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[AskEurope] Fellow Europeans, what is the aspect of USA lifestyle that surprises you the most?
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Honestly, 10 minutes by car is still pretty far for a somewhat urban environment.
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[AskEurope] Fellow Europeans, what is the aspect of USA lifestyle that surprises you the most?
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Honestly, 10 minutes by car is still pretty far for a somewhat urban environment.
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NYC-bound flight canceled when passenger notices missing bolts on plane wing
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Panels coming off during flight is still not ideal, even if they're not critical to flying. They can hit things that are more essential.
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What is the stupidest school rule you've ever had to deal with?
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TBF, students using going to the bathroom as an excuse to do other things is very real. Not all student do it, but some do and these people cause a lot of issues.
I generally keep the rules: leave your phone in the classroom and be back in 10 minutes.
The amount of students that suddenly don't have to go anymore once they're reminded they need to leave their phone is very high.
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The birthday that separates having spent more time in this century than the last should be adressed specifically
As someone born in 2000: No cause that day will not come.
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We've increased our subscription from $9.99 to $29.99 a month
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You don't even need the movies to have some dystopian implant horror. Second sigh used to produce a sight restoring implant. After some financial trouble they stopped manufacturing and support for one of their products. Leaving recipients of the implant sightless in the case the hardware breaks.
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Meer afval op straat in Amsterdam door 'statiegeldproblematiek'
In Duitsland zie je weleens prullenbakken met een appart mandje voor het neerleggen van statiegeld spullen. Op andere plekken zie je dat mensen deze dingen op de prullenbak zetten.
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A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it's all captured on camera
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Probably an accident. It can't even physically swallow something of human size.
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don't tell iceland
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The pics of the team seem a bit AI to me, also when googling their names there are no clear links connecting those names to whale dairy besides that website. This (and how unrealistic the process sounds) leads me to believe that this is not real.
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Two-year-old becomes sixth child to die in a hot car so far this year
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Babies cannot press panic buttons...
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The 'New York Times' attacks e-bikes while ignoring the real danger all around us
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80 yo or 14 yo on ebikes are menaces. One because they don't have the reaction time and coordination to handle the speed. One because they don't have a shred of situational awareness or respect for the rules of the road.
It's honestly scary to share a bike path with both.
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Let me in Please
I'm always like: Dude I'm already in your house, why can't I just knock on your door.
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Male pill: The scientist working on 'progress for humanity'
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It's not really that the regulators have become more strict. Most of the female birth control options would likely be approved today. The issue with male birth control is more the way they assess whether a medication is 'worth it' to take.
For women the risk and side effects of birth control are weighted against being pregnant. Since being pregnant is really dangerous, the side effects can be more severe. For example, hormonal bc causes a slight risk of a stroke, however being pregnant causes this risk to go up more. Therefore the risk of the bc is acceptable.
For men there is no such medical benefit to bc, therefore it must have very very little to no side effects to be approved.
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Donald Trump announces plan to send 30,000 migrants to Guantanamo Bay
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He is not quite a dictator yet. Let's call him an aspiring dictator, to make it clear that action can still prevent it from getting that bad.
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We asked 100 women from each country what shampoo they were using
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It's not weaponized politeness. It's a love for efficient communication; everyone speaks English, so why not use it.
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TIL some species of ants farm aphids like we do cows
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Ant hills can also have any infestations, as in a smaller species of ants (often thief ants) stealing the resources of the bigger ants.
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What are the facts you remember for no specific reason
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I've heard this is not true, but it was a lie by the UK government to cover up the invention of radar and the cracking of the enigma code.
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Waar veel mensen klagen over het huidige weer, heeft al deze neerslag ons neerslagtekort weer teruggebracht naar het gemiddelde!
Dit weer heeft me eindelijk weer de kans gegeven om ouderwets te zeiken over het weer! Hoera ;-)
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Let them eat cereal rule
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This can also be mitigated a lot by cooking the beans in the morning mor a short time, packing the pan into a lot of blankets and then cooking it shortly in the evening.
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James Van Der Beek’s Friends Launch Fundraiser For His Wife & Kids After His Death, Saying Actor’s Cancer Treatments “Left The Family Out Of Funds”
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Nah, one thing Dutch healthcare does not do is regular checkups and interventions. I guess that free GP visits could have helped though...
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Reinvented from first principles
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Throw some oatmeal in a bowl with milk (or water) and leave it overnight. Then throw in some fruit and other things to make it tasty. It is actually quite good and very quick.