Nice one! It's much more interesting to hear your personal story than another poem about the fall of democracy - and by the sounds of it, your own story is plenty interesting enough as for the subject of the fall of civilizations is concerned. Lean into it!
I'm sometimes a little thrown off by words that almost rhyme but not quite (at least in the accent of my internal monologue). Which is fine, as I don't think the rhymes are strictly necessary anyway - I would love to see more playing around with different types of alliterations, assonances or whatnot. :)
But I really like it, it's super personal and hints at a lot beneath the surface.
I had great experiences with Sennheiser (Momentum, ancient make. They looked cooler back in the day).
From Denmark there's B&O, but while all other over-ear headphones seem to last forever the pair I had from B&O broke within a month. That was a few years ago, but I'm a bit hesitant to recommend them since.
Julenissen in Norway, so the yule gnome more or less. Not to be confused with låvenissen, who lives all year in the granary of the farm and is given porridge for Christmas. Some people, especially those living on farms, are visited by låvenissen instead of julenissen on the 24th.
Låvenissen is a trickster, and when things are missing around the farm it's probably his fault. But unlike the people living under ground (de underjordiske) he's not a scary fellow, and he deserves a little treat for Christmas like everyone else.
I guess this is where the insight that you should judge a society by how it treats its weakest comes from. That's a problem with OP's scenario, as you'd be thrown into a completely foreign context without access to the more family and community-based security nets that are essential in poorer parts of the world.
I have travelled to some not very wealthy regions to small communities that can only be accessed by a 4x4, horse, or motorcycle (or by foot, as I prefer), and seen severely handicapped people in such places live what at least appears from the outside to be highly dignified and decent lives as the community works together to take care of them. It's not at all obvious that they would be happier in a western city. Once anyone needs professional medical care or expensive treatments it of course becomes more clear-cut, and if you're an outsider (or just unlucky) you're of course out of luck.
Taking away enforced regulations on housing, employment, and banking makes things easier for me, not harder
In the short run, maybe, but sawing off the branch one is sitting on is dangerous business. :)
Yeah, in general if you have a good starting point anywhare not affected by tyranny, war, or genocide you'll be alright. Behind a veil of ignorance there's a whole lot of developing countries I'd go to before I'd risk being poor in the United States.
I wonder what people in this thread think the third world is, and what they imagine living there is like.
It's not like there's a clear answer. I guess technically Sweden is a third world county, while North Korea and Slovenia are both second world. America is as first world as it gets, and it's a fucking mess.
If I could choose my own third world country I'd be quite alright. If they sent me to the worst first world country they could find, well, Alabama.
I think designing good social media is largely about identifying and removing possible abuse vectors. So if think it's relevant to point it out when I see potential for one. My comment was not really about myself, whatever the hell I do is not very important.
This should probably be clear in the UX - right now it looks like I can downvote and emoji you at the same time, even though that's probably not the case behind the scenes. In a way that risks people accidentally upvoting and giving attention to bad content - I guess I'd personally (in a moment of weakness) throw the 🤡 at leninists or trumpists, voiced I wouldn't want to amplify.
Also - I was confused about some emojis not working, and then I realized they were tabs and that only the buttons below are emojis. Guess it proves how no UX is idiot proof. Also thumbs up is not under the tab illustrated with a thumbs up, which is confusing. :)
I feel like there's a risk of abuse though - I could totally see myself replying to certain things with a 🤡 rather than engaging in a debate, and I'm not sure that's healthy for online culture.
I really like giving with Liberapay! Puts me in full control, gives me a great overview over what I give to different causes, and never bothers me.
All my monthly or weekly donations are actually yearly or in some cases even biannual, in order to minimize transaction costs. But that's of course a matter of preference.
Congratulations to Putin for launching 635 drones and 38 missiles to kill some completely arbitrary 4-year-old and two random people in their 70s right before Christmas. He has brought the Russian empire to its absolute peak, no doubt.
Your personal opinion, or that of the person posting. That way if people see it differently it could also be a more interesting/relevant discussion. Doesn't need to be a lot, and of course it's not an exact science, but I think discussions on what is typical European in comics and how it is emulated could be really interesting.
As much as I appreciate the effort the DoJ made to spare us from seeing Trump's ugly face, I wish they'd make a more holistic effort for the cause. Why not put him away for good.
The spire in the background looks like Vor Frelsers Kirke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Our_Saviour,_Copenhagen
I got excited for a second it was the (recently burnt) Børsen, but on closer inspection I'm pretty sure it's not.