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[–] europeanfan122@lemm.ee 25 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

US will make Europe great again lmao

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[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 21 points 10 hours ago (3 children)
[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 17 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It's actually XYZ

X is the American fascists

Z are the Russian fascists

Y is what you keep asking

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[–] h4x0r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 hours ago
$ man ascii | awk '/X$/ {print $7}'
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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (5 children)

They skipped the part where after the war we took the nazi scientists too...

But the old nazis were really into science, modern nazis not so much.

I don't think other countries are going to be chasing our science deniers like we chased rocket and medical scientists after the war.

[–] errer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (9 children)

You don’t think Europe wants our 19 year old whiz kids whose laptops overheat from processing excel files?

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[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I don't think other countries are going to be chasing our science deniers like we chased rocket and medical scientists after the war.

Well...hopefully they'll get chased. Just not for the same reasons.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 14 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

never occurred to me how close x is to the swastika :)

[–] silverlose@lemm.ee 3 points 13 hours ago

Ye a swastica is an X with extra steps

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[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I hope this is true, with the attacks on science in the US, we’re really looking at falling backward here. I’m afraid we’ll lose good weather forecasting and GPS services very soon, to just name the low hanging fruit.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

its true in some sense, if the pay goes out the window for scientist they will flee. theres already problems in the us getting people from undergrad to PHD(thats besides the current attack on it). such as wet lab work prior to graduation, plus who can even apply to grad school, if you dont have barely just to be under the requirements of grad schools. job prospects is low.

also grad school is more expensive since its not considered undergrad courses, and they charge more and you get no priority in classes. the biggest is wet lab work, where do you find it, catch 22

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

"intelligent people" are usually the first ones to be jailed or killed, and then they move on to blame POCs, and than other minorities.

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[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

Feels bad to realize your profession isn't particularly useful outside of the U.S. I'd like to stay and fight regardless, but the reality is if I stop being able to get my meds there won't be much I can do besides being fodder.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 18 hours ago (10 children)

Please please, also run to Canada, were closer by

[–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

I'm worried that if there's war you guys will be affected as well. Running further seems more reasonable.

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (17 children)

I think I'd go to China if I could. I feel like the US is gonna fuck over it's allies first.

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[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

Which European countries are best for software engineers, where most people understand English, and they have an easy enough immigration system for long term work permits ?

[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

Ireland, but it's a small country. As only EU English speaking country, I'm sure they've had to digest a lot of immigrants since Brexit.

The Netherlands and Flanders in Belgium has a lot of people understanding English. I'd suggest countries such as nl, be, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, ...

For a Roman country, I'd suggest Portugal. However the trick there is to work online for a company from your home country. While enjoying the low cost of living there.

Here in flanders I live with my wife who is from Indonesia. She's been learning Dutch when she arrived since 2023 December. Whenever we talk to people, we speak in English. While the person then talks in Dutch to me whenever communication wouldn't be entirely easy for them.

The level of English is fine here. Job opportunities are limited for English speakers though. You'd need to find an international company that has everything in English.

Or a physical labour job.

My wife has a law degree, but until she masters Dutch, she will need to continue her job as a cleaner. (High minimum wage in Belgium, the job she does is 2/3rd subsidised by government. Which makes hiring people easier).

I have an accountancy job and honestly, everything is in Dutch. All the documents. Companies communicating with eachother is all done in Dutch so when that language isnt mastered, then it's impossible to be productive enough at a desk job.

Brussels might have companies that hire English speakers. However, Brussels is a place where you thrive when you speak Dutch, french and English.

Like at the airport last Sunday all the employees there spoke to me in Dutch, to my wife in English and to other people in french.

Personally I would suggest Ghent. Most English speaking city in Belgium.

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[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

I've heard Ireland is good. No idea of how true that is, but they do speak English, if reluctantly.

That said, the actual Irish language is rather melodic, and learning it is a fun project.

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm an ignorant American, what's the significance of the bull/ox?

[–] Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (8 children)

That woman on the bull is Europa (Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη, Eurṓpē), daughter of the Phoenician king Agenor, lived about 2000 BCE. The bull is the shapeshifted Zeus that is kidnapping Europa. They had sex and sired Minos, king of Crete. Minos is the one who feed the Minotaur by sending children into its labyrinth.

Yeah Greek mythology is weird.

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[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 5 points 8 hours ago

Que Wierd Al- “Dare to be stupid”

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

1945-1959: Same as 1930s but the scientist guy is also a Nazi (and Hitler has a bullet hole lmao)

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