MBech

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[–] MBech 12 points 3 weeks ago

"sorry, we couldn't reach you"

[–] MBech 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

And she seems to have done fucking nothing since then to help the american people. No call to the streets, no speeches at the protests, nothing.

[–] MBech 15 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I like Bernie, but no fucking way should you elect someone that old AGAIN. He can create a great platform for AOC, but even he knows it's time for the younger crowd to get a voice.

Wouldn't it be nice to not have a president who is very likely to die from a harsh cough for once?

[–] MBech 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I only really know about this danish company. but they usually claim to be able to build a thorium reactor in a standard sized shipping container.

I may remember wrong, but IIRC they can run on the spent fuel from conventional nuclear reactors, since there's still an incredible amount of energy left in it.

There is apparently also litterally no chance for a meltdown because it will simply shut down.

So even if we say they're only able to produce half the amount of power that a conventional nuclear plant can do with the same footprint. It'll still be easier to find the space for them, they'll be better waste-wise, and also be a lot safer.

[–] MBech 1 points 3 weeks ago

We get a lot of those here in Europe.

[–] MBech 98 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Peaceful protests rarely lead to anything against authoritarians on their own. They do tend to gather a lot of people though, who will over time get less and less peaceful.

[–] MBech 18 points 3 weeks ago

Genie: What kind of bird?

Clients: I saw a very pretty bird once, I think it was in Europe. It had feathers and part of it was black.

Genie:.... Right.

[–] MBech 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Jeg vil klart blive ligeglad med det på et tidspunkt. Men hvis der skal flere minoriteter i medierne, hvilket jeg er enig i, hvorfor skal vi så smide dem ind i tilfældige roller hvor halvdelen af fans'ne bliver skuffede over det. Det gør det ikke nemmere at få fremskridt når man bevidst gør hvad man kan for at provokere nøjagtigt dem der skal overbevises om at en sort hovedrolle er okay.

[–] MBech 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Jeg har ikke rigtigt noget imod idéen om et mærkesystem. Det er begrænsende og indskrænkende, helt klart, men er det ikke også netop det der skal til for faktisk på personligt plan at kunne gøre noget? Der er vel ikke nogen der kan forvente at hvis vi alle sammen skal bidrage til den grønne omstilling, at 90% af os ikke kommer til også at få en form for livsstilsændring? Det vil naturligvis handle om balance, giver det mening kun at have 1 flyrejse om året? Eller er 6 mere rigtigt?

Jeg har bestemt ikke hele svaret, men jeg synes egentligt ikke at det er urimeligt at vi alle sammen bliver tvunget til at gå lidt på kompromis, og helst på en måde der gør at dem der fråser mest med ressourcerne skal gå mere ned i livskvalitet, indtil vi har metoder der gør det muligt at leve mere bæredygtigt. En af metoderne kunne være kvoter for sådan noget som flyrejser, privatkørsel, varer der bliver transporteret rundt om kloden 17 gange inden man selv køber det. Byggeriet har i forvejen begrænsninger på CO2 aftrykket af bygninger. Det vil ikke være umuligt at indføre på andre ting. Det vil kræve en form for overvågning af vores forbrugsvaner, så vi vil også alle sammen skulle gå på kompromis med vores privatliv (igen, igen).

Jeg har ikke noget imod at skulle gå ned i levestandard, og jeg skal sgu også gerne lade mig overvåge lidt mere, for i sidste ende handler det bare om, om vi vil blive ved med at have en beboelig planet eller ej. Des mere ubeboelig planeten bliver, des større problemer vil vi få med krige, klimaflygtninge og naturkatastrofer, der nok skal sørge for at vores livskvalitet forsvinder helt.

[–] MBech 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends, you wanna move to Hungary? If so €250,000. Wanna move to something less authoritarian? €500,000+

[–] MBech 95 points 3 weeks ago (30 children)

Not just that. He's most likely going to die because some nazi piece of shit thought they might as well arrest him, because he's brown. This is only the beginning, and it's going to get a fuckload worse until they get the same treatment.

[–] MBech 44 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Fuck America, Fuck Trump, Fuck these nazi pricks, and congratz, you'll never have to deport me, I won't ever visit your shithole of a country.

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