gusgalarnyk

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[–] gusgalarnyk 14 points 8 months ago

The AFD and their supporters are a disgrace to any decent society. I hope we can educate our neighbors and improve our living conditions so that these awful groups disappear for good.

[–] gusgalarnyk 1 points 8 months ago

US labels also contain weight. And again, unless you are baking all the water out and curious about that nutritional value, you're picking up a package that has nearly identical labeling and testing standards and are therefore comparable and using that to make nutritional choices. In this case almonds are more calorically dense than tofu and have less protein per calorie. Water included or not.

[–] gusgalarnyk 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What? Surely that's not how nutrition labels are made. If I look at the label for almonds and I look at the label for tofu and they both list 100g of X has Y protein in it - surely they're comparable. So what is your point? Are you suggesting I need to dehydrate tofu to determine it's real nutrition? I don't know if that's practical or meaningful in anyway. I guess you're suggesting that if we cook out the water certain foods like tofu get even more macro nutritionally dense?

[–] gusgalarnyk 17 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I think people are upset with the foods included for comparison when they should be upset with metric being used to compare them. Protein per 100g tells me protein to weight but what I really care about is protein to total calorie count per 100g. That tells me if the food is efficient in delivering me protein and even that should be coupled with calorie per gram or volume per gram or something to show how much of the food can I eat.

The graphic makes almonds look amazing, for instance, but you get a handful of almond for 100g and also a fourth of your daily caloric intake at 550 kcal. Which means they're not exactly an efficient protein source. Where as tofu is rather efficient at only 80 kcal per 100g.

[–] gusgalarnyk 1 points 8 months ago

It's just a weird concept in general despite being wholly believable. I don't blame you nor think you're wrong or right. Just a hilarious and sad picture, a societies main hall for political dialogue being an endless feed of algorithmically addicting content. Idk, just a boring dystopia kinda thing.

[–] gusgalarnyk 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Oof, if Instagram's comment section is where we're having political discussions these days that's disheartening. There's clearly a need for a town square application for these sorta things.

[–] gusgalarnyk 7 points 8 months ago (4 children)

This is such a shame. I just moved to Germany and I haven't had much time to engage in politics but it seems a fundamental misunderstanding of the solutions we need is still present here (possibly with the help of destabilizing countries like Russia or China who seem to have strong misinformation campaigns running online).

Guess I need to accelerate getting involved with my local politics as soon as possible. What social platforms do Germans use to communicate about politics? I used to post on Facebook for Americans, and obviously reddit was a good place to have small conversations, but is there any place I can directly address conservative talking points in a public forum. The fact that young people are voting far right tells me we're losing the digital battle more than anything.

[–] gusgalarnyk 21 points 8 months ago

The results have been depressing. I want to make Germany my home. But if enough people support conservatives and far right parties we will continue to see immigrants like myself be less and less welcome - and I would like to avoid a recession if at all possible.

[–] gusgalarnyk 7 points 8 months ago

I'm swapping to Linux finally because of it. Few things are black and white but these things do have effects and some additional percentage of users are shifting over because of it.

[–] gusgalarnyk 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is there a guide or any educational material on this? I'm about to swap to Linux (some fedora distro focused on gaming) and I'm interested in potentially one day swapping to arch after I've gotten my toes wet. Doing a bit of extra work and planning ahead to make that easier sounds nice.

[–] gusgalarnyk 4 points 8 months ago

The whole of Spain. I grew up with a lot of people who loved Europe but had never been to it or really anywhere else. Spain for some reason got a lot of love and attention in my social circles but I didn't engage with it meaningfully so I didn't understand it. I started my international travels in "the east" and had a wonderful time. By the time I visited Spain I expected a normal travel experience but definitely not the elevated grandeur my highschool years would have had me believe. I had average expectations.

Then I got there and every meal was bomb. Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona - I couldn't go wrong I loved the local food. Worse, I loved at least Madrid and Barcelona's ability to recreate other cuisines too. Some of the best sushi I've ever had was in Madrid and I make a point of getting quality sushi where ever I go (including practically gorging myself into a food coma in Japan).

Then I went to an art museum and it moved me, found some artisanal stores, got fresh orange juice at multiple grocers, saw a movie in a decent theater, you know the normal like "show me what it's like to live uniquely here" stuff. Ya, Madrid stole my heart for what it was and Spain as a whole surprised me.

[–] gusgalarnyk 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Ya, I live right next to where this happened. It's an immigrant heavy area. These guys planned, and a similar group the following day, to protest right next to the people they hate and want evicted from the country.

I agree, no one should be stabbed for their beliefs and free speech (to a degree) is important. But if someone came to my neighborhood and spent the whole day shouting out of a loud speaker that I didn't belong, my family didn't belong, my neighbors and friends didn't belong, despite some of them living here for multiple generations - I'd be upset, I'd feel threatened.

Now couple that with doing it in a poorer district against a specifically marginalized group who has been historically treated poorly for decades with talking points that are clearly racist and easily disproven - idk. No one should get stabbed but even if I believed those awful things I wouldn't do what they did unless I was looking for trouble.

Idk, my roommate and I have been talking about it all weekend. Yes we believe you should be allowed to punch Nazi's, no we don't think we should be allowed to stab anyone, yes 20% of the German population roughly hold dehumanizing beliefs that are dangerous and we should be educating them, no the government isn't doing enough to better everyone's situation and therefore racism and fascism are growing at an alarming rate.

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