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General Discussion / Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« on: April 03, 2022, 05:05:49 pm »
T’be fair, someone can be a black marketeer and that means they constantly occupy the two spaces of being a normal citizen and a black marketer.

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General Discussion / Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« on: April 03, 2022, 03:58:21 pm »
Notably not an answer to the question I asked you.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: April 03, 2022, 09:19:04 am »
Password1!

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General Discussion / Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« on: April 02, 2022, 11:04:58 pm »
Apparently a good argument for capitalism is economic collapse.

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General Discussion / Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« on: April 02, 2022, 09:47:20 pm »
Quote from: EuchreJack on April 02, 2022, 09:31:58 pm
Quote from: hector13 on April 02, 2022, 09:22:45 pm
Shaq retired from basketball in ‘91 ‘cause of AIDS-related issues. no he didn’t the internet lied to me!

Capitalism can’t self-correct btw. Remember the the financial crisis in ‘08, and how the banks were all like “lol, too big to fail” and asked for fuck tons of government money? What was self-correcting about that?
...that was socialism.
Capitalism would have been to let the banks fail.
Thank you for proving my point.

What point was that exactly? That the better system, capitalism, would have allowed the banks to fail, meaning that - unless you have a mattress full of money somewhere - you effectively lose the ability to function in society: you can’t get paid unless it’s cash in hand, you can’t pay for anything unless it’s cash in hand.

This would have happened in at least every major nation in the world. Catastrophic global depression, at minimum.

So, to amend my question, what has been self-corrected in this specific example?

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General Discussion / Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« on: April 02, 2022, 09:22:45 pm »
Shaq retired from basketball in ‘91 ‘cause of AIDS-related issues. no he didn’t the internet lied to me!

Capitalism can’t self-correct btw. Remember the the financial crisis in ‘08, and how the banks were all like “lol, too big to fail” and asked for fuck tons of government money? What was self-correcting about that?

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General Discussion / Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« on: April 02, 2022, 03:10:35 pm »
I think the fact capitalism allows skills which have no real value to society to achieve that level of fortune is a significant point against it.

Further that the NBA kow-tows to China whenever any of its players has the sheer cheek and audacity to criticize the Chinese government’s treatment of Uyghurs in the name of capitalism (oh noes China is not showing games because they don’t like free speech) is a further point against.

But sure, Shaq is rich and black. He managed to leverage the ridiculous amount of money he earned doing nothing particularly useful, and now earns more. Better than blowing it all on blackjack and prostitutes, I suppose.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you mildly upset today thread
« on: April 02, 2022, 01:14:24 pm »
Coconut is nice though.

Unless you’re allergic, obviously.

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General Discussion / Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« on: April 02, 2022, 11:32:40 am »
no u

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General Discussion / Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« on: April 02, 2022, 10:38:29 am »
You alright EJ? Shaq hasn’t been mentioned.

Unless you’re predicting arguments, which is rather poor form.

There’s putting words in someone’s mouth by misinterpreting what they say, then there’s that, which is you essentially arguing with your idea of who your debating partner is, in which case you could quite easily just sit in the corner and argue with yourself for all the good it’ll do.

I mean you’ve basically said Max won’t look up Shaq prior to responding with “random shit” about socialism. As opposed to randomly bringing up a basketball player who has HIV which has nothing to do with economic theory?

Like really dude what’s the point? Are you looking for a fight, or are you just trolling?

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General Discussion / Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« on: April 02, 2022, 10:03:04 am »
What nonsense is this?

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General Discussion / Re: [MILK] There were 12 eggs here what did you do with them? (Happy thread?!)
« on: April 02, 2022, 02:06:29 am »
Quote from: scriver on April 01, 2022, 04:34:31 am
Yeah it's the transparents you can't see

I enjoyed this, I need you to know that.

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General Discussion / Re: Maybe the WWIII thread (soon) (Ukraine)
« on: March 31, 2022, 06:39:44 pm »
Quote from: Imic on March 31, 2022, 06:18:45 pm
Please maybe chill with debating the definitons of nationality, nationhood, and nationalism in the Ukraine war thread, this is getting a little off topic and could get heated.

You’re just jealous my country is better than your country.

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General Discussion / Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« on: March 31, 2022, 05:25:16 pm »
T and F, respectively.

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General Discussion / Re: AmeriPol thread
« on: March 31, 2022, 09:25:16 am »
Quote from: wierd on March 31, 2022, 03:06:47 am
For media bias, cnn has been looked into by more or less reputable groups, and found to have biases in coverage. There is even a wikipedia article with citations.

 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN_controversies

More often though, stories that should get coverage are simply treated like they dont exist.  Take for instance, the highly conspicuous lack of coverage about the neurological and reproductive harm of covid, especially in young adults, which now has mass-replicated and substantiated findings.

You would think that is news worthy, but apparently not! 

I can find other high profile examples if you want.

That’s media bias, not democrats controlling media.

If the Dems controlled the media, no Republican would be elected, ever, and things like Fox “News” wouldn’t exist.

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