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Okay, it seems that the social media curse is real even there. So I think it’s time to excuse myself. If anybody needs me, I’m not really hard to find 👋
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Aida · 27w
There or here?
Laeserin · 27w
I'm constantly amazed at how much money American devs make. That's CEO salary, in Germany. German devs, by comparison. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzplfq3m5v3u5r0q9f255fdeyz8nyac6lagssx8zy4wugxjs8ajf7pqy...
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But isn’t it true that cost of living is much higher there? My friend who lived there for many years used to refer to the US as the richest third-world country, mainly because even though he made about much more on the same position than home (and here it is quite lucrative position), he constantly struggled to make ends meet. Back here, he lives very comfortable life on about a third of his US salary.

It is obvious on subscription prices, you can pile multiple $6/month in the US without problems, but here it gets prohibitive very fast.
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Laeserin · 27w
Most of the USA is cheaper, but nobody seems to want to live there. Everyone crowds into a few big cities and then pays ridiculous real estate prices and private school, etc. In Bavaria, we live in a village, and have access to city infrastructure, because of the way everyone is spread out across t...
Diyana · 27w
Well I guess I am getting prepped up for surgery. The surgeon said he's pretty sure it's the appendix. We waited monitoring me to rule it out overnight in case it was the burst ovarian cyst but he thi...
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I have lived through that, we had lengthy conversation with the doctor and finally decided to remove it. According to latest studies it seems that one of the functions of it is to harbour gut bacteria in the event of severe diarrhoea, but with our modern diet it is prone to keep the bad bacteria in. Here doctors say that up until about 20 years old they try to save it, but with fully grown adults they tend to remove it as the infection can be life threatening. After the surgery the doctor told me it was ready to burst, so it was a good call.
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u32Luke · 27w
Agreed!
Diyana · 27w
Thank you. I am glad I am here and being taken care of really appreciating the nurses and the doctors who have all been caring for me today.
Ave Delphina profile picture
I know we’re not supposed to get emotional about things, but…

My Saab died today. It’s kind of hard to see her just being in front of the house knowing that my daughter waving at us earlier today might be the last wave.

But the feeling is something different. It feels that everything is going to shit. Every one thing that I really wanted in my life, and finally got at some point, ended badly. Cars, things, relationships. Only those that came on their own and got accepted, last.

Reviving Erdbeere is not a question of money or possibility. Sourcing an engine is actually quite easy and not expensive (unlike the Jag that sits just next to her with the same problem). It made me stop and question my life choices. Should I revive her or let her go? Both options seems unthinkable. And there are so many choices like this in the past year for me. Should I stay or should I go?
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makeheroism · 27w
Yeah I think that’s pretty accurate. I think this is a hard thing to quantify and or qualify. Especially coming from a position of not wanting anything (for adults) to be censored. It all kinda seems pretty binary to me when push comes to shove.
Jessica Chasteen · 27w
That’s been my experience too, although there has also been a hard line drawn for anti-war lefties like Hasan and myself. Anyone who isn’t a “lib”. The best old-Twitter metaphor I could make for it is that the mainstream social media are all the KHive now lol