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Some of the most specialized companies in Germany have their production in small unremarkable towns (that still have a huge Edeka or Lidl lol).

If you want to stop the production of nuclear warheads, you cripple the factories that make high pressure, special alloy cooling pipes for example.

He's more like a typical 4chan/Reddit troll. Meaning he cares about his comfy life even though he wants much more in life (even though he's got a lot already, but humans often overlook what they have and want more).

> Just how many nuclear weapons do we actually need?

As many as you can maintain, really.

Heh, well homeless people are voluntold to gtfo the streets and go to a homeless shelter or get a fine or jail time in Europe...

What, how?

I got "hacked", I mean yeah it was a hack using an Android phone and Google's automated recovery system.

If not for the latter, my incredibru strong password would've saved me.

They also removed the phone and backup email from that account because I recovered the account once.

I sure hope 2FA cannot be removed once someone gains access (not without a call to the 2FA number/whatever) lol.

Either way, I'm not using it because it's a pain in the ass. I already hate that they lock me out if I try to log in from another country.

Gee, yeah I travel between EU countries, that's very unusual for most people.

I guess it doesn't work on/for everyone?

I have had extremely realistic hallucinations mostly from side/withdrawal effects, but they were not "life changing".

F benzos, use Gabapentin, Pregabalin or GHB. Out of all of them, etizolam (yeah, I know, it's not an "official" benzo, but afaik it works similarly to alprazolam) was the hardest to quit while having meh effects.

You need to buy an EV certificate which is why many Devs complain SmartScreen made Windows Pay2Win.

But you can pay for it by implementing malware in your newly whitelisted app :D

Postpaid was my favorite when I was a poor 16 year old.

I couldn't believe you can rent 12 core servers for 3 months and not pay for it!

Yes, I know it was illegal lol

Nothing beats "Stop using Mandrake, this is illegal software and we will get sued!"

On that note, my sister can't wrap her head around the fact that people can have multiple bank accounts and many of them are completely free.

She looks at my collection of cards and says "omg the Finanzamt will get you!".

Just wait until they get you for making money off TikTok videos lol

Mine thought "wtf is he on about" :D

You... Really don't.

I will say that you should try some only if you're desperate, but I wasted over a decade of my life suffering and thinking illegal stimulants like meth and amphetamine will make me a retarded addict... But they didn't.

I quit drinking and fixed anxiety and depression with GHB and pregabalin. I can quit them in several days. Zero problems Afterwards (except bring back to my old self).

I fixed my attention/energy problems with aPVP, methamphetamine and amphetamine. Now using the latter because it's super cheap and available and the former two have too many side effects. But they're all useful in a pinch.

Heroin? GHB feels better! I also hate cannabis which most people love.

All I'm saying is the effects are actually different by person and dosage. But falling into a binge is easy and I know many people can't get out of it.

Well, many games won't work when the servers go down so... Just pirate them :D

When I lived in the UK, I thought 30 minute delays two days per week were the worst thing ever.

After living in Germany... British railways seem like an enterprise level SLA.

Tickets with a short expiration time (2 hours... why?), hour(s) long delays, sudden last minute platform changes (you need to use the underground passage full of people), trains just disappearing off the screen with no notice after being delayed several times (I mean, come on!), incredibly rude controllers who just seem like they really want to throw you in prison for not having a ticket (oh yeah, that's a thing, take that Brits!), shoddy rail and frequent stops in the middle of nowhere (or 100 meters from your station), trains that make the Pacers seem like Cadillacs (OK that was one time, not sure where they pulled that pos from)...

I kinda see why Germans hate Deutsche Bahn :D

What Eastern Europe? Romania (pretty balanced and not reliant on gas) and Poland (mostly coal, locally mined) are self sufficient. Baltics maybe?

EU food is (was?) flooding markets all around it due to being cheaper and higher quality even after import taxes/customs duty.

Should've bought local, but as someone from a poor country neighbouring the EU - fuck that, learn to make quality or you deserve to go under. I'm not paying 2.5x the price for local atrocious quality.

And farmers saying lack of rain will ruin them can Google "artificial irrigation" on their gigabit fiber and unlimited 4G. But hey, I guess those new BMWs were worth it.

It's fine, most people need to learn it the hard way.

And then the two wheeled trolleys many old people use look more attractive than funny.

Oh really? Is it only the chocolate bar or that's in addition to everything else?

Yeah, so without trust this research would take a long time.

First of all, you'd need to know what to learn, which is pretty hard.

In this case that would be what? At least basic and some advanced understanding of human anatomy, metabolic processes, neurotransmitters maybe, some pharmacology, nutrition, that's too much for most people.

It would be easier to just learn how to tell honest people from scammers/liars/propagandists and then trust some of them.

That was my dream card for a long time. A Voodoo 2 (3D only, no 2D output, had to run through a second card, wow) overclocked to hell lasted me a good number of years until I upgraded to a GeForce MX 440 lol

I dont want to be at work lol

Big difference is I'm getting money.

I've wasted over a decade (thanks health care in Europe, you stinky garbage!), so I don't get your last point.

You can after 2 years, what am I missing? Or is that too much time to spend at a job nowadays?

I'd have taken such an offer in a heartbeat just to get back in the industry. "Indentured servitude" 2 years being paid... what ridiculous bs, that's normal in many countries.

Which one? I used NoScript but on Firefox it always reblocked all allowed domains after reopening the browser.

It used to work fine years ago, and some people say that's not normal behaviour, but I've stuck with it for a few versions and got sick of it.

Honestly, just an ad blocker is enough.

Whelp, guess the "dumb hot jock" sterotype has died off and is in queue for revival :D

I was also around 210 lbs at my heaviest and wow the treatment is indeed different.

I think the second chin made me look quite unattractive - it's damn hard to get rid of it along with the beer belly heh

Bad example imo, but your point still stands.

A manager is someone who never does any work, therefore makes no mistakes, therefore gets promoted :)

I dunno, many European countries seem successful at socialism.

Powered through high tax rates and foreigners who want to work instead of the people sitting on benefits, but it works.

Suuuure, earth shattering.

That's AIcist :D

But really, you can't tell human accounts from bots.