Webdeveloper from Germany, nerd, gamer, atheist, interested in nerd-culture, biology of everything creepy, evolution, history, physics, politics and space.

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    I get six weeks paid time off every year, on top of pay for 10 national or state holidays, this amounts to eight weeks pto EVERY SINGLE YEAR!

    Oh, also, unlimited sick days (though after 6 weeks the pay goes down to 60% and is then paid not by my employer but by my cheap, statutory, mandatory health insurance) and other social securities that have allowed me to spend TWO (non-consecutive) YEARS without a job and take care of my mental health.







  • This gives so much perspective, and feels like not being alone, thank you.

    Sometimes I struggle with my own, internalized expectations of masculinity and that the world expects a 6’8" guy who also has 0 external feminine traits to behave “like a man” doesn’t make it easier.

    I’m so incredibly fortunate to have found a strong woman who will hold me when I cry and loves me for my sensitivity and empathy.

    None of this means I’m gender fluid, I’m… okay, relaxed, not unhappy with my masculinity, sometimes I can even revel in it. But modern sentiments that deconstruct social expectations of gender roles have made it sooooo much easier to just exist, even as a cis man for all the times that I strongly deviate from them. It’s only that societal expectations have been internalized hard by my generation and it can still be such a struggle.

    Comments like yours make it easier, because I know I’m not alone in this. Thank you.


  • First off even for regular checkups I have to pay extra cuz a continues 1/5th of my pay isn’t enough

    That is so wild. The US has the most expensive system in the world and often not that great service in return and somehow so many are convinced that their broken system is so much better… I guess that’s partly explained by an also broken education system. That’s something that always has been broken as far as I can remember, but now it’ll get sooooo much worse under Trump.

    Plus I’m brown enough to live in fear of getting an accidental deportation parking ticket. Here, you hit the wrong car and they can apparently blast your front door. How does any of that even help me?

    Aaaaaand another thing that’s getting sooooo much worse under Trump. And all paid for by your taxes.

    I’ll emphasize though, the problem isn’t taxes, it’s a broken political system where 0.01% of the population pay for 50% or more of political campaigning and the people have allowed their representatives to create a system of government that fucks them over for reasons that appeal to their basest instincts.


  • My Take-Home in Germany is a little less than two thirds of my pay.

    The difference is that I’m happy with it, because I get my moneys worth in return. Holy shit healthcare alone is just so goddamn cheap compared to what all my health issues would cost extra in the US.

    Yes, rich assholes not paying their fair share is a problem over here too, but far less than in the US and honestly, for my personal happiness it’s far more important that I can see the positive impact my taxes have on me and in my community.

    I think that’s the biggest difference, are taxes levied for mutual benefit or to funnel money to the mayors/governors/presidents daughter’s/brother’s/buddy’s company and thus are a means to rob the populace? Over here it’s overwhelmingly for mutual benefit.




  • I keep repeating myself.

    Bernie, AOC, Zohran Mamdani… conservatives shouldn’t be shocked by their popularity, they should be thankful.

    Because electing popular lefty politicians through the system and working with the system to change the system is a compromise.

    The working class has other means to defend itself from the overreach of the bourgeoisie inherent in the system, and everyone who wants to hold onto the current system should be extremely thankful that the working class doesn’t simply decide to violently overthrow it.




  • Kids of today are doing alright, they’ll go to the shitter, look at their phone and smile when Discord pings them with

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    The Last Unicorn (1982)

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    Overview
    From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly’s words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magicia…

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