twixfel

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by twixfel 3y ago
That doesn't make any sense. The point is not whether or not we should dismiss nonsense, it's that often it's the "stopped reading at X" type comments that are the real nonsense
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by twixfel 3y ago
There wasn't even a direct comparison, which again makes such "stopped reading at X" even more brain dead. The quote that prompted the OP to discard the entire article (lol): > A slowdown in “frontier growth” and technolog
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by twixfel 3y ago
Argentina was 100 years ago one of the richest countries on the planet. I'm not saying that such a decline will will happen to the UK, but it is myopic to suggest that it is impossible. It's only "impossible" if we act
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by twixfel 3y ago
It's not the worst country in the G8 for immigrants at least (if we are considering where one might like to move to). The UK for all its (countless) faults is still a far more welcoming place to immigrants than the likes of, for examp
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by twixfel 3y ago
There are more to worker's rights than the minimum wage, and saying that "The UK has only had a minimum wage act since 1998." as if its evidence for poor worker's rights in 2023 (or at least worse than the the US's)
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by twixfel 3y ago
We might even be, but rest assured that in any case, we will ultimately fail to capitalise on it. It's the British way.
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I am British and the best one is: "we are the 6th richest economy in the world". Absolutely thought terminating nonsense.
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by twixfel 3y ago
Tired of this ridiculous attitude you see everywhere on the internet, "stopped reading at X" (which may actually be near or at the end of the article), "he said X therefore I can now casually discredit everything he says&quot
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by twixfel 3y ago
Yep everyone knows it's impossible for Sudanese people to learn English, much less write it well.
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Lol
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Yes I have tried, my experience in general is that the tandem partners are really quite flakey and difficult to keep going. I agree I should watch more TV and listen to more radio. But I don't even do these in my mother tongue, so the
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by twixfel 3y ago
> wouldn't want to dumb down my own language for every immigrant around I think the point is that we have lots of experience doing exactly the thing you say you wouldn't do. And think absolutely nothing of it. It's just
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by twixfel 3y ago
Be that as it may, it does not change the realities on the ground. In one country you get to learn the language by speaking with locals, and in the other you do not. Perhaps you consider this unimportant, fine, but then also expectations
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by twixfel 3y ago
I think the difficulty here is that I would like to talk to you about German society and try to engage with you and have a discussion, but you don't know anything abut German society, so it's somewhat pointless for me to do so. A
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by twixfel 3y ago
It may be the case, but you don't know me, and by your own admission have never lived in Germany, so you cannot possibly reasonably ply your cod psychoanalysis on me. I can only speak of my own experiences and describe to you what it
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by twixfel 3y ago
Ah yes, obviously, of course. > more immigrants means more disorder, more violence, more cost for social net, Strange, you literally just insisted immigration would make Germany easier to govern. Difficult to take you seriously.
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by twixfel 3y ago
Insisting on speaking English with you, thus slowing your integration. Actively avoiding you if you're an Ausländer. Segregation along racial/linguistic lines in the workplace or other settings (my workplace has three groups: Ge
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by twixfel 3y ago
None of that makes any sense. Having Western military bases in Germany harms social cohesion? What? Social cohesion in Germany is high anyway. Nothing you say makes any sense, the conclusions and reasoning are both wrong. You're n
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by twixfel 3y ago
There also needs to be a cultural shift in Germany regarding how non-native German speakers are treated. If you're not absolutely fluent, you are fucked. Living in Germany as a non-native is being stuck between two worlds. Germans o
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by twixfel 3y ago
Sorry but what have you unpacked? I don't understand what point you're making here.
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That's not true at all. Germany is easily governed already.
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The problem then is not doing something, it's people not caring because they've done something. So I still don't understand why you take issue with this.
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by twixfel 3y ago
So you mean they're doing their job?
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by twixfel 3y ago
I simply never tip. If I get asked for a tip before they've even done anything, I definitely don't tip. I'm not American so I just blame it on cultural misunderstandings.
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That came after the brexit vote. We are talking about the crash in the value after the Brexit vote.
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by twixfel 3y ago
Hey man I'm joking too! Relax friend. For all the differences, of course there are mostly similarities between Europe and USA. American culture is essentially today a blend of European and African culture, with the great innovation:
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by twixfel 3y ago
Huh? But the joke doesn't make sense because Argentina isn't characterised by a lack of growth. It's characterised by repeated defaults and political dysfunction and populism. That doesn't apply to Europe broadly. Fo
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source: https://www.ft.com/content/653bbb26-8a22-4db3-b43d-c34a0b774... But yes if we want to strictly compare literally all of Europe with all of the USA then we have to get into the business of debating the merits o
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The average American has the same life expectancy as the people from the shittiest and most impoverished part of my European country. The problem with US health and healthcare is real and much worse than in Europe.
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by twixfel 3y ago
OK but that has nothing to do with Argentina at all. Your original quote made no sense at all and isn't "apt".

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