My family is upper middle class, although my mom did struggle financially for a few years. I went to school in a poorer neighborhood, so I do have some friends with less money, I have some friends with parents who make about as much as mine, but I dont have any friends with really rich families, although I was sort of friends with one who went to vocational school with me.
It does help to understand just how much it sucks to have no money, so yes.
Yeah, I wouldn't classify myself as rich, just middle class and I do some of those things, my mom and her boyfriend could do all of those things and I would not classify them as rich either, just upper middle class.
The actually rich people buy stuff that is so expensive that I couldn't afford it, even if I saved for years, and the price is mostly that high so they can show their rich friends just how rich they are.
I live in Germany, the definition of middle class might be different in other countries, though.
Only put a tax on vacant homes where there is an active housing crisis, rural areas should be excluded
That sign looks too much like the sign for the "verkehrsberuhigter Bereich" sign in in my opinion.
Holy shit, 300mg caffeine sounds insane to me (a German). Over here Energy Drinks are not allowed to contain more than 32mg caffeine/100ml. So a big can (500ml) would have 160ml. Those are already a bit too much for me, I can only imagine how 300mg would feel.
This isnt about the official servers being online forever, this is about being able to host your own server without having to crack the game in weird ways.
To the people who dont feel better after excercise, maybe you just haven't found a sport or excercise that you like?
For me it is biking but yours could be different.
Why not? It might not need to actually hit anyone, just the chance of being hit is probably enough to scare anyone away.
I wouldnt wanna be in a trench or field and suddenly hear gunshots coming from above.
As a European its just insane how wide these streets are.
Did they want to build a highway or a neigborhood street?
US street designers and their bosses seriously need to get this "wider=better" mentality out of their head. Its no wonder people are driving this fast when the streets are this wide, its because it feels slow.
Its also bad in other ways: wasted money, needlessly destroyed nature, increased urban heat island effect and increased flooding risk because its sealed.
I am honestly surprised that Ukraine didnt immediately shut them down when the invasion began.
Well, no, its too far north for that to happen.
A telling sign is that the baltic sea gets less salty the further you go away from its connection to the north sea. That means that the water is flowing out of the baltic sea, so putting a dam there would only slowly rise the sea level.
Here in Germany the forum culture is still somewhat alive, social media did take a big cut though.