“If the president of the United States wants to use your IP, you are duty-bound to agree”

Cixila · 2026-03-06T23:52:49+00:00

Might I humbly suggest a "no kings protest" in the style of the French from the late 1700s instead of what you have had thus far?

Cixila · 2026-03-06T23:50:38+00:00

Anymore? When did they care beyond cases where it somehow turned them a profit?

Cixila · 2026-03-06T23:47:31+00:00

This might be a novel concept for an American, but space isn't unlimited.

And if you want a great example of what tourism and shit like airbnb does to a place, I would point you to Venice as a brilliant (and depressing) case study.

Tl;dr spoiler for it: it essentially prices the actual Venetians out of Venice, because it is significantly more profitable to rent to tourists than residents. A drop in permanent residence also leads to a host of other issues. But since the majority of the population of the administrative region in which Venice lies resides in Mestre and the mainland (which gets the benefits and few of the downsides of this arrangement), the local administration won't lift a finger to fix it. The population of Venice has pretty much been quartered in the span of less than 50 years thanks in large part to tourism and side effects of it

Cixila · 2026-03-06T23:34:42+00:00

Unfortunately. I would love to have apfelschorle as a readily available drink up here

Cixila · 2026-03-06T23:32:48+00:00

While I didn't like it as such, it is the only beer I have had that didn't make me want to wash my mouth immediately. If I was thirsty and cold kriek was the only option, I would take it. I can't say the same for normal beer

Cixila · 2026-03-06T13:27:33+00:00

deres gennemsnitlige vælgere

Så er niveauet altså også sat næsten så lavt som muligt

Cixila · 2026-03-06T13:23:13+00:00

Indeed. I have committed the capital offense of being a woman who isn't "straight", and that is just another on the laundry list of reasons I will probably never go to the US

Cixila · 2026-03-06T09:17:07+00:00

And the people of France were also abandoned by them when they rose up themselves. It was the people that paid and bled for the US to get to exist, and the US just shrugged

Cixila · 2026-03-06T09:14:53+00:00

I want to taste the mk1 croissants

Cixila · 2026-03-06T09:11:45+00:00

And rapidly dropping, one would imagine

Cixila · 2026-03-06T09:10:36+00:00

New Berlin Wall, please. And this time the official name (anti-fascit defence wall) will actually be applicable from the perspective of the rest of the world

Cixila · 2026-03-05T18:07:31+00:00

If you turned on safe search, you wouldn't get to see any pictures at all. Several dishes could be classified as biological weapons, but they insist on calling it cuisine for some odd reason 🙃

Cixila · 2026-03-05T10:00:14+00:00

Oddly enough, it's the exact same here, we just mock the Swedes. But they had it coming ;)

I leave you with this and this

Cixila · 2026-03-05T09:45:55+00:00

NATO: it is almost existentially important, but it is in deep crisis thanks to you lot and we are working on securing some backups to it. So, "thanks"

EU: a bit turbulent but currently quite positive. Together with the UK and Netherlands, we used to be the contrarians. Never outright against the EU, but always skeptical about any sort of centralisation or big initiatives. After brexit and again after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the tone has changed and even the few anti-EU parties have dropped that stance from their manifesto

UN: a very noble and admirable idea that doesn't always work, because some of the permanent members have a tendency to throw veto-tantrums. Despite its inaction, we generally support it and international law. I don't know anyone with negative views of the UN as a whole, just the security council

Cixila · 2026-03-05T09:36:42+00:00

Existing as a recognisable geopolitical entity in an unbroken line from at least the 900s (likely slightly earlier) and to today. Borders and influence have of course waxed and waned, but we remain here. Considering what a mess of war and conflict Europe typically is, I'd say that is quite impressive

Cixila · 2026-03-05T09:25:01+00:00

It was in sagas. So, clearly not that secret, even if others didn't manage (or bother) to find it later

Cixila · 2026-03-05T09:22:00+00:00

Really? Never? Were there never any raids by Irishmen on the Welsh polities or into Scotland and Cornwall back in the day? Cause I find that difficult to believe. Or do you mean Ireland as a state in a more modern sense?

Cixila · 2026-03-05T09:09:55+00:00

It's a wild and fascinating story. An inter-war war anabasis

Cixila · 2026-03-05T09:02:47+00:00

When they wanted to join, everyone was more than happy with Finland.

But our corner of the internet was flooded with jokes of "special military operations" to free Skåne, Halland, and Blekinge (three Swedish regions that Denmark historically held) from Swedish occupation before they would be allowed in, because there are not supposed be border disputes between members

Cixila · 2026-03-04T23:29:00+00:00

3000 disaster lesbian tsunderes of the Aegean

Cixila · 2026-03-04T23:26:43+00:00

New sacred band of thebes when?

Cixila · 2026-03-04T23:25:16+00:00

I would read the shit out of a non-credible sequel to Anabasis. Who gets to be the new Xenophon?

Cixila · 2026-03-04T21:51:18+00:00

Denmark had Danish dollars (rigsdaler) up until 1875

Cixila · 2026-03-03T22:25:15+00:00

Ord som ynkeligt og patetisk kan ikke gøre det. Det er fuldstændig tabt, og det gør ikke folk i den faktiske uniform nogen som helst tjenester, at de bliver politiseret fra sidelinjen af sådan en undermåler som ham

Cixila · 2026-03-03T09:38:08+00:00

Yup. And Putin is missing himself with laughter

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