@robinince Huh. The designer definitely knew how to appeal to people in 2025.

edit: 2026, time flies.

@robinince It reminds me of a combination of Dutch 1980s trainstations and first generation German high speed trains.

1970s

Edit: maybe it's (much?) older though. There's things missing (more electric lamps) that you'd expect in the 70s or 80s, books and materials look nice but also plastic-free-old etc. I would not be surprised if it's 1940s. I wonder what that oven / fireplace like thing is.

Just bing it

@otfrom

That said: I also got a photo with the word Trump!

It reminded me of my experience visiting (yeah..) Trump tower in Chicago: dressed up giggling "upper class" maga people being tacky in an attempt to be classy. The attitudes and conversations were anything but though. And it was all about getting that photo with the word Trump. It convinced me how much the Hunger Games got right.

https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/112953214250914196

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"La Costa"

I checked. Shiny trinkets manufactured in Turkey, using materials from all over the world.

"and jewellery I'm wearing La Costa, which is organic jewellery, so part of making America healthy again"

I know, I know.. Most of us probably absolute hate hearing about the Melania bribe thing.

This segment interviewing people getting ready to view the thing is kinda amazing though. It's five minutes of people that look like some of our upper middle-class neighbours and colleagues cosplaying as decent human beings going to watch the Finding Nemo premiere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_yb21Nps5o

#silentsunday

@CarstenBoll I searched the internet. It indeed seems to be *the* term to use in the grilling community.

Just curious. Language people might know this.

"Wooden paper "

Paper = thin sheets of fibrous pulp, usually wood.

These are very thin planks, never pulped. So is it correct to label this "wooden paper"?

#language

Ooooh. An XXL #science set for "reliving evolution"

It's science doc, but not as we know it.

We're in Danish LIDL again.

Somehow every single product with an America flag on it is discounted.

Lady behind me "hell will freeze over before I buy wine with an American flag."

Her husband "it's a good price though "

#SilentSunday

@afewbugs Non-woman here. I also agree.

@quixoticgeek

@hpmaennicke Sure. But let's be clear to others then and don't suggest that the experience is the same for everyone.

And to be honest, I'd rather have real European banks work well* than yet another US owned company like #Wise.

*which they do: every private person can send and receive euros for free from and to every euro / sepa country. No extra in-between company is needed for that.

edit: I've deleted the rest of my replies. For all reading this: check Wikipedia, "funding" and fines.

@hpmaennicke Some counter-examples were offered in this thread (like: https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/115916901596229842)

Their current wording is "meh":

"Best Euro rate" - True. It's also the exact same rate as my bank.

"No hidden fees" - True. Same for the bank.

So that leaves the Transfer fee. And on various transactions I check it's all more than my bank.

They were fined for this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_(company)

Again, good if it IS cheaper. But in many situations it isn't. Why not be honest?

#Finance #Wise

@CiaraNi

@hpmaennicke Sure. But they claim that "cheaper" in other situations as well where they are objectively not. This is why with their previous "Transferwise" name they got into problems.

@CiaraNi

Oh. As I looked what happened to Transferwise I learned it rebranded into Wise. That explains why it feels so similar

Anyway. Just hope that people looking to use #Wise do a proper check with their own bank to see if it's actually cheaper. Despite claims, it might not be.

@CiaraNi @hpmaennicke

@CiaraNi For the past decade I've only ever had two payment accounts (one each in euro & DKK) and have never been unable to pay.

I stopped looking for alternatives. Last time I did was with a company named Transferwise. They also pretended to be "cheaper than your bank", doing a lot of ads etc.. After the first transaction I figured I'd do an actual check. Aaand it would've cheaper with my bank: their online calculator thingy literally lied about what my bank would've charged me.

@hpmaennicke

@hpmaennicke International payments between euro (sepa) accounts are always free if the banks were to do that transaction for free as a national transfer as well. It's a right you have and normal consumer banks follow that.

Between Danish kroner and euro Wise is simply more expensive than my Danish and Dutch banks. It's the same experience with similar services. At least Wise doesn't appear to be blatantly advertising about it anymore.

@CiaraNi @JohanEmpa @oldrup

@hpmaennicke Just to say as marketing material from these companies often blatantly lies: your own bank might very well be cheaper.

I just checked a couple of options with Wise between Denmark (DKK) and euro accounts in the Netherlands and Germany. In all of them my bank is cheaper. Same the other way around (euro to DKK).

@CiaraNi @JohanEmpa @oldrup