Unfortunately, any extremist government will work very hard to keep conflict, war and crisis going in order to distract from the fact that they’re the ones who are turning everything to shit.

Oh that is such a cool idea! Wouldn’t even need the whole windscreen to be polarized, polarized glasses for the driver should also work.

As a native German speaker, “Schwanz” is more like “dick”, pretty vulgar and crude. “Schniedel” was originally used around children and has a cute and somewhat humorous connotation. I think it’s the better fit here.

Although, at least in my field of work, it’s a bit frowned upon to actually get your vacation days back when you get sick.

It can be done in a way that does not affect privacy. If you lock your car while there’s still a person detected on the back seat, it will sound an alarm.

Eh, there are much worse drugs around. If doing shrooms makes people drink less alcohol, it’s a huge win both for them and for society in general.