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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do babies learn languages at different rates depending on how hard the language is?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  English is incredibly easy to learn. Why do you think it’s basically the world’s lingua franca? The spelling is just a matter of learning to spell and the grammar is dead easy. I was virtually fluent by the time I hit 11 because I’d been watching English language TV with subtitles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are they different shapes?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Cheese fondue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can we convince Trump voters to NOT vote for Trump (or Vance) in the 2026 midterms and the 2028 election?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The husband of a friend of mine voted Trump both times. He’s recently joined the protests. But he will still vote R.

  Another friend votes Trump “because the family has always voted R.” And she’s a frigging STEM professor.

  Sooooo… you somehow need better Republicans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can we convince Trump voters to NOT vote for Trump (or Vance) in the 2026 midterms and the 2028 election?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re not going to vote for an alternative unless they’re convinced Trump is bad for them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you people all bots?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Naw, I’m a chicken.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Those of you who are angry at the US for allowing ICE to stifle people's liberties - how do you channel your anger and irritation?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Edit for the Bylines network.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any quick ways I can study, read and process socialist/communist theory?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Socialism and communism are two different things. Don’t use that slash as if they’re synonyms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Zyrtec is great too, but it causes pretty bad drowsiness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there anyway I can screw around with ICE? I need a new hobby I come from a long line of immigrants. If i send my home address and phone number will they actually come and deport me to choose a cntr⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d join ICE if I wasn’t 58 and not in the US. I joined the local equivalent in instead (software development).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great Mug⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  When I pointed this out to a very popular influencer last week I got doxxed by them. Luckily after a week of people trying to fuck with my account they deleted the message.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Humans are part of the ecosystem.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When you buy a house you’re “one of the world’s richest”. The “world’s richest” aren’t just millionaires and billionaires. They include the middle classes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If president abductions are something that can apparently just happen how come Putin or Kim Jong Un aren't in some foreign prison right now?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not a regime change. Venezuela still has the same regime, just with a different president. People are terrified because the government seems to be out for revenge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What common American habits do people find quietly annoying?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nestlé used to make three “tiers” of chocolate: continental Europe (decent), the UK (meh), the US (bad).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there anything of any interests for the tech bros in Greenland?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Greenland protects the EU against Trump and Putin. That’s why he wants it. He’s in cahoots with Putin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The shrinkflation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Funny, here in Germany the small ones come in cardboard. There is no actual small anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What common American habits do people find quietly annoying?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can put the knife down when needed, Janice. It’s not rocket science.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What common American habits do people find quietly annoying?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not that bothered about loud Americans. Italians are worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What common American habits do people find quietly annoying?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The obsession with brands. Insisting off brand medication is different when it literally HAS to be the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I’m not saying that I agree with right- or center-wing views, and I do condemn transphobia. However, do you think there should be a distinction between critiquing beliefs held by transgender people, and engaging in transphobia?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now I have a headache.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The way my fuck-ass pharmacist makes up the remaining pills in my bastarding prescription⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here the doctor decides, thank God. It means she can prescribe months worth of meds and I only pay 5 Euro. I always have to pay those 5 Euros forvany amount (unless it’s asthma meds, those are free).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is Trump’s Sudetenland. Expect him to invade Canada.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The way my fuck-ass pharmacist makes up the remaining pills in my bastarding prescription⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here we usually do too, unless the doctor prescribes a weird number for some reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Evidence⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The rest believe it too, but their papers are deliberately written in such a way that journalists can misinterpret them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I get the Measles and/or Mpox vaccines if I had them as a child?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The annoying thing is, I was born in 1967 and never had the measles, and according to STIKO I don’t need to be vaccinated, so the insurance won’t pay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The labeling on OTC pain relievers, etc. This is why I just pop 3 and hope for the best.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Please note that the maximum dose of paracetamol/acetominophen is 4 (4 x 1000mg) a day. You don’t want to take any more, because dying from that stuff isn’t pleasant and easily done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the difference between an American liberal and a liberal outside the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope. Some political parties use it as neoliberal but ordinary people don’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do US airports have a lot more jet bridges than EU airports?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. All stores and public buildings must be accessible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a point we can track down when we stopped caring about doctors, nurses, teacher, etc? And thought it was a great idea to pay atheletes millions and screw everyone else?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You just made exactly point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should leftists who are anti-authoritarian use the term "comrade"?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Clueless idiot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a point we can track down when we stopped caring about doctors, nurses, teacher, etc? And thought it was a great idea to pay atheletes millions and screw everyone else?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Professors used to be paid the same as surgeons. Surgeon salaries kept up with inflation, professor salaries did not.