Yeah, they imprisoned a Chinese UFC fighter who said he could beat any traditional Chinese martial artist because their kung fu doesn’t work in the real world.

They agreed to set up the match and when he, predictably, beat the living shit out of the spiritual mumbo jumbo guy, over and over again, they claimed he intentionally dishonored China and tried to lock him up.

Then we get to wait for the real once in a lifetime event.

Which is extinction.

It reduces spending, because saving is now exceedingly optimal.

Less spending means inflation generally comes down because companies lower prices to meet the lack of demand.

But yes, too high and it can cause even worse inflation, assuming an even capital distribution among the people.

It literally couldn’t be any clearer. I guess he’s the shittiest constitutional lawyer ever. But nobody will care. They eat up his arguing from authority fallacy bullshit

Spot fucking on.

Portugal and a lot of effort (Plus cash to invest).

Basically going through the Golden Visa process (Which has changed substantially the last year, happy to explain more if curious)

The question doesn’t need to be hypothetical. I am moving to a country exactly like that. From the US.

Lack of modern health care coverage alone is enough to justify it. A bonus is that the quality of life across the board is significantly higher.

This was the first one I thought of too.

Did you know that Christopher Walken used to be a professional tap dancer? The parts of the video where he’s doing that are 100% him.

You absolutely nailed it. This has been my exact experience.

Microsoft has been contributing a ton to FOSS the last 5 or 6 years.

Their flagship programming language, .net, is fully OSS and runs best on Linux.

42, U.S. I can, very well. I used to race cars on the track. I don’t do that anymore, but it’s a useful skill to have when I’m in Europe. Manual transmission is the norm for any rental car.

Ah, appreciate the context. Thank you.

How do you see this as a slap on the wrist? He’s facing disciplinary proceedings after the initial 90 day suspension.

79 coaches have resigned.

This feels like serious repercussions territory.

You’re my hero.

Same. This all feels so similar, but different at the same time. In a good way tho.

They largely believe they’re the main characters in a universe created just for them by a super being.

Their belief that this is all planned is unshakable. Because the second that’s in doubt, so is everything else they believe.

In order to believe in climate change, they have to stop being religious. That’s a harder sell. So they stick their heads in the sand and pretend it’s all a part of God’s plan.

Holy shit, I totally remember them and trading cards in the 90s. Always wondered what happened with that, now I know.

What a fall from grace. Then and fleer were the shit.

Well, you see, money.

Maybe I’m in the minority here, but please God no.

I’m so exhausted by LOTR stuff at this point. It was good for its time and absolutely advanced the high fantasy genre by immeasurable bounds, but holy fuck it’s actually really, really, boring.

He really is.

Shame he ends up being the- “well achsssually” guy in online Twitter interactions. Sort of blunts the humble effect.