In that case I'd personally take the lump sum and invest as much as possible of it into something like an ETF.
PonyOfWar
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Also, implying that she may be apponted undemocratically because we didn’t elect her directly is naive at best and outright dishonest at worst
I never said that. No, it's because we had a democratic process set up for the previous election, which the commission chose to ignore this time. See also my other comment. It's not just me saying this either, much of the parliament was furious at the way she was chosen.
Here. Basically before the 2014 election, a new process of a "lead candidate" proposed by the European parliament was introduced to make the appointment of the president of the commission a bit more democratic. That worked in 2014 and for the 2019 election, the parliament once again selected a lead candidate. However this time, the commission just decided to ignore it and instead chose Von der Leyen.
(well, the politicians we voted for)
Don't forget the politician we didn't vote for though: Ursula von der Leyen. Her selection process was undemocratic as hell and she's one of the main people responsible for the so-called deal we got.
“people take REALLY seriously what God considers and fear His judgment” would only be a positive thing
That would depend on the god I'd say and what people think that god says.
I guess I'd choose greed, as not having that would quickly lead to a society with more equality and justice. That would have the positive side effect of reducing religious extremism as well, since that is often (but not always) the product of people living in desparate situations.
Not at all. Early morning just after waking up is when I'm grumpiest by far.
Why would they still be counted as residents after they emigrated? And what would burning their passports do? Pretty sure that would just make them unable to travel.
Go hiking! It's many Germans' favorite pastime and we have well-signposted hiking trails everywhere. In Grünwald you're quite close to the Bavarian alps and lakes, really beautiful areas.
Germans have quite a different way of communicating compared to Americans. Small talk with strangers is not as common. Don't take it as rudeness if the supermarket cashier doesn't really smile or ask about your day. People are quite direct. If you ask someone how they are, be prepared for an honest reply.
Germans have many dialects and Bavaria is known for having quite a heavy one. If you know some German, you might still have some problems understanding people in Bavaria.
Public transport is good, but not Japan- or Switzerland-good. When going on a trip, take possible delays into account. Don't rely on a 5 minute connection in Mannheim HBf.
That argument only works on the specific belief that souls constantly exist on earth though. In various mythologies and religions, there are various other realms where countless numbers of souls exist without inhabiting a human body on earth.
There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1, but none of them are 2.
That is by definition though. 2 is impossible to appear between 0 and 1. I know already that it's possible for my consciousness to exist and I don't see a reason to assume it's impossible to exist in the future. So, it becomes more like the Infinite Monkey Theorem. Technically, it's possible for my consciousness to not appear again, but almost surely it will.
Probably because of the cloudflare layer. It shows me a captcha when I click on the link to your image, so it makes sense that embedding wouldn't work correctly.