I dislike the whole minority/majority thing, we are all human and we need to be threated like that.
Maybe you are right and I accidentally joined some LGBTQ+ threads ment more for minorities. That doesn't explain why some of my gay friends never felt welcome in online communities for LGBTQ+
Often what just happens irl is that those people just meet each other somewhere without the rest or go somewhere slightly differently during work, a party or whatever and then talk about what they want. At least that's when I was a minority back in the day when gaming was for nerds. And that's what my LGBTQ+ friends do when they want to do that, but The Netherlands has always been pretty open to that. That same thing happens online that people don't join discussions they don't care about.
It’s not ironic at all. I’m guessing you have never been in a setting that would have benefitted from such a policy.
The only times I have been in a setting like that was when getting bullied in school where they didn't want to talk to me because I was the minority.
Edit: I care about people, not about in what "group" they belong, fuck that
Well that's fair, it has been a while since I ran into a LGBTQ+ community online, so it might have changed, but like I said I have heard it from others as well.
that some spaces meant for internal discussion about problems that are unique to LGBTQ+ people in order to share experience and advice where most people who are not part of the group can’t say anything since they aren’t affected. Since that is most people hetero peple are not welcome there in general for simplicity’s sake. Those spaces are not meant as an Information desk and they don’t have to be one since there are other spaces on the internet that can act as that.
You are right about that, but I wasn't commenting on threads like that per say, because well I don't have a clue about it.
But I have comment on a thread about say gender-neutral bathrooms, some people prefer them and some people don't. I responded that the trans people I know preferred their current gendered bathroom because well they are that gender.
People didn't like that I said that, but maybe it is because like somebody else said, so many people lie on the internet and such.
So it just works differently, if you would want to pass a law that changes how those licences are signed, it would be known, and you wouldn't be the person signing it. The office of justice would be, and probably it is checked multiple times before it even gets there that it isn't financing terrorism or something which is illegal according to the WWFT and some other laws.
This law goes on about the open government: https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0045754/2025-07-01
And there are multiple parties who try and keep businesses somewhat in check (like accountants, the fiod, etc.)
So if you would try and pull this off in The Netherlands you would have a hard time doing it and I doubt you can do it without somebody being a whistleblower.
People are voted here for the person there are or for their idea's on certain subject or whatever somebody chooses to make their vote. Everybody can enlist themselves to be voted on different levels on the politic spectrum. Heck, it is even is a spectrum instead of a 2 or 3 party system.
A lot of what is done in the government is transparent and open for the public to read/see, a lot of our justice system is publicly available as well (except certain cases regarding children).
Most companies have to be transparent at least on a financial level and most of the bigger once also on other levels.
But the consequence of it, is that people like me experience the not being able to talk about certain aspects of humanity or of life, which is kinda understandable to be fair.
Okey interesting, Ill keep it in mind.
It might not work for this situation I have experiences about the LGBTQ+ communities online, but who knows.
Thx!
Sorry to rephrase my comments towards you, I have come across communities on Reddit, here and elsewhere online where there is a post about something LGBTQ+ related. I post a comment around the subject, either asking a question or supporting the general cause, but ofc I experience the entire situation differently than somebody who is completely part of it, so people always notice it.
But instead of explaining where I am wrong or forming a normal conversation, I get shit like you are doing. Which really alienates me from the online communities. I act the same way when I am in person talking to people from LGBTQ+ and they act completely different and some even share the same opinion.
I do live in NL where the situation surrounding LGBTQ+ is more open than in a lot of other countries, but still.
Where do you suggest I start doing "my homework"? or are you just gonna shut me down trying to learn more about the subject like most have done?
IEC 60906-1
That is not a reversible plug which is annoying at times.
It takes less force to plug in. Above 2.5A, Schuko plugs require a lot of force to plug in and pull out. To some extent, this is actually good for safety, but I would argue that, in the case of Schuko plugs at least, it’s too much
Hmm, I get what you mean and this can be an issue and it's probably the reason why plugs without grounding exist since they are easier to pull out.
It is also easier to plug in without seeing the plug since it isn’t round. Everyone who has tried to plug in a Schuko plug without seeing the holes knows how difficult it is
Never had this issue
I didn't even know there are different three-phase power plugs, but then again you rarely need those compared to the normal plugs
Considering it is a Google phone their long term support is still crap compared to things like Fairphone or even iPhone.
But it sucks that this happens and I hope they contact you for a trade in. Rules are also changing so all phones need to have a minimum lifespan of 5 years or so
You would be surprised how many companies don't even have something fundamental like a custom SSID and password, or a backup, etc.