Floris Jan van Fleppensteyn
I also grew up barely drinking anything, definitely never any water. Now I buy carbonated (mineral) water. It tastes better and is refreshing. It helps to buy a few and put them within reach so you’re reminded. Keep one next to your bed. After a while you’ll notice dehydration when you forget to drink. Probably you never noticed before if you were always used to it.
In Prague the line between private and public space seems blurred. Like, a footpath ends and the only way to continue is to walk over what appears to belong to a private business, of course full of cameras all over. I’m a bit further from the center, with a lot of rich people in big homes. They all have huge fences and walls around their gardens, often with cameras on top, so they can still spy on what happens outside their walls. Sometimes they’re so high up, you could think they want to know what happens in the entire street. Prague is one of the safest cities ever, so I really wonder how much of this is security and how much is curiosity. I mean, if you want to catch a burglar, you hang the camera down low so you can see their face.
Of course the city has traffic cameras and there’s police surveillance cameras in the center too, but at least you know what they’re for. The fact that any random person or business can film you is more worrying imo.
In NL, I’m staying in the North. I walk a lot. Instead of cameras, there are many curious people staring out of their windows :)
I’m in the Netherlands right now. You may have a different perspective if you’re a car owner, but I really noticed I’m not being spied on as much. I believe it’s not really allowed for a private person to film a public street neither, and I simply don’t see any cameras.
I live in Prague. When I go for a walk there, there’s hundreds of cameras following me. It’s like every home has at least one camera and they’re not just filming their own property. It feels uncomfortable: you never know who’s watching or what’s done with the footage.
Businesses are forcing everyone back into the office. You can count yourself very lucky if you can work remote.
For me, there’s 3 supermarkets within a 15-minute walk, my GP the same, hospital 20 minute walk. So yeah an ambulance would be here in minutes. I don’t feel like a prisoner and I’ve never had stuff delivered. That’s just wasteful and more expensive.
I tried the online poker thing a little bit. With friends IRL it’s fun but online it’s boring. People work it like it’s their job.
I tried an IRL casino once, won a bunch of money on the first machine and I was thinking I’m done, but had to wait for my friends so I kept doubling a small bet on black on roulette. It landed on red 9 times in a row. It’s all a scam
My gf studied Dutch for years, came over to NL, spoke to my parents in Dutch, all good.
Then we ordered things in a café. She kept speaking Dutch, the waitress understood, but kept replying in English with a heavy accent. Then switched to Dutch when speaking to me.
I’ve always heard those stories and couldn’t imagine anyone being so rude but yeah.
I tried to buy cigarettes. “Winston, s’il vous plait,” while pointing at them. Lady started screaming for her colleague, “anglais!” Then I had to ask for them in English.
No need to bother with French.
Staring at teacher’s boring Powerpoint presentations and reading through a chapter an hour before a test only to forget it after doesn’t magically make you a smart person. In fact, I felt more like it numbs the brain.
The amount of sites claiming there’s suspicious traffic coming from my IP is getting ridiculous
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Am I the only one who thinks they’re too expensive? Even my favorite pear juice went up 105% in price in a short time
I’m getting this since a few days and just refreshing the page always works
No, you’re not supposed to speak ill of the dead. Doesn’t mean you have to make shit up. I didn’t say a word at my father’s funeral.
Not sure but old habits die hard.
The only times something got pasted with middle click was accidental and then it doesn’t even take what’s in the clipboard, which is also annoying if you’re in the habit of selecting text randomly when you read.
It messes with click to scroll, or just pastes things when all you want is to activate a window or something
The Bible also says God walked the earth like a regular man
I believe you don’t easily see messages from people who are not in your friend list. Also many people still have an account but don’t use it at all anymore. Maybe getting a notification from FB reminded him to finally delete the account.
I’m not into sports neither and when my father explained why he watches sports, I suggested you might just as well watch people playing video games.
I thought that was ridiculous at the time but it actually became a thing
US has always acted like a villain. CIA overthrowing governments, NSA spying on EU companies/politicians with US admitting they did for “US interests” (maximizing US companies’ profits by cheating the rest of us); arming terrorist groups and just causing chaos around the world or if self-interest while we have to pretend we’re OK with it or they will cut of trade. They are the only western country that uses torture as official policy, doesn’t think food and shelter are you human rights etc etc.
And people mostly don’t care or forget very quickly. Next time elect someone who can speak full sentences and is not so blatantly corrupt, show some goodwill, and people will forget within months.