Even if he doesn’t eat it, his god is still sliced up and baked on the table.

It might be an anecdote by the author. And it’s not like it stands out as a weird enough thing that it has to be relevant to the plot.

Also their cousin is probably a turkey or something.

Zo schrijft hij bijvoorbeeld dat de superrijken de aandacht verleggen door de middenklasse op te zetten tegen de lagere klasse.

Volgens mij zegt hij dat de VVD dat doet, toch? Dus:

Goede observatie zou ik zeggen, maar wat gaat hij hier aan doen dan?

Dit soort artikelen schrijven, en dan hopen dat mensen minder erop stemmen, denk ik :) En dat is denk ik het antwoord op al je vragen. Uiteindelijk veranderen dit soort dingen alleen als mensen hun gedrag veranderen, en de manier om dat te doen is om je platform (in zijn geval, als prominent politicus) te gebruiken.

Maar toegegeven, wellicht was dat effectiever geweest als hij het in Elsevier had geplaatst. Moeten die dat ook wel willen, natuurlijk.

I think that means that it’s opt-in.

Ik denk dat het antwoord voor hem is om moties in te dienen, wetsvoorstellen te schrijven, mensen te overtuigen om 'm te stemmen, en idealiter een keer te regeren. En voor ons, ehm… Op hem stemmen? :P

Haha thanks, I didn’t know until you visualised it.

What’s good to know that generally, in the EU and most European countries, I believe, the goal of regulations is compliance, not punishment. So “finding that an organisation is in breach” of something isn’t necessarily the first step towards punishment (fines or whatever) - often the next and final step is notifying the org and the org making adjustments to comply.

Doesn’t really matter if you don’t do business in the EU anyway, and AFAIK, no Lemmy instances are businesses.

Damn TIL! So much for my religious education.

…and where did all the people that came after Cain and Abel come from? Who was their mother?

Maybe it depends on the urinal? In the US I have seen urinals that basically reach from the floor to your waist, which I imagine involves some splashing. Here in Europe I’ve only seen the ones that are way smaller, around waist height.

Worst thing is that that usually cost more effort.

Agreed, although I’d posit that we were able to get the strong social safety thanks in large part to the multi-party democracy. But otherwise, yes, agreed on all counts.

In the EU, but my point is that the scale is way different. I’m in the Netherlands, and the far-right resurgence here is still being kept in check to some extent by the other parties. I shudder to think what would happen if they could do what they want just because they’re the largest, but they can’t.

Damn jongleurs!

(But thanks for teaching me something today!)

I’m not so sure. I’m from a multi-party democracy, and while the ultra-rich (or, well, mega-rich I suppose - the US’s ultra-rich are at a different level I think) certainly have their interests catered to, I feel like on balance the scales are tipped to their benefit to a way smaller extent, largely thanks to the multi-party system.

Fair enough, but I honestly find it ghoulish regardless of the surrounding terminology.

Oh yeah, I mean, obviously, no contention there.

Who the hell called that a recorder btw? As not-a-native-speaker, the first time I heard that term I was super confused, thinking they were talking about a tape recorder.

Knowing basically nothing about anything that’s relevant here, so pardon any ignorance, but it does sound to me like anything that moves the US towards a true multi-party system would be a pretty fundamental change?

“Taking” blood does give it another extra sinister tinge over what’s actually happening.