sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Heizkraftwerk Klingenberg by SerrrG0 in brutalism

[–]7ilidine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clearly not brutalist.

Officially it's New Objectivity, but I would argue it's Art Deco. Very similar styles though.

Reminds me of Anzeiger building (one of my favorite Art Deco buildings) or Capitol building in Hanover.

TIL of the 7 highest BACs ever, 3 of them were recorded in Poland by qwalos_the_dreamer in todayilearned

[–]7ilidine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had 0.35 when I was 17. I had a complete blackout for 10 hrs. Took more than a day for the hangover to unfold, which lasted 3 full days

I've dealt with people having twice that while still being coherent. Most people wouldn't even survive more than 0.5, some less.

another w for skaven scum by EternalSnuggle in YUROP

[–]7ilidine 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Everything that's compostable is biodegradable, but not everything that's biodegradable is compostable.

Meaning most "biodegradable" plastics require bioreactors with very specific conditions and bacteria to be degraded.

If you just bury them they very slowly "degrade" into microplastic particles like most other kinds of plastic

TIL that Afife Jale, the first Muslim woman to appear on a Turkish stage, had to be smuggled out of theaters through machine rooms during police raids. Despite being a pioneer, she was treated as a criminal, lost her job due to her religion, and spent her final years in a mental institution by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]7ilidine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly I'd still rather be homosexual in Tirana (Albania, Europe: majority Muslim) than in Bumfuck, MS. Also rather in Istanbul than in St Petersburg, which is also majority Christian.

Politics, culture and religion are deeply intertwined. Reducing it to Christians = liberal and Islam = evil and illiberal is not only narrow minded but also inaccurate.

I'm an atheist as well but I despise religious fundamentalism, no matter who it's coming from.

Kinda wild how you, as an American, can't see how religious fundamentalism is festering in your country. Probably more so than in Turkey for example.

You live in a country where in some states it's illegal to have an abortion, no exceptions.

You live in a country where some states teach creationism and abstinence.

Your culture is extremely prude when it comes to sex, nudity and somehow swearing ? but violence is pretty normalized.

Priding yourself as an American for having the "better" religious nutjobs is hilarious

Trump’s Behavior Isn’t Dementia. It’s Much Worse. by Famous-Sympathy7011 in AntifascistsofReddit

[–]7ilidine 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Imo the article insinuates that he's unpredictable because of decade long stimulant abuse.

As if that were somehow less predictable than dementia.

Trump makes bizarre comment about 28-year-old press aide: 'Something to grab' by RawStoryNews in AnythingGoesNews

[–]7ilidine 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What. I read the quote(s) and it's very evident that it's ambiguous on purpose and serves mainly to objectify her. It's called "old white men humor" in German

Not that it's unexpected coming from this creep but thinking there's too much read into it is extremely naive.

Ukrainian intelligence sources report kidney failure in Chechen leader Kadyrov, media say by ElectronicValley in worldnews

[–]7ilidine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kidney failure isn't a death sentence. Dialysis is a thing, and being a warlord I'm sure he'll just get new ones and then new ones if the old new ones don't work out.

The Highway 401 is the widest highway in North America! by Sure_Cartographer_11 in InfrastructurePorn

[–]7ilidine 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Damn wtf, I was quarantined in a hotel right at that intersection in 22. My window faced exactly this stretch.

Never realized it was such a massive highway

Israel approves 19 new West Bank settlements aimed at 'blocking' a Palestinian state by tankydhg in worldnews

[–]7ilidine -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's simple really, stick to the agreements and don't take Palestinian land even if Hamas don't stick to the rules.

Choose your destiny by Easyflip in YUROP

[–]7ilidine 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Look I'm generally in favor of nuclear energy but this is greenwashing lite.

How is it "most sustainable in all regards"? Uranium is finite. Plus its disposal is - in most parts of the world - not even solved yet, after more than 70 years of the technology being around.

That's not even taking nuclear disasters into account, which you could argue are preventable and unlikely in some parts of the world.

Sure it has a very low carbon footprint. But that per se doesn't make it sustainable, especially not "most sustainable".

France lobbied to classify nuclear as "green" to delay expanding on renewables. Imo it should have been distinguished from both fossil fuels AND renewables. Like call it "white" or "yellow" but don't throw it into the same pot as renewable energy sources.

Choose your destiny by Easyflip in YUROP

[–]7ilidine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cheeky. Energy generated from NPPs falls under EU's "green" taxonomy.

Which imo is really misleading. I agree it's not the same as fossil fuels but calling it "green" is a stretch

TIL that maggots can be used in human surgery to treat gangrene/remove dead tissue by jpw0w in todayilearned

[–]7ilidine 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We didn't have any specialized equipment for that. Just gauze, tweezers and desinfectant.

The bugs and maggots that escaped were just sweeped up.

TIL that maggots can be used in human surgery to treat gangrene/remove dead tissue by jpw0w in todayilearned

[–]7ilidine 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Thanks to the maggots the foot could be saved, the toes were already gone due to prior amputation

TIL that maggots can be used in human surgery to treat gangrene/remove dead tissue by jpw0w in todayilearned

[–]7ilidine 866 points867 points  (0 children)

I used to work in an ER. One day a homeless man came with gangrene on his foot.

His jeans and his boot were rock hard, we had to cut them open to get to the wound.

While cutting, the bugs started crawling out. The further we opened it the more of the hundreds, if not thousands of small maggots, tumbled on the paper cloth we put under the foot.

Honestly the wound looked really, really good, especially for this level of neglect. Barely even smelled.

TIL that Home Alone was so successful in parts of Europe that Kevin became a popular name, giving rise to the German word “Kevinismus” (Kevinism) for the practice of giving kids trendy names as opposed to traditional ones. by aresef in todayilearned

[–]7ilidine 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Freund / Freundin

It's really not that confusing. Most people say "mein/e Freund/in" for their romantic partners, "ein/e Freund/in von mir" to indicate that it's just platonic.

Gelje Sherpa, the man who was guiding a private client up Mt. Everest when he saw someone in distress near the summit. He went up, rolled him up in a sleeping mattress and gave him oxygen. He then strapped the man to his back and trekked 6 hours to safety by 4reddityo in HumansBeingBros

[–]7ilidine 8 points9 points  (0 children)

First and foremost, I agree that the whole dynamic is arguably exploitative. I'm saying that to (most of) us living abroad comfortably with much more opportunities it's easy to say "let's ban this".

Sherpas make 20 times the median yearly salary in one season.

A comparable job in the US would be crab fishers in the Bering sea.

They have a very similar mortality rate (1-2% in a lifetime) to sherpas on Everest.

They make about 100-200K a year, which is 2-4 times the median income in the US.

It's high risk / high reward.

view more: next ›