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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • That chart seems highly incorrect:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita

    By all three organizations Denmark is higher than Sweden and Germany by a margin of almost 10%.
    I have no idea why EU would be so far off everybody else?

    Wikipedia numbers are not the absolute newest, but the past few years the economy of Denmark has done way better than average for EU, where Germany has been clearly behind Denmark.

    The chart above regards the median, but Denmark is generally among the most balanced regarding having high wages at the low end. So that should favor Denmark even more compared to Germany.

    From the link OP has posted:
    Numbers for all ages, Euro 2024 as 2025 is not available:
    Sweden 26.915,-
    Germany 27.619,-
    Denmark 34.843,-

    Totally in line with what I would have expected!!







  • Yes I am, Stupid as fuck is the correct technical term, but more than that, they are also delusional and most of them are without empathy towards the people they knew would be hurt.
    To vote for Trump is so bad, it has to be described as close to mental illness to vote for him, because it’s an act of self harm for most people that did it.
    But I have no compassion for those people despite their mental illness, they were warned over and over and again and again. That a 2nd term with Trump would be far worse than the first.





  • polling research, which currently shows him tanking on everything from the economy and immigration to his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

    It is so infinitely moronic that some people thought he would be good for the economy. Trump is an idiot that just happened to be born rich, and he is absolutely evil and ruthless, and is lucky he is not in jail.
    If Trump wasn’t rich, he would have been in jail by the age of 20. His malignant narcissist personality makes him a habitual criminal. He has no regard for others, social grace, tradition or the law.



  • There are lots of compact EVs on the market like the Renault 5, Huyndai Inster, Citroen C3, Mini Cooper etc.
    In the medium sized cars (by European standards) the number of models are massive.
    But some people actually have practical use for these slightly bigger cars, personally I’m a big guy, and I feel cramped in small cars, but there is also some who need to pull weight, and for the Volvo it can pull 1800 kg.
    It is super nice that these cars are now available as electric cars, because with renewable energy, the pollution is nowhere near as bad as an old gas guzzler.
    Personally we can drive our VW ID.4 car 100% from our solar panels almost 9 moths of the year.
    It weight over 2 tonnes, but it’s super economic and better for the environment compared to the old car that was about 1400 kg, but was an ICE car.


  • Our neighbor has the previous model the hybrid version. It’s an insanely nice ride, the cabin somehow just feels super nice, and the seats are probably the most comfortable I’ve ever tried.
    But this new model is clearly a strong update on the technological side, with way better range and faster charging, if it’s as nice to drive as the old model, it will 100% be a super nice car. And the range is clearly improved. 👍


  • Yes that was a good speech, very much because it was a speech about facing a new reality, not saying directly but very clearly indicating that USA is not to be trusted, and we shouldn’t pretend as if they are.
    Canada has made 12 International trade and/or defense deals in 6 moths. 👍 😀
    That’s very impressive considering such deals usually take years to negotiate. And despite that I recently saw Canadians complain their government doesn’t do enough about the situation with USA? ⁉️

    In much the same way EU has escalated international deals to increase independence from USA.
    The clear winner here is of course China, so congratulations on that Trump!


  • Next thing they’ll say Mexico didn’t pay for the wall either.
    Maybe even that the economy isn’t actually doing that great and unemployment is increasing.
    Or that USA doesn’t really need Greenland for security.
    It’s like a smear campaign against Trump, as if he was lying all the time.
    This is liberal propaganda, you can clearly tell because they use facts, and everybody know that facts have a strong liberal bias.
    A serious reporter should report both sides equally!
    /s


  • I agree that it would be a good idea for EU to help Romania if Moldova becomes part of Romania again.
    But I don’t think Moldovan independence is the stumbling block here, as they’ve expressed interest in reunifying with Romania multiple times.
    Regarding Transnistria, I think their love for Russia will decline dramatically when no help is coming from Russia anymore. And AFAIK that is a problem for them already.
    Russia supplied gas to Transnistria, but send the bill to Moldova. But the agreement between Ukraine and Russia to transport gas to Transnistria was not renewed.
    Transnistria thought thy could continue to receive gas for almost free as a humanitarian aid from Russia.

    Transnistria is currently running on huge budget deficits of 40% last year, as gas from Russia is missing, and export of electricity to Moldova has been halted because Moldova doesn’t want to buy from them anymore. These deficits have no signs of improving, because Transnistria simply doesn’t have any options as long as they choose to depend on Russia.