We can’t jail them without a law that makes it illegal.

And if we introduce rent control, we need to replace it with other incentives to build new apartment buildings. Ideally ones that create a slight oversupply of housing. Otherwise, in a decade or so, you get cheap rent but tons of homeless people because the supply is insufficient.

Yes, it definitely has to be recalculated frequently. If it doesn’t, it will be about as useful as the US minimum wage after some time.

But as I said, most people wouldn’t have significantly more or less money than they do today. At least I carefully calculated those numbers so that most people would have pretty much the same, for Germany in 2019. So I don’t really expect prices to go up drastically.

It’s not that people suddenly have 1000€ extra. Either their unemployment benefits get replaced by that UBI, or they now have to pay an extra 1000€ in taxes.

I’m a big fan of the concept of an universal basic income. Where everyone gets ~1000€ every month from the government. For children, the parents get the money.

And I mean everyone. Every legal resident. Including billionaires.

To finance it I would tax both income and capital gains at ~50%. From the very first € you earn.

The net tax load on most people would not actually change much. But it completely gets rid of situations where if people work more, loose their benefits and end up with less.

1000€ should be just about enough to life a frugal lifestyle. A flat with a partner or flatmate in a small town. Produce to cook a flexitarian diet. A public transport pass and a bicycle. A Samsung Galaxy A17 with an internet plan. And all those other real necessities of life.

If people want luxuries, they will still have to work. Someone still has to produce those consumables after all. But everyone should be able to get all of their basic necessities covered.

I would be taking care of other people’s gardens. I’d encourage them to let me build habitats for native wildlife. And doing work outside is just so relaxing.

And I would build an alarm clock app, that lets you set the alarm according to the weather. It would allow you to set up alarms for snow and black ice. That way you can clear your section of sidewalk and use alternative transportation options to get to work.

Or maybe I’d open a repair-shop. One that also allows people to do the work themselves with tools and instruction.

Wenn Wahlversprechen selbst dann nicht alle erfüllbar sind, wenn eine Partei alleine eine 2/3 Mehrheit hätte, dann ist Erinnern nicht das Problem

Is this related to the Tiananmen Square glitch?

If you wait too long, it might become biologically impossible. Biologically, the best age for kids is between 20 and 35. After that, there is a sharp decline.

And there is never 100% readiness, nor 100% certainty that you want it. Especially not while you are that young.

A sad number of folks I know are in their 40s, and struggling to convince. They wanted to be 100% ready, then build a large family. And now it’s too late.

So if you are in a position where you can have kids, and think you want kids, you should probably go for it. Even if you aren’t 100% ready yet.

That’s what my therapist taught me, as well.

My needs aren’t always the same as the needs of the people around me. And I’m allowed to see to them

Is that AI, or did the illustraters deliberately misspell things?

To me that sounds even worse.

What’s positive is always relative.

The medication I take reduces appetite. Not hunger, just appetite. If you struggle with obesity because you eat for emotional reasons, that could be a positive for you.

But I am struggling with eating enough, so I won’t get low blood sugar. And so I don’t get overweight¹. I think I ate 2 corn wafers today. 40 kcal. It’s 21:02. That’s not enough!

Edit:

1. underweight. Obviously.

Did they stop paying his bribes or something?

You could register Republican, then vote in the Republican primary for the less evil candidate.

Then in the general election vote for the Democratic nominee.

Although I don’t think many people are doing that, so maybe there’s a flaw in that strategy

Ja, long COVID. Eine sehr bekannte YouTuberin hat es auch ganz besonders schlimm getroffen.

Ich bin froh das ich mehrfach geimpft war, bevor mich COVID erwischt hat. Ich lag trotzdem 2 Wochen im Bett und konnte einen Monat lang meinem Hobby nicht nachgehen. Aber wer weiß was ohne Impfung passiert wäre.

Ich finde die wesentlich schlimmer, die in der Stadt 30-60 fahren, und sich dann wundern das sie nicht rechtzeitig bremsen können

20° is close to the temperature where it doesn’t matter