During incognito browser mode. So that's fun. As usual we found out as part of a lawsuit and settlement.

Back in the '80s which kept the economy going and then we followed that with two huge economic bubbles that kept things going. There was also a lot more government assistance back then in a lot of ways that we don't think about. I'm not talking about food stamps I'm talking about heavy duty subsidies like the aforementioned infrastructure spending that made it easier to get jobs.

We were in a much better position to weather 12 years of Republican rule back then. The Republicans have been building up to this for 60 years, ever since Goldwater lost. Trump is the final form of the party. A pedophile pretending to be godly while openly admitting he will burn in hell and still somehow tremendously popular with the party.

It's not just about how terrible Trump is it's about how voters would let somebody like that have that much power. It's a sign that our civilization is near collapse. A fundamental breakdown in the institutions that have been protecting all of us for our entire lives.

It's the opposite. People here have mostly done okay for themselves. Most of us are well over 50 and we got the full benefit of the Great society and the New deal. For example the government paid for 70% of our college tuition.

I don't think anyone here believes that they are going to ever suffer any serious hardship. And that's why we have so many Trump supporters here. They keep quiet because this isn't a safe space and Trump supporters won't talk about it if they're not in a safe space. But I know they are there.

These are the same people that are learning the kind of terms typically associated with libertarians right now.

They always think they will get off scot-free and maybe some of them will. But the point is not all of them will.

Exactly. Fortunately many people didn't buy it. https://80.lv/articles/call-of...

Except banning tools used for efficiency isn't about saving jobs. This isn't a zero sum game (in the literal sense). There's not a fixed number of games that developers are able to be hired for or worked on. There's a question of how much of a game needs how many resources attached to it, nothing more, nothing less. Less developers needed for one game allows a second game to be made by the same resources. If anything the world would be a better place if people worked on something other than yet another Call of Duty.

Also it's horseshit to claim you're not a fan of regulation just because you're not a fan of saving job through forcing inefficiency. What next, you're not a fan of regulation unless you support a government program of forced employment because it creates jobs? Just remember next time you hear about unemployment going up while you eat your burger that you're not getting food poisoning because of regulations and that it has nothing to do with jobs. What a fucking stupid argument you just made.

In what way has the market spoken by asking for regulation? The market doesn't ask for regulation. If you want to make a point then you could post references to the fact that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has underperformed on release quite massively. That's a market response. It's also an indication that regulation isn't needed.

That seems like a lot of effort. I prefer to simply not read WSJ. Post a workable link next time.

Are you a cat? Didn't think so. I wouldn't go criticising other people for being a catn't if you're not a cat yourself.

That's not even remotely comparable. There's no academic debate about the efficacy of essential oils. There's wide spread agreement that they do fuck all. Since you like Wikipedia so much: "There is not sufficient evidence that it can effectively treat any condition.[3] Improper use of essential oils may cause harm including allergic reactions, inflammation and skin irritation. Children may be particularly susceptible to the toxic effects of improper use.[4][5] Essential oils can be poisonous if ingested or absorbed through the skin.[5]"

Cloud seeding on the other hand has had mixed results. The problems with it is that it is unclear precisely on the conditions of it working, on how it works in different cloud types, and how it is best used. The problem is that many of the studies on it question whether it can produce rain from incredible dryness. It can't. It does however actively work in inducing rainfall from certain clouds in certain conditions.

If you want the medical equivalent: I don't have a headache now, taking an aspirin will do nada for my head, that doesn't mean aspirin won't solve your headache, it may be able to, which in turn doesn't mean it will also fix a migraine induced headache, which it can't. Fortunately after years of aspirin's effectiveness being a subject of debate among scientists we do have a clear picture of what it can and can't do to your headache. Unlike essential oils which is settled science that it's "alternate therapy" (i.e. scam) for a reason, and unlike cloud seeding which is still actively debated.

It's useful to be able to read cursive the same way it's useful to be able to read an analog clock. But unless you expect people to return to taking notes with pen and paper, there's no meaningful advantage to being able to write in a script that's only marginally faster than ordinary discontinuous writing can be. It's not like there's a doubling or tripling of transcription speed -- for that, you need shorthand or typing. I would much rather see children learn to type than learn to write in cursive.

It's almost like you don't know what market power is. Hint: Europe brings them up all the time, and Americans keep buying them out. Is there something in the Literally last week the most recent European cloud company was bought out by an American firm https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/... Is there something in American culture that prevents them from innovating instead relying on buying European companies?

To fix the problems Republicans inevitably cause with their trickled down lies and idiot moral panics.

We didn't get that this time. And we've had 60 years of right wingers sabotaging the economy.

The coming crash is going to be brutal and I don't think we can do anything about it.

The only possible fix would be to give the Democrats a super majority in the Senate during the midterm elections so they could completely undo and course correct decades of economic mismanagement and sabotage from Republican rule.

There is no way you can get people to understand that or to prevents distraction from whichever moral panic fits their fancy the most.

By 2028 many of the people here reading this will be homeless. Some of you might at least have a roof over your head if family takes you in. Good luck. It is as has been in America for decades now every man for himself. And we will continue to worship at the altar of I got mine fuck you

So the CIA doesn't really work anymore. After 70 years people have gotten wise to their tricks. There were multiple efforts to depose South American heads of state that were less than perfect for the CIA and American interests (and by American interests I mean American corporate interests, not your interests). Those attempts failed.

That's why we're getting ready to go to war with Venezuela so we can take the oil and so Trump can distract from the Epstein files. In the old days we could easily depose a weak dictator like Maduro. The fact that we can't and that we have failed after two or three attempts is a sign of massive changes in foreign policy and what works and what doesn't.

Well I bet they were, they were probably just subjected to a doctor's handwriting.

To be fair typing is a skill you can sort of pickup. I never took lessons. I never was taught. Yet I can type comfortably 85wpm. Kids will learn the medium used and typing is simple to learn based on simply putting hands somewhere and going ham.

Cursive on the other hand is a fine motor skill. You can't just magically pick it up like typing. You need to know what you're looking at and go out of your way to do it since you're not exposed to it automatically outside of education, a doctor's visit or reading a Christmas card from grandma.

Typing isn't part of the curriculum at my wife's school, yet nearly all her kids can touch type.