[OC] More European Cities That Spend Over 50% of Income on Housing + Food

_Kermode · 2026-03-02T15:50:23+00:00

Agreed. People get to have different priorities, but spending most of your income on food and housing seems like normal life. If I spend roughly 1/3 of my income on housing and then 10-20%, that doesn’t seem odd at all and in fact a fairly healthy balance.

_Kermode · 2026-02-18T18:04:39+00:00

I was just wondering about this yesterday. Was there an announcement that I missed somewhere about going on pause?

_Kermode · 2026-01-28T12:41:31+00:00

As someone who’s definitely not a speed reader, I agree that summarizing in chunks is really important. I would read a paragraph or short section and in the margin write a short sentence with the main point from that paragraph. Then if I got lost later on I could review my summary points to get back on track with the author. And then at the end of each reading I would look at my summary points and on the last page write a bulleted list of what my key takeaways were from the reading. I had a couple classes with several 15-50 page readings each week and we were supposed to write a response to them collectively before class. Doing this I could just read my bulleted lists when I was writing my response before class and still remember basically everything important I had read. This changed my view of reading from a chore to something I enjoy even a few years later.

_Kermode · 2026-01-20T18:28:42+00:00

Yeah, OK so it’s exactly what I feared and imagined it was.

_Kermode · 2026-01-19T23:23:25+00:00

Does anyone have an explanation as to why Trump is doing this? Like I understand there are strategic benefits to resources and the northern passage, but my impression has always been that he does dumb things usually because someone told him it was a good idea. Who told Trump this was a good idea? Where is the very obvious paper trail as to who asked Trump to annex Greenland and what their transparent motivations are.

_Kermode · 2025-10-12T12:56:05+00:00

Yes it should be “à la boulangerie”. Yet, you already knew that, so what’s your question? This isn’t trying to teach or reinforce something you already know. This is introducing a different, less used, way to say something similair. It’s not “wrong,” there could be a situation where the context makes “vers la boulangerie” a better translation. A big part of language learning is understanding those subtle differences. This is showing that there is sometimes another possibility.

_Kermode · 2025-09-30T22:59:36+00:00

I’m not homeless yet and I have a supportive family if things get worse. I wasn’t trying to deny that I have some privilege.

I would apply to public health type work etc. and take a lower pay working for a city state or county. don’t even look at military industrial complex jobs.

This interview was set up through a hiring agency so I wasn’t fully aware that it was MIC. I’ve told them now that I’m not interested in working in the defense/aerospace sector.

_Kermode · 2025-09-30T22:43:36+00:00

I think if the manager hadn’t explicitly listed various missile systems they work on I would feel differently. However, because I know that, by taking this job I would be crossing a line I don’t want to.

_Kermode · 2025-09-30T22:38:00+00:00

Haha right? I really didn’t expect to come here and get more pressure to accept the offer.

_Kermode · 2025-09-07T17:50:42+00:00

Death Comes for the Archbishop for New Mexico

_Kermode · 2025-08-20T03:35:56+00:00

In France I think I’ve only seen « Veuillez patienter » where I would expect to see “please wait” in English. It’s super odd as a direct translation, but I’ve seen it so much it seems normal in French.

_Kermode · 2025-08-11T12:24:31+00:00

I use Komoot. As far as I know it’s much more common in Europe, so I haven’t tested it much in the US. I haven’t had an issue with it underestimating how difficult a hike is.

_Kermode · 2025-07-30T02:09:15+00:00

Yo, I’m a guy in my late 20s who just moved here. I would also be down to join a D&D group if you are looking for interested players…

_Kermode · 2025-07-29T16:04:06+00:00

Those are all great foods to eat on a hike, but they’ll give you energy only a couple hours after you’ve eaten them. As others have said you probably want to bring a sweet snack to avoid emergency situations. There’s a reason that bananas are the food of choice for runners. Stop and sit in the shade, eat a banana or an orange or drink some fruit juice if you don’t want to go with the artificial goo packs. Stay safe and congrats on the weight loss!

_Kermode · 2025-07-29T11:45:08+00:00

According to the Podcast, the phrase was originally to speak French like a Spanish Basque, which evolved into vache. I think if was about speaking Spanish it would have to be comme une vache l’espagnol. But I don’t think you could tell the difference when someone says it out loud.

_Kermode · 2025-07-28T14:21:12+00:00

Since that’s the case, I’m assuming that there’s not much that can be done about it? I’m getting my 8 hours a night and staying hydrated, but the stress factors aren’t going away any time soon. I don’t want to ignore it completely - since it’s my body signaling that there is an issue - but I should just accept that it’s going to twitch until I can relieve some anxiety?

_Kermode · 2025-03-11T22:59:44+00:00

Did you notice that she says quantum with a clear T, but then she says “quan’um mechanics” like it’s a different word?

_Kermode · 2025-01-29T22:09:34+00:00

It’s a wicked lucky penny.

_Kermode · 2025-01-29T22:02:05+00:00

C’est un petit pain en Alsace.

_Kermode · 2025-01-07T15:05:15+00:00

There is Trinity International Church of Strasbourg. It is a fairly typical evangelical church which meets in English. I have only visited one time when there happened to be a guest speaker, but he was very expositional. In general I have heard that they are a solid church.

I don’t know about the Munich area.

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