I think what they meant to say is that only a small fraction flees to Europe.

Take Syria for example. Of all the people displaced by the war, about half left the country (according to my quick Google research). By far the biggest portion of the ones leaving went to Turkey, a neighbouring country (about 4 million). Germany, the European country that took in by far the most Syrian refugees, took in something between half a million and a million, about the same amount as Lebanon, which is about 16 times smaller populationwise. Going down the list, before you get to other European countries, there are several other countries in Syria’s neighbourhood — Jordan, Egypt, Iraq.

So I think it’s fair to say that the majority of people try to stay in the vicinity of their country and only flee farther if they have to.

hätten auch vor 70 Jahren gepasst

1955?

Als Frau, die im Zug schon mehrfach sexuell belästigt wurde… Absolut “Nein, danke”

That was my first thought as well. I’m giving you five MeowMeowBeenz 🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱

Generalising statements suck in general.

Relevant xkcd:

I know this is a lot more difficult than it sounds because attention is a finite resource, but giving each of them the attention they need. This does not have to be the same amount for each child but none of them should feel like the other one is getting attention when they need it.

Most adults I know that don’t get along with their siblings felt like they were neglected compared to the other sibling(s). Whether that’s objectively true is hard to tell but it’s worth checking in with your children from time to time.

On the cheek? A socialist fraternal kiss is full on the mouth.

Like how “algorithm” is just the westernized spelling of of al-Khwarizmi or “guy” comes from Guy Fawkes.

And Kaiser and Tsar both come from Julius Caesar.

Counterpoint: If success is what we base this on, then E. L. James (50 shades of grey) is a very good author.

She’s also incredibly funny (and sometimes savage) which also gets lost in many adaptations, since it’s in her commentary and not necessarily in the dialog.

She was not a woman of many words; for, unlike people in general, she proportioned them to the number of her ideas.

Yes. But here in Germany you usually just have one pillow and one duvet (I’m not sure if that is the correct term) per person. To make the bed, you fold over the duvet, so the bed can air out. Maybe fluff up the pillow, depending on the type of pillow. So it only takes a few seconds to do that.

So what’s your favourite Beatles song then?

https://xkcd.com/977/

How does that rhyme with increasingly many men also being obsessed by their looks and more and more having surgery done?

I don’t see how that contradicts what I said? I talked about the pressure many people feel, not just women.

But most of the hatred I see online comes up when it’s a woman. Do you have any examples of men receiving the kind of attention and hatred that Kate Beckinsale or Ariana Grande recently received for their changed looks? Maybe I’m just in my bubble and missed them.

I know this is not what people want to hear, but at least one aspect of it is misogyny.

There was this recent clip of Kate Beckinsale going around and people went batshit over how she had ruined her beautiful looks. The thing is, she definitely had things done before, just go look up pictures of her when she started her career. She was beautiful even then but in a more “normal” way. And no one was outraged or concerned for her then. But now she dares to not be as beautiful as she was before. People have a right to see her be hot!

Don’t get me wrong, I wish there wasn’t such a pressure for people to look perfect and have work done. But I think a huge part of the outrage is actually men feeling that they have a right to decide how a woman should look.

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So… The name Doppelbock comes from Bockbier which is derived from the town Einbeck where it originated. The town’s name likely comes from a dialect version of “ein Bach” (a brook).

The best feminine name would therefore be Doppel-<feminine noun meaning something like brook>. But alas there are very few feminine German words relating to bodies of water. Best I can come up with is Doppelquelle (Quelle means spring), but that sounds like sparkling water.

Immer mehr Wege werden zu Fuß zurückgelegt, Autos stehen immer häufiger ungenutzt herum.
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Demnach wird fast die Hälfte der Autos an einem durchschnittlichen Tag nicht bewegt. Im Jahr 2008 sei nur ein Drittel der Autos am Tag nicht genutzt worden.

Der Hauptgrund für ein Drittel zu Hälfte wird aber wahrscheinlich eher sein, dass es einfach mehr Autos pro Person gibt oder? Ich weiß, dass es bei uns 2008 noch Lücken zwischen den parkenden Autos gab, jetzt muss man durch den ganzen Ort auf der Gegenspur.

Me, reading this on my 86 month old phone and feeling like the left’s greatest hero for dealing such a mighty blow to capitalism.

5-10 minutes of internal groaning and self-pity for having to get up are a must. Everything else is vile torture before I have been up for at least an hour.

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