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Comment on Germany’s expansion of border controls is testing European unity in ~society
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Comment on Norway's government wants to relax restrictions on abortion to make it legal for women to terminate pregnancies up to the eighteenth week of gestation in ~society
malademental LinkIf you're wealthy you can fly to the Netherlands, and basically get an abortion, no questions asked, up to 22 weeks. The round trip Oslo-Amsterdam with Norwegian Air Shuttle is ~€250. But since...If you're wealthy you can fly to the Netherlands, and basically get an abortion, no questions asked, up to 22 weeks. The round trip Oslo-Amsterdam with Norwegian Air Shuttle is ~€250. But since non-Dutch residents will have to do the procedure privately, I expect the most of the cost to be induced by the medical procedure itself. The first clinic on Google says they have staff speaking English, German, French and Polish.
I know for a fact that this is what many women do, in France, where I live. "I'm past the term for abortion, I'll take a train to Amsterdam, and bypass French law." And the fact that some clinic advertise speaking Polish tells me this is not only a French thing.
In my opinion all EU countries should go to 22 weeks. Right now, it's basically discrimination between poor women with a local abortion limit, and women with a 22 weeks abortion limit because they can go to Amsterdam.
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Comment on ‘Ted Lasso’ heads toward Season 4 greenlight with options pickup for three core cast members in ~tv
malademental LinkOuch. This reminds me of the demise of Skins. This was a teen show, and each season was a year of British high school. Since high school in the UK is 2 years, it was supposed to have only two...Ouch. This reminds me of the demise of Skins. This was a teen show, and each season was a year of British high school. Since high school in the UK is 2 years, it was supposed to have only two seasons. However, the show got popular, and they ordered a third season (7 were made in total).
The premise of the show was high-school!! So they started with brand new characters, one of them was the younger sister of the previous character, it was totally different show... It ruined for me. They should have left it after two seasons. The show was complete!
Ted Lasso is the same. They should stop squeezing money from its success. It was a three-act story, and the three acts were told. Whatever they do, I'll watch it because I love Ted Lasso and cant resist to watch it, but I know I'm going to be disappointed. There is no way they can do a Ted Lasso season 4 without feeling like The Matrix Resurrection.
They should do like Vince Gilligan did with Breaking Bad. Do a prequel show like Better Call Saul. I would love to see a coach beard prequel, or something like that.
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Comment on Imane Khelif brings lawsuit against x for "acts of aggravated cyber harassment” in ~lgbt
malademental Link ParentI'm not well versed in Common Law, but my understanding, is that if I punch you in the face in the street. You go to the police, and file a report and press charges against me. I imagine that the...The article calls this a lawsuit as well as a criminal complaint. And I don't understand enough about French law to know if there is a difference here in translation.
I'm not well versed in Common Law, but my understanding, is that if I punch you in the face in the street. You go to the police, and file a report and press charges against me. I imagine that the district attorney can choose to prosecute or not. If they do, they need a high burden of proof, they will most likely ask you to testify. Whether the jury decides that I'm guilty of battery or not, you can always sue me in civil court, for money, and you'll have to face a lower burden of proof.
This is totally different in French law. I'm not an expert, I just went to law university for one year, before I dropped out :)
If I punch you in the face, you can report it to the police, and it will go into crime statistics. (Déposer une main courante) Or you can formally press charges. (Porter plainte) The thing is that in France, we have a saying "le criminel tient le civil en l'état" (the best translation I could come up with is "civil courts enacts criminal decisions as is"), this means that the civil lawsuits will wait for criminal courts to statute, before ruling with the same decision. Usually, this puts pressure on the public prosecutor to prosecute when you press charges. Because the ruling of the criminal court will affect the ruling of the civil court. During the criminal proceedings, you can be a "civil party", this means that you will be a third party to the criminal trial in addition to the defendant and the public prosecutor, you can bring your own witnesses, and question the ones brought by others, ...
That's why most cases in France start with a criminal case. A criminal case is any case where there is a victim, it could be battery, like in my example, but it could also be "injure à la personne" (lit. insult to a third party), harassment, ... Many of these cases will be ruled directly by a qualified judge and two "assesseurs" (these are full time volunteering citizen, with ~2 weeks of basic training, with an okay pay, they act as two jurors with a judge). Juries are reserved for "blood crimes" as we say in France, which are basically rape, murder and in some cases of child abuse.
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Comment on I'm visiting the region you're from, what's your favorite food I should try? in ~food
malademental (edited )LinkIn my opinion, Northern French is food is much more working-class than the rest of France. I think it has a lot of similarity with the American food culture: A Welsh, which I just learned right...In my opinion, Northern French is food is much more working-class than the rest of France. I think it has a lot of similarity with the American food culture:
- A Welsh, which I just learned right now after looking it up to find an English recipe, is originally from the UK and known as Welsh rarebit. This is a French version of it, you'll get it in any northern French brasserie or bistro.
- Filet Américain which is the Belgian-style tartar steak. This raw minced beef, pre-seasoned and macerated overnight. (This is different from the typical french tartar steak which is minced on-order, and seasonings are served on the side, not mixed in.) This is very popular in northern France, as we're bordering Belgium.
- Frikandel with Fries. Belgians will say this is typically Belgian, and French people will say this is typically Northern French. Of course, both agree that this has to be eaten with mayonnaise. I'm a Samurai Sauce aficionado myself, which is acceptable as it is mayonnaise-based.
I realize that most of this could also apply to Belgium. But our cultures are so intertwined between Northern France and Belgium, that it would be hard to have something typically northern French which is not a thing in Belgium.
Others that could have made the list:
- The Submachine gun which is a bagette sandwich, with fries and burger paddies. (In Northern France, it will usually have a pure-beef paddy, where as in Belgium it will be a meat-loaf paddy, pre-seasonned, with pork/beef/chicken mixed with egg whites)
- Endive with Ham Gratin, which is a leafy vegetable typical from Northern France and Belgium, wrapped in ham, covered with cheese and broiled.
- Sugar Pie which is more a cake than a pie :). I was raised on this.
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Comment on Schengen ain't what it used to be in ~society
malademental Link ParentI find the "in the 1800s there were no borders, and everything was fine" argument to be a little disingenuous. If you take the US, at that time, free plots of lands were available as far as the...I find the "in the 1800s there were no borders, and everything was fine" argument to be a little disingenuous.
If you take the US, at that time, free plots of lands were available as far as the eye could see. They were looking for any starving Irishman to help plough the land, and control the land. Working in a factory in the US was as rough and as badly paid as in any industrialized European country.
In Europe, moving from one land to the other did not have any influence on your life. Most people were mostly poor, and not able to move around. If you moved, you were moving from one place a with a ruthless dictator, to another place with a less ruthless dictator or a semi-democracy. The states were not providing any welfare or basic service to their residents.
These were very different times. I would much prefer being an average Pakistani in 2024, than an average German in 1875. (I chose Pakistan because it is a not too underdeveloped country, while still being underdeveloped. I chose Germany because the second German empire was amongst the three wealthiest countries in the world at the time.)
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Comment on Schengen ain't what it used to be in ~society
malademental LinkThere are two mindsets: 1. people should be able to move around and settle as they wish, 2. sovereign entities should have the right to control who can cross their border, and settle. (This...There are two mindsets: 1. people should be able to move around and settle as they wish, 2. sovereign entities should have the right to control who can cross their border, and settle. (This doesn't mean "nobody should get it", just "regulate the flow in the fairest way")
The first mindset is often associated with the radical left, even though I hear it, I disagree with it. And for the sake of the argument, I'll assume that most people share, what I consider to be the most reasonable, second mindset.
In the 80s, European countries decided that the borders should be move to the edge of union, thus making the EU the "sovereign entity" for the borders. This was, in my opinion, a good thing.
The main issue is that the control of these borders was not handed over to this entity (the EU). So Germany has to control almost no border, except its airports and harbours, while Greece has to guard kilometres of land.
It's easy to blame individual members for violating the Schengen agreement, but I would argue that the Schengen agreement was never designed to be correctly enforced:
- Member states have disproportionate burden when controlling external borders. (See my previous Germany vs Greece example)
- Many member states have no incentives to control their borders. During the refugee crisis, Greece had to do border control for Syrian refugees headed to Germany and Scandinavia. Right now, Italy has to do all the border control for North African and Sub-Saharan migrants headed to France and Benelux. It's much cheaper to wave them through.
The real issue here is that the Schengen agreement is broken. And member states are just doing what they can do. (re-establish de-facto borders) The agreement can't be fixed. Countries with external borders don't want to handover border control to the EU, because their right-wing governments were elected on the premise of controlling their own borders. Countries without external borders don't want to pay for controlling other countries' border, because they already removed border control from their budget.
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Comment on I worked for Mr. Beast, he’s a fraud in ~tech
malademental (edited )Link ParentThe TL;DR is, according to this youtuber, (but they present evidence): All the "Game shows" done by Mr. Beast are rigged. Contestants are just production employees, other influencers,... Most of...- Exemplary
The TL;DR is, according to this youtuber, (but they present evidence):
- All the "Game shows" done by Mr. Beast are rigged. Contestants are just production employees, other influencers,...
- Most of the content is basically scripted, sometimes using CGI/edits/cuts, while pretending to be genuine.
- Mr Beast inflated his subscribers count thanks to gambling, and kid manipulation. "If you subscribe, I'll pick a random subscriber and give that subscriber a car", which is blatantly false.
- Mr Beast will then trick his audience, by picking a member of his crew, and acting like it's a random subscriber getting a new car.
- Mr Beast has done multiple "lottery" livestreams, where he has more or less broken every US regulation, while targeting kids.
- A lot of Mr Beast merch' is deceptive. It's not really signed by Mr Beast himself, it never arrives, when it arrives it's with the wrong size, there is no customer support.
- Mr Beast created a chocolate bar that he advertised as "healthy" to basically promote children gambling. (It was tied to a lottery, and regulations require you to enter the lottery without having to buy the product, but you could not do so) He was comparing the chocolate bar to Hershey's and claiming it was much tastier and healthier. A few months after, he replaced the formula with basically the same ingredients as Hershey's.
- Mr Beast also have a pretty good clean up team to remove/copyright-strike any post/video which gives a negative image of him.
It's a long video, that's basically the main points I could pull out. I might have missed some.
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Comment on I worked for Mr. Beast, he’s a fraud in ~tech
malademental Link ParentIt's the same in the EU, except that there is distinction between "Cocoa" and "Chocolate", kind of:It's the same in the EU, except that there is distinction between "Cocoa" and "Chocolate", kind of:
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1. Cocoa butter: designates the fat obtained from cocoa beans or parts of cocoa beans with the following characteristics: [...]
2. (a) Cocoa powder, cocoa: designate the product obtained by converting into powder cocoa beans which have been cleaned, shelled and roasted, and which contains not less than 20 % cocoa butter, calculated according to the weight of the dry matter, and not more than 9 % water;
3. Chocolate
(a) designates the product obtained from cocoa products and sugars which, subject to (b), contains not less than 35 % total dry cocoa solids, including not less than 18 % cocoa butter and not less than 14 % of dry non-fat cocoa solids;
4. Milk chocolate
(a) designates the product obtained from cocoa products, sugars and milk or milk products, which, subject to (b) contains:
- not less than 25 % total dry cocoa solids,
- not less than 14 % dry milk solids obtained by partly or wholly dehydrating whole milk, semi- or full-skimmed milk, cream, or from partly or wholly dehydrated cream, butter or milk fat,
- not less than 2,5 % dry non-fat cocoa solids,
- not less than 3,5 % milk fat,
- not less than 25 % total fat (cocoa butter and milk fat).
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Comment on I worked for Mr. Beast, he’s a fraud in ~tech
malademental Link ParentI know Dandelion Chocolate. A friend of mine brought me some back from San Francisco. It's really good. I don't know what is the regulation in the US. In Europe "Cocoa" (dried cocoa powder) and...I know Dandelion Chocolate. A friend of mine brought me some back from San Francisco. It's really good.
I don't know what is the regulation in the US. In Europe "Cocoa" (dried cocoa powder) and "Cocoa butter" (cocoa beans fat) are two different ingredients, even though they come from the same raw fruit. This is why you always end up with at least two ingredients on the chocolate bar. Add milk powder, sugar and whole hazelnuts, and you end up with 5 ingredients for my favourite type of chocolate :)
You still need good sourcing of cacao, because without additional flavouring and soy lecithin to bind the whole thing, you're going to end up with a trash taste.
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Comment on I worked for Mr. Beast, he’s a fraud in ~tech
malademental (edited )Link ParentYes. You're absolutely right. 100% cocoa bar, or even milk with 100% cocoa powder is nutritionally good, and can also be used as a hunger suppressant, which is healthy if you're trying to lose...Yes. You're absolutely right. 100% cocoa bar, or even milk with 100% cocoa powder is nutritionally good, and can also be used as a hunger suppressant, which is healthy if you're trying to lose weight.
I didn't know that Chocolate and Cacao are basically the same word in English. In my native language, it's defined as "a food item more or less sweetened produced from cocoa beans" (un aliment plus ou moins sucré produit à partir de la fève de cacao), this is what led to my mistake.
100% cocoa powder, or 100% chocolate bar would be call "cacao pur" (pure cocoa) in my language, not chocolate.
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Comment on I worked for Mr. Beast, he’s a fraud in ~tech
malademental (edited )Link ParentYup. I totally agree and share your fustration on the "Mr Beast doesn't seem to even see how much of a wart to society he is." This is especially true with these chocolate bar that he sells as...Yup. I totally agree and share your fustration on the "Mr Beast doesn't seem to even see how much of a wart to society he is." This is especially true with these chocolate bar that he sells as health products. As somebody mostly buying Tony's Chocolonely after seeing John Oliver show about Chocolate, I was really revolted by him selling garbage chocolate as a "health" product. "Hershey's has 20 ingredients, my chocolate only has 5." Your average fair-trade chocolate already has mostly 5 ingredients, you didn't need to make another garbage chocolate. And while the amount of individual ingredients is definitely a sign of ultra-processed food, free sugars (which his chocolate contains as much as Hershey's) are the real main issue in Chocolate. Chocolate should never be advertised as healthy, it should always be promoted as a treat.
try to appear squeaky clean while doing so (A.k.a the Mark Rober approach.) but what's different is that Mark Rober is incredibly smart and knows not to push it too far
I personally don't like Mark Rober either. His videos are really clickbaity, and I'm convinced that half of his "catching thieves with glitter" are just fake while pretending to be real. (I have no proof of this)
I know people are usually really critical of how much of a hardcore Christian Destin from SmarterEveryDay is. But I respect the Destin Sandlin's integrity. His content, while not being a class, is educational and engaging, in my opinion. And many of his videos are cool :) . (Shooting a bullet with another bullet, in a safe way!? Count me in the audience :P )
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Comment on I worked for Mr. Beast, he’s a fraud in ~tech
malademental LinkI watched this video when it was posted on r/videos. I watched it at speed 2×, because aint nobody got time for a 1 hour video. I was expecting to watch the first 10 minutes and move on. I have to...I watched this video when it was posted on r/videos. I watched it at speed 2×, because aint nobody got time for a 1 hour video. I was expecting to watch the first 10 minutes and move on.
I have to admit, it was a great watch. I was anticipating some YouTube drama, revengeful hit piece. If it was, it didn't feel that way. It is extremely well sourced, with original video clips, even live stream clips which have been deleted. Also it's using interviews of Mr Beast production team members on other podcasts. I salute the effort of this YouTuber.
I was not aware how exploitative of Kids gambling Mr Beast was. It is really sickening. I feel for the parents of these kids who are watching/following Mr Beast, and getting drowned into gambling addiction or FoMo or both...
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Comment on Personal blogging in ~tildes
malademental Link ParentI was thinking of "common sense" which would be totally subjective. It would be a nightmare to enforce and make people think they're treated fairly. Any ground rule would need exceptions: No...I was thinking of "common sense" which would be totally subjective. It would be a nightmare to enforce and make people think they're treated fairly.
Any ground rule would need exceptions:
- No branded product: what if a person honestly review a product?
- No opinion: what if somebody does an analysis of something they think is a scam?
- No politics: what if somebody write a blog post about vegan substitute to animal-based ingredients? this could be seen as political.
- ...
Maybe people smarter would be able to come up with fair ground rules. :)
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Comment on Personal blogging in ~tildes
malademental LinkI love the concept. But moderation would be key, and this would be an uphill battle. I love, when in the old times (the 2000s, I'm not that old :D), there were "planets", where people would have...I love the concept. But moderation would be key, and this would be an uphill battle.
I love, when in the old times (the 2000s, I'm not that old :D), there were "planets", where people would have their own blog and they blogged about random interesting shit. Planets would aggregate these. How to cook something, how they did some sysadmin on their personal server, etc...
But now these spaces have been littered with people trying to build a personal online brand, SEO backlinkers, spammers, etc. It's really sad. And AI is most likely coming to these spaces as well.
I would love to see old-style planets again, with people just doing stuff for fun, not for fame or money. One of the people I look up to is this guy: https://lygte-info.dk/ the guy just test electric devices at home, for free, and share the results on his website, no ads, no javascript. I have no relation to him, I just look at his website with nostalgia...
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Comment on Disney+, Hulu, Max bundle now available in ~tv
malademental Link ParentGood point. Maybe we could think of a middle ground, where there is no exclusivity after 5 years. I find it crazy that I need to buy from ~5 platforms to watch the entirety of Futurama, which is a...Personally, I LIKE that exclusives exist - it means platforms have incentive to pour loads and loads of money onto new shows.
Good point.
Maybe we could think of a middle ground, where there is no exclusivity after 5 years. I find it crazy that I need to buy from ~5 platforms to watch the entirety of Futurama, which is a 10 year old show. Or that I need to buy Netflix the quarter they have exclusivity on Ghibli to watch Princess Mononoke.
Either way, the regulator would have to step in.
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Comment on Disney+, Hulu, Max bundle now available in ~tv
malademental Link ParentFor once, it's cheaper in Europe. Are they trying to sell cheap to corner the market? I'm seeing: Standard with ads 1080p, 2 concurrent streams €5.99/month (no discount for 12 months for the price...For once, it's cheaper in Europe. Are they trying to sell cheap to corner the market? I'm seeing:
- Standard with ads
- 1080p, 2 concurrent streams
- €5.99/month (no discount for 12 months for the price of 10)
- Standard
- 1080p, 2 concurrent streams
- €8.99/month or €89.90/year
- Premium
- 4K UHD, 4 concurrent streams
- €11.99/month or €119.90/year
- Standard with ads
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Comment on Disney+, Hulu, Max bundle now available in ~tv
malademental (edited )Link ParentI think what people wanted is non-exclusivity. Where platforms don't have exclusive content, and where they compete on the quality of their platform. (the software, the speed, the video quality,...I think what people wanted is non-exclusivity. Where platforms don't have exclusive content, and where they compete on the quality of their platform. (the software, the speed, the video quality, ...)
Right now, everything is exclusive. You want to watch SomeRandomShow legally? The first season is on Hulu, the second on Disney+, the third on Netflix, ... But in two month the third season's rights are moving from Netflix to Apple TV. It is a nightmare.
This is not the case with music. Most artists use third-parties which publish the content everywhere, Spotify, Apple Music, Youtube Music, Deezer, ... This is because they want maximum reach, and get every penny from any listening. Music streaming platforms were basically competing on the quality of their software, before they turned to exclusivity on podcasts when Spotify bought rights for Joe Rogan.
Anyway, now, instead of balkanized exclusivity on TV/Movies, we're going to have oligopolies of exclusive content, this is neither a better or worse situation, in my opinion. It's just money moneying.
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Comment on Atheists of Tildes, what alive religions do you find fascinating, excluding Abrahamic ones and Buddhism? in ~talk
malademental (edited )LinkI assume you intended to exclude Buddhism, Sikhism, etc. even though they're similar to Hinduism, it's debatable whether they come from Hinduism. By excluding these two categories, you will most...I'm excluding these two categories, because they are the answers of most people in English-speaking online spaces.
I assume you intended to exclude Buddhism, Sikhism, etc. even though they're similar to Hinduism, it's debatable whether they come from Hinduism. By excluding these two categories, you will most likely still end up around "Western" religions. So I assume the answers will most likely revolve around native American religions, Pacific islander religions or Shintoism.
I'm not answering the question because I'll talk about an Abrahamic religion, but I'm fascinated by Mormonism. And to be frank, I find it unfair that it was excluded from the possible answers :D . It has nothing to do with ethics and aesthetic. The whole concept to revamp a religion 1800 years later is very intriguing to me. As an atheist, I assume the old and the new testament are basically baloneys, so having a bunch of people coming together and saying "how can we complete it with even more made-up stuff" almost two millennia later is mesmerizing...
This personal interest also applies to other modern wide spread religions, I could also cite Scientology, which would fit in your narrowing. Writing a brand new religion in the 1950s is amazing to me... Like, how can someone have the guts to do this? or to be gullible enough to believe in it? I can understand this with old stories, but these stories didn't exist 100 years ago, most people's grandma was born before these stories even existed! You can't use the "it's part of what I grew up with" argument, you literally chose to believe in this!
Edit: When I was typing this, there was no answer to this post. So I hadn't read Raistlin's answer which was posted after my comment, when I wrote "will most likely revolve around native American religions, Pacific islander religions or Shintoism." I just want to say that I saw this a mile away :)
I understand, and somewhat approve what Germany is doing. I'm consistent with myself since I already posted my opinion a few months ago here :) . (You don't need to click, I'm putting the highlights further down in this comment)
I'm left leaning, and I do not believe in the open door policy. I do believe that communities and groups of people should have the right to self-determination and the right to decide who and who isn't part of their community, and IMHO borders play a part in achieving this. As I said in the linked comment:
I know that the following point is the same as the far right, and I'm aware that it's easy for me to say sitting in my comfortable arm-chair in safety in France, but I believe that we should do what we can so that people don't have to flee wars, famine, and persecution. The issue is that when the far right says it, they mean "the problem is over there, and we should give them a few cents, and ignore them", when I say it, I mean promoting economic development, democracy and mechanized agriculture by using tax-euros from Europeans. Easier a said than done, but there is a plethora of ways, from the stick (sanctions targeting corrupt ruthless country leaders) to the carrot (tax-euros subsidised training and tools for farmers, tax-euros subsidised small businesses incubators, ...)
For the record, I do believe in Schengen, because I'm a proponent of the Federal States of Europe as one nation, as it is now, without any further expansion. (Even though I think some countries should be kicked-out or pressured into reforming. Yes, you heard it Hungary)
This is what I was saying about the situation, I don't blame Germany, I blame Schengen's failure: (I changed some words to matches with my current comment)
I know this is not a popular opinion in amongst left or left-leaning people like me. But I'm always open to discuss, even though I most likely heard many of the counter points already :P