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Damn. I always thought pilots made a decent living off their skill.
Apparently I was wrong.
Be careful, Asian tiger mosquitoes might try to sell you belts
Simplifying it to "language determines how you think" might be bull, but saying "language effects how you think isn't". Try modelling time differently in English without breaking the grammatical structure.
Why would we need different models of time? Does physics work differently in different languages? I'm aware other cultures have had different perspectives of time, but it seems more like a misunderstanding of how time works than an important part of culture.
Well duuuh, but that's mostly because then I wouldn't have been brought up in the German culture either. These two go hand in hand most of the time, of course, but simplifying to 'Language determines how you think' is bull.
We're currently dealing with one of the worst governments we've had in a while. Shark culls in WA, selling the GBR for untaxable profit, etc. They're at a 30% approval rating at the moment, I think.
The way she moves her lips is silly.
"U kner nuthin, Hon Snew."
As for immigration, I like the stance of Australia on this matter:I can't say I like it. Have a look at the background of that picture, look particularly full? Considering the government here is actively trying to promote population growth for economic reasons it runs counter to logic.Spoiler (click to show/hide)
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The work permit thing is a good step in the right direction, but I still don't think it'd be that effective, where would you find jobs for them, that the locals already don't want or need? Because for the most part, this is all unskilled labor coming in, so the most they can do is some sort of physical work (and not services either because I think most don't speak the language).
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That is actually a myth. The people who manage to get as far as Europe are for a big part upper class. I don't have the numbers for the EU at hand, but in Austria (where I have work that involves refugees) 20,4% of those coming here have graduated from university. That is a lot more than the general population (14,6%). It is true that there are refugees with very poor education but on average they are actually higher skilled than the local population. There seems to be a rampant misconception that someone who can't express themselves properly (because it is not their language) is stupid or uneducated or something like that.
