyl, than all the Americans promoting yesterday's easy future here. Some parts in Germany are suffering the fallout still, when mushrooms and wild game make the Geiger counters beep in
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by monopoledance 5y ago
You make an argument that only works in theory. In reality you cannot switch heating modalities like underwear for whatever seems reasonable at the moment. Most houses are build with gas and oil heating systems. In some places like Berlin t
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Or when their nuclear power plants boil their rivers...
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by monopoledance 5y ago
I disagree with this general sentiment. Nobody gets manipulated through fear. It's incompetent policies, which always try to maximize economic impact in certain sectors and re-electability in certain demographics... instead of clear an
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by monopoledance 5y ago
In Germany you can. I am sure that's true for many regions. However, the granted protection status doesn't last as long as full vaccination.
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by monopoledance 5y ago
> What is more depressing... Is how nothing really improved in two fucking years. I am completely at loss how this winter is the same or worse than the last one - which itself was going down exactly like predicted a month into the pandem
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Lol. Absolutely not.
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by monopoledance 5y ago
There is so much to do, indeed. It's not even money, for women it's really, really hard to get their tubes tied. In Germany, it's hard to find a surgeon who does it for women under 30 and with no prior child... Horror stories
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Thanks. I was more interested in the philosophical argument. Not having children is wildly popular in gen-Z folks. And I get them. To be honest, I cannot really do the mental gymnastics to see bringing a natal child into this world, at this
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by monopoledance 5y ago
> So leave. Yeah, that's the point. Once we're here, we generally don't want to die either. In fact, we have to endure the terror of knowing that we have to die at some point. That does mean it's a dick move to create
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Oh my god. I love when I find wiki articles for something I had on my mind, but couldn't name yet. Here it's anti-natalism : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism Hallelujah! Armed with this knowledge,
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Trolling.
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by monopoledance 5y ago
No, we got the very deep end too. Straight anti-semitism, holocaust denial, NWO conspiracy theorists, neonazi hooligans, violence, militias, murder, right-wing terrorism (far bigger than left-wing activities, including the RAF). Saxony has
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by monopoledance 5y ago
> it has become a commonplace joke, saxony==nazis. I believe it's unfair. This is why: https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2021-09/ergebnisse-b... Blue is the party AfD, which is under surveillanc
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Let's not forget securities. Today most people live in some state of constant existential dread, because they know, if they somehow lose the flat, they can't afford a new contract; they can't plan long term, as their job isn&
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by monopoledance 5y ago
I think there is good chance, they remain at the top, for a while, but a low chance there will be a huge gap to the competitors, when they have access to the same tech stack. The M1's speed and efficiency are mostly not the result of s
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Somewhat disturbing content following! > The whole reason these systems are proposed is because "detective work" is ineffective and the harm is ongoing. In Germany, there recently was a news story about two journalists infiltra
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Lol. I was just stating my personal preferences, then you came calling me out unreasonable. I made it very clear, that it's about how I feel about it. Not reason. I am not arguing at all. But hey, I also gave you an actual argument,
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by monopoledance 5y ago
You do you. For me, that editor is not 80 USD better than... well, there are a lot of great alternatives. It's not even like Sublime is flawless, and I am not sure I would use it, if it was FOSS (tho, then it may become flawless over
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by monopoledance 5y ago
As I said, it is not good enough for me. Why do you feel the need to argue for closed-source software, anyway? Do you need to justify this to yourself? Rest assured, personally , I don't care what you feel comfortable using. on a si
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Not FOSS. For many, that's an issue. Personally, I just don't feel comfortable working with sensitive information or proto-executables in closed-source software. I get the appeal, if you come from macOS or Windows, but for Linux i
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Thanks. Unfortunately, I've seen/tried those already. Handmaid's Tale is brilliant, and I also like BSG and Caprica. Couldn't get into Man in the High Castle, tho. > I do not know what is not hard enough about The E
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Oh, wow. That's not what I would have expected at all. Very clever writing, indeed. I really liked the trinity clone cycle idea. Lee Pace's performance was incredible as always, but the other's were a good cast too. Just the
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by monopoledance 5y ago
> IMO there is plenty of much better science fiction both in books and on TV. Would you care to name a few? For me The Expanse , For All Mankind and, although not hard-scifi, Raised by Wolves is where it's at in terms of TV.
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Perfect. I put them on a list :)
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Thanks. So, I guess the story requires some commitment, right?
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Thanks!

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