The mods at Germany removed this without explanation so I guess I'm coming here hoping for any insight at all.
I am 100% serious here. A question for the gentleman. Growing up, did you and your guy friends ever just get together to "wrestle". Like wrassle around on the floor or whatever? Is it a bonding ritual among German young men?
For context. I worked at a company a number of years ago that was failing and the parent company (located in Germany) sent over a number of German staff to assist with the decommissioning process. One of the staff members was a 19 year old (male) Bavarian work-exchange student. For reference, I'm a mid-30s overweight engineer.
The kid was odd. He had never learned how to use a paint brush. He needed my help washing out his cup with soap and water. Claimed to be an Excel expert but didn't know how to format a cell. Most shockingly, he asked me recommend a comedy movie to watch and I said try Adam Sandler. He came in the next day and said he made it 10 minutes into the movie but turned it off when he found out Adam Sandler was a ___. I'll let you guess the blank. I thought everyone was over that.
Anyway, I think he came with some financial backing from his family. He lived pretty far away from the workplace so he always had to taxi or Uber to work. On occasion, he'd offer to buy people dinner (a shawarma or donair) if they'd drive him home. The gas to drive my personal car there and back was less than the cost of the food and the food was less than the cost of a taxi so it worked out for everyone.
One time, we're walking side by down the parking lot towards the restaurant and he says "Oh, I was wondering. Perhaps tonight after dinner, you and I could wrestle?" I paused, totally confused, and just responded "No." The conversation continued as if nothing happened.
I went home that night and just convinced myself that it didn't happen. I imagined it or dreamed it up or it just ... anything else except what had actually happened. A couple weeks past, he wanted another ride. Then when I dropped him off, he asked me AGAIN if I wanted to come in an wrestle with him. OK, I guess it actually did happen. "Nah, I'm good."
Does anyone have any insight into this at all? Occam's Razor?

Hey all, Im driving to see family in Virginia and am taking my 78yo Dad to the Richmond race.
Where is the best place to park?
Thanks

My girlfriend is in a new apartment complex in Noda and was towed last night. The garage she parks in is only 10% full as well, this complex is new. She clearly had her permit displayed, but was towed by Charlotte towing and parking. The apartment complex and towing company said she is at fault.
Any advice on how we can fight this?
She also went to pick it up and the company refused to let her pay with a card. Said she looks like someone who would dispute a charge. Is this not profiling and are you allowed to deny a form of payment? This whole thing seemed extremely predatorial and wrong.

Hi all, My wife and I are looking to move out of where we are because we can't afford to upsize for our budding family here. We've looked at a few cities that seemed affordable only to find out that realtors are purposely posting listings below market value to trigger insane bidding wars on houses that go for $50-100k over listed price, no inspections allowed, cash only, dozens of offers, etc. Realtors in those cities told us we'd have to buy sight unseen because there isn't time for tours/walk-throughs without having it snatched from under you. Wondering what the market is like in Indy in some of the nicer areas. Not 100% sure of neighborhoods but were thinking maybe around Butler-Tarkington / Meridian Park? Similar neighborhoods if you got 'em. Not very familiar with Indy.

Philosophy and constitutional policy:

Primary principle of any government should be upholding human dignity.
Human rights are inherent to individuals, not granted. Any violation of a right has to be sharply evaluated. There need to be clear boundaries to in which cases libverty might be restricted. In general, we should uphold the principle that even the best ends don‘t justify all means.
I would support the following changes to the German constitution:
Article 2 (personal liberty, life, bodily integrity): Forbid the existence of victimless crimes; forbid direct violations of bodily autonomy (such as vaccine mandates)
Article 5 (free speech): recognize freedom of speech as an absolute right
Article 11 (freedom of movement): remove some restrictions of it; explicitly state the right to leave the country within the article
Article 12 (+12a) (freedom of profession / mandatory (military) service (MMS)): Remove the options for mandatory service (except if ruled by a court as an alternative to imprisonment) and article 12a (MMS; currently out of effect in Germany, but since the debate is brought up again from time to time, the option for it should be removed fro the constitution)
Remove article 17a, restricting the right to petition of people who serve in MMS
Remove article 18, stating that rights can be lost if used to fight against liberal democracy. As rights are inherent, not granted, they can‘t be lost.
Explicitly state the criteria for when a right may be restricted in article 19, namely if the restriction

• serves a justified purpose
• Is suitable for achieving that purpose
• Is the mildest means capable of achieving that purpose
• does not violate a right in it‘s core

In practice, this code is already in use, but it doesnt hurt to explicitly mention it in the constitution.
Remove some of the extended governemnt competences in the case of a national emergency
There should be an option to leave the social contract

Economic policy:

Introduce a universal basic income (UBI)
Gradually transform the welfare state in the direction of a UBI as long as it hasn‘t been introduced (unemployement benefits without sanctions, minimum pensions, partial UBI for children, money raised by the carbon certificate system distributed as a citizen‘s dividend, etc.)
Introduce a land value tax
Also tax natural resources and pollution
Allow public transportation providers to invest in areas experiencing a rise in land value due to improved public transportation infrastructure, not only incentivizing further investments, but also cutting costs of transportation.
Cut all subsidies that hurt the environment; in the long term, cut as many subsidies as possible
Increase both private (for example using tax cuts) and public investments in green and digital infrastructure; provide incentives for automatization
Keep (or introduce) a universal healthcare system (it‘s far cheaper than whatever the US has and isn‘t really a point of discussion in other western countries)
The government should act according to Ordoliberalism rather than Keynesianism
Provide a stable economic playing field based on the principles of competition (companies shouldn’t be allowed to form monopolies) and informed consumers (companies shouldn‘t be allowed to lie about their products)
Improve payment and working conditions of people working in the care sector
Drastically reduce bureaucracy
Reform zoning; cut most regulations
Reform occupational licensing (abolish it for a good number of professions)
Reform intellectual property; restrict or abolish patents
Αbolish unnecessary regulations
Expand free trade (human rights abuses along the supply chain should be met with a supply chain law, not with general trade restrictions)

Environmental policy

Climate neutrality should be reached by 2035 ideally and until 2040 in any case
Phase-out of coal energy until 2030
Phase- out of oil and gas until 2035 (ideally, until 2040 in any case)
Introduce a (global, ideally) carbon certificate cap and trade system that covers all produced emmissions, regardless of the sector they were produced in
Abolish all regulations restricting investments in and construction of renewable energy power plants
Create incentives for private investments in PV or green heating mechanisms (for example, if you produce electricity using a PV module, don‘t use all of it and then sell the rest to the enrgy provider, the amount of energy you provided should just be deduced from the amount of energy you consumed instead of making it a bureaucratic nightmare)
reallow production of nuclear energy (stop the phase-out in theory, although I am not sure if it isn‘t too late for that now)
Improving the national park system
Protect moors and (parts of) the sea
Reduce regulations on food (a banana doesn‘t need to be curved in a specific angle)
phase-out factory farming until 2035 and increase animal wellbeing-standards

Social policy

Decrease surveillance
Abolish police controls without suspicion and racial profiling
Increase transparency, especially regarding lobbying
Introduce the freedom of information act in other countries
Liberalize immigration
Voting reform: introduce a multi-party voting system, if that isn‘t already the case (looking at you, USA); if there is a system of proportional representation, all seats should be given to the parties according to the popular votes they received. If there is a hurdle to enter the parliament (for example, 5%) it should be possible to nominate an additional party that receives one‘s vote should the originally preferred option fail to enter the parliament
After their time in politics, politicians shouldn‘t be able to take on a new job in the economy for another five years
“positive discrimination“ doesn‘t exist. There should be no affirmative actions, quotas, etc.
Humans should be regarded as individuals rather than members of a group; identity politics should be ignored
Legalize all drugs
Legalize wild camping
In general, legalize all victimless crimes, such as driving without a seatbelt
In the case of another pandemic, there should be less harsh regulations. There shouldn‘t be lockdowns, for example.
Legalize assisted death
No censorship (obviously including the internet)
Innocence until proven guilty in any case
There should be no maximum amount for cash payments
Legalize flag burning, insult, blasphemy and hate speech
Ban medically unnecessary permanent alteration of the body of children who are unable to consent to it (also obligate medical facilities to inform patients about possible milder solutions than an operation)

Miscellaneous:

Expand research in the areas of astronomy, physics, health, carbon capture tachnologies, nuclear fusion, climate-friendly air travel and renewable energy
Construction of a space-tether
Build-up of a free, digital library of hight-quality learning content for many different areas, both supporting school education and helping adults to further educate themselves
Government-financed research should be easily available for free

Recently I was watching a video of a trans woman reacting to a guy going on an amusement park with a friend. Basically, the establishment was giving free admission to women in celebration of women's month, so the friend, who is a cis man, went wearing a dress to pass himself off as a trans woman in order to gain entry.
From my point of view, I think this has more to do with gender expression than with how the person identifies. Because, like, a person appears with a beard, a deep voice, hair all over the body, but then it's called a woman, I can't say if it's a real trans woman or if it's just a guy pretending to be trans, you know what i mean? In the same way as the issue of the bathroom, for example: a person with male expressions on their body enters the women's bathroom, the women inside cannot know if it is really a woman or a psychopathic guy wanting to take advantage , you know? That is, in my opinion, in these cases, the gender expression that the person has is important, because other people need to be sure that it is, in fact, a woman - being cis or trans.
In other words, I particularly think that a person with a COMPLETELY masculine expression, but who is only wearing a feminine outfit, should not enter for free in the amusement park, because we do not have this confirmation, on the part of gender expression, of the gender that the person identifies, therefore, we cannot say if it is a woman or not.
Anyway, this is my opinion and I really wanted to hear from trans people their opinions. I'm here to learn and I'm 100% open to changing my view so if I'm wrong, please explain, but kindly please.

Hey we are visiting Potsdam for the next couple of days and are staying in a hotel quite close to the Hauptbahnhof. Is there a free parking spot or a cheap car park nearby? Thanks in advance!

I suffered a hip injury during the first week of the start of spring semester, leaving me in a wheelchair. I’m a percussionist, and our band room has stairs.
My director is not giving me parts, so I park my chair at the bottom of the stairs everyday during class and use that time to get caught up/organized, so sorta like a study hall.
Today is the first day back from spring break. And I checked, and my grade is sitting at a D. I’ve made sure to attend all the concerts I’ve been unable to preform in. I’ve also offered to help in any way I can.
My director was pretty good navigating my disability when I was in marching band last year. However something flipped and they’ve become unwilling to deal with anyone except their favorites in our band program.
I’m headed off to college next year, but my director killed my love for band.

Can I purchase a Diamond Pass from STL (picking up here) but save and then use the 4 skip the lines passes in NJ later this summer?

Hi everyone! Good day!
Does anyone know if my sister with autism (highly dependent to my parents) would have to wait for a long time because she has the least preference for visa allotment or can we file for an exception because of her disability? Should I hire a lawyer for this case? My parents are straight forward petition online but my sister is of different case. I hope someone can answer or if someone knows an excellent immigration lawyer in NJ or NY area...please let me know!

Asking for suggestions on the most scenic route from Kelowna BC to Toronto.
Priorities are mountains, lakes, rivers, nature, wildlife, parks, camping, beautiful small towns, etc. Happy avoiding big cities, traffic, congestion, major highways whenever possible.
Is there additional subreddits I should be asking in?
Thanks!

I'm located in Northeast Ohio along Lake Erie . There's so many beautiful parks and public areas, but it's difficult to locate any reliable sources on foraging laws up here. I know that Metro Parks are a no-no, but that's about it. I would appreciate anyone's who could point me in the right direction!

I just bought a 2022 Acura RDX A-spec Advance with 16k miles and lately I've noticed the squeaky brake noise everytime I'm in reverse pulling out of a parking spot. I called the dealer and they said they don't have a resolution yet. I have an appointment today at 12:30 and was wondering if I'm just wasting my time there. They said they would take a look at it. The guy over the phone was sort of an asshole and saying shit like...well that's equivalent to looking up WebMD for a diagnosis when I said I e seen people online with the same problem.
Thanks!

The only stop these two routes have in common seems to be Wellington Quay. Is it relatively safe in the small hours of the morning?
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The G1 bus runs 24/7 from the city center along this route and would get me to my hotel.

• New Wapping Street
• Wellington Quay
• Tomas Street
• St. James Hospital
• Inchicore
• Ballyfermot
• Cherry Orchard
• Park West
• Woodford Walk
• Red Cow Luas

But the Dublin Airport bus, which I was told would get me to the city center stops at these:

• Georges Quay
• Aston Quay
• Wellington Quay
• Merchants Quay
• Ushers Quay
• Heuston Station
• Arran Quay
• Ormond Quay Upper
• Eden Quay
• Custom House Quay

I couldn't figure this app out last year. It did not seem like it was watering enough and my lawn in July got absolutely torched by the heatwave we had in NJ. Then eventually it seemed like it was over watering because I got red vine like fungus all over one area.
What the hell do I pick? Time based? Smart (et) or virtual solar sync? The last two I have no idea still what they mean as smart would still water during rain and wouldn't rain when it was extra hot. I'm just so confused going on year 3 of this app and don't want to torch my lawn again.