Rants and WTF are you talking about and Coronavirus!

[Mursenary]

No escorts in your neck of the woods?

Don't monger in the States. Normal girls only.

[DrPoon]

Easy fix, stay away from the big cities, don't buy brand new cars and the newest iPhone, save like an immigrant, invest like the lovechild of Warren Buffet and a Vietnamese Poker player. Millionaire in 10 years easy.

There are no jobs in small cities which is why people in the USA move to the big cities and drive up rents and cause homelessness and drug use.

In a small city the only job would be to work at a prive prison which is low pay and then in a small city you will be subject to very active traffic police giving tickets for not signaling 500 feet prior to turning, 5 mph over speed limit, etc.

No one can afford new cars basically even those who buy them usually get them reposessed and also there is a chip shortage so probably will never even get produced until 2023.

And with the deflation there is no way a saver will become a millionaire since the huge deflation will make saved money worthless in a few years. Really the only way to become rich is only open to already millionaires. Which they buy multi unit subsidized apartment complexes and rent them out to people on subsidized housing (guaranteed rent) and allow drug dealers and violence to occur at the apartment complex to earn high profits: this is called a slumlord which is what the entire USA has essentially become: a slum.

[Turgid]

... I self loved last night to a nice film by Charity Crawford.....

No escorts in your neck of the woods?

[Sirioja]

Interesting thread. Only people defending their big ego's and nothing about factual info?

Internet is talking here. According to internet followers, almost fine in Germany, when more than 60000 new cases daily, so why do they ask for 2 G and even + for everything now, even for restaurants, maybe hotels? When health minister told: Germans will be vaccinated, recovered or dead at the end of Winter, when OMS tell now about around only 40% efficiency versus delta and third dose needed after only 5 months, not anymore 6. Despite vaccine, but situation is turning to same panic than 1 year ago.

[BigBuddy69]

Interesting thread. Only people defending their big ego's and nothing about factual info?

You got it perfectly right. And severe cases of mental illnesses.

[Maxime]

LOL.

Indeed, they extended the validness of Antigen Schnelltest to 24 hours instead of 6 hours (question still is if only the timestamp of Entrance in club is used, or (also) the time you are leaving the club? But ok.

For multi day stay in Germany you not only need more testing, but also might need to fill in the registration form when entering Germany (depending on where you coming from).

So in clubs, etc 2 G+ is required, during most other (leisure and culture) activities you need 2 G, only at some business activities, 3 G will still be ok.

Interesting thread. Only people defending their big ego's and nothing about factual info?

[Sirioja]

That would be proper, localized restrictions where they're needed. Cost-benefit would favor restrictions in a large city in Saxony such as Dresden over a blanket lockdown that also covers a small city like Kaiserslautern near the Black Forest.

What about large rich Bavaria? Rather than internet, just ask or listen German politics telling about dramatic situation. Like for bicycle, real field is way more reliable than internet. More than 100000 deaths from covid in Germany and their Winter will be complicated and they already understood.

[Mursenary]

I must disagree with this characterization of the USA. There is no opportunity here except for crony capitalists who have government contracts. There is tons of violence and the threat of high rates of imprisonment that it is not a safe country to live in.

There is no more manufacturing base. Nothing is made here anymore except fast food with chemicals and genetic modifications that cause Americans to get fat and lazy and that the majority will be homeless soon due to the housing shortage and high rents.

Easy fix, stay away from the big cities, don't buy brand new cars and the newest iPhone, save like an immigrant, invest like the lovechild of Warren Buffet and a Vietnamese Poker player. Millionaire in 10 years easy.

[Mursenary]

It is probably a little fool hardy to quickly dismiss culture. There is a history of the Protestant work ethic. Compare that to something like Buddhism or Atheism in regards to culture. Culture is stronger than a vague notions of intelligence.

This is the type of response that stirs fruitful conversation. Where have you been all my ISG life? Yes, Protestant work ethic is definitely a valid cultural point ingrained in Americana that separates Americans from say the 35 hour work week French style. It comes with its problems but definitely something that separates America from its Latin and even French influenced Canadian neighbors. Doesn't compare to the East Asian "work drone" work ethic but might be a happy medium between the French and East Asian work models. The "conquer the west" and "Manifest Destiny" images of "American-ness" is also something to be mentioned. Rebuttals that could / should have been brought up by the more emotional posters.

[BobNSuzy]

Won't agree on much but when a broken clock is right, it is right. Nothing special about the American people. If anything, how easy it is here makes the people raised in this environment soft, especially the ones who grew not knowing poverty or unequal access to opportunity.

That being said, the system is great for those with the hunger to play the game. It's easy to acquire wealth here if you don't fall in the cultural "Keeping Up with the Jones" spending + credit trap. Starting a business, easy. Market investment, easy. Career changes, easy. And while there are many nations that produce decent qualities of life for a small population, those nations are also limited with a small ceiling due to a lack of diversity in industries and resources. Say a country like Norway, other Scandinavians, or even Netherlands. Great standard of living in a small population. But nations like that are 3 trick ponies with low ceilings. They operate well in their cute little spheres but will never independently be world superpowers.

Again, nothing special about the people in the States, past or present, with perhaps the exception that it fosters an environment that attracts bold personalities from all over the world. The influx of success driven populations probably fuels an air of competitiveness that ensures that the people who have been here for several generations must stay on their toes to maintain their current lifestyles. Open competition makes this nation great, not any innate characteristic of the people.

It is probably a little fool hardy to quickly dismiss culture. There is a history of the Protestant work ethic. Compare that to something like Buddhism or Atheism in regards to culture. Culture is stronger than a vague notions of intelligence.

[DrPoon]

I must disagree with this characterization of the USA. There is no opportunity here except for crony capitalists who have government contracts. There is tons of violence and the threat of high rates of imprisonment that it is not a safe country to live in.

There is no more manufacturing base. Nothing is made here anymore except fast food with chemicals and genetic modifications that cause Americans to get fat and lazy and that the majority will be homeless soon due to the housing shortage and high rents.

Essentially living someplace that is safe with low rents would be a much better place.

The only thing good about the USA is that they have the correct lug nuts unlike Germany which has terrible lug nuts. So then maybe Japan is good since they also have the correct lug nuts, however they drive on the wrong side of the road there.

Won't agree on much but when a broken clock is right, it is right. Nothing special about the American people. If anything, how easy it is here makes the people raised in this environment soft, especially the ones who grew not knowing poverty or unequal access to opportunity.

That being said, the system is great for those with the hunger to play the game. It's easy to acquire wealth here if you don't fall in the cultural "Keeping Up with the Jones" spending + credit trap. Starting a business, easy. Market investment, easy. Career changes, easy. And while there are many nations that produce decent qualities of life for a small population, those nations are also limited with a small ceiling due to a lack of diversity in industries and resources. Say a country like Norway, other Scandinavians, or even Netherlands. Great standard of living in a small population. But nations like that are 3 trick ponies with low ceilings. They operate well in their cute little spheres but will never independently be world superpowers.

Again, nothing special about the people in the States, past or present, with perhaps the exception that it fosters an environment that attracts bold personalities from all over the world. The influx of success driven populations probably fuels an air of competitiveness that ensures that the people who have been here for several generations must stay on their toes to maintain their current lifestyles. Open competition makes this nation great, not any innate characteristic of the people.

[Mursenary]

Based on reports from Germany it's likely that some sort of lockdown will come soon, at least at local level. In Switzerland they claim no new measures so far.

That would be proper, localized restrictions where they're needed. Cost-benefit would favor restrictions in a large city in Saxony such as Dresden over a blanket lockdown that also covers a small city like Kaiserslautern near the Black Forest.

[Mursenary]

Tech talent has a way of ending up in USA due to the investment climate in tech in silicon Valley. Not because Americans are smarter. In fact, most tech talent in the USA came from outside of the USA. And also due to bad climate for tech startups elsewhere in the world. One side of this relates to the payments made in stocks in the American tech sector. This is not doable elsewhere in the world unfortunately for several reasons. And the size of the US market is also an essential factor. We see that now as soon as a player with a larger population (China) grows up, sanctions are added in order to try to stay on top of the game.

Won't agree on much but when a broken clock is right, it is right. Nothing special about the American people. If anything, how easy it is here makes the people raised in this environment soft, especially the ones who grew not knowing poverty or unequal access to opportunity.

That being said, the system is great for those with the hunger to play the game. It's easy to acquire wealth here if you don't fall in the cultural "Keeping Up with the Jones" spending + credit trap. Starting a business, easy. Market investment, easy. Career changes, easy. And while there are many nations that produce decent qualities of life for a small population, those nations are also limited with a small ceiling due to a lack of diversity in industries and resources. Say a country like Norway, other Scandinavians, or even Netherlands. Great standard of living in a small population. But nations like that are 3 trick ponies with low ceilings. They operate well in their cute little spheres but will never independently be world superpowers.

Again, nothing special about the people in the States, past or present, with perhaps the exception that it fosters an environment that attracts bold personalities from all over the world. The influx of success driven populations probably fuels an air of competitiveness that ensures that the people who have been here for several generations must stay on their toes to maintain their current lifestyles. Open competition makes this nation great, not any innate characteristic of the people.

[Mursenary]

Who says I am against the idea of vaccines? I'm just against being foolish and listening to handpicked evidence when side effects are worse than the diseases.

You did, over and over and over again. That alternate reality must be getting more and more rooted.

Recall the story of you as a petulant child, likely due to a deathly fear of needles, raising hell and embarrassing your parents by crying all the way to the nurse's office because "he already knew better" that vaccines were a hoax. There lies the origin story of the adult antiVax nutjob, just a pussy scared of needles trying to justify his innate Bitchassness with absurd pseudoscience theories.

[PaulInZurich]

Let us calm our tits a bit. Cases high yes, but deaths not rising proportionately. Considering that this time last year Germany was in full lock down but this year things are near wide open yet they seem to already be coming down from their hospitalization mini-peak, it seems they're still holding steady. With each mini peak, the severity will keep lessening. It will be a downward series of smaller and smaller peaks as the unvaccinated get exposed and the pool of those at risk for severe disease dwindle. As time passes, the "covid will become endemic" seem to be the ones who got it right.

Based on reports from Germany it's likely that some sort of lockdown will come soon, at least at local level. In Switzerland they claim no new measures so far.