I am just outraged that some people are starving because they can’t afford food while other people have so much money that they don’t even know how they could spend it all.

Das ist schon wild, dass man pures Koffein ohne große Warnungen einfach online kaufen kann.

Also ich werde mir in nächster Zeit auf jeden Fall kein neues Fahrrad kaufen, solange mir kein Rahmen bricht werde ich mir kein Fahrrad kaufen und dann würde es wahrscheinlich ein gebrauchtes sein.

Die >50% Wertverlust am Anfang können ruhig andere übernehmen.

In Deutschland haben auch schon so viele Leute ein Fahrrad, dass wohl eher der Umstieg auf E-Bikes die Verkäufe treibt, als es bessere Fahrradwege tun, auf jeden Fall kurzfristig.

If I want to be able to access my trunk easily I will have to go forwards.

Otherwise I always go backwards.

The difference with all those other tools is that you are always there when it runs. You are not there when the robot lawnmower is running and some cat jumps your fence, which is why it should not harm the cat.

You are kind of correct that the rpm of the robot mower blades are faster, but the blades are much lighter and most mowers even have swiveling blades that are only held straight by the centrifugal force, so they will just swivel away when they hit something.

The blades are not much more than razor blades that are mounted on a plastic disc with one screw each. You wouldn’t want to put your hand into the spinning blade, which is very hard to do anyway, but there is just not enough power to throw rocks with any significant force.

I would be able to put my finger in the way of the blades if they were completely blunt and I would not get hurt very much if at all, doing the same thing on a normal mower would be a very different story.

Yes, I have heard about that too, which is why I only let mine run at daytime.

Lawnmower robots have much smaller blades with less inertia. I don’t doubt a direct hit would hurt, but rocks just won’t get thrown very fast by it. A direct hit would also be pretty hard to achieve because the skirt stops anything big from getting under the robot and the blades stop immediately when it gets lifted up.

Just imagine how many lawsuits the manufacturers would have to deal with if these things were only slightly unsafe.

Here in Germany we mostly use traffic cameras to enforce speeding laws. Unless you are driving way too fast you will most likely not get pulled over by police, instead some police officers set up mobile (and well hidden) traffic cameras in problematic areas which will fine anyone going too fast.

We do still have some traffic police, but we dont have as many as in the US. They will pull you over if they think you are under the influence or because your car has illegal modifications or is broken in an unsafe way.

I cannot believe that people in the US can just modify their vehicle or let its condition deteiorate so much that it is unsafe and its completely legal.

That is not the case here in Germany and it does probably help make it safer, even if some people, who would do a safe modification, cannot do it because its too hard to get it certified.

Thats impossible.

Yup, I said its possible to seed clouds to create rain. I didn’t say its possible to seed the sky to create rain.

It is possible to seed clouds with silver iodide to get them to start raining.

Best thing is, when you finally do do the thing, everyone is going to be surprised. And you can say that you did tell them that you would do it.

Ask me how I know.

Drogen verbieten, ist kein guter Vergleich, Drogendealer zu verbieten ist der richtige Vergleich.

Ehrlich gesagt hätte ich nichts dagegen, Social Media bei denen es nur um Selbstdarstellung oder Kurzunterhaltung geht, zu verbieten. Denn am Ende sind die alle nur darauf ausgelegt, möchlichst süchtig zu machen.

Dazu würde ich unter anderem TikTok und Instagram zählen, Lemmy aber nicht.

Except Steam never deletes games that you already own or takes them away from you for other reasons.

Yes, they could do that in the future but its the one company where that is unlikely.

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.

On the official YouTube App or Website the thumbs up button goes from a white outline to solid white when you click it, thats why he thought you did.

Reminder that a pattern of behavior is not an accident, it is born from intentional choices. Running late isn’t something that just happens to people, it is a choice.

Tell that to my ADHD

That doesnt mean that speeding when you are late is OK.

I dont agree with anything else OP says, but cars can be fun.

They are fun if you can choose to drive them when you want to.

They are not fun if you are forced to use them every day.

And I am not talking about polluting the whole neigborhood with noise and exhaust fumes fun, thats just asshole behaviour.

I still have a 110HP Nissan NV200 (small Bus) that I use mostly to get to my rural family and when I go full throttle in lower gears the acceleration is fun. Keep in mind that its a stock exhaust and Euro 6, so its not loud even at full throttle and the exhaust is reasonably clean.

But most of the time I ride my bike everywhere, because that is even more fun.

As long as you have proper gearing for it you can go up almost any incline in a bike, even with a lot of cargo without needing electric assistance. It will just be slow and take a while. I am not a fan of pushing the bike uphill, especially when it is heavily loaded because leaning your whole body against the weight is much more exhausting than just pushing the pedals.

I have a rear rack on my bike and big pannier bags which allow me to carry a 1/2 to 3/4 full shopping cart. When it is fully loaded it makes the bike feel a little weird but it is maneagable and on the flat its not much slower than without them.

I also have a trailer that was once used to haul me as a kid, I use that if I need to carry bulky items or just more stuff in general. I am a bit slower with it, especially because the connecting arm on my trailer is a little bit flexible, so when going uphill and the trailer is heavily loaded it will flex with each pedal stroke and take some energy away.

I dont have an E-Bike because the stores are all closer than 5km around me and I do have some steep hills but also some flat areas, so I dont mind the extra workout.

An old used mountainbike with a wide gear range and a used bike trailer would probably fit into your budget, a lot of the kid/pet trailers can also be pushed/pulled by hand with some quick conversions. And if it isnt that expensive looking you can probably keep it locked outside without anyone stealing it.

If you have a lot of bad sidewalks I would look for wide tires and/or suspension in the trailer, then adjust the tire pressure accoring to the load.