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- Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds? 11 hours ago:
Piercing headaches sounds more like Covid.
- Comment on Covid Conscious - A support community for those still trying to prevent the spread 13 hours ago:
Tuberculosis would be a good one. It’s another very deadly and common disease people think is no longer around.
- Comment on Marriage is FOMO 3 days ago:
That’s not why divorce happens, you numpty.
- Comment on The New Guy 3 days ago:
Dudley Moore.
- Comment on Has Charlie Kirk ever changed his views on a subject during a debate? 5 days ago:
I doubt it. I’m in a group with 3 MAGAts, a British incel and 26 liberals and despite having access to sources through this group for the past 15 years, they still vote Trump (and love Kirk).
- Comment on It could just have been a cop's "sniper" with bad trigger discipline and now they try to cover it up with gay bullets or whatever 5 days ago:
They’re definitely looking for a more convenient culprit. They know who did it and they don’t like it.
- Comment on Forum sites with a wide selection of topics and/or a setup like the Craigslist forums? 1 week ago:
I’ve been on the Internet since 1992, even ran a BBS, and it never looked like that.
- Comment on How to Decide what an Appropriate Medical Response is for Loved Ones 1 week ago:
My own parents didn’t take my son to the emergency room when he had an asthma attack and was literally turning blue because they’d been taught asthma isn’t ‘that bad’ and people who have it are hypochondriacs.
- Comment on Why are a lot of statues vandalised with traffic cones in Scotland? 2 weeks ago:
Vandalised? You can take them off!
- Comment on The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home. 2 weeks ago:
Yes. The ticket is valid on most public transport at all times.
- Comment on The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home. 2 weeks ago:
It’s in Germany, people are really weird about WFH. Most people were forced back into the office, even software developers.
- Comment on STRAIGHT 2 JAIL 2 weeks ago:
That is the weirdest generalization I’ve ever read.
- Comment on STRAIGHT 2 JAIL 2 weeks ago:
There is no such thing as ‘a European’ woodland.
- Comment on The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home. 2 weeks ago:
My employer gives everyone an annual public transport ticket for commuting.
- Comment on How do I beat the roaches in this house? 3 weeks ago:
Depends. If you’re in a tropical area they could just be part of the local wildlife.
- Comment on The notion that "old is bad and new is good" is a seriously damaging part of western capitalism brainwashing 3 weeks ago:
My car is from 2005 and is definitely better than new cars. No touch screens, low maintenance, no subscriptions.
- Comment on Is it better to: [A] watch videos content on a flagship/midrange smartphone that you already have, OR [B] get a cheap tablet (say, around $200 USD) to watch videos? 4 weeks ago:
Do you have a laptop? I use my old work laptop to watch movies. Bonus: adblocker.
- Comment on Wife has COVID and I've had a lung infection for almost 2-weeks. Should I worry? (background in post, mods read the first bit!) 4 weeks ago:
The newer versions are just as bad as the old ones (and more contagious AND you’re immune for just a few months after catching them). Vaccinations just make them less bad.
Test again. It can take a while for them to work.
- Comment on A handful of people are slowly killing over 8 billion people, but we're expected to sit idly by and let it happen 4 weeks ago:
They’ll succeed somehow. Even the awful people who died a ‘natural’ death tend to die an awful death because literally nobody wants to treat them properly.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I don’t find Germans reserved at all. Maybe it’s because I live in BW? I see spontaneous conversations between strangers all the time. On the train, sitting on a bench in town, during a hike, even on a parking lot (like today, a lady started a conversation about my Brandenburg license plate).
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Try all the sausages. Seriously. Every butcher has a different recipe. Whenever I’m somewhere in Germany I haven’t been before, I try a local Bratwurst.
- Comment on Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone? 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on I hope you like TICKS 5 weeks ago:
Hopefully there will be a Lyme vaccine next year.
Around half of the people don’t get the bull’s eye, by the way. I wish more doctors realised this.
- Comment on Getting a little nature 5 weeks ago:
People forget that animals rely on feeders because said people have removed the fucking food from nature.
- Comment on If suffering is good because it gives life meaning, wouldn't it follow that hurting people is good? 5 weeks ago:
Yup. Because she didn’t use the money she got to treat people properly.
- Comment on If suffering is good because it gives life meaning, wouldn't it follow that hurting people is good? 5 weeks ago:
Guys, ‘suffering is good’ is literally a Christian thing. Mother Theresa used it as an excuse not to treat people because ‘suffering brings you closer to God’.
It’s bullshit, of course. It was made up as an excuse for treating people badly and (surprise!) making more money that way.
But that’s where OP gets the idea from. Religious indoctrination.
- Comment on Does putting clothes in the closet protect them from dust, or is the dust in there too? 5 weeks ago:
The dehumidifier will heat up the room, the AC will have to run more, and your electricity bill will be an absolute doozy.
- Comment on I have a question on how and when coal actually formed. 5 weeks ago:
There is no formation process. Coal exists because there were NO microbes to rot organic materials down. Coal stopped forming when microbes arrived on the scene.
- Comment on There's now more people that complain about AI then there is AI content on Lemmy 5 weeks ago:
AI lies, spreads misinformation and steals. So no, I would not be cool with it if it took up fewer natural resources.
- Comment on It's probably for the best that mosquitoes havent evolved so they're bites aren't itchy 5 weeks ago:
They often do when you’ve been bitten before.