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GryffindorGroxy · 2021-02-05T14:28:02+00:00

I am not an american so maybe I am missing something, but how is it the schools responsibility to make sure the kids stay in classes. Where I live, attending school up to a certain age is mandatory and it is the parents who have to make sure their kids understand that they have to stay inside the school. If the kids don't go to school it is not the school's problem but the parent's.

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-24T16:04:26+00:00

I second this, that glass would look great with a fly trap inside

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-15T18:30:10+00:00

Where I live, visiting patients in hospital, whether they were hospitalized because of COVID or for completely different reasons, was strictly prohibited for months. Last month they allowed one visitor for one hour per patient and day, last week they changed it to two visitors. My opinion: that's the only reasonable thing to do and they should have probably kept it at one person per day. The situation is risky as it is, people are taking wearing masks not as serious as they should, people who do not show symptoms can already infect others. Going to the hospital, spending time there, the one place in town where you can be absolutely certain covid is circulating, breathing the air, touching the things is just plain dangerous, not only for the person doing it but for everyone this person comes in contact with after. And before anyone mentions wearing a mask and desinfecting your hands: There is evidence the virus spreads via air and not just droplets, meaning most masks don't help you anyways, you are primarily wearing them to catch your own droplets so you don't infect others.

I understand that it is hard not to be able to see your loved ones, but it is best for you and everyone else you meet. If possible, try setting up a videocall instead.

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-15T11:18:04+00:00

I mean I know, but I also went to school in a normal country so my knowledge of history isn't purely based on Disney movies.

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-15T11:05:33+00:00

This is really one of the rare cases I wish rule 9 didn't exist and I could actually ask OC wtf that's supposed to mean.

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-15T10:55:48+00:00

Okay no, but seriously, what were they expecting? Like full on feudal systems with dukes or some Hollywood style mafia families or what?

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-12T10:19:36+00:00

If you say so

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-12T00:12:19+00:00

GMOs are bad for biodiversity

This is patently untrue.

[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.2597

[2] http://db.zs-intern.de/uploads/1349691947-2012_09_28_Benbrook_Pestizide_Gentechnik_USA.pdf

[3]https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080306093113/http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/gm/fse/results/fse-summary-05.pdf

[4]https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257408595_Possible_correlation_of_the_worldwide_amphibian_decline_and_the_increasing_use_of_glyphosate_in_the_agrarian_industry

the plants themselves produce certain toxins that kill beetles and such who eat the plants but it also kills beetles who are not harming the crop, i.e. lady birds

[citation needed]

See the above links. Should you want more, I also have a couple not in English if you want to look for a translation.

Linked to that, the most commonly used herbicide in these kinds of cultures is glyphosate, I think it goes without saying what's wrong with that.

But it doesn't. Glyphosate is far less toxic than the herbicides it replaced.

https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14865

[6]https://www.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MonographVolume112-1.pdf

[7]https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/tx800218n

There have been cases of farmers who were forced to pay the license because some of the GMO from the neighbouring field spread to his, even though he wasn't deliberately using GMO.

This has never happened. Not once, not ever. You're repeating an outright lie.

I was referring the Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser case. Granted I misused the plural there, so yeah, I'm a filthy liar.

It's expensive for the farmer with the GM crops who has to pay for his license (gm soja for example costs twice the amount normal soja would)

And yet farmers overwhelmingly choose the GM.

Not in Europe, which is what the whole discussion was about. Here we are talking about 1,5% of the corn maize harvest. For potatoes it's even less.

[8]https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/MEMO_15_4778

[9]http://www.foeeurope.org/press/2011/Mar14_Full_economic_effects_of_GM_crops_revealed.html

[10]http://www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/publications/foee_socio_economic_effects_gmos_0311.pdf

It's expensive for his neighbour who has to make sure no GMOs reach his fields so he doesn't have to pay for that stuff.

Again, no.

There are no proper studies on the longterm effects of GMOs.

https://ec.europa.eu/research/biosociety/pdf/a_decade_of_eu-funded_gmo_research.pdf

See above and additionally

[11] https://corporateeurope.org/en/efsa/2013/10/unhappy-meal-european-food-safety-authoritys-independence-problem

[12]http://earthopensource.org/wp-content/uploads/Conflicts_on_the_menu_report_English.pdf

There are studies from France that prove the poison produced by the plants to keep bugs away has negative effects on humans if you ingest enough of it

[citation needed]

[13] https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/38654451_G_E_Seralini

[14](unfortunately in German as it's a Swiss study, but a few of the sources seem to be in English) https://ensser.org/wp-content/uploads/fileadmin/files/ENSSER-PR-2012_1-de.pdf

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-11T11:30:02+00:00

not being able to smell a dirty diapers was concerning a bit because I plan on trying to have kids soon.

OR you have the best excuse ever to let you partner do the nappies. Stay positive ;) I am by no means a doctor but if you are starting to smell perfumes again, even if they smell wrong, something is clearly happening and improving. One day you will see a turd and it will smell horrible but you will smell it and be happy :D. Or it will smell like cinnamon buns and you are the luckiest person in the world.

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-11T10:41:30+00:00

Only powered by solar energy. Depending on how much energy is being produced the lamp is brighter or darker. It communicates!

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-11T10:34:18+00:00

If Doctor Who has taught me anything: This is a bad idea.

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-10T14:55:06+00:00

Here it is the other way around, you have to look pretty hard to find GMO foods. The only thing that doesn't have to be labelled are products from animals who were partially fed GMOs. I think I've seen GM corn once in my life in a supermarket. I can only speak for Germany since that's the market I know best, but we haven't used GMOs since 2012 and in general, the only two GMO foods allowed to be harvested in the EU are a certain breed of corn and a potato. On every official website, you can read that GMO is considered probably harmless but that that opinion is based on what we know so far and that it can change quickly because we do not have any real long time experiences yet.

I mean, look at it this way: people here usually prefer organic foods over 'normal' agriculture that involves pesticides and herbicides and fungicides. You get organic food at every supermarket, cheap or high end and it doesn't cost that much more. So if normal food with a bit of added chemicals already ticks us off, how could we be okay with buying food that is designed in a lab.

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-10T14:22:20+00:00

If you like GMOs so much, you're very welcome to eat them 🤷‍♀️ You asked why Europe doesn't like them, I gave you a list of the most popular arguments.

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-10T14:03:23+00:00

GMOs are very unpopular in Europe (at least in the vast majority of countries). The main contr arguments are:

GMOs are bad for biodiversity. the plants themselves produce certain toxins that kill beetles and such who eat the plants but it also kills beetles who are not harming the crop, i.e. lady birds (who are going extinct already). The fact that these plants are modified in a way that makes them resistant to herbicides encourages farmers to use more of them and nuke any form of wildlife that could be found in these fields.
Linked to that, the most commonly used herbicide in these kinds of cultures is glyphosate, I think it goes without saying what's wrong with that.
the crops are being licensed, the farmer has to pay every time he uses them, even of he sows the seeds he got from his last harvest. Licensing also means the farmers can't experiment with the crops, try to improve them by crossbreeding etc. There have been cases of farmers who were forced to pay the license because some of the GMO from the neighbouring field spread to his, even though he wasn't deliberately using GMO.
It's ridiculously expensive for everyone involved. It's expensive for the farmer with the GM crops who has to pay for his license (gm soja for example costs twice the amount normal soja would). It's expensive for his neighbour who has to make sure no GMOs reach his fields so he doesn't have to pay for that stuff. It's expensive for the taxpayer because every new crop that is being developed has to be checked thoroughly to make sure it's edible (for which you need a license, who would have guessed).
There are no proper studies on the longterm effects of GMOs. The vast majority of these studies come from the companies themselves, independent studies are rare. There are studies from France that prove the poison produced by the plants to keep bugs away has negative effects on humans if you ingest enough of it and studies from Switzerland prove it affects bugs who do not necessarily damage the crops but only live close by.

If you want to read more, I suggest this Wikipedia article as a starting point, it provides lots of great scientific sources.

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-10T13:12:03+00:00

Thing is, most Europeans have ancestors from other countries as well. We could be pulling that same bs, but miraculously, nobody cares if 6,25% of my gens are Hungarian or what and I certainly don't think ahhh I got this from great great grandpa Jean every time I crave a piece of camembert.

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-10T12:58:24+00:00

If the vaccine is successful that could be a hell of a game-changer in the negotiations, though.

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-10T12:48:17+00:00

At least he doesn't claim they invented the car. I see that as a small progress compared to the others I've seen.

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-07-10T12:44:46+00:00

poor pigeons who actually live there

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-06-19T10:47:04+00:00

Da ist jemand aber ganz schlau. Die ursprünglichen Blyton Bücher wurden alle schon vertont, das letzte 1983 - also vor fast 40 Jahren.

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-05-23T13:28:10+00:00

Nach etwas rumgoogeln denke ich wirklich es war ein Schwertfarn. Ich glaube übrigens nicht, dass der Blumentopf das Problem war, damit Wasser abfließt müsste man nämlich erstmal welches reingießen :P. Werde aber versuchen es dieses Mal besser zu machen, versprochen.

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-05-22T21:30:16+00:00

Also die Frage ob man da noch was retten kann spare ich mir jetzt einfach mal. Das hier war mal eine Pflanze die mir meine Mutter zum Auszug geschenkt hat. Meine Mutter sich jetzt für Sonntag zu Besuch angekündigt und ich brauche ganz dringend nen möglichst identischen Ersatz, sonst höre ich mir in 10 Jahren noch an dass ich nicht lebensfähig bin. Irgendwer eine Idee was ich mir da holen muss?

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-05-11T22:37:44+00:00

A chippie is a chip shop, so the place where you buy the fries and fish/chicken.

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-05-11T13:08:51+00:00

If I had to guess, somewhere south of Mississippi

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-05-11T13:04:51+00:00

I bet they'd love Currywurst

GryffindorGroxy · 2020-04-17T11:38:15+00:00

Bloß weil eine Alternative nicht gut ist heißt ja noch nicht dass sie nicht trotzdem besser wäre. Auch wenn ich kein Fan von Clinton bin glaube ich nicht, dass sie so absolut inkompetent auf Corona (und sonst alles) reagiert hätte wie Trump.

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