bstix

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[–] bstix 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Jeg oplevede en klassisk farlig situation i dag.

En traktor skaber kø ved dobbel optrukne linjer. Den forreste bil tøver et splitsekund og overhaler ikke traktoren med det samme da linjerne endelig giver lov og der er et mellemrum mellem de modkørende.

Jeg kører som nr. 2, og overvejer et øjeblik om jeg skal overhale dem begge, men vurderer at der ikke frit i modkørende bane længe nok til at komme forbi dem begge. Der kommer også dobbelt spor længere fremme, så jeg venter også.

Jeg er glad for at jeg ikke tog chancen, for bagfra kommer der så to andre biler fræsende som også har fået samme ide og allerede er kørt over i modkørende bane over de dobbelte optrukne linjer og vælger at overhale hele køen.

Det er jo hamrende vanvittigt. Siden hvornår har de bagerste i køen fået førsteret til at overhale? Jeg kan forstå det på motorvejen, hvor det næsten er kotume at klemme de langsomme inde og det giver mening pga. dobbelte baner, men på landevej?!

Det er desværre noget som sker ret ofte.

[–] bstix 5 points 1 week ago (28 children)

Hvis man gerne vil køre 100-110 og skal overhale en lastbil, så er det bedre at blive i inderbanen og sætte farten ned indtil afstanden til lastbilen er stor nok til at man kan accelerere op til de 130 inden man trækker ud i overhalingsbanen.

[–] bstix 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Something like 9/10 of the tire dust and also wear on roads are from trucks.

Personal transport is much less. It's not negligible, but the difference between fossil or electric fueled is basically just a talking points. The weight is the cause of increasing tire dust, and modern cars are all heavier than before regardless of fuel.

[–] bstix 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Tartare is cut from inner muscles, less likely to have any infections etc.

It's also sold separately from ordinary minced meat.

[–] bstix 11 points 1 week ago

The kids are going to be alright. They grew up with phones and learned in schools that there are times when it's inappropriate to use it.

I'm much more worried about the older people who have absolutely no etiquette for phone usage.

When my teenager has friends over they literally stack their phones and do whatever they met up to do.

When the grandparents come over they sit and fiddle candy crush and Facebook like their life depended on it.

[–] bstix 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jeg kan godt lide din optimisme, men befolkningstallet er ikke faldende, og ældrebyrden vil kun stige de næste 50 år.

Det vil tage adskillige generationer før resultatet af faldende fertilitet vil vise sig i befolkningstallet.

Her er en pæn visualisering:

https://extranet.dst.dk/pyramide/pyramide.htm#%21y=2070

[–] bstix 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's called "popliteal" in English, sometimes but uncommonly shortened to "poplit".

[–] bstix 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ausfahrt must be the biggest city in Germany.

[–] bstix 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a sort of marshmallows, shaped as bananas and coloured yellow. They're somewhat more firm - not as gooey and sticky as regular marshmallows.

[–] bstix 5 points 1 week ago

Yelling is idiotic.

Like all aggression, resorting to yelling is an act of impotence.

When someone is attacked by aggression they will defend themselves. They will counter attack whatever it is you're yelling about and make up reasoning to justify their own stance. Even if it's wrong, because in their mind the actual topic is less relevant than fighting your aggression.

Yelling is only useful if you are trying to prevent an accident and you're unsure if they can hear you.

[–] bstix 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

public shaming is s powerful tool - which could lead to reflection

Have you ever seen this happen? In my experience, the idiot is more likely to double down.

[–] bstix 16 points 2 weeks ago

Finland has not been communitarian in the coloured areas since the end of the 1800s. Perhaps the native Sami people further north, but not elsewhere.

In my experience, the entire continent have nuclear families except for parts of Italy and Greece.

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