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Nobody is worshipping their success, she just did a good job on multiple projects. I never knew of her existence before, but I see some great titles and I see a pattern of a “job well done”.

You did, because nepotism is shitty, which means that from your point of view, Terry Pratchett used his power (?) to put his relative on multiple projects, where otherwise someone else would work.

I was born in USSR, so I know a fact or two. But I also know that there’s a long line of shitty people who have power before you get to the ones who sit at home and type something.

Yeah, because writers have so much power in this world!

Oh, so it’s also in a town across the river from Poland, nice touch

The islands are still on the same plate, so they are still on the same continent.

The EU one has camo painted seas, so I needed several seconds for my understanding of “what is where” kicked in. I wonder how they got this stupid idea

Read the comment. EU - maybe, but not the Europe,how do you leave a continent?

Damn, I do have to pee!

Nope, chat only works. I am a person who lives like that (social contacts in messengers or IRL, no Facebook, no insta, no TikTok account).
Me and my friend group are all over the world now, because we moved out of Russia (mostly because of war, but there are other cases). So we’re all pros at staying in contact to not go crazy because everyone started their social life over. And I’m a part of several small-ish (20-80 people total, 5-30 active) group chat communities. In all of them, there are ongoing discussions, traditions like “friday selfie”, and inside jokes/themes.
In addition to that, I’m a part of some local group chat communities where I’m living now. It’s mostly in Telegram, but there’s also a big (400 people) Discord nerd/expat server), and a boardgame meetings group in WA.
It absolutely can work. More than that, local online groups activities result in some RL meetings - going to bars, barbecuing, book clubs and such. When I was moving I was afraid we’ll have no friends, but now it’s too much, we have to make choices where to go (or if we’re going at all)

The conditions were created by a Brazilian building contractor. It was not the factory environment, but the construction project environment.

I don’t see a paywall (maybe stopped reading too early), but I hate the websites where content is mixed with ads, so you just scroll down trying to find “useful” bits. So it’s a no from me anyway

Well, devices like that are sold by a Russian design studio since like 2005:
https://www.artlebedev.ru/rozetkus/

In case of USPS, the only URL that looks suss is “usps.com”, what are you thinking about? :)

They stab you and then you skip a turn

Better call Saul - a beautiful drama with a hint of comedy and action. Better than Breaking bad and doesn’t require much knowledge of it.

I was thinking that I could as well live in Germany, until this moment. Seriously.

About the craziness - yes absolutely. In most other places, you use a thing until nobody would use it, or sell it online. And here, people are just: “nah…”
Well, better for us. I also have a shitton of good stuff, including half of my clothes (I’m lucky to have size M, so a lot of stuff fits). Second hand stores look weird now: “Whoa, you need to pay for that?”

You’re in a random spot somewhere in the universe. Where’s “up”?

I do that all the time. A thing is a thing, and it can be your thing now. I only try to ask myself two things:

1. Do I really need that?
2. Is it in a good condition? I have a lot of used stuff at home, so if I took something half-broken, it would look like a dumpster already.

Sidenote: I live in Denmark, where people overconsume, and then get rid of stuff which is still in good condition.