PonyOfWar @ PonyOfWar @pawb.social

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Apotheon comes to mind.

I imagine what would the world be like if streaming was available during Hitlers rise. Would people just be living in their bubble of “thanks for watching, hit like and subscribe, and if you use this code on simplisafe you’ll get 20 percent off!” winky face

Almost certainly. The majority of people just kept living their normal lives in Hitler's Germany as well. Until the war at least.

Only on a very surface level, as in "the far-right reached second place in an election again". But other than that, no, the situation in Germany is not very comparable to the late Weimar republic at all. Party militias aren't terrorizing the streets, there is no hyperinflation, we're not geopolitically isolated and our constitution is not as flawed and weak. Not to say the situation is rosy, but pretending we're literally at the inception of the fourth reich is not realistic or useful.

That website renders perfectly for me in Firefox for Android, including the bottom bar. I'm not sure but I think the issue is something else, as setting the bottom address bar moves it even further up on your device. Maybe something to report to Mozilla.

I haven't seen that happen. What website is that? Might be an issue with your phone's safe area.

Because they're owned by Microsoft, who certainly have no interest in Linux support.

I'm surprised you see a ton of that on lemmy.world, always found that instance rather tame and moderate, at least by lemmy standards. Certainly compared to Hexbear, ml and Lemmygrad. Are you sure those weren't federated posts from those instances? Anyway, lemm.ee is pretty neutral, lemmy.dbzer0.com leans more anarchist. But you could also just stay on .world and subscribe to communities that align with your views on whatever instance. Unless you have an issue with the moderation on .world specifically, it doesn't really matter.

This is from august of last year in Frankfurt (Oder). Police removed them.

It has been many years (probably like 7-8) since I last watched his content. Back then they were fun, informative videos about various exotic animals, but over time, his videos shifted ever more towards clickbait and "getting stung by the most painful insect EVER" type videos, while the educational aspect barely played a role anymore. Just looked at his channel and it seems like this trend not only continued but has gotten worse since I last watched him.

Flue shoots are kind of free for all in my country (Germany), even if people are vaccinated and they also get refreshed every so often by the real thing (right now we have a flue wave in children) - is there a reason why there is a difference between flue shoots and covid shoots?

Technically, there isn't. The flu vaccine is also only recommended for older people and people with chronic illnesses. It's true though that it's easier to get the flu shot than the Covid shot outside of the official recommendation. I'm not sure why that's the case.

From the individual point of view, is there any reason not to get a covid shoot, especially when the person already got vaccinated in the past?

If you've had your 3 shots and had Covid semi-recently, there probably just isn't much of a benefit to getting it. I personally decided to get a fourth shot, due to never having had Covid and I was planning to go on a longer trip where I didn't want to get sick. But I never bothered getting a 5th or 6th.

Is the benefits of further vaccinations vs. the risks a monetary/effort evaluation or a medical one?

I'd say medical, as the state is actually losing money right now, with many doses expiring due to low demand.

WHO does recommend the vaccine (2 doses for mRNA) for all adults. In Germany, 3 doses are recommended. As for not recommending further doses every year, it takes into consideration the benefits of further vaccinations vs the risks. There's also the assumption that people will get Covid even after their initial vaccinations, so their immunity gets "refreshed" that way as well.

/c/buildapc@lemmy.world

I can imagine. Switzerland is in many ways in quite a unique, privileged position in Europe. I've gotten job offers in Switzerland but personally, I don't really mesh with its culture. If I ever move away, I think it'll either be somewhere like The Netherlands, or even a lot further away, like New Zealand or Japan.

Germany. While I do feel like my country is overall still safe and a good place to live, it feels to me like we're on the brink. The US may well drag us down with them and even if they don't, our own politicians might just do that on their own. So yeah, quite anxious and not overly optimistic right now. The next few years will be critical and it could go either way really.

All my devices (PC, Smartwatch, Steam Deck etc) are in (British) English, with the exception of my phone, which is in my native German.

Stellaris is quite good for that

You think a U.S. military base isn’t getting kicked the fuck out of a foreign country the moment they are declared an enemy?

No, or rather I don't think many countries would immediately be willing declare them an enemy. Europe shies away from armed conflict and quick, decisive actions unfortunately aren't our strong suit either. I'd fully expect a drawn out political shitshow before anything actually happens. As was/is the case for Ukraine.

Or do you have such a little opinion of everyone else that you think a couple of military bases will immediately take over every European county at once?

Take over? No. But I do think they'd be a deterrence factor, especially considering they also carry nukes.

The name change is meaningless. Ultimately a distraction while Elon and his buddies take control of all government agencies.

What would be the reaction of the Canada King (Charles III is the king of Canada)?

Absolutely nothing. Maybe some strong words. He has no power.

The Commonwealth? NATO?

Tough to say. Getting actively involved in a war in North America would be very difficult logistically for the European countries or the Commonwealth, so I don't think there would be an immediate military reaction. Possibly a Ukraine-type situation where the NATO countries try to aid Canada with equipment as best as they can. But even that will be difficult across the Atlantic ocean, which the US can probably blockade. Local politics would be absolute chaos, with an ally that many countries have relied on suddenly turning enemy. With the US having military bases everywhere, they could also threaten countries into keeping out of the war. I think the situation would unfortunately be quite bleak for Canada.

My dad fell quite ill after a blood transfusion (had been fighting CLL for ~25 years). He died 2 days later.