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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How bad is it really to listen to music with headphones? My mom told me if I keep doing that I'd go deaf... Is that fearmongering?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Oooh, they’re fun, especially when they happen in the middle of the night.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How bad is it really to listen to music with headphones? My mom told me if I keep doing that I'd go deaf... Is that fearmongering?⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Trust me, you can get tinnitus from listening to very loud music just the once. I’ve had it since I stood next to a speaker during a concert. Why the speaker was so low down is beyond me. Wasn’t able to hear anything for a couple of hours and I’ve been hearing gas boiler noises ever since.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you beat post-work floppiness?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Or long covid. So many people have long covid it ain’t funny.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you beat post-work floppiness?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My neighbour doesn’t even go inside when she comes back from work, she parks her car, ditches her bag in the bike shed, hops on her bicycle and tears off into the distance. I’ve seen her on her racing bike in a suit.

  So, don’t give yourself the chance to veg out, do something on the way back home or go for a walk before you go in?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did y'all ever felt curious about your parent's past? If your relationship with parents isn't close, how does one get their parent's story without making the interaction awkward?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I ask my grandmother. My aunts and uncles are also quite happy to share things about my mother.

  My dad happily volunteers stuff he used to be up to in the old days, I don’t have to ask.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why are upper middle class or upper class people hated? (if they are)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Upper class =/= rich. Love, European, upper class and skint.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No, because there was never a let them eat cake phase.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The real tragedy of the culture war: the right fights for something that never existed, the left for something that will never be⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And the largest party in the Netherlands has a gay guy married to a guy from Argentina as leader.

  Which doesn’t mean much, really, since the fascist party in Germany has a lesbian leader married to a lady from Sri Lanka who lives in Switzerland.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to ease getting back in shape after years of little to no exercise?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing. Get yourself a decent hiking jacket, trousers and shoes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do they do with aborted fetuses?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on the state. Some states require the foetus to treated as medical waste. They’ve recently changed that in the SW (I can’t remember if it was BW or RP).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why isn't the rest of the world doing anything about the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The rest of the world has been trying to do something and has received threats from Trump in return.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do seemingly all politicians (and no one else) do that hand gesture when they talk, the one where it looks like they're holding an invisible fishing rod?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course, by now, this has become an aggressive hand gesture.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Evangelicals in the US vs Protestants ib Europe?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The protestants in Urk and the Dutch Bible Belt are definitely not more progressive than the Catholics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sneaking snacks into the theater is objectively wrong if you are a movie fan⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At our cinema it will still be popcorn. The wee coffee shop right next to the cinema entrance does a roaring trade in popcorn.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The people who protest against the Palestinian Genocide would be the same people who protested against the Holocaust.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Go visit the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and you’ll see a different protest every day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The people who protest against the Palestinian Genocide would be the same people who protested against the Holocaust.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of people knew.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The people who protest against the Palestinian Genocide would be the same people who protested against the Holocaust.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Earth” already knew before the war started.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good uses the new ballroom can have after the Trump regime is over?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Especially because there’s a bunker underneath.

  I’m willing to bet this is all about modernising the bunker, not the east wing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do Americans expect the NK protest to achieve anything?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah. Millions of people protesting didn’t stop Brexit. Millions of people protesting didn’t stop Tory cuts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THE CRAZY PILLS⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And those who had been convinced before being sent to a concentration camp were sent back to prison to finish their sentences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the Nürnberg process had to happen today, we d just feed the documents to chatgpt, and ask it to generate the accusatory speech⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There were still plenty of Nazis left in Germany and many war criminals never ended up on trial. They just continued living normal lives.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aight. Let's be honest. How many of you dress for yourselves, and how many dress for others?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because I’d be cold.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can a person who is a convicted felon/ rapist even get nominated for the Nobel Peace Price? Extra points if you can ELI5 that.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s really hard to judge things that didn’t happen. See also vaccines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨crop candles⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is only done when there’s an unexpected frost in spring or summer when the poly tunnels have been taken away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨crop candles⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In one of the Laura Ingalls books they run around pouring water on top of their crop early in the morning when it turns out it’s frozen. It seems to be an old method.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I block trackers instead of asking nicely. It’s amazing how many seemingly innocent sites stop working.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is lunch like in exclusive private schools for rich kids?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Public schools are what Americans call private schools, the other ones are state schools, academies, council schools, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you live in a city, you'll probably end up memorizing the meanings of arbitrary numbers.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t live in a city but I know all the train and bus numbers around here. Because in some countries you get public transport outside the big cities …

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is lunch like in exclusive private schools for rich kids?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Private schools in the UK serve awful food. Stews, custard with a skin, spotted dick, that kind of stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are Street Racers "bad people"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Will you stfu already?