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I’d personally keep it generic. I guess something like “Sorry, I just get nervous when interacting with other people sometimes. You haven’t done anything wrong.”. Hopefully reassures her, but doesn’t make it awkward by bringing up any sexual feelings.

Indeed

An unfortunate necessity when the military threat level is high. It was suspended here in the early 2010s, which I was in favor of, but I think it should now be reactivated, as there are clear military threats against my country and its allies. I also think all genders should be conscripted and that there should always be an option to object and do civil service instead.

Wish they’d give us the on-console activity log back instead of putting everything into apps.

It’s too big when the developers are unable to fill it with enough interesting things to do and discover to keep my attention. But there’s no absolute size I’d automatically consider too big, as it also depends on things like traversal. If you ride through the map on a mech going 400km/h, it can be much larger and more spread out than if I have to traverse the entire map on foot.

I find myself becoming less and less interested in staying in the industry I’m currently working in for the rest of my life. Problem is, I don’t have any other qualifications. So I guess it could start working on acquiring new ones while I’m still young enough to do so, but I’d need both a clear idea on what other career I want to pursue and the motivation to leave my currently pretty comfortable position in life. I have neither.

I love traveling but I also love returning home and having a place that’s my own where I can be comfortable and undisturbed. Traveling the world for a few months would be cool, but as long as I have a home to return to, I wouldn’t consider it a nomadic lifestyle. So no, not for me.

Don’t forget the ubiquitous Sylt sticker.

In Germany, wives couldn’t have a job or open a bank account without their husband’s permission for most of the 20th century. Wouldn’t be surprised if it was similar in the US.

I’ve only gotten like 1.5 hours in so I can’t really say yet, but so far it feels similar to the first one with some improvements to stuff like gunplay.

It’s the main menu. Pretty fun idea, but from what I’ve played of the actual game so far, it isn’t nearly as creative or meta unfortunately.

It’s The Outer Worlds 2.

It plays games

Depends on what’s at stake and how serious these threats are. I wouldn’t let my family be murdered over my political beliefs.

This is a massive free content update for a 5 year old game and a $5 update for Switch 2 owners who want higher resolutions and more online features. No reason to try and find something to complain about just because it’s Nintendo.

Nice that they’re packing the bulk of the features into the free update instead of the Switch 2 edition! 5€ for the latter also seems like a very fair deal. Definitely getting this.

Unlike Reddit, when a user or mod deletes a post on Lemmy, its entire thread becomes completely inaccessible.

It’s basically a financial support programme by the government for students. Students get some money each month, half of which is an interest-free loan and the other half a grant. It can be up to about 1000€ monthly, but if you have wealthy parents it can also be 0€.

Zero is the norm in Germany

I guess I grew up in a different bubble in Germany, as almost everyone I knew at university did get some financial support from their parents. Bafög was never enough to cover rent etc and jobs for students were in short supply, so it was pretty much necessary. Not to mention that you get less Bafög the more money your parents make, so even the state expects parents to provide financial support if they have the means.

I use Youtube a lot and I dislike clickbait. I generally avoid videos with obviously clickbaity titles or thumbnails. That said, some of the Youtubers I watch have resorted to using more clickbaity titles in recent years and as long as their content is still good, I tolerate it to some degree. I understand that making money on Youtube is not easy for small creators and if those strategies get them more clicks, I’m okay with it as long as they’re not being manipulative in a blatantly malicious way.