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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • A decent bike needn’t be expensive. For as little as 300€, you can have a new bike that’ll do just fine for recreational use and simple commutes. Used bikes can usually be had really cheap, too, but for that you’d best know how to check the components and what to look for.

    Race bikes, mountain bikes and pedelecs are a different thing, but those are either specialty sports equipment or luxury items.

    Either way, (normal) bikes are easy and cheap to maintain, if used correctly.


  • Du streitest mit einem selbstgebauten Strohmann: Vor dir hat niemand angenommen, dass die Regierung durch den Aufruf zu Protesten jede andere Handlung gegen Rechtsextremismus ausschließt.

    Der Rechtsstaat muss jetzt zeigen, dass er gegen Rechtsextremismus robust ist. Unter anderem die laufende Absicherung der Justiz gegen Übernahmen durch rechtsextreme Landesregierungen zeigt, dass da was läuft. Gerade währenddessen ist es aber ungemein wichtig, auch die Mehrheitsgesellschaft auf den Kampf gegen Nazis einzuschwören.

    Und dazu muss dir träge Masse eben aktiviert sein. Die Teilnahme an Demos ist eine gute Aktivierung. Ich wage zu behaupten, dass Leute, die zur Teilnahme an Demos bewegt wurden, eher auch zu Wahlen gehen werden. Und wir brauchen in naher Zukunft wirklich jeden bisherigen Nichtwähler gegen Extremisten.



  • Unpopuläre Meinung:

    Religionslehre gehört in einem demokratischen Staat mit Religionsfreiheit zu den wichtigen Aufgaben der allgemeinen Schulbildung, damit eben nicht allein die organisierten Religionsgemeinschaften die alleinige Deutungshoheit im Leben religiöser Mitbürger haben. Dazu braucht es säkulare, staatlich und eben nicht von den Religionsgemeinschaften selbst ausgebildete Religionslehrer und ein fachwissenschaftlich erarbeitetes Curriculum, das alle großen (sprich: im Staatsvolk hinreichend häufig abgebildeten) Religionen nebeneinander gleich behandelt. Überkommen hingegen ist ein konfessionsgebundener Reli-Unterricht, wie er bisher bestand.






  • Loudly and visibly changing the rules doesn’t “create offenders”. Offenders aren’t victims of changed rules.

    It has been shown time and again that lowering speed limits in cities reduces traffic accidents and emissions at close to no costs to the flow of traffic.

    My own city (in Germany, so it really was a heavily-criticized decision) lowered the speed limit on one of the major arterial roads to 30 kph. It is one I have to use regularly, and oh boy, let me tell you: I was soooo opposed to the change. Yet, it really only changed how fast you arrive at the next red light. There is literally no discernable change in how long it takes to pass that street, especially during rush hour. Traffic just got a little more fluid.

    It is, however, the street with the most speeding tickets in town. I regularly see one or two mobile speed cameras along the way. And I’ve never been fined. You got to wonder…




  • I use a Moonman/Majohn A2 with De Atrementis Document Black at work daily, so you may want to take my advice with a grain of salt. That being said, I love (!) push-retractable fountain pens for any setting where you write with them at least twice a week so the ink doesn’t dry out. I believe there is close to no buyer’s remorse among those who splurged on a Pilot Vanishing Point pen, and I’ll extend that recommendation to Moonman’s really excellent knock-offs.

    As for ever-ready, on-the-go ballpoint pens, a metal body Parker Jotter filled with a 1mm Schmidt easyFLOW 9000 is my conference bag staple for quick, short notes.

    Among friends and family who aren’t into fountain pens, I’ve heard lots of praise for the Caran d’Ache 849 ballpoint pen, too.


  • The original meme template has the guy leaving without looking back due to whatever he sees on the woman’s cupboard, implying that there are private ideologies/hobbies/affiliations so repulsive that you’d back out of a one night stand at the last moment.

    In this variation of the meme, what he spots on the cupboard seems to be so attractive to him that they have sex until he is exsanguinated, or “pumped empty”.




  • Fastest speedrun was like not even 10 minutes.

    And that was to beat him. Just reaching him and dying to him should go substantially faster:

    • get levitation potions/scrolls
    • grab Icarian Flight
    • have some form of suped speed enhancement (cumulative potions, Boots of Blinding Speed etc.)
    • carefully aim north of Ghost Gate and hop
    • rush through Dagoth Ur (location) into Facility Chamber
    • whack ol’ Three Eyes and have him demolish you