Wanpieserino

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[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Ukraine affects me as a fellow European.

I'm not on the right side, I just want my family to live in peace.

Tariffs don't matter. The energy crisis didn't matter. COVID restrictions didn't matter. Those are just economic struggles.

It's safety that matters most.

Israel has been expanding their territory over the past century, it has been well covered by the media every time there's stuff happening. I remember Israeli taking the home of a Palestine family and the Palestinians just had to leave. This was a few years prior to the Hamas shooting at a festival.

If governments weren't handling Ukraine situation, energy crisis, COVID, etc. Then nothing would be happening.

There's people on the street here in Belgium, mostly young people and people from middle Eastern descent.

[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Governments are largely those who decide what will be outraged by the majority of people.

There have been protests for east Congo here in Belgium and now Rwanda is cutting ties with my country for siding with Congo. It's a conflict that started in 2022 but I had no idea. It was just not covered. I still have no idea.

Palestine Israel conflict is well covered. I saw it on the news today, it was an hour long discussion. They showed Oxfam commercial about it, which includes a Belgian young celebrity. She then spoke about it.

The outrage bout Gaza is more present in the younger generation.

Politician of the social democrats at the table said that she hopes that Europe will put sanctions, as it's part of the trade agreement that it will be abolished when human rights aren't being respected.

Trump is choosing the side of murderers with money in each conflict.

[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Took 2,7 seconds on le chat

[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

We'd be helping their industry recover from fuck ups, no thanks

[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

I'll be getting 20 days time off and on top of that I can choose between 4 months of time off if I so wish.

Other options are 1 day off for 20 months or half a day off for 40 months.

The thing I'm truly desiring from this is that the flemish government is protecting me from being fired the moment I request this extra parental leave.

If they cannot prove that they fire me for good reasons, then they'll have to pay me 6 months wage on top of the rest.

So if they are going to downsize, or whatever, they'll be less prone to pick me.

I'll take either the 20 or 40 months on this one.

My wife doesn't have a choice, she's 7 weeks pregnant now. Taking off work until 1 June. Then maternity leave starting 1 august (is what her HR said, even though internet says 6 weeks instead of 12, but perhaps it's cuz it's a physical job) until 15 weeks after the birth.

Personally I will do anything I can to make sure we have a long term source of income.

Keeping a good relationship with the place that pays me my wage will be beneficial.

I'll take a bulk of 1 or 2 weeks of paternal leave when the baby is born. Take one day off afterwards for 2 years.

[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee -2 points 5 days ago

I don't know the price of a Tesla. I grew up with having an iPhone, given to me by my parents. Then realised Chinese smartphones were better quality for less than half the price.

Never even bothered to look up Tesla.

We have BMW, VW, Renault, Citroen, mercedes, Porsche, Audi, Volvo.

If you wanna be a rich fella, get a Ferrari or Lamborghini.

Tesla is a joke

[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

I'm freeeeeeee.. free falling

[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 41 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's important to note that Trump is responsible for what's happening. While Obama was given the financial crisis on his lap because of things out of his immediate control.

[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yesterday I saw clips on TV from us media supporting trump's stances on Ukraine and stuff like that. Made me quite angry because the way that the presentation of the news was set up was to influence the viewer. Nothing else. It wasn't to inform, it was to influence.

When it's about politics on Belgian nationalised TV channel, then it's always various people who share their points of view and it's more to inform than to dictate.

[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago

Non verbal communication is quite the thing.

It's mostly for young people that it matters to not judge them based on their appearance, they lack the skill and experience to show who they are.

[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's pretty fun, it does stuff better than Reddit so I'm focusing on that. Personally I'm enjoying that you can scroll through so many parts when searching for a topic

[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As Belgian I do think Switzerland is one of the best countries on the entire planet. There's a reason why they have 30% immigrants, and it's not because German is a fun language to learn 😁

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