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Comment on How to not snap at someone who is unintentionally annoying in ~life
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Comment on Crimson Desert | Official launch trailer in ~games
Aerrol LinkThe combat and a lot of the systems in black desert and this were/look hella fun, but in BDO at least it was buried in extreme grind and confusing UIs. I wonder if this will be any better.The combat and a lot of the systems in black desert and this were/look hella fun, but in BDO at least it was buried in extreme grind and confusing UIs. I wonder if this will be any better.
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Comment on Survey reveals almost 50% of California teachers may quit teaching soon in ~life
Aerrol Link ParentThis popped back up in my feed so I went hunting to look at that salary quote, because... well, I just frankly do NOT believe it in the slightest. Here's the next paragraph added: I think this...This popped back up in my feed so I went hunting to look at that salary quote, because... well, I just frankly do NOT believe it in the slightest.
Here's the next paragraph added:
Researchers did not find a correlation between salary and morale, Kurtz said.
“One thing we did find a correlation with is whether or not you think your salary is better or worse than the salary of the people you’re close to,” Kurtz said. “People who felt like their salary was better or the same as their family or friends tended to have higher morale.”
I think this says to me it's an issue with sample size and/or question given. I just do not believe teachers are paid enough across the US. I don't even think they're paid enough in Canada! And the gold standard countries for quality of education pretty much uniformly do the same 3 things: 1) get higher trained teachers, almost all with Master's; 2) PAY THEM APPROPRIATELY; 3) reduce class sizes where possible.
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Comment on UK supermarket chain Iceland has abandoned its decade-long trademark battle with Iceland and instead promised a “rapprochement discount” for shoppers in the country in ~finance
Aerrol (edited )Link ParentHuh, fascinating! My frame of reference is international hockey, which shortly after 2020 or so there was a concerted effort across all broadcasts, websites, and reporting, to change from Czech...Huh, fascinating! My frame of reference is international hockey, which shortly after 2020 or so there was a concerted effort across all broadcasts, websites, and reporting, to change from Czech Republic to Czechia. I assumed this trend followed through in other areas given how complete the change was. I haven't seen 'Czech Republic' used in any hockey circle for years at this point.
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Comment on NHL trade deadline Friday, March 6, 2026, at 3pm ET. What are your predictions? in ~sports.hockey
Aerrol LinkWELP. Guess I was wrong, Carlson to Anaheim is insaneWELP. Guess I was wrong, Carlson to Anaheim is insane
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Comment on UK supermarket chain Iceland has abandoned its decade-long trademark battle with Iceland and instead promised a “rapprochement discount” for shoppers in the country in ~finance
Aerrol Link ParentThat's a complicated legal question that I'm not fully sure of the answer, but from what I know: Czech Republic is still out because it's still a official name of Czechia, just not the preferred...That's a complicated legal question that I'm not fully sure of the answer, but from what I know:
- Czech Republic is still out because it's still a official name of Czechia, just not the preferred name anymore.
- A historical name like Yugoslavia would probably be iffy because it's still generally a publicly known place but also who's going to dispute on Yugoslavia's behalf?
I love the angle though lmao.
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Comment on Sony pulls back from PlayStation games on PC in ~games
Aerrol LinkNoooooo I was really looking forward to Ghost of Yotei :(Noooooo I was really looking forward to Ghost of Yotei :(
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Comment on D&D Beyond will label the 2024 rules as "5.5e" to match the community's naming in ~games.tabletop
Aerrol Link ParentThank you for the detailed breakdown with links! From my googling before this, I was very confused by the massive amount of supplementary books out there. This steers me much more clearly to what...Thank you for the detailed breakdown with links! From my googling before this, I was very confused by the massive amount of supplementary books out there. This steers me much more clearly to what I actually need.
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Comment on The earthling’s guide to building a Moon base in ~space
Aerrol LinkA fun breakdown of a lot of the different problems that must be solved to get a functional Moon base going. Also fun Apollo anecdotes.A fun breakdown of a lot of the different problems that must be solved to get a functional Moon base going. Also fun Apollo anecdotes.
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The earthling’s guide to building a Moon base
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Comment on UK supermarket chain Iceland has abandoned its decade-long trademark battle with Iceland and instead promised a “rapprochement discount” for shoppers in the country in ~finance
Aerrol Link ParentThe key bit is this: That seems open and shut though. Why did this reach ten years and multiple appeals?The key bit is this:
In July last year, the EU general court upheld a ruling cancelling the grocer’s EU trademark registration for the word Iceland. The court reaffirmed that geographical names must remain available for public use.
That seems open and shut though. Why did this reach ten years and multiple appeals?
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Comment on D&D Beyond will label the 2024 rules as "5.5e" to match the community's naming in ~games.tabletop
Aerrol Link ParentHow many books do you need to pick up a savage worlds game? Despite being a pretty heavy TTRPG vet, I haven't heard much about it before and your summary makes it sound like I'd need maybe... An...How many books do you need to pick up a savage worlds game? Despite being a pretty heavy TTRPG vet, I haven't heard much about it before and your summary makes it sound like I'd need maybe... An old core book plus also an unknown amount of supplements?
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Comment on NHL trade deadline Friday, March 6, 2026, at 3pm ET. What are your predictions? in ~sports.hockey
Aerrol LinkI think we're due for a pretty underwhelming Trade Deadline. Big move left to happen should be Rob Thomas. Otherwise with the Olympics compressing things, Hughes being dealt already, and there...I think we're due for a pretty underwhelming Trade Deadline. Big move left to happen should be Rob Thomas. Otherwise with the Olympics compressing things, Hughes being dealt already, and there being far fewer sellers this year overall, this should be one of the slowest Trade Deadlines ever lol.
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Comment on NHL trade deadline Friday, March 6, 2026, at 3pm ET. What are your predictions? in ~sports.hockey
Aerrol Link ParentI would kill for a goddamn GM that wasn't a retread whose default move is to trade for their old bad to middling team's players. Chiarelli? LUCIC AND RYAN SPOONER. Holland? MIKE GREEN AND...I would kill for a goddamn GM that wasn't a retread whose default move is to trade for their old bad to middling team's players.
- Chiarelli? LUCIC AND RYAN SPOONER.
- Holland? MIKE GREEN AND ATHANASIOU (also now in LA just loading up on Oilers cast offs lol)
And now we have Bowman going for his old boys. I guess at least Murphy fits our needs decently well.
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Comment on Fix your hearts or die: The path to liberation for lonely men is feminism in ~life
Aerrol Link ParentI just realized I never told you - this small statement made my day! Thanks for being nice :).Your extremely constructive tone is a pleasure to engage with and you have a long way to go if you wanted to stoop to put-downs.
I just realized I never told you - this small statement made my day! Thanks for being nice :).
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Comment on D&D Beyond will label the 2024 rules as "5.5e" to match the community's naming in ~games.tabletop
Aerrol Link ParentWhat systems do you think you're going to go for?What systems do you think you're going to go for?
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Comment on D&D Beyond will label the 2024 rules as "5.5e" to match the community's naming in ~games.tabletop
Aerrol Link ParentYeah, after the whole OGL debacle, I was effectively done with DnD and Wizards. While they walked it back, it killed the only part I felt DnD was still king: awesome Homebrew and third party...Yeah, after the whole OGL debacle, I was effectively done with DnD and Wizards. While they walked it back, it killed the only part I felt DnD was still king: awesome Homebrew and third party content. Now it has this stench hanging over it that they'll try it again later. No thanks. Your system was janky as is.
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Comment on D&D Beyond will label the 2024 rules as "5.5e" to match the community's naming in ~games.tabletop
Aerrol Link ParentThat's not at all what they are (or at least were) doing here though. They were explicitly stating they wanted to make a video-gamey "living DnD" ruleset instead of a new iteration like they've...That's not at all what they are (or at least were) doing here though. They were explicitly stating they wanted to make a video-gamey "living DnD" ruleset instead of a new iteration like they've been doing. That's why this 5.5e announce is news. They've acknowledged that trying to make DnD a video game is stupid.
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Comment on Americans are leaving the US in record numbers in ~society
Aerrol Link ParentHave you reached out/heard of Expatsi before? I have 0 experience, but they're significant enough to be featured in this WSJ article and sound like they're geared towards helping people in your...Have you reached out/heard of Expatsi before? I have 0 experience, but they're significant enough to be featured in this WSJ article and sound like they're geared towards helping people in your exact situation. Regardless, best of luck!
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Comment on Americans are leaving the US in record numbers in ~society
Aerrol LinkArchive Link: https://archive.ph/K2LXY It's really interesting to me, to see some actual numbers behind what a lot of us have seen happening. In Canada, the previous Trump administration saw a...Archive Link: https://archive.ph/K2LXY
It's really interesting to me, to see some actual numbers behind what a lot of us have seen happening. In Canada, the previous Trump administration saw a spike of Americans apply for permanent residence, then never actually come or only stay until he was out of office. I wonder is this time is more permanent?
Since the Eisenhower administration, the U.S. hasn’t collected comprehensive statistics on the number of citizens leaving. Yet data on residence permits, foreign home purchases, student enrollments and other metrics from more than 50 countries show that Americans are voting with their feet to an unprecedented degree. A millions-strong diaspora is studying, telecommuting and retiring overseas.
The new American dream, for some of its citizens, is to no longer live there.
On a conference call last month hosted by Expatsi, a relocation company, almost 400 Americans signed up to learn how to move to Albania. The former Stalinist state offers a special visa allowing U.S. citizens to live and work there, with no tax on foreign income for a year, no questions asked.
“Previously, the Americans leaving were super-adventurous and well-credentialed,” said Expatsi founder Jen Barnett, a 54-year-old Alabama native who moved to Yucatán, Mexico, in 2024.
“Now they’re ordinary people, like me,” she said as she ticked through growth numbers. In 2024 the company organized three group scouting trips for clients; this year it will be 57, she said: “Our goal is to move one million Americans.”
Some commentators have labeled this wave of American emigrants the “Donald Dash” since numbers have spiked under President Trump’s second term. But the phenomenon has been building for years—fed by the rise of remote work, mounting living costs and an appetite for foreign lifestyles that feel within reach, especially in Europe.
In nearly all of the European Union’s 27 member states, the number of Americans arriving to live and work is at a record and rising. The total living in Portugal has jumped more than 500% since the Covid pandemic and grew by 36% in 2024 alone, official data there showed. In the past 10 years, the number of American residents has nearly doubled in Spain and the Netherlands, and more than doubled in the Czech Republic.
Last year, more Americans moved to Germany than Germans moved to America. The same was true in Ireland, which welcomed 10,000 people from the U.S. in 2025, about double those who came in 2024.
Americans are applying for British citizenship at the highest rate since records began in 2004: some 6,600 in the year to March 2025. They are securing Irish passports at a record pace: 31,825 in 2024, and an estimated 40,000 last year.
Meanwhile, some 50,000 U.S.-born Mexican-Americans moved across the border to work last year, according to a Mexican government survey cited by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The last time more people left the U.S. than moved in, according to Census historical statistics, it was 1935 and the destination of choice was the Soviet Union. More than 100,000 Americans applied to work the tractor plants, steel mills and factories of a communist dictatorship. The newcomers played baseball in Moscow’s Gorky Park—others were later imprisoned in gulags. So many unskilled Americans descended on the U.S.S.R. that by 1938 the Soviets started requiring U.S. visitors to show proof of return travel.
Can you phrase your needs as a request for personal space rather than any reference to their competence/content of their questions? The more you make it about you and the less about them, the less defensive it's likely to make them. Something like "Sorry, _______, I'm just really used to getting a lot of quiet time while I go about my chores. Do you mind giving me some more space during the day?".