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  • Human Zoo

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  • Go visit Chester Zoo, where the enclosures are so big that you often can't see the animals. It's deliberate, they want their animals to be able to hide.

    Both zoos in Berlin are a fucking disgrace, though.

  • Dadboats rule

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  • I saw one in Amsterdam called Koekblik (biscuit/cookie tin).

  • What do people get out of being hateful online?

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  • Divide and conquer. There is irrefutable evidence that they've been interfering in elections etc for more than 12 years. I learned this at a national security conference in Germany.

  • Do you still have faith in humanity?

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  • "Before" had WW2 and WW1. Now it's that but with nukes and the Internet.

  • What's the craziest/meanest thing someone has said to you or called you online. (excluding one off slurs)

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  • When I said I was a single mum I was told "Shoulda kept your legs shut, love."

    I'm a widow.

  • Are you a 'do the good part first' or 'save the best part for last' sort of person?

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  • Save the best part for last when my brothers aren't around to steal it. My family thought it was hilarious when they did that.

  • TIL pediatricians are being used as a great source of antibodies.

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  • Shame Covid doesn't work like that. You just get it 5 times a year because it's a different strain, you didn't become immune last time or you lost immunity after a couple of months. Minus 2 IQ points (on average) every time.

    And even the "normal" viruses like flu can cause problems for years.

  • cat 🐈

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  • GngngngngngGNGNG! - the cat.

  • What are some things about the past people get wrong today?

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  • Most people wore sweatshirts and cone shapes jeans. So no, no seventies clothing. I got laughed at for wearing a shirt that was distinctly seventies.

  • What are some things about the past people get wrong today?

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  • Corsets were awful: only when you tight laced, and the majority of women didn't. Corsets and stays were designed to support the boobs and smooth out clothing. That's it.

    No ankles: yes ankles. Skirts were usually above the ankles for practical reasons.

    Feudalism bad: yes and no. It meant everyone had a job and housing. Homelessness didn't exist until the end of feudalism.

  • Push to eliminate sales tax on food and groceries in Missouri runs into heavy resistance

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  • In the EU and the UK all food has sales tax. It's around 20 percent for "luxury" food and around 5 percent for necessary food like bread and milk (some countries have more levels, like France, which has 20, 10, 5 and 2.5).

  • Earbud question: Does anyone actually like to silicone tipped earbuds over the solid plastic ones?

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  • Note you can be allergic to memory foam, which will make those earbuds hurt like hell (ask me how I know)

  • [Video] Cops not sure whether to arrest man with "Plasticine Action" shirt for supporting terrorism

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  • This is the UK. They don't have arrest quotas. That was a myth spread by the tabloids about 15 years ago.

  • Netherlands appoints first out gay and youngest prime minister

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  • Yes. Well. Peter Mandelson is gay too.

    And this dude is collaborating with some of the shittiest parties around and wants to cut disability benefit, unemployment benefit, etc.

  • How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?

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  • The Netherlands teaches everyone English and it works.

  • How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?

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  • Speaking another language is game changing, it doesn't matter which language it is. It'll make it much easier to learn another language, for example, because you'll get a better grasp of grammar. In fact, that grasp of grammar will help you speak your own language better.

    You'll also be more likely to treat people who speak a different language as people rather than things.

  • TIL You can leagally drop your baby off at the fire station in all 50 states

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  • What lurking suspicion do you have about something but is hard to prove?

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  • But it doesn't work with Revanced, which is why they want to ban it.

  • What’s a conspiracy theory you no longer call a theory?

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  • I'm not sure if the fall of the US economy will take down other economies. The other economies will adapt. They're already looking at adapting and working together with other economies.

  • pics @lemmy.world
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    A mausoleum at Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris

  • birding @lemmy.world
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    Sparrows in Berlin

  • dailygames @lemmy.zip
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    ColorGuesser #779

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  • BuyFromEU @feddit.org
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    Benefit (owned by LVMH) may not be from the US but they're complying in advance.

    www.forbes.com /sites/conormurray/2025/03/18/san-francisco-pride-says-sponsors-bailed-this-year-as-support-for-pride-appears-to-dwindle-across-country/