A Forkful Of Gold

@stefan_mnl Socialism was an ideology born in Europe, as were communism and anarchism. Slavery was abolished. Europe is not all about individualism, and dismissing the everyman, those not part of the upper crust, as "the masses, the peasants", is wildly un-European. Feudalism is history.

Individualism is European Collectivism is third worldist Our focus should be on the individual. Their focus is on the masses, the peasants, the majority. Do you understand?

@leonidasboss @MbarkCherguia I was responding to the question in the post I was replying to (knowing that it's just engagement bait, but hey, bored right now). That's it. I'll leave you and your tangent alone and not indulge you.

@thayethaye @MbarkCherguia You are worried about 1 video im saying they litter and dump everything everywhere they don't care if its biohazardous or not. You don't have to be blind to it and pretend like you need to make a fresh judgement for this video 😂 Like "oh its clay" shut the fuck up

Should this be allowed? Thoughts?

@leonidasboss @MbarkCherguia Okay. Non sequitur.

@thayethaye @MbarkCherguia Go on google earth and drop the street view guy anywhere at random in India and see how much garbage there is.

@airsoft619 @n00rdung @Andric1961 As I thought!

@thayethaye @n00rdung @Andric1961 According to my quick google the etymology is latin -> romanian -> hungarian -> czech/slovak -> austrian german. One of the most KuK etymologies I've seen.

Wien, Konditorei. Deutscher Tourist, unentschlossen. Die Verkäuferin, eine Serbin, mit slawischem Einschlag: "Die Powidlgolatschn san särr frrisch." 🇩🇪: "Die was?" Verkäuferin: "Na, die Powidlgolatschn!" 🇩🇪: ??? Verkäuferin: "So hoaßt dös auf Deutsch. Auf Englisch woas I ned".

@pupsnase777 @denisyurchak If bike lanes were "useless"- as in not being used- they would not exist. Very obviously and heavily biased commentary from you on that.

@denisyurchak 2. Education is free if you want your kids to go to schools where 80% don't speak German. 3. You obviously never rode the U6 during summer. Yes there are lots of useless bike lanes, but simply because the socialist government hate people with cars. 6. I laughed a lot about that.

I pay 50% tax in Austria. Here is what my taxes here buy: 1. Friendly social climate The playing field in Vienna is extremely levelled out. There are some old-money folks and rich oil arabs who come to shop, but most people earn about the same. As a senior engineer, you will earn about 30% more than a waiter, not orders of magnitude like in Eastern Europe. A waiter may even earn more because they get tipped in cash. I go to a premium boxing club, and the people I box with are bus drivers, policemen, and teachers. People don't hustle too much, are chill and friendly. There is very little aggression on the street, as opposed to NYC or Warsaw, for example. There is no subservient attitude in the service sector, which people from the US and Eastern Europe perceive as bad service. 2. (Almost) free education Most state universities in Austria cost under 400 euros/semester. The quality of education is high, and you can go learn anything you want, any time. Most people stay enrolled in a uni "just in case", well into their 30s. Vienna attracts tons of students, and it creates a cool young vibe (not to mention a constant influx of really hot girls). 3. Insane infrastructure The streets and public transit in Vienna are clean like an OP room. The buses are plentiful and on time. The cars in big cities are absolutely useless – you can move faster with bikes or public transport. The bike lanes are world-class - riding a bike in Vienna is safe, fast, and enjoyable. 4. Nature protection The taxpayer bucks buy a very well-preserved nature and clean water. Vienna is one of the few cities in Europe with a swimmable river. Swimming in the Danube in summer is genuinely an unbeatable experience (and maintaining it costs a lot of taxpayer money). 5. Expensive restaurants Because of the high price of labor, restaurants are expensive (and also mid-quality). Eating out daily is not a thing. Some places offer business lunches called tages menu, but most people eat at home every day. 6. No corruption The police and government officials earn a lot. The risk of getting caught for bribes is high, so bribing here is unthinkable. You can still "arrange" stuff if you know the right people, but this only works for small things and really close connections. ––– Overall, I would say this lifestyle is worth it if you are a student or 50+, have kids, and just want to chill. If you are young and entrepreneurial, Austria might hold you back more than give you for the tax you pay.

@n00rdung @Andric1961 While having Latin roots, it may have been the word used for pancakes by Slavic peoples, who like so many other names later popularized the term in Vienna/Austria. Would be something I'd speculate, because the Germans aren't using it.

@thayethaye @Andric1961 well it's probably via the other slavic languages in the region

@n00rdung @Andric1961 I was under the impression and believe I was once told it was of Slavic origin. Guess it's not then, hm. I never bothered to check. Thanks for the correction.

@thayethaye @Andric1961 ok but palatschinkn is pannonian latin, not slavic (from roman period placenta cake)

@notcee_fan Chickens are birds.

What do you see, chicken or bird?

@n00rdung @Andric1961 Not uncommon in Vienna, haha, and to some extent Austria broadly, as you probably know. It's why we say "Palatschinken" instead of "Pfannkuchen".

@Andric1961 I love how "Powidlgolatsch" is literally just Czech vocabulary

@creation247 Is this supposed to be Angela Merkel representing socialism? I'm sorry, are you stupid?

Which one are you?

@RichardZygocki @WW3finalboss "fascist-communist"

@WW3finalboss Proud to be European but not to be fascist-communist EU

Are you proud to be European? 🇪🇺

@JihadiAsuka @scareyjoe @salingergregor @nemoserves No one in Europe does either, or suggests that one should. Even if you don't have a car, like many Europeans who live in urban areas actually don't- just loan a truck for a few hours or have it delivered. Doesn't cost much. Much, much cheaper than owning a car.

@scareyjoe @salingergregor @nemoserves I don’t care how often I buy one I’m not transporting it by public transit

why would one drive to a target anyway? I would just walk to the supermarket in my street

@cemk_cemil I'm a big proponent of a more strongly federalized EU, and of European solidarity and cooperation broadly, but point (i) is simply false. What's remarkable about the EU is it could unify a continent (most of it anyway) whose people have been at war with each other constantly.

This is the natural historical process: (i) Fragmented Europe becomes united. Because unity is Europe's natural state. (ii) Unitary Russia becomes disintegrated. Because fragmentation is the natural state of that north Eurasian realm.

@TrentTelenko You're an idiot. NATO is a defensive alliance. Defensive. The US can't invoke article 5 to demand aid in their offensive war against Iran.

Europeans have a real problem if Iran does escalate and Trump invokes NATO’s article Five. Trump is trying- and succeeding in my view - to make the case to the US public to withdraw from NATO. NATO nations refusing to support the USA after an Iranian act of war kill NATO. 1/2

@volkerhuetter @Maks_NAFO_FELLA ...because he has a mustache? He looks nothing like Hitler otherwise.

@Maks_NAFO_FELLA He looks oddly familiar Like a famous Austrian painter

🇦🇿🇩🇪🇦🇹 Azerbaijani gas begins to be supplied to Germany and Austria, - Aliyev

@tivazuuw @nazwa091191 Seems to me that this probably was filmed in Germany, judging by what's written on the sign behind the guy. Or maybe in Austria, Switzerland, or- who knows- South Tyrol or Liechtenstein.

@nazwa091191 mirip tradisi di Jerman ya

Classical beer😎

@ottomanenglish I don't need to know anything at all about the details around this story to be able to know, beyond much doubt, that this must be dishonest framing. I'm very certain there were practical, completely apolitical reasons for why landing in Turkey seemed preferable.

The plane carrying Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez experienced a malfunction in Greek airspace... Pedro Sánchez rejected the offer to land in Greece and requested that the plane enter Turkish airspace, as he believed it to be safer...

@prfrankowski @Igarashi5101 Uhm, come on, I think the question being asked is quite easily understood: What was the pre-Christian religion of the people that later came to be the modern-day Polish like?

@Igarashi5101 It is extremely naive to think that today’s notions of statehood existed before the Congress of Vienna.

ポーランドのキリスト教以前の宗教ってどんな感じだったのだろう

@Tian_Longs @TheSaviour They don't, actually! Idk if that has become common with other flags these days, but EU flags are made to be almost impossible to burn by themselves (without soaking them in gasoline or something, I mean).

@TheSaviour Every other flag ignites in a split second... Is this by design

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱Anti-Zionist Jews burn the Israeli flag in New York.