Even in countries with universal health care surgeries aren’t typically free. They are just paid by a public health insurance. That health insurance will pay at first but it will try to get it’s money back from you if you injured somebody.
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But using figuratively wouldn’t really ever be correct either. “Literally” is usually used as a hyperbole, so if you would replace it with figuratively it wouldn’t work as a hyperbole anymore. So it would change the meaning. Just because something is meant figuratively doesn’t mean people would use the word figuratively to describe it.
Except that the one with ads is more expensive.
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•If we ever find a planet with life in it, we could never set foot on it, because the interaction of the two biologies can have unpredictable consequences
6·1 month agoYou don’t need FTL travel or multi-generational ships really. If you get close enough to the speed of light, time dilation can make the travel time for the people on the ship be as short as you want. Only for the people that stay on earth would the spaceship appear to take generations. Getting enough energy to reach such high speeds would be the difficult part as well as accelerating quickly without crushing the travellers.
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Global News@lemmy.zip•German government approves largest minimum wage increase in its historyEnglish
2·2 months agoYeah the rents in some cities seem crazy high. I’m paying 580€/month warm for a 1 bedroom apartment that I live in with my wife so even from minimum wage that would still be affordable but in some places that would probably not be possible.
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Global News@lemmy.zip•German government approves largest minimum wage increase in its historyEnglish
5·2 months agoWorking Full time for the new minimum wage you earn about 2400 gross. After taxes and health insurance that is about 1883€. As a single you can very easily live quite comfortably from that unless you are living in a very expensive city.
But couldn’t you just skip the room if that happens? Eventually somebody will be willing to change rooms.
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Europe@feddit.org•66% of Germans oppose benefits for Ukrainian refugeesEnglish
43·2 months agoSome additional context. The survey was done by “Insa” for Bild Zeitung. “Insa” has repeatedly been criticized for their survey methods and has connections to the afd. The Bild Zeitung ist also a low quality right wing news paper. I don’t know why DW even reports on stuff Bild Zeitung writes. They are supposed to be reliable. Reading the posted article you would think DW would have done the survey but they only report on the article that was written by Bild Zeitung. And weirdly the article only appears in the russian edition of dw. Not in the German one. Lastly the question was asked very weirdly. They asked “should all Ukrainian refugees receive social assistance?” The answer to this would obviously be no for many people as many ukrainian refugees don’t need social assistance if they have a job or are personally wealthy. I can’t really find the original survey. Just the Bild article on it. But I wouldn’t but too much weight on it.
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Europe@feddit.org•German retirees who continue working set to earn €2,000 a month tax-freeEnglish
30·2 months agoIn my opinion this is extremely unfair. To earn 2000€ after taxes and contributions to social security as a single person in germany you have to earn at least 3000€ a month and because social security is shared between employer and employee, you cost your employer closer to 3600€. So almost half of what you earn goes into taxes and contributions to social security. Over 500€ just for the pensions. And those 500€ don’t even include how much taxes are subsidizing the pension. At the same time a pensioner can get as much as you do(maybe even working full time for it), in addition to getting their pension that you are subsidizing and not pay any taxes on it.
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Hmm this "unisex" bathroom seems biased...
82·3 months agoClosing the lid doesn’t reduce the number of particles that get into the air.
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Europe@feddit.org•Poland sends first freight train from Warsaw to ChinaEnglish
5·3 months agoThere is a route from Europe to China that avoids Russia. But it has to take a ferry from Kasachstan to Azerbaijan. There is no Rail connection through Iran as far as I know. Then it goes through Georgia and turkey. I don’t know the exact route from there. But I think there is usually another ferry necessary from eastern turkey/georgia to Europe even though there would be a land connection and Bridge from turkey to Greece. But I think the ferry is easier because they would have to change the train anyways between Georgia and turkey due to different rail Gauges.




I’m sorry for being a good reputation and I don’t know what to do with the people who have a lot of people and they are supposed to be a good reputation for the rest of the year and month.