[-] TaTTe@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

The issue with these statistics is that they look at the average, which is heavily boosted by the exceptionally expensive weddings of the higher upper-class. The median is significantly lower.

https://silkstemcollective.com/median-and-average-wedding-cost/

Also I'm not American, maybe people there just spend a lot more on weddings in general than what I'm used to.

[-] TaTTe@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago

"Northern Europe" but Belgium/France/Germany. Welp, I guess the Nordics don't exist.

To be fair though, there are also about to be some severe floods in Lapland quite soon, albeit for a completely different reason: exceptionally warm spring weather melts the snow faster than usual causing rivers to flood.

[-] TaTTe@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

I think they had quite a valid question. First of all, it's not obvious how this affects Ukraine, if in any way at all. Second, not everyone can know about Iran's involvement in the war (people are born, grown up, and informed every day).

[-] TaTTe@lemmy.world 46 points 3 months ago

Don't forget the Netherlands ban

[-] TaTTe@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago

What the fuck is going on with their asses? Now I really feel we're missing out on something great...

[-] TaTTe@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago

Almost as if it's possible to improve even the largest cities' infrastructure to be more human friendly. Almost as if there's no reason bad urban design should remain bad forever. Huh, who knew...

[-] TaTTe@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

Welp, there goes my job :(

[-] TaTTe@lemmy.world 52 points 5 months ago

It would have cost you nothing to not write this comment...

[-] TaTTe@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

Still doesn't add up. 37% of the US population is 120 million. 1% of the global population is still 80 million.

Are you comparing US household income to global individual income? If that's the case I can see your percentages working, but that comparison doesn't make much sense so I'm still lost.

[-] TaTTe@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago

60% of the US population is like 200 million. 1% of the global population is 80 million. Your maths is way off.

I'd assume something closer to 6% of the US are in the top 1%.

[-] TaTTe@lemmy.world 43 points 9 months ago

Poor 12th billion mother-to-be. She'll push and push but the baby just won't come out 😔

[-] TaTTe@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

I would like to make one correction. Berlin didn't fall because the Western forces captured it, but it was in fact the Red Army that got there first. This of course doesn't change the fact that the Soviets never would have managed it by themselves, but this is the reason why claiming "the Soviets defeated the Nazis" is technically true.

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