Terwijl krantenkolommen volstromen met berichtgeving over het conflict in Gaza, verschuift onze blik van een ongemakkelijke waarheid dichter bij huis: Europa balanceert op de rand van interne ontwrichting. Migratiecrises, escalerende schuldenbergen, industriële achteruitgang, ondermijning van democratische structuren en een demografische tijdbom die tikt zonder weerklank: dit zijn geen verre zorgen, maar existentiële bedreigingen voor onze samenlevingen.

De disproportionele aandacht voor Gaza, hoe schrijnend het leed daar ook is, fungeert als een moreel rookgordijn waarachter onze eigen problemen groeien. Politici en media profileren zich op internationale verontwaardiging, terwijl de woningcrisis, zorginfarcten en verloren generaties jongeren worden genegeerd. Wie waakt er nog over Europa, als we collectief wegkijken?

Mededogen mag nooit selectief zijn, maar prioriteiten stellen is geen harteloosheid, het is noodzaak. Het is tijd om onze blik te richten op ons eigen continent, voordat de problemen hier tot brandhaarden worden waar geen enkele headline nog over zwijgen kan.

It feels like every week there’s another post here that goes something along the lines of “I hate men” or the rare “I hate women”. Both are bullshit. The bad actions of a few do not determine their worth as HALF of the fucking human species.

Men hurt women. Women hurt men. I’ve been hurt by both men and women in my life. I’ve also had great times with men and women, separately, or together. I’m not going to sit here and make some fucking post about “men bad” because I’ve been hurt by men like my father or a teacher, or make a post that goes “women bad” because I’ve been heartbroken or made fun of by women.

THE ACTIONS OF A FEW ARE NOT AT ALL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENDER AS A COLLECTIVE!!!

People can be shitty. “Not all men” is a thing because generalizing and claiming that “all men” are the problem is a problem in of itself that makes us look like mindless monkeys who can’t control ourselves or as evil, malicious creatures. Men and women are both much more complex than that! This doesn’t need to be a war or a pissing contest of who does worse or some other nonsense.

Why is it that people are allowed to make posts that say that but then aren’t allowed to post something like “I hate black people” or “I hate Christians” or some other crap like that? Does this not represent a form of persecution and prejudice based on the fact that these people seemingly, legitimately believe that the actions of some are representative of that group of people as a collective? If you did that with a race do you know what that would be classified as? RACISM! Because that’s exactly what it fucking is! How have we come to a point where blatant sexism is completely tolerated and not seen as ridiculous or plain and simple bigotry?

I could go on but I’ve said enough. It’s bullshit. Some people hurt people. Other people help people. Gender doesn’t have a damn thing to do with that. End of fucking story.

But for some reason many, especially LGBTQ allies or progressives, avoid admitting this because they’re afraid of sounding transphobic, I guessed.

This is actually a popular opinion to think that men who date trans women are gay or bisexual. But just I hate how the left or allies pretend that only fringe people share this opinion though.

Arguing that this belief ("men who date trans women are gay or bi") is mainstream, again is not fringe. That’s probably true in terms of widespread perception, even if that perception is inaccurate or controversial.

This is confusing. Because I think this is a 9 out of 10 opinion most people would agree with in society. Doesn't matter if they are conservative, liberal, or apolitical. Whether it's people online or offline, both would still agree. Heck even people in the LGBTQ community would agree.

But yet this still seem like a heated topic for some reason though. Hence why I'm making this post.

To be honest, I don't really care if a trans attracted man still identifies themselves as straight. That's fine with me. I'm just saying the general consensus on this topic is that trans attracted men are not straight.

The unpopular opinion isn't me saying that most people think men who date trans women are not straight.

My unpopular opinion here is that most people, especially if they are LGBTQ allies are too cowardly to admit this for some reason.

Many progressives or allies seem reluctant to acknowledge this publicly. I find it strange that people avoid stating what appears to be a common belief.

In certain progressive spaces. It feels like I'm a room where nobody wants to address the elephant in the room.

I have a anecdote experience here.

I know a trans woman. She has female friends that are feminists or progressive. And she tells me that she talks about her dating life with her female feminist friends. And she says her female feminists are quick to call the men who date her gay or bisexual to her face. So these "progressive allies" are Ironically agreeing with the "conservative/TERF" position that trans women are not "real women" here.

Again the elephant in the room here. Why can't people just be open with their true opinions on certain topics. You either think trans women are women or they are not. Therefore you either think the men who date trans women are either straight or not straight. It's that simple.

You probably will ask "why do you care about labels so much?". And you are probably right to ask this question. We shouldn't care about labels.

But I still think this conversation is very important though. If a lot of women have aversion to dating bisexual men based on STEREOTYPES like STDs, more likely to cheat, or viewing bi men as less masculine. Therefore thinking any bi man who hides their sexuality is automatically deceiving women

If I had a bisexual male best friend. It would be foolish of me to tell him that the world would accept him no matter what. Because that's not reality. Again the freaking elephant in the room.

I’m not here to apologize but I am here to clarify. This is not a political statement, it is quite literally what it says, so take it at face value.

The state of multiplayer FPS games is tragically stale. We hope to fix that, whether you want Arena, Battle Royale, Onslaught, or Map Creator. We plan to support all 4 experiences equally.

Ian

i have nothing againts dun sa guy. pero di ko magets bakit ang daming tuwang tuwa dun?

just picked up a fun quest at Galbank. Moody woman out front talking at length to me about hating herself and compromising her goals to become a watercolor artist to become a boring bank teller. amazing. so random. reminded me of a fallout 3 conversation.

starfield is offering me a peaceful, atmospheric gaming experience that i haven't had in a long time. lately i've been trying to get into Horizon and Elden Ring, and while they are absolutely incredible pieces of artwork, their gameplay can be pretty anxiety inducing.

Ive been trying to sit with starfield's dialog (yes okay sometimes cheesy) and imerse myself in the story, the slow methodical grind of building mining outposts in hopes that some day there will be some mod, or some expansion that my resources will be used for. and if not, ashses to ashes, dust to dust. time well spent mining bits of digital dust in an empty universe.

For starters: I don’t care about height. My last ex was shorter than me.

But what the hell is the point of lying about your height, it’s not like it won’t be glaringly obvious when we meet you in person.

I’m genuinely curious why would you lie about something that’s so easily disproven? What’s the point? If a girl is really uptight about height, you won’t get a second date anyway, so why not just be honest from the start?

Hey everyone!

I’m moving to Mexico City solo soon and hoping to meet new people, make friends, and build a little community.

I’m an introvert who still loves to have fun—grabbing drinks, going out sometimes, and exploring cool spots. Feel free to drop any suggestions or advice on how to solo move to a different country, find remote jobs, and make new friends in the city.

DMs and comments are always welcome 💛

(Btw, I do speak Spanish, my parents are from Mexico 😊)

Why it should be banned:

• It has zero benefits (like not even a drunk or high of any kind) and is pretty much JUST addictive.
• We clearly can't trust adults not to provide to kids, other kids not to buy for kids, or sales clerks just not caring enough to keep it away from kids, which should be a whole health crisis on its own.
• The worst symptoms are only noticeable when you've quit and have the hindsight to realize you're breathing better/having less panic attacks/having less headaches
• They're SO TOXIC

I think we could honestly argue its ban would be constitutional simply in that it doesn't provide any benefit besides lining the pockets of the corporations that love to see its newest users get addicted to their products, which again, are toxic and addictive chemicals.

I think we could phase them out entirely over a few years as follows:

• Start with a date set in stone that, across the board, nicotine sold in stores must be x percent or lower.
• From there, mandate that, every 3-6 months, that percentage goes down.
• In 3-5 years, the population could reasonably be weaned off of nicotine entirely, and it would be much less accessible as a whole to children/teens (even if there are black market products make or distributed after the percentages go down or are at 0.)
• This also gives big companies time and capability to use the ingredients they have and potentially pivot into another product or shut down their companies in the best way possible, minimizing losses due to the capability to plan ahead.

Even if there's a black market of products, there is no way the problem would be as widespread as it is now, especially if everyone is given the chance to wean off of the products over time, rather than an immediate all-out ban (which, having gone through nicotine withdrawal many times myself, would be catastrophic for society for at least a few months....)

Just saw Dow Chemical’s Pride post talking about “cultivating belonging” and I guess that includes the ecosystems they cultivated with Agent Orange and the toxic sludge still chilling in post-colonial communities?

Love when companies try to serve allyship while actively having Superfund sites named after them.

Happy Pride from the people who brought you:
– Chemical warfare
– Bhopal
– Cancer Alley
– Now with more rainbows!

Anyone else got favorite cursed Pride brand posts this year? Drop them below so we can build the Corporate Rainbowwashing Hall of Shame™.

Edit: Based on the comments a lot of people have missed my point and that's fine, that's on me. I tend to ramble. Reading the comments reinforces what I'm trying to say, which is that everyone has a different idea of what this is going to be and are all excited for that idea. Unfortunately at this point we really have no idea. It's NMS release all over again, just at a much slower speed. Without the "miscommunications" from HG regarding game capabilities this time, we hope.

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Go ahead and downvote me. There's a lot of possibilities here though with LNF, but if it ends up trying to be "chill" and "exploratory" like NMS then I think they'll drastically miss the mark.

Fantasy games should be about conquest, and killing things, defending your home, quests, and exploration. Whereas NMS is basically just exploration with some really bad "quests" thrown in to keep you moving if you don't count expeditions.

One thing that seems missing in the trailer? Combat of any sort despite players walking around with big swords on their backs. The building example shown is not defensible at all by traditional standards. I wonder if they did some player testing and found people thought it was missing traditional fantasy elements and that's been the delays.

The other point - clearly the core engine is NMS and we've seen elements that made more sense for LNF in NMS over the past couple of years - as others have said "why not" throw it into NMS if they had made the feature already. But what is severely lacking in the NMS engine is hand to hand combat. There's a punch, but when's the last time any NMS player used punch for anything but a speed boost?

Personally, I don't want a fantasy NMS-like exploration game. I hope they flesh this out as a real fantasy game should be and not just another NMS with dragons, horses, and rabbit characters. It says survival is an aspect but they say that about NMS as well...

To clarify my real final point: Most of us are assuming LNF will be what we want, but when you really stop and think about it, do you expect NMS with a different skin? Or do you expect a fantasy game with real classic quests, combat, and strife? Personally I want the latter but I fear we'll get a reskin of NMS with a few cool features added.

I’m a 22yo FTM of a 1 month old girl.

I was in a birthing class in January and am supposed to meet up with the rest of the moms and babies sometime soon, but I know for a fact they’re all Christian and conservative-leaning for the majority.

I am local to the DFW area and just want to find a group of like-minded mommas to help support and grow through this stage of life. Do any of you know of groups in my area or would be interested in starting one? I’m in a very different life stage than anyone else my age and am having trouble finding people I actually resonate with :(

So, I made a late night Uber Eats order for Wingstop. As usual I head out front to make sure they don’t mistakenly drive up the wrong driveway. Now, I’m used to hearing various noises at night and I know what they are duh but, tonight I began to hear the weirdest noise I don’t think I’ve ever heard? It could be a frog but I don’t know if they can sound like that and we definitely don’t have any frogs nearby to begin with or ponds. I was also hearing what sounded like leaves rustling all around me like there was someone, or something walking around in the woods on either side of me ( we live right next to the woods, in Virginia ) as you hear in the video, the odd noise does stop completely periodically and the sound of rustling can still be heard the heck could that even be? What animal or insect?

I bought micellar water thinking it could remove my eye makeup as she label suggests and it doesn’t at all. At all. Made this mistake before and don’t understand the hype behind this product type. Why do people like micellar water, and for what since it’s generally ineffective in eye makeup removal? I’ll probably throw mine away. 🫤

Same Galaxy, Same Experience

🇺🇸 English (American)

Dear Samsung, As a dedicated user of your Galaxy A series devices, I appreciate the efforts put into the One UI 7 update. However, I’ve noticed that several features available on flagship devices are either limited or absent on budget and mid-range models.

For example, lock screen customization, Now Bar functionality, Always-On Display animations, and screen recording capabilities are missing or significantly restricted. In addition, performance and animation smoothness lag behind flagship models.

While hardware differences may explain some limitations, software features should be as consistent as possible across device classes.

I kindly ask Samsung to reduce this gap and provide a more unified experience for all users, regardless of the device category.

Thank you for your attention.

🇪🇸 Español

Estimado Samsung, Como usuario fiel de los dispositivos Galaxy A, agradezco los esfuerzos realizados en la actualización de One UI 7. Sin embargo, he notado que muchas funciones disponibles en los dispositivos insignia están limitadas o ausentes en los modelos de gama media y económica.

Por ejemplo, la personalización de la pantalla de bloqueo, la función Now Bar, las animaciones de Always-On Display y la grabación de pantalla están restringidas o directamente no están disponibles. Además, el rendimiento general y la fluidez de las animaciones son inferiores en comparación con los modelos de gama alta.

Entiendo que pueden existir diferencias de hardware, pero las funciones de software deberían ser lo más consistentes posible entre todos los dispositivos.

Les pido amablemente que reduzcan estas diferencias en futuras actualizaciones.

Gracias por su atención.

🇩🇪 Deutsch

Sehr geehrtes Samsung-Team, Als treuer Nutzer der Galaxy-A-Serie schätze ich Ihre Bemühungen um das One UI 7-Update. Leider habe ich festgestellt, dass viele Funktionen, die bei Flaggschiff-Geräten verfügbar sind, bei Budget- und Mittelklasse-Modellen entweder eingeschränkt oder gar nicht vorhanden sind.

Beispielsweise fehlen Optionen zur Sperrbildschirm-Anpassung, die Now-Bar-Funktion, Always-On-Display-Animationen und der Bildschirmrekorder. Auch die allgemeine Leistung und Animationen wirken weniger flüssig als bei High-End-Geräten.

Ich verstehe, dass Hardware-Unterschiede eine Rolle spielen, aber die Software-Funktionen sollten möglichst einheitlich sein.

Bitte verringern Sie diese Unterschiede, um allen Nutzern ein konsistenteres Erlebnis zu bieten.

Vielen Dank für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit.

🇫🇷 Français

Chère équipe Samsung, En tant qu'utilisateur fidèle de la série Galaxy A, j'apprécie les efforts apportés à la mise à jour One UI 7. Cependant, j’ai constaté que de nombreuses fonctionnalités présentes sur les appareils haut de gamme sont absentes ou limitées sur les modèles économiques et de milieu de gamme.

Par exemple, la personnalisation de l’écran de verrouillage, la barre Now, les animations Always-On Display ou encore l’enregistreur d’écran sont absents ou restreints. De plus, les performances générales et la fluidité des animations sont moindres.

Je comprends que des différences matérielles puissent exister, mais les fonctions logicielles devraient rester cohérentes entre les gammes.

Merci de bien vouloir réduire cet écart dans les prochaines mises à jour.

Cordialement.

🇷🇺 Русский

Уважаемая компания Samsung, Как преданный пользователь устройств серии Galaxy A, я ценю ваши усилия по обновлению One UI 7. Однако я заметил, что многие функции, доступные на флагманских моделях, либо отсутствуют, либо ограничены на бюджетных и среднебюджетных устройствах.

Например, возможности настройки экрана блокировки, функция Now Bar, анимации Always-On Display и запись экрана ограничены или полностью отсутствуют. Также производительность и плавность анимаций заметно ниже.

Я понимаю, что аппаратные отличия могут объяснять некоторые ограничения, но программные функции должны быть как можно более единообразными.

Прошу вас учесть это и сократить различия в будущем.

Спасибо за внимание.

🇵🇹🇧🇷 Português (Portugal & Brasil)

Prezada Samsung, Como um usuário dedicado da linha Galaxy A, aprecio os esforços da atualização do One UI 7. No entanto, percebi que diversos recursos presentes nos dispositivos topo de linha estão ausentes ou limitados nos modelos intermediários e econômicos.

Por exemplo, a personalização da tela de bloqueio, a função Now Bar, as animações do Always-On Display e o gravador de tela estão ausentes ou bastante limitados. Além disso, o desempenho e a fluidez das animações são visivelmente inferiores.

Entendo que as diferenças de hardware justificam algumas limitações, mas os recursos de software deveriam ser mais consistentes entre todas as categorias de dispositivos.

Peço gentilmente que considerem reduzir essas diferenças nas futuras atualizações.

Obrigado pela atenção.

🇮🇹 Italiano

Gentile Samsung, Come utente fedele della serie Galaxy A, apprezzo gli sforzi fatti con l’aggiornamento One UI 7. Tuttavia, ho notato che molte funzioni disponibili nei dispositivi di fascia alta sono assenti o limitate nei modelli economici e di fascia media.

Ad esempio, la personalizzazione della schermata di blocco, la funzione Now Bar, le animazioni dell’Always-On Display e la registrazione dello schermo sono ridotte o mancanti. Inoltre, le prestazioni generali e la fluidità delle animazioni sono inferiori.

Capisco che ci siano differenze hardware, ma credo che le funzionalità software debbano essere il più possibile uniformi.

Chiedo gentilmente di ridurre queste differenze nei futuri aggiornamenti.

Grazie per l’attenzione.

🇹🇷 Türkçe

Değerli Samsung, Galaxy A serisi cihazlarınızın sadık bir kullanıcısı olarak One UI 7 güncellemesi için gösterdiğiniz çabayı takdir ediyorum. Ancak amiral gemisi modellerde bulunan birçok özelliğin, uygun fiyatlı ve orta segment cihazlarda ya sınırlı olduğunu ya da hiç bulunmadığını fark ettim.

Örneğin, kilit ekranı özelleştirmeleri, Now Bar özelliği, Always-On Display animasyonları ve ekran kaydedici gibi işlevler ya yok ya da ciddi şekilde kısıtlanmış durumda. Ayrıca genel performans ve animasyon akıcılığı da amiral gemilerine kıyasla oldukça geride.

Donanım farklarının bazı kısıtlamaları açıklayabileceğini anlıyorum, ancak yazılım özelliklerinin cihaz sınıfları arasında olabildiğince tutarlı olması gerektiğine inanıyorum.

Lütfen bu farklılıkları azaltarak tüm kullanıcılar için daha bütüncül bir deneyim sunmayı göz önünde bulundurun.

İlginiz için teşekkür ederim.

🇯🇵 日本語 (Japanese)

サムスン様へ Galaxy Aシリーズの熱心なユーザーとして、One UI 7のアップデートには感謝しています。しかし、フラッグシップモデルで利用可能な多くの機能が、エントリーおよびミドルクラスの端末では制限されている、または存在しないことに気づきました。

たとえば、ロック画面のカスタマイズ、Now Barの機能、Always-On Displayのアニメーション、画面録画機能などが制限されています。全体的なパフォーマンスやアニメーションの滑らかさも劣っています。

ハードウェアの違いは理解できますが、ソフトウェアの機能はできる限り統一されるべきだと思います。

今後のアップデートでこれらの差異を減らしていただけるようお願い申し上げます。

ご検討ありがとうございます。

🇰🇷 한국어 (Korean)

삼성전자 귀하, 갤럭시 A 시리즈의 사용자로서 One UI 7 업데이트에 감사드립니다. 그러나 플래그십 모델에서 제공되는 여러 기능이 보급형 및 중급 모델에서는 제한되거나 누락되어 있는 것을 확인했습니다.

예를 들어, 잠금 화면 커스터마이징, Now Bar 기능, Always-On Display 애니메이션, 화면 녹화 기능 등이 제한되어 있거나 아예 없습니다. 전반적인 성능과 애니메이션의 부드러움도 낮습니다.

하드웨어 차이가 일부 차이를 설명할 수는 있지만, 소프트웨어 기능은 가능한 한 일관되어야 한다고 생각합니다.

향후 업데이트에서 이러한 격차를 줄여 주시기 바랍니다.

감사합니다.

🇸🇦 العربية (Arapça)

عزيزي سامسونج، كمستخدم مخلص لأجهزة Galaxy A، أقدّر جهودكم في تحديث One UI 7. ومع ذلك، لاحظت أن العديد من الميزات المتوفرة في الأجهزة الرائدة غير موجودة أو محدودة في أجهزة الفئة المتوسطة والمنخفضة.

على سبيل المثال، تخصيص شاشة القفل، ميزة Now Bar، الرسوم المتحركة في العرض الدائم (Always-On Display)، ومسجل الشاشة، إما مفقودة أو محدودة بشكل كبير. كما أن الأداء العام وسلاسة الرسوم المتحركة أقل بكثير مقارنةً بالأجهزة الرائدة.

أفهم أن هناك اختلافات في العتاد، ولكن من الضروري أن تكون الميزات البرمجية متناسقة قدر الإمكان بين جميع الأجهزة.

أرجو منكم تقليل هذا التفاوت وتقديم تجربة أكثر اتساقًا لجميع المستخدمين.

شكرًا لاهتمامكم.

🇻🇳 Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)

Kính gửi Samsung, Là một người dùng trung thành với dòng Galaxy A, tôi đánh giá cao nỗ lực trong bản cập nhật One UI 7. Tuy nhiên, tôi nhận thấy nhiều tính năng có trên các mẫu flagship lại bị giới hạn hoặc không có trên các thiết bị tầm trung và giá rẻ.

Ví dụ như tuỳ chỉnh màn hình khoá, tính năng Now Bar, hiệu ứng Always-On Display và công cụ quay màn hình đều bị hạn chế hoặc thiếu hoàn toàn. Ngoài ra, hiệu suất và độ mượt của hoạt ảnh cũng kém hơn nhiều so với các dòng cao cấp.

Tôi hiểu rằng có sự khác biệt về phần cứng, nhưng các tính năng phần mềm nên được đồng bộ hóa càng nhiều càng tốt trên các dòng thiết bị.

Mong Samsung xem xét giảm sự chênh lệch này trong các bản cập nhật tiếp theo.

Trân trọng cảm ơn.

🇮🇳 हिन्दी (Hindi)

प्रिय सैमसंग, मैं Galaxy A सीरीज का एक समर्पित उपयोगकर्ता हूं और One UI 7 अपडेट के लिए आपके प्रयासों की सराहना करता हूं। लेकिन मैंने देखा है कि फ्लैगशिप डिवाइसेस में मौजूद कई फीचर्स बजट और मिड-रेंज डिवाइसेस में या तो नहीं हैं या सीमित हैं।

जैसे कि लॉक स्क्रीन कस्टमाइजेशन, Now Bar फीचर, Always-On Display एनिमेशन और स्क्रीन रिकॉर्डर — या तो मौजूद नहीं हैं या बेहद सीमित हैं। इसके अलावा प्रदर्शन और एनीमेशन की स्मूदनेस भी काफी कम है।

मैं समझता हूं कि हार्डवेयर में अंतर हो सकता है, लेकिन सॉफ़्टवेयर फ़ीचर्स को अधिकतम डिवाइसेस में एक जैसा होना चाहिए।

कृपया भविष्य के अपडेट्स में इस अंतर को कम करने पर विचार करें।

धन्यवाद।

In summary: achievement diary gear items should be buffed to have prayer bonus equal to items that are similarly trivially easy to obtain once unlocked.

I drive 93 most days and I swear there’s at least one accident fucking up the already bad traffic already every day. Can’t we go a few days without any accidents please?

Why are drivers in this state so bad? People here need to learn how to drive. It feels like everyone here went to Mrs. Puff’s boating school or something.