ValiantDust

It’s a relief to read that, I was having a severe culture shock there for a moment.

Does this egg-washing thing Americans do mean you have to keep them refrigerated even if they are hard-boiled? Because where I live you can keep hard-boiled eggs for days or even weeks even at room temperature. I never heard of anyone just throwing away the eggs they hide for kids. You hide them, the kids find them, you put them in the fridge, you eat them.

Edit: I don’t know if you added the part about refrigeration later or I just missed it before. That answers my question. I guess it makes sense because the shell will be porous. Wow, I never considered this affects easter customs.

Wait, do people just throw away the eggs?

Others here have already made a lot of good points, so I just want to add one I haven’t seen addressed yet.

Having only one friend or one group of friends can be “dangerous”, because what happens when you lose them? I know, this is not something we like to think about, but people have accidents or get sick or die suddenly or you have a huge argument or… And then you have no one to turn to to help you to deal with the situation.

If you have several “independent” friends or friend groups, you have a much stronger support network. You have someone else to turn to, even if it’s just for venting about problems with your other friends. For me personally this kind of social security – knowing I won’t ever have to deal with things on my own – is very important and reduces a lot of my anxiety about the future.

On a side note this reasoning also applies to maintaining friendships during a relationship.

I also have very good color vision.

For me it heavily depends on the context. For example I have spent some time working out a color palette for my wardrobe, so now the colors I use there are heavily associated for me.

Without any context, it’s similar to your grouping, except for the second group: oranges go nearly all to the reds, yellows go to the greens, browns go to black and greys.

“Doch” is used to negate a negative question. So basically you are saying “Yes, I am afraid.”, but in one word. (Or is the correct negation “No, I am afraid.”? It’s really very confusing in English.)

I think it does make a difference. When the parties are voted for before forming the coalition, you know exactly how many people supported them and their policies. Then the coalition is negotiated based on that. If you form the coalition first, then only the majorities inside the coalition matter for who has the most say, you have no way of knowing what’s important to the voters.