Germany also does insurance companies. Turns out that can actually be fine if you sweat the details and not just do something random like how the US ended up with employer-sponsored health insurance.

If only. It’s the universal western sickness of every change being up for endless debate, hearings and vetoes while doing nothing is seen as the default. Of course doing nothing is just as much a choice as doing something…

That’s downright awful…

I’ve been missing that

That’s bizarre. Worse than being consistent, somehow.

Probably before VAT.

The concept of meaning is ill-defined. It’s basically a feeling, and there’s nothing more to it.

Right? Cheap content for the BBC too

Eh… ESC is how Celine Dion got famous. Obviously doesn’t happen every year, but clearly it is seen as a possible launch vehicle for careers.

Tje trending posts are all trash. I’m sure there is a significant minority who’s not super annoying, but it’s not an inviting place.

Hold on, I found it. It’s nostr and the posts there are really cringe jfc

Is this a social network with crypto payments? What’s the name? Because that sounds like it will just be a lot of self-congratulatory “isn’t crypto great” jokes and I gotta see it

Isn’t it because the UK entry is chosen by committee? Have a national contest where the winner is chosen by popular vote. Problem solved, no?

The authors of “made in china 2025” say what?

Me looking at the poop in the toilet after having eaten an entire bucket of sugar free Haribo bears:

They do have a tendency of disappearing when you need them the most, but yes, it doesn’t hurt to at least try.

I too think it’s magnesium, but what I can actually confirm is that I haven’t had this since I started taking multivitamins. Y’all are vitamin deficient.

The pork thing seems a lot more ingrained than the alcohol thing. Wonder if it has something to do with trichinosis.

What actually happens is the rich move to Dubai or similar. We tried a wealth tax in Norway and all the useless real estate “entrepreneurs” moved to Switzerland. To be fair I haven’t really heard of anyone who’s actually not easily replaceable moving, but this limit is way more radical than a wealth tax.

I have a Tuxedo laptop, and the camera and especially mic are really really bad. Just FYI