Foreigner

@Foreigner@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Campaigners tie baby slings to statues in call for better UK paternity leave⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I live in a country where parental leave doesn’t discriminate between mothers and fathers (or one parent or another if it’s a same sex couple). Parental leave can be up to two years BUT it’s split into 60% for one parent, 30% for the other. I have yet to meet a man who has taken even a fraction of that 30% (aside from the paternal leave right after the baby is born, which is separate and covers a few weeks). This isn’t to say it’s an issue with men, but more an issue of a society that dissuades men from taking more than the bare minimum of parental leave, where women are still expected to take one the main caregiver role for children, and where men generally earn more than women. Until these issues are fixed and men are highly encouraged to take parental leave, just making that time available (even if a necessary first step) won’t be enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is head hair different from other hairy parts?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone in the middle of getting laser hair removal, I say go for it if you can and find a good place to have it done. I’m very happy with results even after just a few sessions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not a Nokia and I can’t find that exact model but it seems there were a couple of weird round phones floating around in the early to mid 2000’s:

  www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/c800 www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/xelibri-6 www.mobilephonemuseum.com/…/panasonic-g70

  There were some other weird as hell designs around that period, like the ones in this article:

  medium.com/…/nokia-made-some-of-the-weirdest-phon…

  I recognise all but one of the phones in that link. The time just before smartphones was a weird moment in mobile phone history.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EXCLUSIVE: Xbox President Sarah Bond has set up a new team dedicated to game preservation and forward compatibility⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Should…should we tell Squizzy?