Oh yeah, that's fair then and totally me misunderstanding.

I don't even have a car so the social ramifications of changing oil yourself are a little lost on me. All I know about car maintenance is what little I remember from driver's ed - like how you're not allowed to wash it outside of facilities with certain waste water filtering infrastructure and how to check your oil level.

I'm 99% sure you're allowed to change your oil at home, even in Germany.

There are restrictions about washing your car though.

The middle is me when I buy a cucumber at the store

As a mod of a community dedicated to fighting misinformation it would be better if you spent some more effort not spreading any yourself.

This article is from "The Insider" and unaffiliated with Axel Springer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Insider_(website)

The Insider is an online publication specializing in investigative journalism, fact-checking, and exposing fake news. It was founded by independent Russian journalist Roman Dobrokhotov.

From what I can tell, it is quite possibly among the most reliable sources regarding Russia out there.

When you eat herds of cows you get enough energy to fuse gold.

Fusing your waste to gold has the evolutionary advantage of not causing any pollution around your home.

Ukraine is full of Nazis if we use the Russian/tankie definition of Nazi:

You are a Nazi if you oppose Russia.

I'm not even joking, that's the general sentiment over there. The idea that Russia could possibly be fascist is an oxymoron.

2. Obtaining a monopoly by [various reasons] is legal

Steam is not a monopoly

Am I missing something here? Just because Steam doesn't violate the (comparatively weak) US antitrust law does not make it not a monopoly. Especially when there are clearly legal ways to have a monopoly according to point 2 and point 3.

Huh? Steam is absolutely a monopoly in PC game sales.

Monopoly doesn't mean there are no alternatives. It means controlling an overwhelming share of the market.

Even Google has a monopoly w.r.t. search engines despite controlling less of its market than Steam does. If your site is deindexed by Google alone you might as well not exist for most of the population.

Plus the average US car consumes much more fuel than the average UK car. So your 2x expense would quickly become a 3-4x expense. A Ford F350 truck happens to be slightly less efficient than a Ford Focus.

But seriously, dirt cheap fuel has caused the demand for fuel efficient vehicles to be near zero in the US. No one would drive these stupid trucks otherwise.

Me when I post before looking up whether I'm right:

Anyway, naming trains after their operator rather than their manufacturer is stupid. Or rather, making me look so.

Why the hell would you use an Amtrak train?? That's a horrible name.

Now, trains made by Siemens/Bombardier are much more fitting. Like this one:

ICE = InterCity Express btw

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