I definitely feel like in A Handmaiden's Tale women wouldn't be allowed to have swiffer wetjets. I might just be showing my prejudices mind you.
Jesus Christ, it's like "Hey, time to kill the Democrat party for the next generation"
They're stealing furniture made out of sawdust because they're hungry and want to eat!
You know, I actually fell for this one. It just sounds exactly like something Microsoft would do. How many names did msn messenger have over its lifetime relating to some other product they were selling?
"Even when individuals have done nothing wrong—and in fact have done the right thing—and will ultimately be exonerated, the mere fact of being investigated or prosecuted can irreparably damage reputations and finances."
Huh that's strange, they didn't seem to feel that way about all the cases they brought against their political enemies.
Huh that's strange, they didn't seem to feel that way about all the cases they brought against their political enemies.
The juxtaposition of the left carrying water for the CCP and the actual policies of the CCP is pretty funny.
It's surprising how far down the list you need to go to hit an EU country.
Edit (wait, maybe they picked the countries to avoid the EU and most other countries?)
Edit (wait, maybe they picked the countries to avoid the EU and most other countries?)
One youtuber I watch suggested that asian culture will become hegemonic like American culture was 30 years ago. I tend to believe it.
I was looking up the most expensive games ever made today, and last year Monopoly go was released. It had a budget of over 500 million dollars.
For 500 million dollars, I could make 500 really good Monopoly games. With mini games if they really wanted them.
For 500 million dollars, I could make 500 really good Monopoly games. With mini games if they really wanted them.
There was a "Japanese age of consent" joke in Solo Leveling Abridged, so I decided to look up the Korean age of consent.
20! You can shoot at North Koreans for 2 years in your mandatory military conscription before you can get a little booty!
20! You can shoot at North Koreans for 2 years in your mandatory military conscription before you can get a little booty!
More like the broadcaster might pull him off the air.
A bunch of cable TV people pretending cable isn't going away at a cataclysmic rate.
A bunch of cable TV people pretending cable isn't going away at a cataclysmic rate.
"why did you guys walk away from the strengthen our borders and kill all puppies tragically bill? Don't you want strong borders?"
Poison pill legislation really needs to be called out more.
Poison pill legislation really needs to be called out more.
I think it's kinda funny that people use "the kids" lingo popularized by Moon Unit Zappa in a song that came out just as the first millennials were being born in 1982. Moon Unit herself is nearly 60 now.
Time keeps moving which breaks most people's generational narratives. Trump is a very early boomer generation, Joe Biden is very late silent generation, and the recently departed Jimmy Carter was late greatest generation. Some people nonetheless would think of all 3 as boomer.
I suspect in the recession I expect to see this year (it could end up next year, but I'm pretty sure it'll be this year), tech ends up revaluing, similar to how Netflix did a few years ago. In that case, the company lost 80% of its valuation just to get to a PE that matches most other companies on earth.
A hypothetical 2025 recession wouldn't look anything like the 2008 or 2020 recessions, because there's no dry powder left. Most governments have been running up debt like there's literally no tomorrow, with the US doubling its debt every 4-8 years, Canada tripling its debt in the past 15 years, inflation still running hot in most places in spite of years of QT, and in spite of that the lived reality for most people has been cataclysmic, with food bank usage and homelessness reaching insane records. The idea that cold places like Edmonton have huge tent cities because normal people can't afford homes anymore ought to be a wake-up call. If the government does what they did in 2008 or 2020, it's only going to make that worse, and we could have a Sri Lanka situation on our hands.
Another huge thing is the "muh GDP" meme. Just because the GDP number goes up doesn't mean your quality of life did. You don't get paid in GDP, you get paid in whatever your employer pays you. If your rent goes up, that increases GDP even though your life just got worse. If your pay goes down but they hire a bunch of foreigners who live 25 to a basement as was discovered a few years ago in Brampton, GDP goes up even though your life just got worse.
A hypothetical 2025 recession wouldn't look anything like the 2008 or 2020 recessions, because there's no dry powder left. Most governments have been running up debt like there's literally no tomorrow, with the US doubling its debt every 4-8 years, Canada tripling its debt in the past 15 years, inflation still running hot in most places in spite of years of QT, and in spite of that the lived reality for most people has been cataclysmic, with food bank usage and homelessness reaching insane records. The idea that cold places like Edmonton have huge tent cities because normal people can't afford homes anymore ought to be a wake-up call. If the government does what they did in 2008 or 2020, it's only going to make that worse, and we could have a Sri Lanka situation on our hands.
Another huge thing is the "muh GDP" meme. Just because the GDP number goes up doesn't mean your quality of life did. You don't get paid in GDP, you get paid in whatever your employer pays you. If your rent goes up, that increases GDP even though your life just got worse. If your pay goes down but they hire a bunch of foreigners who live 25 to a basement as was discovered a few years ago in Brampton, GDP goes up even though your life just got worse.