Germany, zero minutes. Postal voting ftw!

The entire eastern block adopted Lysenkoism.

The USSR also abused medical science to imprison dissidents in mental institutions based on false diagnoses.

As yet another 30-something year old I’ve never even seen a cheque. Is that a USA thing?

Turtle. Or tortoise. Same word for both in German.

Usually Steam. I like the idea of GoG, but a lot of the time if you want mods you’re basically forced to buy it on Steam because of the Workshop. Also, I kinda like having everything in one place.

Yes, it can.

That’s probably the point behind the whole endeavour - force Russia to divert forces from the main frontline to defend their borders.

That’s the issue with online advertising in a nutshell, isn’t it.

Looking at it from the outside it doesn’t look like a failure at all, it provides the prison industrial complex with an endless stream of slaves cheap prison labour. If we assume that that’s the actual goal, it’s a resounding success.

Where are you from? Where are you going? Can’t really give you advice without knowing those things.

As a general rule: don’t expect perfection. Some things will suck, and if you go in expecting everything to be perfect you’ll be disappointed. Also, wherever you go is still a normal place, filled with normal people, living normal lives. Don’t be a nuisance to the locals, and don’t expect/demand anyone not working in hospitality to go out of their way on your behalf (and even people working in hospitality, the “the customer is always right” mentality isn’t a thing everywhere).

I’m right with you on Stardew Valley. Might be because I’m a city kid but I just can’t connect with the game. I know that it’s supposed to be “cosy” but my idea of cosy is a downtown apartment, not a farm. It just doesn’t work for me.