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[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 135 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Don’t forget walking around to get to places.

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 50 points 2 years ago

Accessible healthcare and permissive weapon legislation

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Surely you mean little rascal-ing? I don't understand what this "walking" is.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 71 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 53 points 2 years ago

She's so delightful. Also love the experts that try to explain complex issues to her like a child and especially those that look like they want to throw something at her.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I miss NewsWipe and Barry Shitpeas.

[–] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I miss newswipe more than anything else Charlie Brooker makes, honestly.. But I get it, Black Mirror probably makes him more money by atleast an order of magnitude.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At least we got the antiviral wipe during COVID.

[–] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

I wasn't aware of that, and now I'm watching

[–] stufkes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Every year, I google whether it has returned. Losing NewsWipe / Screenwipe is such a loss. Still haven't touched Black Mirror...

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Some of Black Mirror is good

Inside No. 9 however, is miles better

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 40 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Whatcha mean, they got GREAT healthcare in DnD! One might say it’s simply magical 😉

[–] dee_dubs@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

...and expensive enough that you need to be a nobleman or a legendary hero to get it. The cost of the most basic healing potion is enough for a family to eat for a year.

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s true! Although I have to believe some clerics take pity on the poor and help heal them. But I guess that just points to the system being broken, I mean you shouldn’t have to rely on the good graces of a benevolent do-gooder. The govt should be providing a herbologist and cleric for every village, free of charge!

Most settings have clerics be extremely rare, because the idea of a population that isn't suffering is anathema to the modern mind.

[–] flucksy_bango@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Oh, no, you're mistaken. We have healthcare, it's just that it's a circus that has been lit on fire.

[–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The fact that you get to loot and pillage notwithstanding.

[–] victron@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Pretty relevant joke. You totally put those +5 Intelligence to good use.

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Hey, now! I resemble that remark.

[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How can I leverage and maximize for my career and social relationships my knowledge of THAC0 ?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You should mention THAC0 as many times as possible on your resumes and dating profiles.

[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Distributed and maintained THAC0 related statistical analysis for long term mineral exploration based partnerships

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago

Reads like Cunk

[–] PolyLlamaRous@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

*white Americans maybe. There is a massive amount of the US that English is their second language... But not speaking a second language is really a problem many places.

[–] jlar@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And apparently at least one that doesn't understand how jokes work.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Always at least one dude trying to explain how the obvious joke isn't factually correct.

[–] friendlymessage@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also black Americans. All in all, only 20% of Americans in general, only about 4% of white Americans and 7% of black Americans are bilingual. Compare this to 84% of Germans for example, a far less diverse country, where 38% speak two languages, 29% three languages, 17% even more than three.

Also, there probably are people earning a living wage doing freelancing in the US. It's a joke, a two-liner at that. Of course it's an oversimplification.

[–] PolyLlamaRous@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Germany may be a poor example. I do happen to live in your example (Germany). And it's far fetched to say Germany isn't diverse. You know how many guest workers to refugees we have taken in since the 60s? I just googled "foreigner percentage US" and the same for Germany. It's 13% for US and 18% for Germany. This is non-inclusive of the millions of second or third generation Turkish here.

Also, if you have ever been a foreigner in Germany like myself, you would know that these number are far overstated for German people that can usefully speak another language. There are better examples for your point, like Holland or Luxemburg with genuinely high second or third language levels. Or you can also look at native English countries and see the US isn't alone in it's low adoption of second languages.