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pressanykeyon Berlin's Plan to Become a City for Cyclists

I am a daily bike commuter in Berlin. I think dickish people are evenly spread on all transportation modes. Difference is, dickish car drivers kill people, dickish biciclists don't. There has been 9 deaths of biciclists in Berlin in 2017[1] so there is definetely a reason for higher identifiability for car drivers.

[1] http://adfc-berlin.de/radverkehr/sicherheit/aktionen/62-geis...

pressanykeyon How do you prove that Earth is older than 10,000 years?

Sorry, I was not aware that Sabine is not obvious in english. The picture in the top right could also have been a hint.

It is not about it being "100% woman" but about "male" being the default. I think it is telling that the assumption seems to be physics -> male. If this would have been about social issues or fashion, maybe the people would have checked before assuming male gender?

I don't say it does not happen to me too, but if it happens, I think it is good to raise awareness.

pressanykeyon How do you prove that Earth is older than 10,000 years?

How comes you both assume the author is male? She is called Sabine Hossenfelder.

pressanykeyon The Booming Japanese Rent-A-Friend Business

A greek director also made a movie based a very similar idea http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1859446/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Also check out his newer movies like The Lobster... really good movies!

pressanykeyon Why People from Manchester Are Mancunians, Not Manchesterians

Yes.

Hannover - Hannoveraner

Bremen - Bremer (regular might be Bremener like Essen - Essener)

Jena: People who live there are "Jenaer", people who are born there are "Jenenser".