Schwermetall-Lyrik: Ich/Wir/die Gesellschaft habe/-n/hat schwere mentale Probleme GRRRURRURNRNRNAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGHHH

Everpresent foreign-language media helps a lot, but to make sense of it you generally still need actual lessons, unless you’re one of the extremely smart or dedicated ones. Also, German has a thriving synchronization/translation industry, the need to learn English yourself for media consumption isn’t nearly as big as for languages with fewer speakers or less economic resources.

I do agree that the German-speaking countries don’t have a high demand for foreign English teachers. English isn’t that hard to learn for them and at least in Germany, the public education system is relatively decent at teaching the language.

Menschenfeindlichkeit ist doch seit Jahrzehnten völlig normal bei der SPD.

My IBS is the diarrhea type, and caffeeine exacerbates that. Other caffeine sources aren’t any better as far as I can tell, and I drink several cups of decaffeinated coffee pay day these days.

I went off of caffeine for health reasons (IBS), but I found that drinking about half a cup a day notably improves my overall wellbeing even after I got over the caffeine addiction withdrawals, while not being enough to have a big impact on my digestion.

What’s great about Poland? Not an attack, I just don’t know that much about it beyond basic history and politics stuff and I want to hear the opinion of someone who likes the country who is presumably not Polish themselves.

I mean, Italy is being ruled by a far-right government right now, and e.g. the unemployed are in a really shitty situation in Italy right now AFAIK. Meloni’s government seems more moderate than Germany’s or Poland’s far right, but that’s kind of a gamble between the far right government you have versus the far right government that you might get in a couple of years.

As a German, it’s my impression that Austria is more socially conservative than Germany, though it might be different if you compare specific cities and specific laws that are relevant to you. AFAIK, their far right is less extreme than Germany’s or Poland’s, though.

Austria and Germany are probably good on English education, though, their general English level is pretty high compared to any of the romance countries, just by merit of having an easier starting point.

Tut der Gesetzgeber aber nicht, und ich sehe in diesem Thread auch nicht, dass du das großartig gefordert hast.

Wenn du ein Paket verschickst oder bekommst, musst du nichts bestellt haben, das kann auch einfach eine Sendung zwischen dir und Freunden oder Verwandten sein.

. Unter Android habe ich zumindest mit etwas Recherche die Möglichkeit, ein Telefon zu erhalten, was meine Privatsphäre respektiert. Sei es durch De-Googling oder custom ROMs.

Wenn du dann wieder die Datenklau-Apps installierst, brauchst du auch Googles Datenklau-Hintergrunddienste, und an dem Punkt ist das Custom ROM-Android datenschutztechnisch nicht mehr so viel wert.

Still seems low TBH. Though the EU as a whole isn’t particularly receptive to US refugees, anyway, especially the asylum route.

Dies. Die Datenklauapp der Post samt Googles oder Apples Datenklauhintergrunddiensten kommt mir nicht aufs Telefon, und selbst wenn es so datenschutzfreundlich wie möglich wäre, wäre es immer noch an das Besitzen einer Telefonnummer und eines nicht ganz billigen technischen Gerätes gekoppelt. Da muss man sich nur anschauen, was aktuell mit den von den von den USA sanktionierten ICC-Richtern los ist, die jetzt von großen Teilen der digitalen Infrastruktur inklusive digitalem Zahlungsverkehr weitgehend ausgeschlossen sind.

Mal ganz abgesehen von den vielen Menschen, die wegen Alter und/oder Behinderung wirklich große Probleme haben, ein Smartphone zu bedienen.

I know people who could block ads if they really wanted to, they aren’t that tech illiterate. They somehow just don’t see the issue, or have some excuse for why they need to use the ad-infested app over Firefox+uBlock.

I really don’t get it, internet ads are so obnoxious these days and often outright malware or scams, even on relatively reputable sites. Huge accessibility issue, too, the less able you get (e.g. because old age) the more disorienting and dangerous ads get.

The payouts are ludicrously low. It’s only slightly better than Spotify at this point.

Also, the ads suck so much, it’s just not worth it. If you want to support creators, donate them a dollar/euro etc. (if you have the means, one dollar can be a lot when you’re struggling), that’s probably a hundred times as much as they would have earned even from a dedicated viewer through ads.

GATE is such a deep cut at this point.

I feel like a typical anglophone witch wouldn’t care terribly much about ancient Greek gods.

We are seeing a photo of “Zelenskyy taking a selfie”, not the selfie itself.

Lots of “gifted” children are essentially left alone with their problems and often didn’t get the education they needed, e.g. to learn how to actually put effort into learning. Someone with more willpower or something might have pulled through, but children generally need parenting and education to learn that kind of thing and chances are pretty good that their parents, schools etc. just failed those children.

IDK your exact story, but I think this idea that it’s entirely their own fault if they don’t succeed seems like the exact kind of mental pitfall that “burned-out gifted kids” would fall into.

Conversely, injuries often happen because the athletes don’t do things that are known to mitigate injuries, such as specific strength and mobility exercises, or are just pushing themselves too hard; though I assume that the education of young athletes in that area is usually lacking, too.

Most phones have a front camera nowadays, pretty much exclusively for photographing the user.

Naja, dass Leute Issues aufmachen ist eine Sache, aber wenn sogar die Entwickler von yt-dlp konstruktiv antworten, das finde ich krass!