You should hang out with my wife. Though having “bad tastes” does lend itself to some awesomely bad movies. My wife has found some gems that are so bad they are good.

TIL never go to Steak n Shake.

The point of the thread is to have an opinion most people disagree with. So by participating they should be upvoted. Internet etiquette is so weird.

Yes the climate will be much better without pesky humans around!

Who downvotes an opinion so apt?

Time is relative. So, the electrons might experience a different “time” because they are moving closer to the speed of light, but they cannot traverse further in time. The twin paradox is interesting because humans change as time goes on. The internal changes a human experiences as they experience time dilation is what we really are measuring. If the twins were both frozen in time, we wouldn’t really care that they experienced different time references during their trip.

The electrons are basically “frozen in time” in this regard. The information they carry isn’t changing in their relative frame. So the end result isn’t super interesting. If the electron changed over time - and we moved it close to the speed of light - that change would be relative. The information we sent would be different than when it arrived.

In other words, they do experience different time frames than something 0.00000001c, but since they don’t change at all it’s not really meaningful that they are - perhaps - less “aged” by the time they reach their destination than we are.

Off lights let you know if it’s broken. If it’s on, it’s obviously working. If it’s off and the light is on, it’s getting power. If it’s off and plugged in, but not displaying the light - that indicates it’s broken or not getting power.

Just divide that number by two until it’s small enough to make the request under the free version.

Fucking peaches.

Try journaling. Though I recently “vented” in https://lemmy.world/c/mentalhealth

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I know what you mean. I wish more stuff could just be packed in glass jars with the little popping seal. If it’s popped, it has been opened. I don’t know if everything can handle the pressure difference… But it seems ideal. Plus then the glass jars and aluminum lids can be recycled.

Arma and Operation Flashpoint is much closer than the other games you mentioned. You might be interested in trying them. But it requires a lot of patience and map reading. Also it’s not finger-level accurate. But the rest is on par.

Honestly I didn’t realize that. That does make it a bit more reasonable but it’s still a lot of the income tax. But the other explanations I’ve read sort of make it make sense. Churches were the original social services for the needy and Germany basically coopted the model into their tax system - rather than tearing down religious hospitals or making them private.

I get it, but it’s also weird!

In Germany, state-recognized churches collect taxes from their members in order to finance their activities as well as wages. Everyone who is a member of an officially recognized religious group automatically gets a percentage of their monthly wage taken from their paycheck. Usually, this amounts to around 9% of income tax — with the exception of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, where the church tax amounts to 8%.

For native Germans, church tax is often automatically collected. Many Germans are baptized at a young age and thereby become members of a particular church, which means they pay taxes to that church when they begin to earn income as an adult.

If you’re a foreigner moving to Germany, you can declare your affiliation to a church when you register at your local citizen’s office.

9%? That’s absurd. Is there a way to remove yourself from this?

I agree. How are you gonna make a mansion with just a square foot? Let alone 50,000 of them.

I love to just have them on, in the background. These movies are self-aware. The Netflix equivalent has its own universe with internal references to each other, which includes fake countries, maps, etc. I’m no joke invested in the Netflix Christmas-verse or whatever the fuck.

Hallmark is a little less fun to watch, but still quality rubbish. Everyone knows it’s over the top. The actors, producers, and writers are all in on it. I’m not saying that makes them good. They are still bad. But when you watch them knowing the content is almost intentionally cringe, it’s a bit better. With a slight shift in perspective and perhaps a bit of squinting, you can see the Christmas overtures as nothing more than satire. Last year, one movie just threw in a vague reference to Santa. No beard. No glasses. Just a guy who wore a red coat and occasionally would get 1-3 seconds on camera breaking the fourth wall. He had like one line. No gifts. No reindeer. Never interacting with the Christmas Couple. Just essentially an old dude in red. To me, that’s the height of humor. It’s like they’re just wafting a single sprig of holly over the film in the editing room. I crack up every time.

Boom. Roasted.

No problem. I just wanted to see that list cause I couldn’t tell who federated with hexbear or not.

Thank you so much! Perfect