Because the population decline is mostly a western societal phenomenon induced by the late stage capitalism we are suffering from, and our planet dying from our carelessness. Other countries, especially poorer ones, are still happily making babies. So “population decline” effectively means the decline of western populations, and I can see how people (including me) might have an issue with that.

If all populations would shrink proportionally the same it would be a lot less contentious.

… Thats about it. Bazzite comes with everything you need to play games without much hassle pre installed. All the drivers, software to run windows games, various utilities such as key remapping, steam, and if desired you can even get emulators pre installed to play console games.

It also works with next to zero cli knowledge required which is great for anyone who may be coming from windows and is intimidated by that Linux facet. You can just slap it on a machine and generally things just work and you can start playing.

Ah yes of course, the system must be financed somehow in the end. Still infinitely better than the american system which works worse for the average citizen and costs a lot more.

German here.

If I’m sick I just go to their practice during consultation hours. Without an appointment I have to wait a little, but rarely more than an hour. Then I get called in, the doctor takes a couple minutes to listen to me describing my symptoms, possibly does some minor checking, then writes me a prescription for whatever treatment I will need or a transfer slip to a specialized doctor.

For emergencies I can just go to the hospital. Oh, all of this costs me nothing at all, maybe a couple euros co pay for medications.

Maybe you watched the movies and remember that scene where saruman doodles around with a sort of flaming crystal ball. Thats the thing. A two way spy/communications device specifically used by the bad guys.

Essentially they named their project after the totalitarian spy device of the worst guy and his corrupted (by that very device) sidekick in lotr**. Apparently that is aspirational to these people

**yes, i know sauron is not the actual bbeg but for the sake of someone who knows the movies at best i skipped last that.

I think your username is more appropriate here

seagull

looks inside

landgull

anus burger

🤨

and the house is made from wood, plaster, plastic and styrofoam.

I’m sorry, is this some kind of americas problem i am too european to understand?

It is essentially OP on a mission. Seriously

You could be a contemporary one though. Dream on stranger

It should have some identifier and ingredient list / best before date though. Just to keep the useful info

We have to go through at least two major conflicts first, ww3 and the eugenics wars, according to trek.

At least we are on track for those i suppose 🤧

Excuse me sir and/or madam, that is a distinguished chin beard.

The key is conveyor belt placement mode, you gotta set it to straight. That, and foundations to have everything aligned and level.

I keep a summary. Not always complete, or exact, but the general idea.

Unless it is entirely useless IRL, such as nerd lore. Then i get to keep more info

I can do a bunch of appointments in succession. I can’t have enjoyable free time, an appointment of some kind, and then free time again until another scheduled thing. All that free time I will spend waiting, on edge. Can’t relax when there is still a thing to be done.

They could just use random names that conform to their beliefs.

Not paying your enforcers well enough to make sure they are loyal would probably be the dumbest mistake anyone with wealth and/or power can make.

Not saying it cant be done of course, but it seems a bit more involved than climbing over a fence after giving the guard some cigarettes.

According to the quote they have taken precautions, the peasantry is not allowed on the island. And to make sure they dont try, they have armed guards and security systems in place.