It's also simply not true. While there's a big push to book an appointment online and do smaller admin stuff yourself (requesting an ID and driving license), municipalities still have to allow people to book on the spot, or help them on the kiosks available. Actual efficiency depends on the friendliness of the administrative people in question I guess, but it's absolutely still possible to not have to go online for it.

From the flemish website

(...)Maar waar ze altijd welkom zijn op het gemeentehuis als ze dat wensen.

aka: They're always still welcome to visit public services in person if they prefer to do that.

Also really depends on the frequency and reason. Did something go horribly wrong once and does this one-time effort fix it or gives enough time for a decent solution down the road? Sure, I'll put in some extra work. Don't look for me though when it's resolved, I'm on holiday with all the overtime I should've gotten. If it's a structural problem because management wants to squeeze as much money out of their employees and refuses to hire enough people... Fuck that. And yeah, corporate uses the first thing as an excuse, luring you into staying longer "one more time, we really can't do it without you".

It's rather unhygienic if you can't retract it and wash under it. Dead skin and other stuff tends to build up and form crusts.

Not OP, not from the US and never been in Japan but I travel a lot in general: always assume local currency, at the very least it's going to be cheaper and quite probably only very touristy places or airport only might accept $$. Here you can pre-order cash at your local bank and return any excess notes after. Exchange booths are usually a rip-off, and withdrawal abroad might cost extra, check with your bank.

Also don't assume people speak English. They might, but treat that as a bonus.

As a general tip: you usually have to apply for assistance beforehand. Doesn't mean it isn't shitty though, and if your train is delayed then and you miss a connection...

Also, since when is Belgium two hours ahead of the UK? Are they drifting off towards the US?

No, that's another source of income.

Massive, won't melt, won't catch fire. Ceramic tiles would work just as well imho, though a tad lighter (which might actually be good, given the thickness of that shelf)

I was out. Still missed it.

At the end of the day, they're still carbohydrates and theoretically could be broken down into Co2/methane/alcohol or other short carbon components.

Not in the curriculum, though a sister of a classmate actually fell while running with scissors. Permanently blind in one eye, and a lozenge as pupil. Indeed not something you forget easily.

Shout out to Camelworks for deep, deep deep dives into tiny details on Skyrim too.

They're absolutely amazing. And pretty common nowadays. If a store has baking tuns and a baked-goods section, they probably have silicon baking sheets. Just make sure you get the thin, non-stretchy kind.

Maybe just search for better games then. There's plenty of mobile games that don't rely on gambling. Most are indie, but there are really some gems in there.

Oh we definitely have racism. It's just less "black lives matter" and more "only my skin colour matters". And yeah, this definitely extends to the police too. But given they're very, very scrutinised every time they dare pull their gun in public, at least we don't have the "police raids wrong unit and shoots owner" happenings.

What is happening is still far from OK, any instance of racism is one too many, but the problems here are a bit more nuanced than what is in general shared on a public, overly-Americanized forum.

And in case you are American/Canadian/Australian, can I please point back to whatever is still happening to your native population? Not a single country is free from blame from what they did to other or their own nations. Call me butthurt, but I'm getting quite a bit tired of getting called out on the Congo on every single thread mentioning Belgium while that was mostly, originally one man's doing. Again, nuance, I know more stuff happened afterwards, but it's not relevant to this thread.

Silicon reusable sheet for almost similar cleaning, but eco-friendlier flex.

Serious AA titles, no. But apps? I can see that happen quite easily.

They were already on the phone with cops. I'm just buying time until they arrive. And he's a drunk, as far as we know not a murderer. My first instinct is not to kill anybody who has a slightly bad day.

No, but shooting them is an extreme reaction. I'm a woman alone. If this would have happened to me, I'd have barricaded the door, fled to another part of the house (there's more than one door in), put more barricades in between us and made absolutely sure I screamed the neighbourhood awake. Once there's more people to subdue him, the main problem is solved. Damages are to be covered by insurance. Now if he carried a gun, that's an entirely different matter. Still, I don't own a gun, never will, don't think I'll ever need one. Once a culture sees "shooting someone" as a first solution, things are down the drain imho.