[–] 9 points 6 days ago (6 children)
  1. Not everybody is an American, so it's (possibly) not "your life".
  2. There are reasons to downvote something other than the first half of a headline. For instance the second half of this headline. I would be very, very careful of assuming that "US voters reject Trump’s agenda". It's not only GOP rhetoric to suspect that MAGA voters can't be bothered to get off their asses if Trump is not himself on the ballot. The situation might be completely different in two years.
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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    That's not at all how it works in Germany, though. Dental treatments are paid, as is medication. There is a surcharge for medication, which is capped at 10 Euros. And some dental options, which are not strictly necessary (debatable in many cases, I'll give you that!) are not included. Physio and optical costs are also included.

    Some of the payments require a doctor's prescription in order to be accepted, but I would call that pretty fucking universal.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I did provide a link where both the British and the American pronunciation treat the c as an s sound. They have the IPA as /əˌsəʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ for both dialects. "soc" does contain the c, not the t.

    As I said, I'm not debating that the t in "tion" is pronounced that way (at least I tried to be clear, maybe I muddled it even more), but I have always pronounced the c as an s sound, and it appears Cambridge agrees with me.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Ahh, I see what you mean. Yes, in that regard he was possibly the only true master. I know that this style of layering densities was taught at the time, but I don't think many artists brought it to a comparable level.

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