Buddy is holding the fort up nicely. Keep ripping 32-36K I liked the amazon movie. A plot flaw which I will not mention at the moment for those that did not watch. It is a B rating which for free is okay. I watched the movie but I didn't think there was a plot flaw other than if we replace "alien species" with "global warming" we would realize quickly that the absolute BEST way to wage that war is by instituting a tax on alien species today to prevent them from proliferating in the future. |
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That future war amazon flick with C. Pratt any good?
Very weak plot stretched to 2 hours. Ok, I still have 20 minutes left so maybe it gets magically brilliant before the end. Wait! I know it! Global warming?!?
Or just go to Mars. Earth is shit anyway. I love earth; it reminds me of home. |
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That future war amazon flick with C. Pratt any good?
It was ok but there was a simpler solution to the entire issue. But the simpler solution would have been boring and there would have been no action to watch.  Wait! I know it! Global warming?!? |
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so, you think Bitmain+others control CCP and not the other way around?
I am sorry, i don't believe in the wall of money getting into bitcoin..heard about it since 2017.
"It ain't happening, man, it ain't happening" Prvt Hudson
BTW, how many times someone has to watch Tenet to fully understand it?
I kinda of get it...but sometimes the ends don't really meet (unsurprisingly).
That future war amazon flick with C. Pratt any good?
I liked it. Lots of action, lots of science and good CGI. Usually, I figure out how a movie is going to play out early into it and ruin it for myself but this one kept me guessing until the end. |
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Today I don’t know which is more depressing
Belgium weather ups and downs
Belgium traffic
BTC sideways
Though only one is a longtime certainty for succes
There's always Belgian chocolate for that |
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What you're doing seems to be working nutildah! Don't stop 'til we hit 200k!
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Bitcoiners, what's the best sentence/way to get someone buy BTC and not shitcoins?
I need that for my friends, they investing alot in fucking dogs. (I love dogs IRL)
How about something like: "I've given you my best advice; now you can either have fun staying Thour or have fun staying poor. Your choice." |
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20 Things I've Learned (Or Had Confirmed) About Humanity During The 'Pandemic' (THREAD):
1/ Most people would rather be in the majority, than be right.
2/ At least 20% of the population has strong authoritarian tendencies, which will emerge under the right conditions.
3/ Fear of death is only rivalled by the fear of social disapproval. The latter could be stronger.
4/ Propaganda is just as effective in the modern day as it was 100 years ago. Access to limitless information has not made the average person any wiser.
5/ Anything and everything can and will be politicised by the media, government, and those who trust them.
6/ Many politicians and large corporations will gladly sacrifice human lives if it is conducive to their political and financial aspirations.
7/ Most people believe the government acts in the best interests of the people. Even many who are vocal critics of the government.
8/ Once they have made up their mind, most people would rather to commit to being wrong, than admit they were wrong.
9/ Humans can be trained and conditioned quickly and relatively easily to significantly alter their behaviours - for better or worse.
10/ When sufficiently frightened, most people will not only accept authoritarianism, but demand it.
11/ People who are dismissed as 'conspiracy theorists' are often well researched and simply ahead of the mainstream narrative.
12/ Most people value safety and security more than freedom and liberty, even if said 'safety' is merely an illusion.
13/ Hedonic adaptation occurs in both directions, and once inertia sets in, it is difficult to get people back to 'normal'.
14/ A significant % of people thoroughly enjoy being subjugated.
15/ 'The Science' has evolved into a secular pseudo-religion for millions of people in the West. This religion has little to do with science itself.
16/ Most people care more about looking like they are doing the right thing, rather than actually doing the right thing.
17/ Politics, the media, science, and the healthcare industries are all corrupt, to varying degrees. Scientists and doctors can be bought as easily as politicians.
18/ If you make people comfortable enough, they will not revolt. You can keep millions docile as you strip their rights, by giving them money, food, and entertainment.
19/ Modern people are overly complacent and lack vigilance when it comes to defending their own freedoms from government overreach.
20/ It's easier to fool a person than to convince them that they have been fooled.
Bonus thought:
21/ Most people are fairly compassionate and have good intentions (this is good) Here's hoping "21/" can carry the rest (1-20), with the help from Bitcoin we might just pull it off (I'm a sucker for happy endings). 2/ it's much more than 20% |
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So if we've such a horrible system that doesn't mandate vacations, why do people from all over the world want to come to America? You said earlier that Romania and other EU countries are trying to encourage and subsidize paternity due to shrinking populations. This is so strange to me. As to your point about Corporate Welfare, I agree, it's a serious problem that has no place in a free society. It is one of many examples of our Constitutional Republic being destroyed by political greed. If we don't correct the course quickly I fear our Land of the Free that our forefathers fought and died to create will sink into abysmal death spiral called Corporate Oligarchy. They call it Progressive, I call it Unconstitutional Theft of Freedom & Public Funds. Those children the state nurtures through maternity leave payments will eventually become tax-paying citizens. What's wrong with starting them off on the left foot, right? America helps refugees get a good start; why not their own new-born citizens? Some of them come for the American Dream, some are trying to escape extreme poverty, some are trying to escape brutal oppression and others are trying to escape war-torn countries that have been devastated by never-ending wars (which in all likelihood has something to do with other countrys' foreign policies). Those I know who have emigrated from Canada to the US have done quite well for themselves. There is plenty of opportunity to do well if you're willing to put in the effort. |
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I see you already got an earful but I just can't get over the fact that you gave me a 421 word exposé describing how unproductive it would be to employ a female of child-bearing years over a male after saying you've never heard of America referred to as "the land of productivity". Maybe you haven't heard it but it's clearly part of your psyche. I'm going to petition your gov't to have "land of productivity" added to your national anthem so it gets equal air time with "land of the free" and "home of the brave". In my mind, America is much closer to "the land of productivity" than it is to "the land of the free" - I absolutely LOVE visiting the USA but I have never had to show my identification as often in any other country I've visited and don't get me started on paying before you pump gas...
I think you completely missed my point. There are many companies offering extensive maternity & paternity leave as part of their benefits packages to draw the best and brightest employees! My company offers 5 weeks paid vacation plus 10 days paid sick leave / personal days as well as 95% Health Insurance Premium. (employee pays 5% of annual premium split across their weekly payroll, comes out to about $8/week pre tax) But if it is Required of all employers by government legislation, then there is no benefit to being the schmuck that makes the investment blindly. In that case, it would be my responsibility to be biased against hiring young females. It's the unintended consequences of feel good government policy. It secures the politicians election prospects because it sounds good, but when the reality sets in it's actually most destructive to the very ones it claims to be helping. There was mention of Welfare Queens. So the cradle to grave multgenerational welfare machines is proclaimed to be a safety net to help poor single moms rise out of poverty right? Except by design, if there is a father figure present the payments are not only stopped, but charged back to the fathers. The number one contributing factor in poverty and crime statistics is unwed mothers raising children with no father figure. But yet the very system "designed to help" is actually paying mothers to stay single and penalizing fathers who want to take responsibility for their own children! It's feel good policy designed to keep the politicians in power by intentionally perpetuating the problem and creating more and more dependent cradle to grave poverty. To understand policy, it's necessary to study the results rather than fighting over the intentions. I didn't miss your point - you don't have a valid one wrt the system I described to you. The company doesn't pay you for the mandatory leave; the legal requirement is that time off must be given and job must be protected so that you can return to it. The company's permission is not required for the person to take parental leave. It would be a grave and costly mistake for a company to even attempt to deny the parental leave. If a company wants to offer a greater incentive for employees such as 5 weeks of paid maternity leave to attract "the best and the brightest", they're still free to do that so I fail to see where there's no benefit in making the "investment". The only way you're a schmuck (at least in the free world) is to continue with the misogynistic tone your company takes with respect to hiring women over men because... babies! And just to bolster my point about the land of productivity; America is a dinosaur when it comes to paid vacation (in fact, is no federal or state statutory minimum paid vacation or paid public holidays). The only other countries that haven't mandated paid vacation yet are: Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, and Tonga. Speaking of welfare queens:  https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/top-100-parentsNB There are 48 companies in this list at 1 billion dollars or more |
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I doubt that very much!
Americans didn't get rich by goofing off. They don't call it the "land of productivity" for nothing. My cousin got a whole 7 days of maternity leave without pay when each of her kids were born - the law says you can have up to 12 weeks in one year and the company has to keep your position for you but they don't have to pay you. The sad thing is, the law refers to pregnancy as a disability! The time you take off is called "Pregnancy Disability Leave". She had to pump breast milk early in the morning and on her lunch break so someone else could feed them while she worked during the day. I couldn't believe when I first heard it. Her husband took steady nights in order to have one of them with the baby at all times. Talk about stress.
In Romania new mothers get up to 2 years at 75% of your 12 months average income to a maximum amount (there is a monetary incentive to take only one year in the form of an increased maximum amount plus a small monthly bonus for the first year back) with the first 42 days being mandatory to allow for parental bonding. The father gets a month off too if desired.
On the other hand Welfare Queens get paid for each extra retard they spit out. With a little nurturing and a bit of luck, they will grow up to be productive members of American society. Working stiffs are far too busy to have more than one or two kids. |
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Americans didn't get rich by goofing off. They don't call it the "land of productivity" for nothing.
OK, so I have lived here my entire life and have Never heard US referred to as the "land of productivity." "Land of the Free, Home of the Brave" Yes, but not productivity. My cousin got a whole 7 days of maternity leave without pay when each of her kids were born - the law says you can have up to 12 weeks in one year and the company has to keep your position for you but they don't have to pay you. The sad thing is, the law refers to pregnancy as a disability! The time you take off is called "Pregnancy Disability Leave". She had to pump breast milk early in the morning and on her lunch break so someone else could feed them while she worked during the day. I couldn't believe when I first heard it. Her husband took steady nights in order to have one of them with the baby at all times. Talk about stress.
In Romania new mothers get up to 2 years at 75% of your 12 months average income to a maximum amount (there is a monetary incentive to take only one year in the form of an increased maximum amount plus a small monthly bonus for the first year back) with the first 42 days being mandatory to allow for parental bonding. The father gets a month off too if desired.
Wow! Talk about a law of unintended consequences! As an employer, this kind of legislation would definitely cause a serious wage disparity. If I had a young man and a young woman both of equal capabilities applying for the same position, based on this legislation, I would certainly be encouraged to hire the man, and may even be willing to offer him a little more in starting pay. Plain and simply the long term costs of employing the man would be lower, and he could therefore likely negotiate a higher salary and faster promotion through the ranks. It would be irresponsible for me to do otherwise. My responsibility is to my total staff, my customers and my investors. None of them get any advantage from me willingly signing up to pay people to reproduce and not come to work! Now the root of the relationship between employees & employers is a negotiation. The employee is selling their labor, skills, and reliability and the employer is looking to get the highest value employees with the highest retention rate possible at a reasonable and justifiable cost. Any time government imposes themselves into these negotiations it has consequences for both parties. If government makes it less profitable to hire young women, obviously less young women will be employed and those that are will make less. This is the same reason forced minimum wages achieve the opposite of their intended result. At first, there is a reduction in the number of minimum wage jobs available. If you can't afford to hire low skill workers for a low skill job, then you find other ways to get that job done, whether that be by automation or by dividing up the workload between your existing staff. (Therefore, the true "minimum wage" is and always has been $0) But over time, as the company grows or as higher paid tenured staff leaves or ages out, new employees will inevitably be hired at the legal minimum wage, but chances for advancement beyond that minimum wage will be greatly reduced as it will require more minimum wage workers to achieve the same production at a profitable overall rate. So the immediate result is to suppress employment, and the long term result is to suppress wages. That's why we are called the Land of the Free, because we are Free to negotiate our own way through life. Government cannot create wealth, they can only suppress it. Therefore, government encroachment on our Freedoms is antithetical to our productivity as well as our freedom. Happy Independence Day to all! 250 years ago a rag-tag bunch of farmers, tradesmen, & pioneers rose up against the trained soldiers and paid mercenaries of an oppressive foreign crown. They put their lives and their fortunes on the line to fight for the basic freedoms of Life, Liberty, & Pursuit of Happiness! They won against all odds, a way of life we enjoy to this day. This is what we Celebrate. I see you already got an earful but I just can't get over the fact that you gave me a 421 word exposé describing how unproductive it would be to employ a female of child-bearing years over a male after saying you've never heard of America referred to as "the land of productivity". Maybe you haven't heard it but it's clearly part of your psyche. I'm going to petition your gov't to have "land of productivity" added to your national anthem so it gets equal air time with "land of the free" and "home of the brave". In my mind, America is much closer to "the land of productivity" than it is to "the land of the free" - I absolutely LOVE visiting the USA but I have never had to show my identification as often in any other country I've visited and don't get me started on paying before you pump gas... |
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Is there an american equivalent to the chinese "lie flat" phenomenon/movement?
It could become predominant if most jobs would become automated/AIed away.
I doubt that very much! Americans didn't get rich by goofing off. They don't call it the "land of productivity" for nothing. My cousin got a whole 7 days of maternity leave without pay when each of her kids were born - the law says you can have up to 12 weeks in one year and the company has to keep your position for you but they don't have to pay you. The sad thing is, the law refers to pregnancy as a disability! The time you take off is called "Pregnancy Disability Leave". She had to pump breast milk early in the morning and on her lunch break so someone else could feed them while she worked during the day. I couldn't believe when I first heard it. Her husband took steady nights in order to have one of them with the baby at all times. Talk about stress. In Romania new mothers get up to 2 years at 75% of your 12 months average income to a maximum amount (there is a monetary incentive to take only one year in the form of an increased maximum amount plus a small monthly bonus for the first year back) with the first 42 days being mandatory to allow for parental bonding. The father gets a month off too if desired. |
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I Love the Independence Day celebration skin, but Damn that's hard to read! What if the Red & White stripes flipped at the make line? Does that ruin the flag appearance? It absolutely would be incorrect. And whilst for me, it would simply be "wrong", I'm sure it would upset some. There might be another way but it's only for today anyway. HBD 'Merika! “The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought.” -Samuel Adams fun fact - Robert G. Heft, the Designer of the 50-Star Flag Lived in Lancaster, Ohio. In 1958, a history teacher assigned a class assignment to redesign the national flag as both Alaska and Hawaii neared statehood. Robert G. Heft, who was 16 at the time, designed a new flag using the old 48-star flag and $2.87 worth of blue cloth and white iron-on material. His design earned him a B-minus to which he challenged by sending it to Washington D.C. to be considered by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. According to his obituary, Heft was one of thousands to submit a flag design but he was the only person who actually stitched together a flag and shipped it to D.C. Once the flag was selected, Heft's grade was rightfully changed to an A. His design became the official flag in 1960.  I tried to find an image of the original flag the kid made but I can only find and image of it folded in a triangular wooden case. I really wanted to see why the teacher gave the kid a B-minus after he did so much work. |
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Oh yeah! Happy Independence Day for all you American WOs! Hope your bbqs and fireworks are awesome!
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Moon time.
  That was clearly a misquote!  FTFY |
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Moon time.
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