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I'd also like to point out that with an app, you don't just hire a programmer, they make an app and done. You have to maintain it. (Although many companies with "smart" products with apps skip this part, so I'm sure it's fine /s)

Serious question: Do people share their lemmy account with others irl?
\ Not even my closest friends and family know my username let alone random strangers. And I intend to keep it that way.

I'm also not sure if it's what OP is looking for, but I also think Fall of Civilisations is not quite as dry as other history podcasts.

He does a great job of painting a picture through the narration, making you imagine what it would be like to have lived in those times. And he sometimes does add his personal takes (always clearly pointed out as personal takes).

It might still be too narrative for OP, but it might also be colourful enough.

In addition to what others here have already said: Sometimes what they gain is a feeling of power and/or control.

This can play a role in the vicious cycle of abuse. People feel powerless because they are abused. To regain power they abuse others. Then they are the ones in control of the situation.

Everyone is saying undersalt things, but I'm assuming, that you don't even have a clue whether a teaspoon of salt would be undersalting or oversalting. You should get someone to show you what a "normal" amount of salt is per person. It won't be perfect but at least edible.

I was wondering the same. We are sliding further right and into populism every year. If we are the "leading democracy" that's bad news for the world.

They’re not in this sociocultural-religious equation as they’re not locals.

Yes, they are. The system you described above, of women being provided for and not having to work, only works if you are rich and have poorer people you can exploit to do the childcare and housework for you.

And how could this not be frowned upon by cultures such as Swedish where women and men are regarded as equals?

Edit: It's not about polygamy per se but about the women's role this kind of polygamous marriage. I don't know your family and it might work for everyone involved but that's where her connection's worry comes from.

Okay, my bad. But the fact that she had to have it explicitly written in her marriage contract means that it's not the legal standard and doesn't apply to every other woman in Quatar. And it still only works because she doesn't marry anyone else.

To add to this: If both men and women are allowed to have multiple spouses (which is the only fair way to do it), how do you deal with situations where a husband has multiple wives who has multiple husbands who also have multiple spouses? This sounds like a nightmare from a legal perspective.

I'm not saying I'm against polyamory, do whatever you want, as long as everybody involved is fine with it. It could work legally, if you could get married as a group of n people but then not marry other people individually. But that's not how polygamy works in Quatar or worked for Mormons. There the husband marries several wives individually and the wives have no say in it.

It's missing the "No, but I get paid for this, so I should probably work on it anyway" option

Let's just say both of them are horrible human beings.

I certainly agree with that. You make a good point.

Agreed. As a white German woman myself, I can tell you that we are very used to being above any suspicion. I have been waved on in every traffic control and border check I've ever been in.

Also the German passport is one of the strongest in the world, we can basically go wherever we want when travelling. And now suddenly the US of all places is a country we have to be cautious in.

This is of course a very privileged position to be in, but they are teenagers, they probably haven't had to think about that until now.

Look, as much as I dislike Rowling's terf bullshit, I haven't heard of any human trafficking allegations involving her.

Sextidi. It's what the sixth day was called in the French Revolutionary Calendar's ten-day week. But to follow the example of the Roman Gregorian calendar month-naming scheme, it will of course be the eighth day of the week. Also it contains the word "sex" which I expect will lead to both a lot of snickering teenagers and a lot of accidentally censored weekdays.

In German, Teams used to show people as "kostenlos" which does mean "free" but in the sense of "free of charge", not "available". They fixed it eventually but it caused much confusion with people asking if there are times when the calls are not free of charge.

My personal Teams translation highlight was a hint explaining to me how I could reorder a list. It said "Nachbestellung hier". Which again does mean "reorder here" but reorder as in the thing you do when you buy the same thing again, a repeat order.

And apparently the shortcut key r doesn't stand for rechts (right) but for insert. Which is not only English but also the one thing all of those for options have in common.

Pretty similar to you. I don't really remember specifically learning about it, it was just another topic I gradually learned things about. I vaguely remember having a book designed for children explaining the basic concepts and I probably asked my parents stuff and they answered. Then later we had sex ed in school several times.

Knowing my mom, she probably talked to me as a teenager and asked if there was something I wanted to ask. But I don't really remember, so I guess it wasn't especially awkward, just a normal conversation.

Here's my two cents: I used to be incredibly shy, introverted and socially anxious in school. Then I went to university, grew more confident, made new friends and really blossomed. I personally don't think I would have done that if I had someone who did everything for me.

Be there for him, support him, give him advice if he wants it, but don't deprive him of this opportunity of learning how to handle himself.

Migraines. At least it's a good way to get away from the stressful situation, because I don't have a choice unless I want to throw up and I will look so bad that people immediately believe me. So... thanks, migraines?