Zombie

European democracy has many, many flaws, but compared with Russian dictatorship, it's a utopia. This is a ridiculous take.

Which country is it that invaded its neighbour again? Romania or Russia? Which country is regularly assassinating journalists? Germany or Russia?

What's the point in mining the Moon if we're just gonna leave what's been mined there? Of course it would be removed.

Where did you get that 10% is what would be required to affect the tides? Why don't we just say it's 90% to back your point up even more?

The point is, if allowed, we'll fuck it up like we fuck up every environment. Why must we insist on destroying everything just so some rich people can get richer? Climate change is upon us and instead of acting to prevent it we're looking to do similar destruction elsewhere.

When you look up at the vastness and marvel of space and planetary bodies, are you desperate to see dump trucks, bucket excavators, and orange flashing lights looking back at you?

Until we've mined so much that the ratio of mass between the Earth and the Moon causes tidal changes and eventually the Earth pulls the Moon into the Earth and all life is destroyed. How quickly do you think we can speedrun that?

The industrial revolution was about 150-200 years ago and our planet is dying because of it. Can we beat that record?

Edit: also, who gets dibs on the moon? Something tells me the vast majority of the population won't get a say and mysteriously, somehow, it'll be American mega-corps doing the mining

Just works, sometimes. Other times you'll be left with a blank screen and the need for a second device to search the mint forums. It all depends on the age and support for your hardware.

TLDR: The Gestapo and Stasi

Don't look up.

You'd rather see nonsense then. You can't dissolve a country. A country doesn't go bust, stop trading, wrap things up and shut down. It may have hyper inflation and gain a poor populace but it cannot shut down. It can always leverage for credit because it will always exist. The terms of credit may be awful but the ability to raise funds somehow is always there. Literally printing money, bonds, government takeover of private institutes, whatever, there's many many many more levers available to a government than other entities.

A country cannot go bankrupt. Therefore the title is bollocks, therefore a downvote and move on is warranted. Even if the content is good, they've spoiled any respectability with the title.

This is exactly why the new lemmy.world rules where moderators should challenge everything instead of removing bad content is bonkers because it encourages nonsense and misinformation.

Countries can't go bankrupt... anyone who puts that in their title is full of shit.

One in five Britons have never lived under a dictatorship and haven't got a fucking clue what they're wishing for.

1. I wouldn't recommend any I'm afraid but I would avoid Three. Their coverage is rubbish.

2. They're all pretty similar. Aldi and Lidl are cheap and cheerful. Tesco and Asda (Walmart) are middle of the road. Sainsbury's and Mark's and Spencers are more upmarket. Waitrose is so posh there's none in my city or the next two nearest cities. Farmfoods and Iceland are almost entirely frozen food and Co-Op, Spar, Costcutter, and Premier are slightly more expensive but located in convenient easy to walk places. Try to buy as much as you can from the bigger supermarkets and then just top up things like bread or milk from your local Spar when necessary.

3. Just register with your most local GP. You can easily change GP if you move. Welcome to the true land of the free! (Unless you move to England, but I believe their prescriptions are still capped)

4. The local skatepark might have similar people. Some music venues have under 18 licences (with a guardian) so you could maybe catch some punk gigs together and let her socialise there while you enjoy a beer at the bar and keep half an eye on her to make sure she's alright.

5. There's no mandatory ID. Unless you're buying booze or fags and look young enough you might get ID'd (the rule being if you look under 25 you're supposed to be ID'd for 18+ products) then I wouldn't bother carrying a passport. Too much risk of losing it for no gain.

6. I can only speak for Scotland but it's normal to provide about 2 months rent as a deposit. This legally must be put into a third party deposit scheme so the landlord can't try and screw you when you leave. If you rent via a reputable agency they'll provide you with all the necessary info but I believe the Scottish government website has renters rights easily listed somewhere too

7. Furniture all depends on taste and budget really. John Lewis are pricey but have really good quality stuff with long guarantees. They're kinda worker owned too. There's also always charity shops.

8. Find the largest supermarket in your city. A Tesco Extra or a large ASDA. They'll have plenty of homeware to choose from. Nickel and Dime, B&M, Dunelm, or The Range will also work.

9. Charity shops. Your local shopping mall will have a mix of the usual big name brands of course but if you want real bargains, charity shops are the way to go.

10. I've never used them but Zen Internet are the nerds choice of ISP. ISP depends on who owns the copper/fibre around you and which ISPs they've made deals with. BT Opeanreach own most of the country meaning you can sign up to almost any ISP. Some areas are restricted to the likes of City Fibre but even they have plenty of ISP options.

11. You will get incredibly threatening scary official letters in the post if you don't have a TV licence. They will threaten to imprison you or fine you thousands. Scary letters are about as far as their powers go though. Do with that information as you will.

12. We've got Taco Bell now so if she likes diarrhoea then have at it!

13. I think that would be very company dependent. I don't think you could go wrong with a plain t-shirt and dark jeans at first, and then you can see what others wear to determine how casual you can really go.

14. It can be handy for toilets that require a 20p or 50p coin but generally you'll be fine cash free. Even beggers and buskers have card machines now! Supermarket trolleys are often locked and you have to put a £1 coin in to release it and get it back once you lock the trolley up again but you can also get fake £1 sized tokens for your keyring if you want.

15. Try the Marmite crisps, they'll change your view and spare you the executioner's blade.

Edit: Lemmy is trying to be too clever and has messed up the numbering. It's correct when I edit but goes into a list when I post. I'm sure you can figure out which is which haha

Tha thu seo agad!

They're native to this environment though. Unless you mean the ecology of farms, farms, and more farms. Made and run for the purpose of profit and nothing else. Then yeah, fuck that ecology, release the lynx. Particularly given the genocidal history of the area and its owners.