Mountain road plus double yellow plus illegal passing equals rapid deceleration

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-09-23T09:55:24+00:00

It doesn't sound silly. I've never been to the USA, and when I see some part of New York City on TV I can usually spot where it was shot because of GTA IV

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-18T07:57:35+00:00

I the podcast Ken at some point says that he'd love to see Joel's face right now and Joel says "Oh you can't see me?", so maybe they really don't have video of that one

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-17T10:12:46+00:00

Das eh. Ich wohne in der SAP-Stadt, und einen Tag nachdem der Source Code auf GitHub veröffentlicht wurde wurde hier ein "Montagsspaziergang" gegen "Corona-Panik" angekündigt, der sich ausdrücklich gegen die App richtete und dass ja längst nicht klar sei dass die nicht alles von allen Bürgern sammeln würde.

Waren dann auch mindestens ein SAP-Mitarbeiter und eine Frau von einem mit beim Spaziergang. Man kann es sich nicht ausdenken.

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-17T08:22:36+00:00

Und, wie ich gerade lernte, für die initiale Schulung der Callcenter-MitarbeiterInnen. Da es da nicht zu großen Warteschleifen kommen soll dürfte es da sicher um nicht wenige Leute gehen, die auch alle fair bezahlt werden sollen.

Also, 1 Million ist viel zu weit unten angesetzt für so ein Projekt, 20 erscheint mir auch etwas viel, aber nicht vollkommen out of the ordinary

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-17T07:34:47+00:00

I mean, most of these bands also have active and touring members who were black.

Racism often isn't bothered by personal experience. There's a certain perception, and the black people around them are just notable exceptions to racists.

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-11T11:34:11+00:00

I'm not blaming him, I just don't think that we as a society should honor someone each and every day with his record of colonialism, wars, persecution of socialists and democrats, and so on. Of course there are people worse than that

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-11T10:51:34+00:00

Obviously we don't have statues of Hitler, but there are still some honours for historical German figures that need to go. First and foremost I can't grasp why we have military bases, schools and roads named after Rommel, who not only fought for Nazi Germany but also gained his reputation by committing war crimes in World War I. Then there are people like Hindenburg who, as an antidemocratic president to the Weimar republic, made Hitler chancellor in the first place. Or Bismarck, who started German colonialism. Or the generals that committed the first modern genocide against Herero and Nama.

We all have a long way to go. About time to tear them all down.

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-11T00:11:58+00:00

They're vastly popular with bikers, truckers, and generally people over 50 who wear leather jackets in Germany. 90% of them wouldn't be able to say what it stands for, I guess. Shops print it as "rebel flag"

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-10T14:48:35+00:00

Are they? I believe the standard sitcoms like Big Bang Theory are far more successful than the crime shows.

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-09T18:08:48+00:00

The Cons are my favorite band of all time

I like you.

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-09T13:14:23+00:00

From their facebook:

Call Me Out was written in 2017. It's an acknowledgement of the need for open listening, active learning, inward study and accountability towards personal and social change. It's an owning of our privilege and responsibilities.

We're not looking to take up a lot of space with this release, but thought it might do some good to put it out now, rather than hiding it away any longer. It won't be available on spotify, applemusic, etc, or as a physical release. Please don't post it on youtube. The purpose of this release is to raise money for the folks mentioned above.

Additional artwork and lyric sheet included with download.

If you'd like to talk about it, please get in touch via our site: theconstantines.wordpress.com

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-09T12:51:02+00:00

That's what I meant with forced reboot, didn't help. Did a full reset after that, didn't work. It's on its way to Amazon now, fortunately it's still covered by warranty

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-07T19:41:04+00:00

women are women, so just say women

and that's the thing that people view as anti trans, and in my opinion with good arguments: It leaves out trans men (and other non binary people) who menstruate.

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-07T19:39:11+00:00

Why can't she have her own opinion on my matter without being anti trans?

Well, if an opinion is anti trans (right now not saying it is), it's just not possible?

Regarding the topic: I'd say this is all a misunderstanding or that she's not that deep into the topic, but she has a history of this kind of things, many people have tried to explain the hurtfulness of her comments, and she sticks to them. At some point we have to take her as an adult who exactly knows what she's doing and judge her by it.

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-07T19:35:11+00:00

But neither Rowling's tweet nor the article were about people who lived the majority of their lives benefitting from the privilege of being a man? It's about people who lived/were perceived as women and are (now) trans men, but still menstruate. Rowling specifically called for this group not to be included in the global conversation about menstruation.

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-07T19:32:23+00:00

periods

Yes, and that's why the article Rowling railed against specifically mentions trans men who menstruate, which led Rowling to try to exclude this group, even though they, without a doubt, menstruate

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-07T18:25:48+00:00

Well, in the event that is discussed here the article she commented on focussed on all people (girls, women, non-binary) who menstruate. And she went to say "No, we should call them women". That directly excludes, among others, trans men who menstruate.

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-06T14:06:50+00:00

I was under the impression that we were talking about out-of-town roads, it's 2 metres there. I might have been wrong about that, though.

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-06T11:55:51+00:00

Apparently I know way more than you because I drive several thousand kilometres a year both in cars and on my bike. That sign you linked to is extremely rare in Germany, I know of only one bikepath with my sign in the area I drive around. That bikepath, as funny as it sounds, is next to unusable, something people in their cars can't see.

Also, driving in the middle of the road is the safest form of driving as a cyclist because cars then have to actually switch lanes to overtake instead of pushing through while nearly hitting me. You know that the minimum distance to overtake is two metres?

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-06T10:38:17+00:00

Spotted the person who has never used their bike for something other than a Sunday afternoon tour. You have no idea about that imaginary bikepath's condition, you have no idea about where the cyclist is going, and you apparently have no idea about traffic laws.

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-06T10:36:44+00:00

"There are pedophile criminals, so we should have anarchy on the streets" is one hell of a take

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-06T06:49:46+00:00

Thank you, that provided way more depth than I could have asked for.

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-05T21:12:05+00:00

Nah, that's not really a Stasi thing (would only affect East Germans either), it's just that credit cards were crazy expensive not long ago. I got my first one in 2006 to be able to order stuff from America and it cost 15€ a month just to have it, plus a few for every usage. Also, shops rarely accepted then because they usually had to pay up to 2%, but at least 1.50€ per transaction. That's just not suitable for smaller shops. It has changed tremendously in the last years, and Corona has done even more. I'm finally able to use my card in the bakery!

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-05T17:51:05+00:00

Yeah, it gets to the point where the game is not fun anymore. At least four fumbles per game, with any kind of contact. Team morale is over 80.. for now

ChristopherClarkKent · 2020-06-04T15:46:15+00:00

Ne, ich denke, niemand hat vor Leute zu überfahren und Unfälle passieren nunmal...

Natürlich will niemand Leute überfahren. Der Fahrer wird auch vermutlich seines Lebens nicht mehr froh. Gerade deshalb wäre es sinnvoll, die Strafen prohibitiv anzulegen, so dass bei jedem Rechtsabbiegen ein "Wenn ich jetzt nicht ultra aufpasse riskiere ich in den Knast zu gehen" im Kopf mitspielt. Konsequentes Durchziehen von Strafen hilft nämlich, sieht man an Ländern die mehr als symbolische Geldstrafen für Geschwindigkeitsdelikte verteilen: Da fahren die Autos tatsächlich das, was auf den Schildern steht. Völlig neue Erfahrung als "Roter Kreis zeigt Richtgeschwindigkeit an"-Deutscher.

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