That might be so but oil is less important than it was in 1970. We have a good prospect of having renewable energies soon, and oil was mostly valued for its energy content, so there are alternatives and there’s less focus on oil.

were the rats furries too?

lemmynsfw is really bad quality though because it’s almost all onlyfans ads which are bad because they’re done for money and not because they like it, which is why the quality IMHO is really bad.

break beds and take names

in that order

Open Source software is in many cases better than commercial software. Consider Linux / Windows.

Google telling the EU that the EU needs Google feels a lot like Cops investigating themselves and finding that they did nothing wrong.

Broken Window Fallacy

The parable of the broken window was introduced by French economist Frédéric Bastiat in his 1850 essay “That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen” (“Ce qu’on voit et ce qu’on ne voit pas”) to illustrate why destruction, and the money spent to recover from destruction, is not actually a net benefit to society.

The first time that Merz said something that wasn’t simply utterly untrue.

that would indeed be fascinating, i’d watch it

gives you a sense of what’s actually going on in the country, how are the people doing

mine lasts for about 4 months, and i write a lot

“pissplatteln” pops up in my mind every time someone says “piss”

those who know, know

Consider:

scenario today:

labor cost for product is $3, which goes to a chinese worker. total product cost is $5.

scenario “manufactured in the USA”:

labor cost is $6, which goes to american worker. total product cost is $10.

the product gets more expensive, but the extra expenses partially go to an american worker, which again will spend the money in the US economy, so it doesn’t really cost the national economy that much.

however, the extra $4 in the “manufactured in the USA” scenario go to american middle-management and “investors” a.k.a skimmed by the owning class. that is why the people would still lose out. that is why “home-shoring” in itself is not enough; a wealth tax is also needed.

I have good quality integrated pen. No mechanical spring, no button. Just like smartphone. Everything is glued together. Two pieces only: pen and cover only.

(no you can’t replace the ink when it’s empty. throw the whole pen away and buy a new one. but is ok, as it costs 0.30€ in total each.)

Context/explanation: (at least that’s how i explain it to myself)

It’s about pride. Trump doesn’t like that the “greatest of all countries” US is threatening to have an (even larger) export deficit with china in the future, so he wants to put up tariffs to slow down international trade; this way the deficit becomes a bit smaller he hopes.

And while we’re already at it, let’s extend these tariffs to europe, just for good measure, or so

(Almost) all poverty in western nations today is artificial; That means, poverty is intentionally created to keep people on their toes, because it is believed that makes them go to work. The economy needs workforce, after all.

When there’s a smaller demand for workers, I believe UBI support will go up. That is why I support AI.

You can make it if you just believe in yourself!

At some point one has to ask oneself not whether one can, but whether one should. Is it really worth it trying everything and giving your all for a company which will probably ditch you in the end, after all? I don’t think so. Don’t put in more effort than you expect to get as a result.

You’re also forgetting that cereals contain almost no vitamins or fiber, but avocado does. So, to make up for it, you should eat a salad to your cereals. Then calculate the price again. You will find (I guess) that avocado can compete with cereals+salad.

I understand you’re excited, but aren’t you overdoing it a bit?

In fact not. I may be awkward, but I’m not evil or cruel. So that’s that.

you could start with FOSS software.