The Netherlands in 2100, when all the ice has melted:
(I'm sorry, my friends. You're welcome to come to Germany, if you promise to bring your superior bike infrastructure.)
ValiantDust
joined 2 years ago
Ja, im Moment heißt 30 in Städten leider, dass der Radfahrer, der 25 km/h fährt dringend mit 50 km/h und 50cm Abstand überholt werden muss, weil kann ja nicht sein, dass man hinter dem hertuckern muss!
It's better, but very far away from good. My comment and the other one mentioning the same thing are already the ones with the most downvotes in this thread. So thanks to the downvoters for proving my point, I guess.
Anything slightly "feminist". You know, like pointing out that women do the majority of unpaid care work. Or saying it's not nice to objectify women. Or sometimes mentioning the word women will do it.
Der "Paketshop": Ein gammeliger AWG mit unfreundlichem Personal und Öffnungszeiten von 9:00-18:00.
Never gonna give you up
Find das auch immer interessant, wie das als Begründung angeführt wird, dass es da ja kein Sexismusproblem gäbe. Das Problem liegt halt einfach eine Ebene drüber.
Eigentlich auch den Führerschein generell. Kann man ja selbst am besten einschätzen, ob man Auto fahren kann oder nicht.
Think about it like this: There is an almost endless amount of stuff around us at any given moment that we could be aware of. If we factor in the things that are not actually there but we can still think about, then there are infinitely many things we could be paying attention to at any moment.
But we only have a finite amount of energy to do it. The more energy we use to think about one thing the less energy remains to think about everything else.
I wouldn't say that we are ignoring things when we concentrate. Because to me when you ignore something you are actually aware of it but choose to ignore it. When you concentrate, you just don't have enough energy left to be aware of other things.
I used to have this problem, too. Both when trying to fall asleep in the evening and after waking up in the middle of the night for any reason.
What really helps me is putting on an audiobook or podcast that I like but already know (this part is important because otherwise I will just listen to it for the rest of the night because I want to know what happens) and setting the volume to very low. I set the sleep timer to 15 minutes and most of the time I'm asleep way before it turns off.
I had to experiment a bit to find audiobooks that hit the sweet spot of being engaging enough to keep my mind from wandering but not so much that I can't drift of to sleep but once I found a few, it's been a real game changer.
I've wondered if there is any way to get an US library card as a non-citizen for a while and this thread got me to finally do the research. The Queens Public Library apparently issues cards to non-US-residents for 50$/year. I have yet to look into it more thoroughly and check out the catalogue. But considering the number of Audiobooks I listen to, it seems like a good deal.