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And more generally, that the beneficiary decides their own benefits. I mean this is the mother of all conflicts of interest.

"You are all going to pay me a lot but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make"

I'm not in the US and I've never been there, but I certainly won't go there ever (well, for the foreseeable future at least). I'm pretty LGBT-aligned (and atheist) so nope. I'm really sorry for people like yourself in this situation.

The problem is all the twisted narratives are reaching conservatives here in Europe too. And extreme right is booming.

True, we have enough made-up stories to fight these days. Like all the anti-trans narratives where they get themselves worked up about things that never actually happen.

We do have rolls royce of course.. They should be able to cook something up. And CFM is half French.

Well yes I thought Zelenskyy looked great in that thing he was wearing. I thought it looked pretty kick-ass. To me personally pissing Trump off would be a feature, not a bug 🤭 But I don't have any responsibility to save a war-torn country of course. There's that. I do agree with Zelenskyy's reasoning, he's not a president who just sits behind a desk to sign papers.

But yes establishment, that's what I associate suits with. That's a better description than "old money" which I said.

For me it tends to have the opposite effect. I remember when my boss always wore this formal stuff and one time we had an issue and she came from home in a hurry to look at it. She was just wearing jeans and a T-shirt and I remember thinking "wow she is actually a nice person" 😆 . But yeah I'm not very (neuro) typical. Though a very typical thing of autistic people is that they love rules and I personally hate them with a passion.

I like the big capes, I sometimes wear them as part of a gothic/alternative outfit, though no suit under it but more like some mesh top. But I wouldn't wear a suit at university if I had to.

And no I do think that last one is very different because the fabric is very fluffy on that one.

Thanks!! I have seen those signs but I never realised what they were about. I thought it was rather some kind of tag for those people that do street measurements with those sextant-like things on a tripod. We have those big crosses on the ground for that too, that can be viewed from the air.

I think I've seen these signs in Holland too. Huh.

But I don't think it's an issue to park near such a hydrant, otherwise they'd make it more clear in the driving education. The only reason I knew the ground hydrants even existed was because once I called about a trash bin fire and I saw them using it.

I agree completely. I wish more people did :( In Holland in particular, neoliberalism is like a religion and nobody even questions it anymore.

I think 12h is a big deal, for business travelers it makes the whole trip pointless. And for leasure travelers it means paying for a really expensive sleeping cabin or "sleep" in an uncomfortable seat.

I agree the privatisation was a big mistake, also in healthcare, energy etc.

It's also better really.

I used to live in a place where I needed a car to go anywhere because the buses were so unreliable, infrequent and useless (all going through the town centre with lots of delays). I hated it, because everyone drove and was stuck in traffic. Driving is very stressful too.

And now I live in a big city, have really dense public transport for 20 bucks a month flat. No more finding and paying for parking spaces. Being able to go back from a different place than I arrived. No more parking meters timing out. No more maintenance. No more fuel costs. No more insurance. No more traffic fines. No more yearly inspections. No more people damaging my ride with shopping carts. I love it honestly. And to top it all off I can ride while playing with my phone and not having to pay any attention to the road. No need to be sober either for that matter.

Quality quickly drops off leaving the city unfortunately but that's the thing with cities, you rarely need to leave them anyway.

Here in Europe it's very hard to see hydrants though. There are no signs and they're just little panel-covered holes.

It's because your country makes so many cars. Same in the US. Cars are holy because so much money is made off them.

Where I'm from in Holland they are sacred also but it's kinda a different reason, car ownership was a big symbol of economic progress in the 60s and people have become addicted to them.