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[HairyMaclairy]

- China is shutting down internet in Wuhan.

From an old China hand:

Don’t listen to what the Chinese government says, but pay close attention to what the Chinese government does

This suggests that the situation is very bad and getting worse. Maybe an uprising starting.  


*edit* can we please get a source for the shutdown.  I am having trouble independently confirming this. 

[gentlemand]

USA looks like a bargain compared to  the others. The only dealbreaker is, you get taxed twice if your income is outside of the US. I don't know if there are other countries doing this.

Don't forget many a place has state income taxes and the property taxes can be mind blowing. It might be tens of thousands of dollars per year for a fancy house that would be zero or a $1-3000 in other countries.

By the time you equal everything out there's probably not a vast amount in it between most developed places, apart from Scandinavia of course.

[Ibian]

I don't think she's trying to "hurt people" so much as make a statement about reproductive rights.

That could end up having millions of men forcibly castrated, essentially. This is not what a joke or a statement looks like.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

- China is shutting down internet in Wuhan.

From an old China hand:

Don’t listen to what the Chinese government says, but pay close attention to what the Chinese government does

This suggests that the situation is very bad and getting worse. Maybe an uprising starting.  


*edit* can we please get a source for the shutdown.  I am having trouble independently confirming this. 

It’s starting to really piss me off now.

We haven’t had any stock delivered for about 6 weeks now (includes the time they had off for Chinese New Year).

[Dabs]

I'm just gonna leave this here. https://whnt.com/news/proposed-bill-would-require-men-in-alabama-to-get-vasectomy/

Link doesn't seem to work for IPs outside the US, but it speaks for itself anyway. Cliffnotes from what I was told, men over 50 or who has 3 kids would be required to become infertile via surgery if this passes.

However poorly conceived, its a joke.

An Alabama lawmaker fed up with her colleagues' attempts to outlaw abortion has filed legislation to require all men over 50 to get vasectomies.

Democratic Rep. Rolanda Hollis said Friday that she introduced the bill to send "the message that men should not be legislating what women do with their bodies."

https://abc7news.com/5944620/

It would be funny if it passed, however, I don't think that it will.

Why not require all women above 50 also have tubal ligation or otherwise render them infertile too? If the issue is with younger women, maybe require that then.

Still not going to stop rape crimes tho. Might actually make it more common since men over 50 who have had forced vasectomies don't have to worry about getting their victims pregnant.

Next would be castration. (edit: I think castration is different from a vasectomy, correct me if I'm mistaken.)

[HairyMaclairy]

- China is shutting down internet in Wuhan.

From an old China hand:

Don’t listen to what the Chinese government says, but pay close attention to what the Chinese government does

This suggests that the situation is very bad and getting worse. Maybe an uprising starting.  


*edit* can we please get a source for the shutdown.  I am having trouble independently confirming this.  

It’s starting to really piss me off now.

We haven’t had any stock delivered for about 6 weeks now (includes the time they had off for Chinese New Year).

Can you get stock elsewhere?

[gentlemand]

Can you get stock elsewhere?

I enjoy a bit of sewing, me.

[HairyMaclairy]

I'm just gonna leave this here. https://whnt.com/news/proposed-bill-would-require-men-in-alabama-to-get-vasectomy/

Link doesn't seem to work for IPs outside the US, but it speaks for itself anyway. Cliffnotes from what I was told, men over 50 or who has 3 kids would be required to become infertile via surgery if this passes.

However poorly conceived, its a joke.

An Alabama lawmaker fed up with her colleagues' attempts to outlaw abortion has filed legislation to require all men over 50 to get vasectomies.

Democratic Rep. Rolanda Hollis said Friday that she introduced the bill to send "the message that men should not be legislating what women do with their bodies."

https://abc7news.com/5944620/

It would be funny if it passed, however, I don't think that it will.

Why not require all women above 50 also have tubal ligation or otherwise render them infertile too? If the issue is with younger women, maybe require that then.

Still not going to stop rape crimes tho. Might actually make it more common since men over 50 who have had forced vasectomies don't have to worry about getting their victims pregnant.

Next would be castration. (edit: I think castration is different from a vasectomy, correct me if I'm mistaken.)

It’s a joke.  A crap joke but still a joke.  But the culture warriors are going to be incapable of seeing that.  

[HairyMaclairy]

Can you get stock elsewhere?

I enjoy a bit of sewing, me.

We need models too.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Can you get stock elsewhere?

Not as good as my Chinese supplier, no. There’s a factory in France but it’s more expensive, we’ve been using them regrettably.
How long do you think there will be restrictions on shipping stuff from China?

Some of the smaller Ali Express guys are posting now but my main one is down & doesn’t know when they’ll be allowed to resume.

Luckily we have other streams of income but this is stopping me earning a lot of money.

[gentlemand]

We need models too.

Man, my true calling has been under my nose the whole time.

[JSRAW]

Sweet...


https://twitter.com/ChartsBtc/status/1230874349709578240

[Ibian]

How long do you think there will be restrictions on shipping stuff from China?

Decades. With luck, corona-tama will be so bad that the entire world unites in punishing china for it.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

The Chinese economy must be fucked right now.

It it carries on I might have to get myself on OnlyFans

[JimboToronto]

Why not require all women above 50 also have tubal ligation or otherwise render them infertile too?

That's not fair or  just. Men's period of fertility is much longer than women's.

If they want to sterilize men halfway through their breeding years, they should do the same to women, e.g. at the age of 30-35.

The whole argument is bullshit anyway. No one is demanding forced abortions. A more equitable argument would be to call for the banning of tubal ligation.
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Let's not ban anything:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStPbk

[lightfoot]

Luckily we have other streams of income but this is stopping me earning a lot of money.

Good lesson: Don't ever depend on a single supply chain.

More to the point: By doing so you expose yourself to this kind of risk. It's quite probable that the overall risk over time of having a single supplier is cheaper than maintaining fault tolerance, if so well then this is what we call "life".

Redundancy costs money. Going without saves money. Until it doesn't.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Why not require all women above 50 also have tubal ligation or otherwise render them infertile too?

That's not fair or  just. Men's period of fertility is much longer than women's.

If they want to sterilize men halfway through their breeding years, they should do the same to women, e.g. at the age of 30-35.

The whole argument is bullshit anyway. No one is demanding forced abortions. A more equitable argument would be to call for the banning of tubal ligation.

Controversial opinion -

People should be vetted before being allowed to reproduce. There are so many people who have kids without being able to afford to pay for them.

Why the fuck should we as tax payers pick up their mess. Why should they get tax payers money to help pay for their stinking, illegitimate children?

If you can’t feed them, don’t breed them.

[Ibian]

Why not require all women above 50 also have tubal ligation or otherwise render them infertile too?

That's not fair or  just. Men's period of fertility is much longer than women's.

If they want to sterilize men halfway through their breeding years, they should do the same to women, e.g. at the age of 30-35.

The whole argument is bullshit anyway. No one is demanding forced abortions. A more equitable argument would be to call for the banning of tubal ligation.

Controversial opinion -

People should be vetted before being allowed to reproduce. There are so many people who have kids without being able to afford to pay for them.

Why the fuck should we as tax payers pick up their mess. Why should they get tax payers money to help pay for their stinking, illegitimate children?

If you can’t feed them, don’t breed them.

Abolish the welfare state. Boom, done, 98% of modern problems fixed right there.

[lightfoot]

People should be vetted before being allowed to reproduce. There are so many people who have kids without being able to afford to pay for them.

Why the fuck should we as tax payers pick up their mess. Why should they get tax payers money to help pay for their stinking, illegitimate children?

If you can’t feed them, don’t breed them.

Unless one lives in the Netherlands, "the taxpayers" have been paying less and less for the common social good of raising reasonable kids. But the key issue is what constitutes having enough resources? Current capital is tough for a 20 something to acquire and risk of serious defects goes up with the parents' age. So that would need to be factored in. Perhaps we could sell the rights to the kid for the capital, with proceeds from the kids' life being used to pay back the bill. Slavery with extra steps :-)

Hm.

[gentlemand]

Controversial opinion -

And those with the best genes should be forced into breeding centres.

With my sky high IQ, man about town suaveness, hairy back, wet nose and glossy coat I should really do the decent thing and start popping them out, but I'm too cognisant of the total pointlessness and drudgery of it.

To get me to do my duty I'll want a hefty salary, a medal of honor and the right to disappear.