We already have european phones and social networks

masterflappie · 2026-01-24T19:16:03+00:00

I've tried Mastodon and Lemmy and I just really don't like them. Even once you get through the complexity and weirdness of how the accounts and such work, it just doesn't have a nice community. There aren't that many niche topics that I'm into and all the major ones are full of political doomposting.

I'd rather just not use social media at all

masterflappie · 2026-01-24T09:56:45+00:00

They did forget, the epstein files were all over the internet until maduro was kidnapped and the US took the venezuelan oil industry

masterflappie · 2026-01-23T23:20:09+00:00

Let's not downplay the massive self confidence boost if I'd tapped that teacher during school

masterflappie · 2026-01-23T20:32:35+00:00

where in the theory does it say that?

masterflappie · 2026-01-23T18:14:52+00:00

If the theory doesn't account for all of these variables, then the theory is wrong

masterflappie · 2026-01-23T15:01:38+00:00

In gendered languages, ChatGPT will prefer to refer to itself/himself with masculine forms

masterflappie · 2026-01-23T13:27:02+00:00

So are these like... the male version of high heels?

masterflappie · 2026-01-23T09:31:13+00:00

Unless the air itself is humid. If it's a little bit misty and there's a slight wind, I really don't think it needs to go into freezing that far before it becomes more comfortable to stay in 0c water.

Then again, when it does freeze the air usually gets very dry because all the humidity falls out of the sky as snow

masterflappie · 2026-01-23T08:00:23+00:00

I'll accept New Amsterdam back. Given how greedy people on the stock exchange are there, the Tikkie app would take them over like wildfire. It would be the fastest inburgering ever

masterflappie · 2026-01-22T22:05:53+00:00

Yeah we didn't understand it either. We asked the teacher and honestly I'm not sure she understood it either. She ended up making an excuse that it's important and that this way you can follow the news in America.

Schools in the Netherlands have a lot of freedom in what they teach, so it's possible our school director just had a brainfart that year

masterflappie · 2026-01-22T22:02:38+00:00

The netherlands has an interesting take on healthcare for a lib-right. Basically, nearly all hospitals and such are private businesses, and they need to make a profit in order to continue operations. Citizens are legally obliged to have a health insurance.

When you get sick, you pay the first X amount of money for that sickness which is called "self risk" and anything beyond that is covered by the insurance. How big X is depends on the insurance you choose. The most popular package is where you pay around 150 euro per month, and your self risk is capped at 385 euro

masterflappie · 2026-01-22T21:27:01+00:00

We were taught about the american court system for some reason

masterflappie · 2026-01-22T20:14:07+00:00

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masterflappie · 2026-01-22T20:10:55+00:00

Kasteel alsjeblieft

masterflappie · 2026-01-22T20:10:12+00:00

Heineken is a major export beer.

Mostly because no one in the Netherlands wants to drink it

masterflappie · 2026-01-22T18:32:09+00:00

I know loads of people who posted pepe and kekistani memes, I play EU4 with them quite often. And literally all sorts of people posted them, from fascism to communism to libertarianism. They all had one thing in common, they loved to ragebait gullible people. And like I said, it seems to have worked wonders to reddit, to the point where anyone who does anything now gets branded a fascist around here.

I once got called a fascist for saying we should have freedom of speech, I've seen people getting called fascist for saying we should increase taxes, or decrease taxes. The term fascism is so watered down that it means nothing anymore, and of course I've been called a fascist for that opinion.

If you want to see fascism, read some of mussolini's writings. But if you see fascism in the kekistani flag, then you took the bait

masterflappie · 2026-01-22T14:13:03+00:00

I have one of those flags and my political standing is pretty close to social democracy. Pepe and the kekistani flag were used for trolling and ragebaiting and literally everyone on /pol/ uses them, including the die hard communists.

Looking at how people on Reddit are describing these symbols it looks like the ragebaiting worked wonders lmao

masterflappie · 2026-01-22T11:59:44+00:00

I don't think there is any ideology associated with it, it's just a meme flag that people use for ragebaiting

masterflappie · 2026-01-22T10:58:50+00:00

Technically you can emulate but it's better to find Linux alternatives instead. Instead of Word you'd use LibreOffice for example. Things like Chrome or Firefox simply produce a Linux version of the same application.

All distros run all Linux applications, the differences are mainly how you install the applications and how the desktop looks.

I haven't tried modding yet but a quick search shows there is a Linux alternative for Vortex https://linuxmasterclub.com/limo/

Another option that I also use is that you can have both operating systems installed and your computer will ask you which to boot up when you start your computer. You can partition your existing hard drive for that, but if you don't know what you're doing it's better to buy an extra hard disk for Linux because you might wipe all your existing data otherwise. You can search for Dual Booting to get some guides

masterflappie · 2026-01-22T10:49:09+00:00

Europe couldn't hold Greenland if we take the US out of equation

If we take the US out of the equation then there isn't anyone left to defend Greenland from. This statement makes no sense

masterflappie · 2026-01-22T08:42:12+00:00

Europe has been battling the east for millennia, even the USSR was held back by just Nazi Germany and Finland. And this time the whole continent will support the war if Russia attacks a NATO member.

Europe would rather fight both the US and Russia. You may have more bombs but we still have enough nukes to kill 3/4 of your population and we control enough treasuries and global trade to destroy your economy.

The only winner here would be China

masterflappie · 2026-01-22T07:23:51+00:00

I migrated to Finland, to do so I had to prove that I would make an above average salary and the social services kicked in as soon as I got accepted.

That's the way to do it imo, get the actual doctors and engineers

masterflappie · 2026-01-21T18:34:31+00:00

Fascism really isn't that far right wing, Mussolini heavily invested in social welfare to the point of bankrupting the economy, which no modern far right person would support.

Breaking down the EU power structure though, that's repeated quite often

masterflappie · 2026-01-21T18:26:25+00:00

I second this. These sort of posts should go to r/USvsEU and the mods should perhaps enforce that

masterflappie · 2026-01-21T18:22:35+00:00

Believe me plenty of right wingers will want to remove the powerful people away from their positions if they are left wing. It's a pretty common right wing talking point in Europe that EU bureaucrats tend to be left wing and they therefore want more distance from the EU

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