I mostly agree, but saying nobody ever sculpted in marble is a bit like saying nobody ever painted with oil paint because most of the most well known oil paintings were done according to sketches made with charcoal or pencil.

The finished sculpture is made of marble, and thus it was sculpted in marble. Not at first perhaps, but eventually

Of course there are still sculptors around! Like most art sculptures have gotten more abstract tho. Visit any museum of modern Art and you are sure to find some!

Marble and the like are of course incredibly expensive, and for that reason most people stick to more affordable options like wood or ice. Or do additive sculpting with clay/plaster, welding or something like that. If you really want to work with stone you might want to apprentice with a stonemason.

How did I start? Took a pocketknife in my hand and started whittling. The foundations of working in a subtractive manner are largely independent of material.

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I always thought the point of standing desks was, that you could periodically switch between standing and sitting. That should be at least somewhat beneficial right?

That it doesn’t exist. Real money saver that one.

If they were even close, there would have been nothing left of Gaza after the first three days. Everyone that managed to survive somehow would be in concentration camps already. So yeah, not even close. Still bad tho…

That’s no argument against them being god. It is an argument against that gods omnipotence tho. Or more precisely, argument against the very idea of omnipotence.

My point exactly. They don’t do anything more than normal library workers, but get significantly more money

Sure very skilled and such. But I’m not talking about librarians. Just library workers with and without a degree

Sure, but one does not inherently include the other.

Sure, but that’s kind of what Bafög is for. Sure that’s also a loan, but one with very favourable terms.

Honestly, it’s not just capitalism. Education is anywhere from free to really cheap in Germany, and we still don’t get many people from poorer families into uni.

I see the main problem here as a sort of class divide between people with university degrees and people without. For example: if you work in a public library and don’t have a uni degree you will never get more money than salary level 9 (4k/mo) just having a degree and not doing any more/different work more or less instantly puts you on 12 or higher (6k+)

This I think understandably makes people without uni degrees kind of resentful of those who do have them. And if you grow up resenting a certain group of people you are much less likely to join them.

So, no. “Just” getting rid of the cost won’t magically get these people into higher education.

Makes perfect sense while you are holding a stick drift!

I feel like 1500 for THE premium office chair really isn’t much when you look at, for example Smartphone prices. And lots of people spend nearly as much time in their computer chair as in their bed. And I don’t think 1500$ is a lot for a bedframe, mattress, pillow and blanket.

I’ve heard they are worth it, though I have never sat in one. IKEA also makes surprisingly good office chairs, those I know and recommend.

And then they go on to fight the predators to make it safe for the rest

And something like 80% of the rest of the world (No source, made it the fuck up :))

I have a photography program, that is a “buy once” model, but if you bought it, you can get a subscription for updates on-top. Once you unsubscribe the updates stop, but aren’t retracted. I find that to be a very reasonable solution.

Also better for your marriage