I just want to say I appreciate all of you who have been privately sending me suggestions about what points to make about Europe’s inferior home appliances and generally low standard of living. I have been keeping notes.
By the way, have Europeans even heard of the concept of homes with swimming pools?
Just kidding, Europe is too rainy and cold for swimming pools.
I guess I should note: I visited Norway in 2019, and Norway is very rich. Unlike the rest of Europe, it appears to match American living standards. Still not very suitable for swimming pools, though.
I want to congratulate Norwegians on both their very functional society and the giant pile of crude oil they happen to sit on top of.
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Of course also the ceilings in Europe are low, so you’re going to keep hitting your face with the clothes.
And some Europeans want to change the subject, “but single payer.” Okay, then why aren’t you like Canada, which has single payer and modern household appliances?
This is the adorable thing about Europe, all these little countries that are like “look at me, I have pretty high GDP per capita,” and then nobody actually owns a machine that makes clothing dry. It’s so cute!
And then Europeans are like, “well if you only put four pounds of clothes in the machine, and run it on ‘extra dry,’ they’ll only need a little time on the clothesline.”
By the way it also rains a lot in Europe, quite rainy
Masks hide expressions and inhibit interaction. They make exercise hard. Enforcing mandates is a burden on govt and business. And mandates embolden busybodies. Mask mandates were a bridge to much more effective vaccines we now have. Don't bring them back. businessinsider.com/vaccines-work-…
Where people should have to wear masks is not a matter for the "experts." Experts can provide an input -- estimates of how policy affects illness and death. (Alas they've often gotten this wrong.) It's up to us to decide what indefinite rules are worth it. businessinsider.com/vaccines-work-…
And rules that get imposed now *are* indefinite. We awaited vaccines; now, we have them. So what are mask rules supposed to hold over to? Living in an indefinite posture of COVID restriction is not worth it. So we must vaccinate and get back to normal. businessinsider.com/vaccines-work-…
Anyway, what Muriel Bowser did reflects the facts on the ground: A mask mandate is not warranted by current conditions, because we have the vaccine, and if people want to have a wedding they should proceed as normal with it. Now she should just make that public policy!
The CDC also says to use dental dams for oral sex. I hope everybody has their dental dams!