That’s standard procedure here. It’s called Tageszulassung (one day registration): Dealerships register new cars on their own name for one day, so they’re able to sell them as “used”. This allows them to sell the car with a higher discount than they’re normally allowed to, according to their contract with the manufacturer.

For the customer it means they get a better price, but otoh they have to take the car as it is and can’t choose which extras they want. For the dealership it means they can sell more cars, making them eligible for bulk discounts themselves. And the manufacturer is also somewhat ok with that because they sell more cars without being forced to lower the catalogue price.

You don’t have to be a customer if you just steal everything you need. [Smart guy meme]

The Hafenstraße is a quite famous symbol in the German left scene.

It’s a block of houses occupied by far-left autonomous people in Hamburg. Or at least it was in 1994, when this was filmed. They painted a slogan to the wall that is in support of the left Kurdish terror organisation PKK. As the PKK is banned in Germany and advertising for a criminal organisation is a crime in itself, the police tried to remove the slogan.

I don’t know if the police finally succeeded, but there was an ongoing battle between the police and the squatters for over a decade. In 1995 the occupants finally bought the houses from the city which brought some peace to the whole conflict.

Reminds me of the German “Soko Wand&Farbe” (Special investigation unit Wall&Paint)

I think I would go insane.

That’s the neat thing. By getting insane you’d be on par with your family again.

As a software developer, AI has made me ten times more efficient. Before AI I used to produce 2-5 new bugs per day of work…

Tell me, Mr. Anderson, what good is a USB drive if you’re unable to plug it in?

This mission is too important, for me to allow you to jeopardise it.

I have no hate for Halloween. We have a similar tradition here in northern Germany called Rummelpott (rumble pot): At new years eve, the kids dress up, go from house to house making noise with their rumbling pot and singing a song asking for treats.

That custom does slowly fall out of fashion and gets replaced by Halloween, but I think the decline of Rummelpott started before and independently of the rise of Halloween, so no reason for hate.

The only thing I really dislike is the aggressiveness of Trick-or-treat. With Rummelpott it was great if you got a chocolate, but if someone couldn’t give or didn’t want to, it was fine as well. But on Halloween you’re kind of extorted to give something. Some older kids have even committed malicious property damage with their “trick” part in the past, but I feel like that’s gotten slightly better since the news started reporting the criminal charges some of these teens were facing.

I admit, King Jameses language is somewhat outdated. You can select another version of the bible in the drop-down at the top.

3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. 4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant?

Station 17 makes disabled music. They have quite a broad spectrum of genres.

I’m so grateful that we don’t celebrate Halloween or Thanksgiving here, because that means that stores actually start selling Christmas cookies in September. I was finally able to refill my strategic Spekulatius reserve this week.

Do these people who claim to be Christian even know their beloved book? It doesn’t seem so, at least they don’t act like it.

3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. 4 Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant?

No, I meant m*t.

I think you ment “The c*nt”

if you think it’s fine to call it ‘fucking’, you’re definitely not a virgin anymore

Oh, that’s great to hear because I think it’s fine to say that I’ve fucked up more than once in my life. So I’m no longer a virgin 🙌

What about women whose asses name is not Harry? And do the women wear the tank tops or the asses? I’m confused.

Even if it is part of your contract, I’d still suggest you talk with your boss about your plans beforehand. Just so both sides are in the same boat and your employer can also plan ahead, knowing that you’ll be gone for two months next year. Otherwise they might not even allow you to take all your time at once.

But your employer is forced to proactively nudge you into taking your days off. If they request you to take your vacation and you still don’t do it, they might even be required to suspend you from coming to work. A least for the minimum of vacation days per year that are required by law.

They can’t just say nothing, wait until April and say: Haha, now your PTO is expired.

ACAB: All cup-sizes are beautiful