starlinguk
@starlinguk@lemmy.world
- Comment on What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness? 2 hours ago:
Not a country but a city: Berliners are notorious for being unfriendly but I’ve yet to meet one I didn’t get along with.
- Comment on light pollution 2 hours ago:
If you get the chance, go to visit Berlin Charlottenburg ASAP. It’s still lit with gas lights. No light pollution.
- Comment on If you could add, remove, or alter one single bodily function, what would it be? 4 hours ago:
Does the need for particular hormones count as a single bodily function? Asking for a post menopausal person.
- Comment on With Tim Pool in the White House Press Pool, will we ever find out what's under that beanie? 4 hours ago:
Russian matryoshka style. Figures.
- Comment on So this is it, is trump god? Will Republicans sacrifice their own well being to own the libs? 6 hours ago:
He’s a false messiah.
- Comment on How do man made hiking trails keep the grass from overgrowing? 10 hours ago:
Where I live they’re not maintained at all. If nobody uses them for a while they disappear. I have a “path” nearby that’s on every single map but you can no longer see it used to be a path.
- Comment on Transitioning in STEM 10 hours ago:
My wife was marked down on her PhD because she “wasn’t nice enough” to her supervisor. All the assessors gave her top marks, but her supervisor vetoed them.
- Comment on Why hasn't congress passed a law saying that you can only deport people *back to their own country*? 22 hours ago:
Laws don’t matter. The government is breaking laws left, right and centre.
- Comment on What purpose do carbohydrates OTHER than sugars serve in the body? 22 hours ago:
The brain runs on carbs.
Which definitely explains some people.
- Comment on What do office workers actually do? 1 day ago:
I’m a translator. I translate everything you can possibly think of. HSE documents, emails to illicit lovers, websites, I’m your person.
- Comment on ripperoni pepperoni 2 days ago:
I finally found a non postdoc job!
I’m 59.
- Comment on I don’t know what to do with this coworker. 2 days ago:
Or she does a different kind of job.
- Comment on I don’t know what to do with this coworker. 2 days ago:
Also, the way he described the lady is misogynistic as fuck.
- Comment on The secret German plans leaked 2 days ago:
Freiburg not moving? Awesome, we’ll have so much more room for activities.
- Comment on The secret German plans leaked 2 days ago:
Karl gefällt dass.
- Comment on The secret German plans leaked 2 days ago:
That’s “Ze Gewehr” thankyouverymuch.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
I know three girls who have “arranged marriages” too. It’s surprisingly common in the US.
- Comment on Should naming your children stupid names be illegal? 2 days ago:
No, names like Vagina, X Squared and Helicopter are stupid names. Connor, Brody and Mikaela are just names you don’t like.
- Comment on IT'S SPRING! 3 days ago:
I live in an area with “good” roofs so we get a lot of breeding sparrows. It’s a great area for birbs in general, I get storks, buzzards and kites flying past my window. And I get yelled at by a black redstart when I park my car.
- Comment on IT'S SPRING! 3 days ago:
Cheep cheep, motherfuckers.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
I live near ze French border in BW and half the customers in the supermarket are French or Swiss.
- Comment on You are beautiful 4 days ago:
I used to take a life drawing class and we had one model who was this shape and I loved drawing him.
- Comment on women are the devil 4 days ago:
Especially when you’re removing the names of women who actually achieved something.
- Comment on Brib Cuddles 4 days ago:
Fun fact: many shelters in Germany won’t allow you to adopt a cat if it can’t go outside freely.
So I don’t have a cat. Do I worry about extinct birds or anything like that? No. Cats are native in Europe and I have shit tons of birds of prey (and storks) around here that catch way more birbs than the local cats do.
But I’ve had cats for years, and they’ve been poisoned (rat and antifreeze), hit by cars, hit by trains, and even shot by farmers. I kept my last cat inside.
My apartment and balcony are big enough. I’m looking at rescuing a couple of cats in Bulgaria because those rescue organisations insist you keep the cats inside. Sorry, German kitties.
- Comment on Who should america be more concerned about MS-13 or Russia? 4 days ago:
How does it affect you? If a neighbour who doesn’t like you can just call the police, tell them you’re in a gang, and get you deported without due process that will absolutely affect you.
PS the world is in this state because of unempathetic people like you.
- Comment on Who can I ask or where can I find help in moving to a new country? 6 days ago:
The laws are different in each country. You’re going to have to trawl through their documentation, I’m afraid. It can be incredibly frustrating. I have a Turkish friend who is a qualified doctor who, despite having the right papers, is still waiting for permission to practice after 18 months here, even though the country is desperate for doctors.
- Comment on I get that america is failing if it's duty to suppress the rise of fascist but did the rest of the world just put all its eggs in the america basket? 6 days ago:
The US literally said “you don’t need weapons, we’ll protect you.” They weren’t asked to protect us, they strong armed us. And now we’re lacking arms because of them. Most Americans, including Hesgeth and Vance have never opened a history book.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I mean… the poor guy has to look at your hairy pits all through the lecture. Tank tops are underwear or beachwear.
- Comment on Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately? 1 week ago:
Schools literally prefer to hire foreigners as English teachers because their English is better.
- Comment on Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately? 1 week ago:
I’ve on the Internet for the same amount of time and it’s gotten MUCH worse.