I don’t understand why western countries seem so utterly powerless against the relentless social media warfare coming from Russia. Maybe we have no choice but to shut down all these platforms overrun by Putin-bots for the sake of saving democracy

The metaphor, as described in the caption, eludes me completely. Is it some sort of pun with the “carrying”? Why is the outlier carrying the control, and who benefits from it, how? Insider joke with just 1 insider?

What Kind of animal is this?

Not sure I understand. What do you buy from Google? If you want to degoogle, purchasing other stuff, or through channels other than the Play store is probably the simplest part.

Was ist Dienstunterricht?

Jesus-Witze gehören zu meinen absoluten Favoriten. Jesus Christus Superstar! Hat jemand ein paar Jesus-Witze für mich? Hochwählis garantiert!

Why wouldn’t it matter? The money was paid to USAID and meant to be used for a specific purpose. Now the American state decides to just keep the the money instead and use it to consolidate its budget, than that’s misappropriation and should be paid back

Have you checked out the FuriPhone? First reports seem promising

Oh, getting your life tracked by Apple is better? Also didn’t know decentralised apps exist in Apple ecosystem

Was? Du hasst sogar Hörsprechgarnitur?

There are less cruel ways of killing a puppy than stoning it to death. Also, what’s the difference between welcoming and acclamating?

Source please or I’ll stick to my previously unchallenged image of ugly blobfish

Yeah, if they attract big, tax-evading US corporations for a business model, see where that gets them.

Also, no caffeine for breakfast. It causes the afternoon crash to come extra hard. To mitigate it even more, have your lunch extra light (small portion, easy to digest)

I would say it’s most likely they were strictly earmarked. Aren’t they always?

Hallo, was ist bitte eine EnTschittifizierungsfirma? Das wär ja mal ein interessantes Geschäftsmodell?

My friend, maybe you didn’t read the article well. Enforcing regulatioand collecting the due taxes are exactly what they are proposing

No shit. That’s because Amazon chokes all competition. Downsizing them gives competition a chance to come back alive.

Here is some hope: You have a great job and you love the actual work! Some aspects of it are bullshit, some of the time at work you spend on mandatory bullshit, and bullshitters who detract from your happiness exist all around the world, in every industry. But: All that doesn’t completely cancel out the love you still have for your work - otherwise you wouldn’t have phrased it that way, would you? Also a slice of good news is, you have some degree of control over how much you let the shitty aspects cancel out the good things. Admittedly, the control is never 100%. And sometimes, the bullshit and frustration can get overwhelming and does have the power to tip the balance into a minus. That’s when it’s time to leave. Prepare to ge into a new, more rewarding field now. That will give you a choice when you feel the moment has come (probably it’s when you keep saying the above sentence to people in the past tense).

I need to make a meme out of this, combined with the situation when realized that I had already, unknowingly, made that decision to be broke more than twenty years ago when realized I’d make a great teacher, and started going down that career path.