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cause now I have my boomer relatives AND my zoomer friends asking for tech support.

Haha, welcome to Tech-Support Hell!

and I don’t know who the others are

The original Obi-Wan Kenobi

And the greatest Author of all time

GNU Terry Pratchett

Also, I own a house, have no college debt and have met Steve Irwin and talked to Alec Guinness and Terry Pratchett in person.

Your move young whippersnapper.

I’ll need a couple of negative points for that to hold true.

Still nothing compared to how it’s used in the US.

I’ve never seen a cheque in my entire life and it’s so incredibly niche that you might as well talk about paying with stocks or gold bars.

1 Point, we don’t use cheques in Germany. Maybe 2 points, but I’d count my local Videotheque as the equivalent of the “Blockbuster” video chain.

free speach for green card holders

I’m pretty sure you mean the White Rose five Students and a University Professor were executed by the Gestapo for graffiti and leaflets. Best known are the siblings Sophie and Hans Scholl.

It’s even worse when you remember that Jaime is pronounced Haime (from whence Hamish)

That is correct. Greek Iakóbos to Latin Iacobus to Jakobus to late latin Jacomus to early French Jammes to english James

vs a more direct Yaaqob to Jacob or via Jakobus to Jacob

This also explains why the short form of James is Jim, via french Jaime

And how Jack and James and Jim and Jacob and Seamus and Thiego and Diego and Jaime and Giacomo, Iacopo and Hamish are all related.

San Diego <- Santiago <- Sant Iago <- Sanctus Iákōbos -> Sanct Iacobus -> Saint Iacomus -> Saint James

And Iákōbos from Hebrew Yaaqob

Does a mechanical pencil count?

Die Welt braucht mehr von dir 🤩

at least in the US

And there’s your answer

The connection between Israel and the entirety of jewish people is zionist at best and antisemitic itself at worst.

Not all jewish people have a connection, let alone are in favour of Israel, nor has Israel any right to speak for all jewish people. Add to that, that the current far-right israeli government is not supported by or representative of all israeli citizens and maybe you can see why not all criticism of Israel or its current government is antisemitic, although a lot of antisemitism likes to hide behind criticism of Israel and the current israeli government.

In the same way it’s absolutely possible to be antisemitic and still support the current israeli government as well as funding Israel.

If the current US government are Nazis or if the more broad term of Fascists should apply is debateable however, imho fascist is the more accurate term, if only because it has broader application for the very broad coalition of far-right authoritarians in the US.

Why do Danes all have a potato in their mouth?

Note to self: For learning a scandinavian language - learn Swedish instead of Danish.

Wodan, Wotan, Woden, Uuoden or Wuotan are just the continental germanic spellings of the name, while Odin is nordic. They all go back to proto-germanic Wōðanaz.

The Old English Wōden of course going back to the Anglo and Saxon invasion of England.

Being the child of a tourist is not the same as being raised somewhere.

The kind of Ius Soli the US practices gives citizenship to the children of tourists and people being born in a plane flying over the country, without having been raised there.

Most european nations have special citizenship rights if you grew up in that nation or were born there after one of your parents has resided there at least some time.

Example Germany:

Children of non-German parents acquire German citizenship at birth if at least one parent has a permanent residence permit and resided in Germany for at least five years prior to the child’s birth.

Btw. after residing legally in Germany for 5 years the parent can themselves acquire german citizenship, so can the child upon turning 18, even if they weren’t born in Germany.

Example France:

Children born in France to foreign parents may acquire citizenship from age 13 subject to residence conditions. A child born in France to foreign parents becomes a French citizen automatically upon turning 18, provided that they reside in France on their 18th birthday and have had their primary residence in France for a total (but not necessarily continuous) period of at least 5 years since the age of 11. Children born in France to two stateless parents receive French nationality automatically at birth.

Also you can always go through the normal ways of acquiring citizenship. Upon turning 18 and having been raised in the country you usually fulfill all requirements for it.

Ugh… top shitpost

People born in a country should have citizenship.

Why?