14 years of Conservative rule will do that to a country 🤷‍♂️

It looks like old AC units last forever because you only see the ones that are still working, not those that failed over the years. Classic survivorship bias.

Yep, which is a reason why 'patriarchy' is often a poor term for systems of power. The elites are elevated because they are wealthy, to a far greater extent than being elevated because they are male. Telling working class and impoverished men that the system is designed to benefit them is only going to push them towards right-wing populists like Trump who are selling fake solutions to their problems.

If you've not heard of these people, it's likely a cultural difference. They're definitely all well known people. Dua Lipa is one of the most popular pop stars in the UK and USA (and presumably worldwide) , Gary Lineker is a former football player, turned sports commentator, and Benedict Cumberbatch is an A-List actor.

You've put into words exactly how I feel about BG3. It's like it's someone else's favourite game.

Convincing people that punching Nazis gets them into heaven helps deal with a problem in our lifetime though

Midlander here. Dinner is the "main meal" whenever it's eaten. Tea is always the evening meal and lunch is always the midday meal though.

Lots to unpack here and I'm not looking to tackle all of it, but going back to any metal standard is a terrible idea. The value of a Fiat currency is based on the shared belief in it's value, whereas a metal standard currency has its value in the shared belief in the value of the metal. No gain, but pushing the problem one step down the chain.

The substantial downside of metal standard currency is that it causes a scarcity in the metal compared to the amount needed for currency, leading to deflation. Suddenly you have a currency which encourages people not to spend as the currency is expected to be worth more in the future; the currency fails at it's only job: facilitating trade.

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Yeah, that 11 year old totally deserved to die for ringing someone's doorbell and running away. You're right that the only thing wrong with the story is that the grieving parents know what happened to their child.

I'm glad that the community that's mourning a child is now going to have fewer kids playing mostly harmless pranks.

I can't tell if you're genuinely that awful a human being or if I've just taken the bait.

I'm back playing Escape from Tarkov. The game has some real performance issues and a pretty big cheater problem, but there is no other game on the market like it.

Be careful, sister. While Smotrich and Ben-Gvir are certainly genocidal and guilty of war crimes, let's not resort to antisemitic attacks. Don't forget, the Israeli government doesn't represent all jews and there are Israeli human rights organisations, newspapers, and genocide scholars calling it out for what it is.

It's a reference to the movie 'One Battle After Another'. It's a very good anti-facist film from last year; highly recommended

I think that was recently proven false. Still, the guys at Obsidian did an amazing job pumping out one of the best games of all time in a year and a half.

I'd argue this is a precursor to metal rather than metal itself. Still a great song that everyone should listen to.

Literally capitalism making it impossible