hannesh93

Not everything is about the US

And if X for the rightwing and raging - then what the hell is truth social?

The sad thing is that it works both ways. If a left party in government is improving things but had to do a compromise and therefore couldn't go all the way the far left is also complaining about that.

Compromise with far right positions should never happen, but compromise in itself is not something bad, and imho it's one of the main problems in today's democracy that too many people see it that way.

As with almost all things: it's good to have principles to stand by, but the world is rarely as black and white as it seems to be.

Almost all poor countries have a demographic like this.

Palestine is among the poorest countries in the world

It's just a very smart way to spread propaganda by using a real statistic out of context.

Of course "70% of the victims are either children or women" sounds horrible - until you realize that a majority of the population there in underage (and therefore children) and that Hama's is actively using underage children as soldiers - and if you look at the difference between the age structure and the casualties adult males are more likely to be victims than the other groups which are actually underrepresented.

So you can see mastodon posts on bluesky and bluesky posts on mastodon?

Completionism is an ADHD symptom?

I wonder what kind of securities Taiwan needs in order to bargain with china about it.

Joining NATO, being able to be officially recognised as a sovereign country without immediate sanctions by China against whoever did that? Permanent stationing of western troops?

I feel as if China giving up the claim to Taiwan in exchange for Taiwan's product capabilities to be made available within the mainland China would lead to China becoming the new global superpower for sure.

Or a kgb agent in the hotel room next to someone that just fell out of the window

My girlfriend always makes fun that in Germany chamomile tea is the go to painkiller and only if that doesn't help the pills come out. It was one of her strongest culture-shocks she didn't anticipate before coming to Europe

Also often the pain is telling you that something is wrong - you wouldn't treat a broken ankle with strong painkillers and continue walking as if nothing was wrong just because it doesn't hurt anymore - would you?

Painkillers should make the pain bearable so you can still listen to your body and not take away the pain completely