Humans have had a taste for the macabre at least for as long as we have written history. Public executions used to be a past time activity (even Jesus’ crucifixion is told like it was a public show), the morgue of Paris was a tourist attraction, even the sanitised (and controversial) Body Worlds exhibition has no trouble finding an audience. Maybe what’s weird is our relationship with death and putrefaction. It happens to everyone yet it’s somehow in bad taste to talk about it.
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Or we can go Ursula Le Guin and say “waiving shifgrethor”
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Technology@lemmy.world•Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Charging, TooEnglish
31·2 years agoDo you live in Swabia? You sound like you live in Swabia.
He said, in a not uncommon self burn
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Technology@lemmy.world•What’s the Bare Minimum Number of People for a Mars Habitat?English
1·2 years agoHumans could be about to ruin whatever was supposed to survive on Mars in a couple million of years. We’ve disrupted our own planet, and are about to destroy another one. And honestly, we’re not all that great as a species.
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Memes@lemmy.ml•The Civilization series is a hell of a drugEnglish
4·2 years agoJUST ONE MORE TURN…!!!
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Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•Rheinmetall showed a mobile field hospital which will be transferred to Ukraine. It consists of 32 beds, operating room, pharmacy, CT scanner, X-ray machine, and laboratory.English
13·2 years agoRemoved by mod
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of?English
1·2 years agoHere’s another “insider’s insight”: The car industry is a tough business. The profit margin is not like selling bottled water, especially when you consider overheads in R&D and the regulation compliant measures they have to adhere to, to sell in the German/EU market. Cars sold in the US are cheaper to produce because they go through much, much less vigorous testing, but then they are loaded with stupid add-ons (screens behind each seat, more luxurious user interface, better speaker+subwoofer combos, etc)
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Europe@feddit.de•Spanish soccer president Luis Rubiales resigns after nonconsensual kiss at Women’s World Cup finalEnglish
4·2 years agoIf you can read Spanish, you’d be disheartened at how many people still claim that the kiss was “cultural”.
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Europe@feddit.de•Spanish soccer president Luis Rubiales resigns after nonconsensual kiss at Women’s World Cup finalEnglish
11·2 years agoMy stupid ass watched a Youtube video about this and the comment section broke my heart. Thanks Lemmy users for restoring my faith in Europe-based, over-30, left leaning internet users.
You used Tiktok as an example for something that is more interesting than learning. (Of course it’s more interesting than learning, it’s digital crack cocaine.)
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Technology@lemmy.world•Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Charging, TooEnglish
1·2 years agoDB the company has a lot of foreign interests. It bought a British transport company in 2010. Why did they do this instead of reinvesting the money back into the Deutsche Bahn? Because it’s a joint-stock company beholden to stake-holders. It should never have been managed like a private company. Now the damage is done and decades of unrepair is catching up to them.
Somehow I don’t blame the politics for this disrepair. I blame the execs and upper management.
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Europe@feddit.de•Switching off: Sweden says back-to-basics schooling works on paperEnglish
2·2 years agoAnd your parents didn’t take you to the doctor? Aren’t you covered under their insurance (assuming you went to school in Sweden)?
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Europe@feddit.de•Switching off: Sweden says back-to-basics schooling works on paperEnglish
21·2 years agoIt’s not like researches into cognitive sciences or how humans learn are well funded. It’s not a sexy field, like cancer treatment, or one that attracts flashy billionaires with PR problems, like space travel.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are some harmless ways to prank someone?English
31·2 years agoSend them a head of white cabbage every week (can use an online grocery service.
If you have access to their dwelling, put all their bedroom furnitures in the living room
I don’t know about you, but my school did the best it could. Some adults might even say what you said about society in general - infinite resources to harm and burden, etc. People usually try their best, your teachers too. Maybe you’ll grow up to be a teacher and you’ll be better at it than the ones you had. Good luck!
Please don’t learn about how Hitler died through Tiktok. Befriend your librarian and read it in a book.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?English
5·2 years agoI also want to know. Same with Tony Blair. Alas, I’m not a legal scholar.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of?English
33·2 years agoIn Germany: Big car manufacturers do have round-table sessions where they share research informations with each other. However, they do not co-ordinate pricing.
When you feel like car manufacturers release models with similar specs within a short time frame, this could be why.


Foreigner…? Reading this as a non-Chinese and non-US American is quite baffling. Are these the only two countries in your world?