Don't worry. Asbestos cement is not really dangerous, as long as the concrete is intact and you don't touch it, there's nothing to be afraid of.

It's when it crumbles or you work on it, that you have to take care. The problem is Asbestos dust entering your lungs, where it's very carcinogenic.

But intact walls and roof are okay.

Kannst du nachvollziehen, wie es zu dieser Entwicklung gekommen ist?

Können wir das reproduzieren?

Same, dude. THPS2 was massively influential for my generation.

Never been a skater myself after having had a neck injury in third grade, when I first tried it. But the music stuck.

Nobody denies its Turkish roots though. AFAIK putting Kebap in bread isn't really a thing in Turkey and although one might argue how big a contribution that is, it's that step that combined a Turkish dish with German Imbiss culture and made this a huge success all over Germany.

You're welcome to try the same thing with Schnitzel and if you attain the same level of success and cultural significance, I'd rightfully call you the "inventor". (though I have to inform you, that "Schnitzelsemmel" is a thing already, so maybe think of a different example)

I do get, why people dislike GIMP. It has a bit of a steep learning curve. And approaches things uniquely.

But for a FOSS paint equivalent: have you tried Pinta? It's much less complicated, and the UI isn't too bad.

I agree, there's definitely room for improvement.

It seems rare, that the whole train station was closed (probably not one of the bigger cities) and you must have stayed rather late, while christmas markets usually already open in the afternoon (or even earlier) and the sun sets early in their season, so there's plenty of time to enjoy them while they are most beautiful (at night) and still make it home by train in a lot of places.

That being said, in more places than you'd expect, you won't find convenient train connections after midnight, if at all. That makes using public transit almost useless for partying. I remember living in a somewhat rural area as a young partygoer and if I wanted to go to the city for partying, the choice was to either go home before the city folk even really started going, or keep partying until the clubs closed and then hang around with the punks at the railroad station to wait for the first train in the morning. Having a designated driver and going by car was the usual option.

Am German, can confirm. Parking garages do indeed exist here. Germany is very car centric, but fortunately not as bad as the US. Our cities do also have mostly working public infrastructure that makes it possible for lots of people to get to the Christmas market and drink several mugs of mulled wine without the need for overly huge parking garages.

So the money you use to pay off your student's debts is used to provide your income, which you can use to pay off student's debt...

It' the ciiiircle of life!

Lucky you!

McCartney and Swift 'exploit' tons of people as well. They might flagship their music artist operation themselves and kind of 'be' the product (or rather the brand), but there are lots and lots of people involved to make tours and shows possible, recording, production and especially distribution of music and merch involves labour as well.

In addition to that: I don't think they store all that money on a nice little heap in their backyard. It usually gets invested into some sorts of corporations, be it through the stock market, where it will accrue revenue, that comes as the result of more exploitation.

That being said: the term 'exploitation' carries a much more negative connotation than would be beneficial for the conversation. It's concept of marxist economics, and the term 'Ausbeutung' = exploitation was used by Marx himself to describe how capitalists benefit from the surplus that workers produce. I like the term 'reaping the surplus' better because it doesn't carry as much of a negative connotation. The criticism of capitalism shouldn't barely rely on the fact that surplus is being taken away from the workers, but from the consequences to society and the political system that inevitably follow when that wealth is concentrated in the hands of a minority.

Oh, so complex numbers are not numbers now?!

Dazu kommt bei facebook noch, dass der Feed zu mehr als 50% mit irrelevantem Clickbait, sogenannten "Vorschläge für dich"-Posts besteht.

Ich nutze das noch um mit einigen Bekannten und alten Freunden Kontakt zu halten, deswegen schau ich ab und zu rein. Aber die Feed-Funktion ist wirklich unbenutzbar geworden, und Kommentare zu lesen ohne nen Eimer Augenbleiche dereit stehen zu haben, war schon lange unverantwortlich.