Don’t get too excited. Yes, it’s a split from Orban and Magyar is more pro-EU, but Tisza (the new party) is a splinter group from Fidesz (Orban’s party) and share many of the same views domestically.

Basically, same far right people but willing to stfu to get access to EU funds again.

Source please? I’m not saying you’re wrong necessarily, just that I haven’t seen that.reported.

That’s not wage theft. Wage theft is when companies refuse to honor their contracts with their employees, either by withholding salaries, not paying overtime or illegally preventing employees taking days off.

Raises not keeping up with productivity increases is a real but separate problem. Wage theft is a common thing unfortunately, and in most countries isn’t litigated often (even in the EU).

Personally I view it the same as giving medicine to a baby. They don’t understand, sometimes you have to make decisions in their best interests.

Key point: in their best interests, not for personal gain.

He wasn’t called Ataturk until the Turkish parliament granted him that surname as an honorific. Translates to “father of the Turks”.

It’s kinda like hearing Washington being referred to as “father of the country” and going “lol, man named father of the country started a country. Lol writing bad!”

Edit: looks like PugJesus already acknowledged this, but I’ll still let my comment stand.

An anecdote is of course not evidence, so please take my single point of view with skepticism. As the number of hours spent typing increased, I started getting wrist and joint pain. Once I switched, that went away.

It’s good for what it’s good for: avoiding carpal tunnel.

Are you consistently using a keyboard for 4+ hours a day? I mean typing, not just mouse & the occasional tap. Then Dvorak is vastly superior to qwerty. If not, not really worth it.

It was a huge pain for 2+ months for me to rewire my muscle memory to use it, but it was worth it for me. 15 years of typing a lot almost every day, never had so much as a twinge.

It doesn’t help with speed. Typing speeds between qwerty and Dvorak are the same, once you factor in user experience and which one they’re more used to.

There’s a concerning number of Romanians who think the Tate brothers did nothing wrong. Best get them somewhere with a functioning legal system.

Did I get it?

American banks are the worst in the world. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not some utopia here in the EU. Banks here will pull as much bullshit as they’re legally allowed to, but the difference is there’s more consumer protection.

Average duration of a fascist government is 10 years. Eventually they burn themselves out because the ideology is unsustainable, and there are cases of fascist governments being taken down by mass noncompliance, but be ready for the long haul.

You never see people like this advocating for banning Michael Phelps from competitive swimming. He has ‘unfair’ genetic advantages în lung capacity and lactic acid production.

The day that is seriously considered is the day I might take them slightly more seriously.

It’s fairly well-known historical fact that fascists don’t understand art.

Yup, this is pretty much it. I played a campaign of it. Essentially, you’re so far down the hierarchy you’re basically almost human, with older vampires being a far far greater threat than humans, struggling to understand and survive vampire society before it destroys you. As you said, there’s also a fair chunk of trying to hold on to what humanity you still have left.

Oh, don’t worry, I know! I’ve read some DF stories like Boatmurdered. It just seems like way too much for me, and is why I prefer “simplified DF” games like Rimworld.

And this is exactly why by law Italian supermarkets have to donate anything approaching its sell-by date.

Wtf did I write all this for, oh well.

I found it an interesting read. As a huge RimWorld fan, I can relate to some parts and stare in blank confusion at others.

Quite high actually. Peter Magyar is likely going to be the new prime minister. Whether or not Peter will actually change anything or just be Orban 2: Electric Boogaloo is the more important question, imho. He’s also a conservative, was part of Orban’s inner circle before the child abuse scandals, and is running on a platform of “Orban but not corrupt”, which doesn’t inspire a whole lot of confidence from me having seen that exact same cycle play out in Romania.

It’d be great to see Orban out regardless though.

Now you’re thinking with tarrifs!

For fairness here, tarrifs can be beneficial and useful when specifically targeted at industries which you can compete globally in with commensurate subsidies. In other words, universal tarrifs is the same as shooting your own nuts off, but targeted tarrifs can be helpful in growing specific industries you can grow.

All tarrifs are paid by the population of the country doing the tarrifing, but when it’s well thought out and specifically targeted it can be a good thing.

Lastly, for clarity, fuck trump, what he’s doing is incredibly stupid and will only hurt US citizens.