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The recent criticism of Linus Tech Tips, explained

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I fully agree. But that's the thing, if you don't consider LTT as a tech channel anymore, like GN or whatever, it's fine. I now consider LTT as pure entertainment, I will never go to them to actually buy a PC or a tech product. For that I go to forums, I watch multiple reviews, etc. And if the production value is all they have, I'll just watch it like a show with actors that are - well - acting.

I'm not trying to defend LTT, what they did was shite and I feel that they should be held accountable. But let's compare apples with apples, LTT isn't a tech channel anymore.

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Canada should move towards integration with Europe instead of the U.S.

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Classic whataboutism. We're not talking about the former colonies here nor asylum seekers. And you are completely out of it. You're not seeing that colonialism and asylum seekers aren't the point as they're persecuted outside their country for the latter or being persecuted by an outside force for the former. In the authoritarian BRICS regimes it's internal persecution towards their own people. It's not about skin color.

Also yes Brazil and SA are muchhhhh worse than Canada. Have you been? Clearly not. Cause going in a supermarket in Rio with heavily armed guards on alert cause you're white which means a robbery could take place any moment targeting you or in SA having to take an uber down the street to not get assaulted and robbed? Yeah.

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Why Spain is offering amnesty to 500,000 undocumented migrants

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Spain’s independent fiscal authority (AIReF) estimates that in 2017 non‑European immigrants had a positive net annual fiscal contribution of about €4,200, mainly because they’re younger and draw fewer pensions in the short run.

Also, the ‘half a million’ you mention is being discussed as a régularisation, not necessarily 500k new arrivals overnight.

Finally, if you have a source that shows ‘unskilled African immigration is a net tax loss in Spain’ (with definitions and data), share it...

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ICE is 30 minutes late again. I'm really pissed about that.

The other day I was supposed to take an ICE, which was canceled, and all the next ones as well for that day. So they had replacement buses. 4 per train... which means that when i arrived at 11.30 for my "train-bus" replacement, the 4 buses that left were from the 9.30 slot. By the time the buses for the 10.30 slot arrived, there were people from the 12.30 train there. You can imagine I gave up and did not go.