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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could I seek asylum as a US trans person in Costa Rica (or other countries)?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Skip Germany. They’ve just banned wearing the LGBTQ+ flag in parliament claiming it’s “not neutral”. Even though, yanno, banning the damn thing definitely isn’t neutral.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hear a lot of "ACAB", why don't I hear "APAB"? (P as in Politician)⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  School boards are not political in the Netherlands, Germany or the UK.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The White House is paving over the Rose Garden with concrete. People are outraged⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Which reminds me, you may want to have a close look at that BBB.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After Israel and USA's bombing, wouldn't any supposed nuclear bombs go off if there were any?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If there were nukes in those bunkers, they would have moved them as soon as Israel attacked. Sauce: journalist who works in the Middle East.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your approaches to donating?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t give to politicians. The state gives them money to campaign. Over here giving money to politicians is considered to be highly dodgy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does America feel the need to control the world? Do what they say? Instead of taking care of their own problems at home? When did the US become police officer of the world and enforcer?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They want more power, they don’t just want to keep it. I don’t get it, isn’t it absolutely exhausting?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the progress pride flag so poorly designed (especially the intersex progress pride flag)? Will it be redesigned?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Nobody. That’s the point of the “idiot”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Work is a hugr part of your life. Getting along with your colleagues and having them as friends is great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Senator Josh Becker, who represents Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Mountain View, says he opposes a bill allowing multistory apartment buildings near transit stations.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Parking garage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Senator Josh Becker, who represents Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Mountain View, says he opposes a bill allowing multistory apartment buildings near transit stations.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Those people are called NIMBYs. Not in my back yard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people hate drinking water?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the thing, though. People need about 2 litres of fluid a day, and most of that comes from their food.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people hate drinking water?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The food industry’s propaganda is that you need to drink 2 litres of water a day. You don’t.

  In 1974 the book Nutrition for Good Health, co-authored by nutritionists Margaret McWilliams and Frederick Stare, recommended that the average adult consumes between six to eight glasses of water a day. But, the authors wrote, this can include fruit and veg, caffeinated and soft drinks, even beer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spicy food never affects my gut and everyone thinks it's really weird. How unusual is this and what could be happening to explain why spicy food doesn't affect me?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s because you don’t drink as much as other people. People who chug a ton of of water or whatever after they’ve eaten something spicy are giving themselves diarrhea.

  Sauce: a Taiwanese lady.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Naughty rats get the tube⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Moustrophobia was right there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was life like for the "average" person living in Nazi Germany⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks up Time Ghost on YouTube. They have tons and tons of information, including videos about the human side of WW2 and living in Nazi Germany.

  Anyhoo, both my in laws nearly starved to death. I don’t know what happened to their parents. Since it is never mentioned, I’m guessing they weren’t exactly in the resistance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not DNA, but the other guy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oncologists trying to apply for a grant for uterine cancer research without using the words “female” or “women”.

  This list of banned words was introduced months ago, has the US only just discovered it exists?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Going viral, I guess⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re not allowed to mention the word corona (or women, or female, it’s a really long list).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All this produce is going to spoil at the food bank where I volunteer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you have a Sikh temple nearby? They cook for the community.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know someone like this. She votes Trump because she genuinely doesn’t have a clue about what’s going on. Her family has always voted R so she continues to do so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate Samsung and their dumb software design choices, and this is one of them. Why do I need a SIM card to enable a hotspot whereas every other phone works without one?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your phone works without service?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man in trump merch at Metalfest Open Air in Plzeň, Czechia⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sadly, the Trump effect isn’t a thing in Europe. He’s a fascist, by the way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why do some people put a space before a question mark or exclamation point?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And some people dodn’t use a space at all!They type like this.Argh.

  Or they use commas instead of full shops for ellipses,

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I guess they hate shoppers (context below)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy ablism, Batman.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I weird for avoiding flying on prop planes, and only fly on jets?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love me an old Embraer with propellers. More legroom and more overhead luggage space.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And yet, she is obviously afraid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  She could also be murdered.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Muslim extremists murder or maim girls who have “shamed the family” in the west too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are some people too stupid to feel depressed?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know two very happy people who are very aware of the state of the world and also actively involved in decreasing world suck, but they’re managing to separate their own own life and the state of the world pretty well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google just had to put AI in the app store, and it apparently endorses scummy scam sites⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Somehow nowhere has bothered legislating the Internet. I have no idea why.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are their any romance movies where there is a male protagonist who is a part of the manosphere?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t say no obnoxious questions.