Very correct, and I think that it’s important that we have cohesive, economy wide experts collaborating to work on solutions to all of these issues.
This report will never come to fruition, but it helps to combat the narrative that “all this green leftist shit is just not feasible”. Because it starts to untangle that by demonstrating feasibility and paving the way for discourse that could at least improve the trajectory we are on
I have been enjoying RecklessBen’s content lately. Obviously started by the Lego controversy, but his other stuff is phenomenal.
And when they go “overboard” it’s just people being goofy like in ye olden times rather than super fake
At least it doesn’t directly affect those around them. Still shit, but better.
1790s? 👀👀👀
Its 100% worth it to clean and regrease the bearings in your bike’s axles (if they are open bearing). And it’s really not a hugely intensive process.
I’ve been going down a massive rabbit hole of bicycle stuff, and it’s really similar to the older days of pc building, lots of possibilities for upgrades, lots of brands, compatibility is pretty wide but also needs to be paid attention to.
It’s loads of fun.
There are many types of fantasy sport that are not just fantasy football. Also, it depends where the cash prize comes from, is it from people putting money into a pot? Or is it from the league itself as part of marketing and players only stand to benefit and don’t stand to lose?
Another part of fantasy sport is that I think generally speaking, I don’t think it has a focus on winning the prize, it’s a focus on the entertainment value of the fantasy sport itself. Whereas the entertainment value of gambling is directly tied to winning.
I’m talking about the action itself, not taxation. Taxation is separate to the gambling. In theory, if people didn’t spend that money on gambling they would then spend it on something else which would also be taxed (or is taxed lower because the action itself is beneficial)
It’s just a bad idea in general that doesn’t actually bring any benefit whatsoever to our society.
People will always go on about “do what you enjoy” etc etc. I have no issues with people for the sample playing fantasy sports, which is gambling but for the sake of competition not for the sake of money (usually).
As soon as you start wagering things of value, or taking on bets with consequences which aren’t part of the fun, then it’s just a shit thing that will always result in someone being unhappy.
I guess that’s my real issue with it, by design if it’s something for enjoyment, why does it require someone else to be hurt? (even losing a small amount of money is by definition a meaningful “injury” to the person).
Nothing but Ls since Thatcher.
Cracking the Cryptic 🙏🙏🙏
I think images/meme level stuff is fine. As long as it’s resharing something that is resonating rather than just reposting. i.e. posting the image or video directly rather than linking to Reddit. And as others mentioned, a text story is likely to be inappropriate, unless we do the whole screenshot other social media site trend which is fine imo
Well, for a very long time Germany didn’t have a choice 😅 and then it became a ok we will barely have a military because we have us soldiers here. (Which was considered a good thing by everyone in the world for… Historical reasons)
It’s actually supposed to be a “pie napple”
Fair points, however, there is a big difference between torture, abuse and murder, and limiting those from corrupting the system. Also, people wanting to live under a different economic system are not fascists I agree that fascism must be harshly dealt with, and it is a major failing of Western society, particularly over the past 5-10 years.
Similarly, complete suppression of the ability to spread and discuss ideas will always lead towards a backwards thinking society.
I do think that with the passage of generations and improvements of education people can revert back to being social creatures rather than individual. Greed is largely taught rather than innate.
You can be communist without being imperialist (in the case of the soviets), sending people to gulags, or massacring protesters 🙂
It’s always difficult for people to untangle their own experiences from being universal. It’s a common logical bias for most things, and we are all guilty of it at least occasionally.
“I know better than you because I am __”. It is the classic anecdotes are not evidence.
I personally am economically extremely communist while being very anti-soviet and anti-CCP, because I disagree with their authoritarian methods of enforcing socialism. Having grown up in a former Warsaw pact country I can see a lot of the great things that were outcomes of the communist ideals while simultaneously being surrounded by evidence of the awfulness as well. (And yes, I know “free” countries are also full of authoritarian bullshit and I am against that as well).
I think it’s important to remember that the viewpoints of those who endured or witnessed the outcomes of, for example, soviet, control are recognised and heard. That way we are able to untangle the implicit knots between the bad parts of certain regimes and the actual economic and social principles of different systems. E.g. is capitalism bad because America is an imperialist shitty asshole country which is capitalist? No, it’s bad because its underlying principles are flawed, and they also incentivise America to be a shitty asshole country.
It’s somewhat the same issue as the ad hominem fallacy, but towards a nation as an entity instead of a person.
Suzerain is phenomenal at this. More story and decision making rather than typical rts/TBS. But really handles a lot of those considerations.
It’s very difficult for these asshats to get decent lawyers because most lawyers care about win rates and their public perception to gain clients
The large vehicles he’s referring to are industrial large vehicles. Which require special licensing. Even the big ass pickup truck they showed could make the turn with no issues at all going at a reasonable speed.