I work in The Netherlands, same thing. On the other side, I can skip lunch and leave earlier. Or can I have a longer lunch break. But I have to work 8 hrs net.

Similar to Microsoft cutting off access to the email server at the International Criminal Court. We need to get our shit together.

“Stop defending yourself, and let me hit you” vibes.

Well, when I read your examples, I’m also like: WTF?

But at the same time, I also can’t justify doing more than I’m already doing when companies and billionaires are so wasteful. I do recycle plastics etc, but it is becoming very difficult to justify me having to take this action, when 3M down the river just dumps all possible forever chemicals in our rivers and even have a government issued permit allowing them to do so.

So in short, on some level, I’m also selfish. Let the corporations and billionaires that pollute the most take action. There is very little someone like me can do, and I’m already doing most of the stuff I can. For instance, we have 2 electric cars, solar panels, well insulated home with a heatpump, we recycle as much we can, etc…

As for the 50% common wildlife species, most of those kids would probably also resorted to their Pokemon knowledge to figure those out: “That one looks like Pidgey, hmm that must be a Pigeon then?”

Yes he’s dumb, but on the topic of tariffs he knows it will not bring blue collar jobs back to the US_, look at his own merch or the phone he is selling, all made in China. Secondly, he didn’t write Project 2025, there are smarter people than Trump pulling the strings, there is ulterior motive to push for these tariffs. I personally don’t really know what, other than wrecking the economy or maybe purposefully devaluating the dollar.

In other news: GTA VI release delayed, Rockstar says it needs more time to incorporate new ideas from reality, ensuring the game stays relevant with the current day and age. /s