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Grettin
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Acrofales
Spain18317 Posts
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
This one? I wasn't able to find the full text so I don't know if that is quite what you're looking for. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States24033 Posts
Also what's the deal with water at restaurants? Why would I get the stank eye asking for some tap water while I decide what drink and food I want? | ||
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Paljas
Germany6926 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States24033 Posts
On November 20 2018 16:10 Paljas wrote: Restaurants in the US or in Germany? In Germany (at least this is what I've been lead to believe) | ||
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Whatson
United States5357 Posts
On November 20 2018 12:05 GreenHorizons wrote: Any Germans been to the US and get shocked by our water usage? Also what's the deal with water at restaurants? Why would I get the stank eye asking for some tap water while I decide what drink and food I want? They can charge you for bottled water -- iirc you have to specifically ask for tap water (which, by law, they have to provide), otherwise they'll give you the most expensive bottle of sparkling water they have. You might still get charged for a glass of tap water but it's still a helluva lot cheaper than bottled water. Happened to me and my friends quite a bit before we caught on. | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9867 Posts
On November 20 2018 12:05 GreenHorizons wrote: Any Germans been to the US and get shocked by our water usage? Also what's the deal with water at restaurants? Why would I get the stank eye asking for some tap water while I decide what drink and food I want? Because they think that if they give everyone the stank eye then eventually people's fear of being 'one of those people' will make them buy a $5 bottle of water instead. | ||
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riotjune
United States3394 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Water is the only thing worth drinking anyway *shrug | ||
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
On November 20 2018 17:12 Jockmcplop wrote: Because they think that if they give everyone the stank eye then eventually people's fear of being 'one of those people' will make them buy a $5 bottle of water instead. YEP! Restaurants sometimes do charge for tap water. Understandably so, I recon, if it's the only thing you're ordering. But as part of coffee or a meal it's preposterous. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7238 Posts
On November 20 2018 16:48 Whatson wrote: They can charge you for bottled water -- iirc you have to specifically ask for tap water (which, by law, they have to provide), otherwise they'll give you the most expensive bottle of sparkling water they have. You might still get charged for a glass of tap water but it's still a helluva lot cheaper than bottled water. Happened to me and my friends quite a bit before we caught on. In Germany there is no law like that. Expect to pay for tap water in restaurants and be pleasantly surprised if it's not on the bill (i've seen both cases here) | ||
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AbouSV
Germany1278 Posts
I was also surprised by it when moving here (Germany). Back in France if you ask for water, then you get tap water by default. You solely get a bottle, and if you do, you can frown to the waiter and get your tap water. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7238 Posts
Is it true that alcohol in scandinavia is so expensive because drunk ppl are more inclined to suicide in winter? | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28814 Posts
alcohol is so expensive because our governments (especially norway) have no qualms about using taxation as a method of influencing behavior, and excessive alcohol consumption comes with a whole lot of negative societal side effects that they want to discourage. I actually looked it up, and in Norway, May is the month where most people commit suicides. May in Norway is also the happiest month with the most celebrations and public holidays, one where spring starts kicking in. This actually seems more influential, and in line with thoughts I've had in the past; happiness or depression isn't based around 'objective' measures of happiness, but about relative ones. If you're depressed, autumn/winter might feel better in Norway because during this period, everybody seems kinda depressed, and spending your days as a social recluse at home is totally acceptable, as the weather is pretty damn shitty. In May and the other summer months, you're expected to be social, there are lots of parties, people are outgoing. At this point, your own unhappiness seems much more abnormal, not having friends or being invited to social gatherings ends up being more depressing, and there ends up being a slight uptick in suicide rates. I mean, we're looking at ~50 vs ~43 for may vs rest of the months on average for the past 15 years, so it's not a huge difference, but it's notable. June and July have much lower numbers; also makes sense; if there's summer break, then you don't have to interact with people who won't 'remind you of how unhappy you are'. also the addendum that people don't actually know what causes the monthly discrepancies, these are just hypotheses, but either way, in Norway, rates are lower for winter than for spring. | ||
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Starlightsun
United States1405 Posts
On November 23 2018 01:28 Liquid`Drone wrote: I actually looked it up, and in Norway, May is the month where most people commit suicides. May in Norway is also the happiest month with the most celebrations and public holidays, one where spring starts kicking in. This actually seems more influential, and in line with thoughts I've had in the past; happiness or depression isn't based around 'objective' measures of happiness, but about relative ones. If you're depressed, autumn/winter might feel better in Norway because during this period, everybody seems kinda depressed, and spending your days as a social recluse at home is totally acceptable, as the weather is pretty damn shitty. In May and the other summer months, you're expected to be social, there are lots of parties, people are outgoing. At this point, your own unhappiness seems much more abnormal, not having friends or being invited to social gatherings ends up being more depressing, and there ends up being a slight uptick in suicide rates. I remember reading something like this about poverty too. Like conditions that seem unbearable to affluent people are easier to bear if everyone around you is in the same state. | ||
Fecalfeast
Canada11355 Posts
I use a (paid) VPN 80% of the time, I use ghostery and ublock extensions in my browser, I have a fake name facebook that I hardly use except for event planning, and I have no other social media profiles. However, I do have a google account tied to my real name and I don't use a VPN on my smart phone. Are all of these efforts for naught, or would it be sufficiently difficult for someone to bring up everything I do on the internet with minimal skilled effort? | ||
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Ayaz2810
United States2763 Posts
Do inanimate objects cool the same way living things do? What I mean is, I have always found it odd that if you point a fan at a surface in your house, that surface cools off. How does this happen? Does the fan evaporate whatever small amount of moisture is on the surface, reducing the temperature? If you were to take two of the same vehicles and have one sit in the sun idling and drive the other one (assuming both cars produced the same amount of heat whether at rest or moving), will the driven car be cooled by the wind passing over it? If so, how? I know this is asinine, but it's been on my mind more than once lol. | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9867 Posts
On November 23 2018 08:12 Ayaz2810 wrote: Stupidest question of the day: Do inanimate objects cool the same way living things do? What I mean is, I have always found it odd that if you point a fan at a surface in your house, that surface cools off. How does this happen? Does the fan evaporate whatever small amount of moisture is on the surface, reducing the temperature? If you were to take two of the same vehicles and have one sit in the sun idling and drive the other one (assuming both cars produced the same amount of heat whether at rest or moving), will the driven car be cooled by the wind passing over it? If so, how? I know this is asinine, but it's been on my mind more than once lol. Having done zero research on this my intuition is that the fan increases air speed around an object, which means more atoms of air are hitting the object, which transfers energy (heat) from the object to the air around it. The collision of air particles with object particles causes the object particles to lose energy. This might not be the answer, I'm guessing. | ||
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