Foreigner

I've only ever used this brand:

Not sure you can find it outside of France though. I've heard good things about BabyFoot but can't vouch for it I'm afraid.

Look into foot peels. They usually contain salicylic acid. I didn't believe that alone would do anything but I'm now a convert. The aftermath is gross for a few days, but for a brief moment in time you'll have baby smooth feet. A few tips:

• Obviously patch test to check you don't get a negative reaction
• Soak your feet in warm water for about 10 mins before
• Keep the foot peel socks on longer than it says on the packaging (if it says 60 mins, keep them on 90 min)
• Put socks over the foot peel socks so the liquid reaches all the nooks and crannies.
• Get comfortable and watch a movie or something while you wait
• In the days following, soak your feet once a day for 5-10 mins. This speeds up the peeling time.
• Wear socks and when you take them off, turn them inside out above a trash can.
• Resist the urge to peel the skin off. This is the hardest step
• Final step is to enjoy your smooth feet and look into repeating in a few months, especially if you have some very stubborn areas.

Yeah they do. Sweet sweet farts

Hades - I haven't seen anyone list this one yet. It was the first roguelike/roguelite I ever played and it taught me that I don't like roguelikes/roguelites. It tried to like it, but it's just not for me. Luckily, son boy loves it so it's not a total waste.

Yeeeee team bird let's goooooooo

I posted this elsewhere but if anyone is curious about the different species:

€5 - Wallcreeper

€10 - Common kingfisher

€20 - European bee-eater

€50 - White stork

€100 - Pied avocet

€200 - Northern Gannet

True, though something tells me the choices will be controversial for a certain crowd......

I suspect they picked those so they wouldn't have to "pick favourites" among the different European monuments

L'expression des vaches est assez fréquente en France mais très vulgaire donc on ne l'utilise pas aussi souvent que pleuvoir des cordes par exemple.

The halberd expression I've only personally heard once from my wife who is a walking French expression generator. There's a new one every other day. I generally hear the rope expression used a lot more.

According to this expression it's "frequent" but no idea what that means: https://www.lesexpressions.fr/expression/il-tombe-des-hallebardes

In France we have a few more:

Il pleut des cordes (It's raining ropes) Il pleut à sceau (It's raining buckets) Il tombe des hallebardes (it's raining halberds)

I'm also quite partial to "on s'est fait saucer", literally "we got sauced", which refers to getting soaked in the rain.

I partly covered this in my response below. If we're talking about eradicating disease-carrying mosquitoes from populated areas (and or invasive), then sure that makes sense. But studies that say eradication (even of the harmful ones) would have no negative consequence are very much debated by researchers. It's reddit, but here's a well cited comment from a researcher who works with mosquitoes that does a better job of explaining why it's not that simple: https://www.reddit.com/r/Entomology/comments/1icgbrg/comment/m9qxizu/

I totally get the animosity towards mosquitoes. I spend a lot of time birding in swamps and often leave with no fewer than 20 giant bites (and another 10 from fucking horseflies). I used to be in the same camp as you, until someone explained to me that mosquitoes are one of the few species that can survive in places where conditions are harsh, and they're food not just for land dwelling or airborne animals, but also aquatic species. They're also important pollinators, especially males since they feed on nectar and not blood.

Eradicating them 20 or 30 years ago would have probably been fine, since other insects could benefit from less competition and likely take up those niches. Today however, insect populations are literally collapsing all around us, and it's only getting worse. There is less and less food available for those on the bottom of the food chain, and the effects are going to trickle up all the way to us. Mosquitoes may be one of the few species able to ride out the apocalypse we're currently wreaking on nature.

I think local eradication is still important around human populations, especially for disease-carrying varieties. But leave the rest of them alone. We've levelled enough destruction on ecosystems. Save that energy for the true villain - bedbugs.