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- Comment on Anon's lacking pissing habits 2 weeks ago:
I’ll be honest, since it looks like this thing is only used from one side it’s very similar to what I’m describing just without a backwall to piss against. Less material required though so it has at least that advantage
- Comment on Anon's lacking pissing habits 2 weeks ago:
The what
- Comment on Anon's lacking pissing habits 2 weeks ago:
I’ve got news for you, on festivals there are sometimes literal metal walls to piss on with a drain beneath.
- Comment on Behold currently! 2 weeks ago:
It doesn’t tell me to go acquire wages so it’s arguably even better!
- Comment on Anon sets a trap 3 weeks ago:
I certainly hope someone thinks that’s the case
- Comment on Anon sets a trap 3 weeks ago:
On an unrelated note, I can’t quit my job because I don’t want to lose my health insurance there…
Didn’t expect accurate yet sarcastic commentary on the state of our society in a thread about raccoons being cute idiots
- Comment on When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords? 5 weeks ago:
In this case, your debt is the investment
- Comment on Scalper economy 1 month ago:
Didn’t say I do have that faith. Just saying what I think would be necessary for large scale positive change.
- Comment on Scalper economy 1 month ago:
I mean, yeah but have you seen…
Gestures broadly
… The state of things? We need to stand up as a people
- Comment on Scalper economy 1 month ago:
I’m all for changing the structures that enable scalpers in the first place but that too requires agreement and action of many many people. So if we can’t even do that for something relatively small like tickets to concerts I doubt we’ll be able to change the system in general
- Comment on Scalper economy 1 month ago:
You’re hoping that the scalpers don’t get enough return to be able to justify continuing to play their role.
Yes, that’s what “If we all collectively agreed to not buy from scalpers” would achieve. I get that that isn’t going to happen but it is still our collective fault.
- Comment on Scalper economy 1 month ago:
If we all collectively agreed to not buy from scalpers the ticket sellers would have a real incentive to do something against the scalpers. Right now they don’t have to care.
- Comment on Scalper economy 1 month ago:
I agree that “just don’t buy it” is not that easy for culture in general, it could be applied to hypermonetized events.
I’m not sure I get your second point. How is Ticketmaster enabled by people boycotting events that get scalped?
- Comment on But yes. 2 months ago:
Nuclear: the sky spiciness got too spicy and turned into spicy rocks
- Comment on Trump seizes control of U.S. presidential election after winning North Carolina AND Georgia 2 months ago:
I guess it just confused me that you used that wording in a thread where I am pretty much used to 1:1 communication. But it makes sense if you expect a lot of people to read these comments. Still feels like I was addressed with that since you were replying to my comment and the points I was making
- Comment on Trump seizes control of U.S. presidential election after winning North Carolina AND Georgia 2 months ago:
See that’s what I meant though. Just because I am criticising one aspect of your post doesn’t mean I am someone who would call you a Nazi or that I am affiliated with people that would. I’m my own person.
- Comment on Trump seizes control of U.S. presidential election after winning North Carolina AND Georgia 2 months ago:
I like the attitude of lumping in “you all” into one singular group that calls you a Nazi. Especially funny because I do not have a party in the USA.
You know if you think everyone is in the same group as the few bullies the world feels like it’s full of bullies. But that might not actually be factual.
Just my two cents, have a nice whatever time it is over the pond right now
- Comment on Funny but it's not funny. 2 months ago:
Honestly the jump in the etfs is kind of crazy. I expected a rebound from the recent dip but not like that
- Comment on Trump seizes control of U.S. presidential election after winning North Carolina AND Georgia 2 months ago:
Love me some victim mentality even in victory. At least you’re consistent
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Yeah I only just saw the times on the graph of OP. That’s strange indeed.
I just wanted to say, if I planned to retire then that would have been f’ing scary. It played out ok in the end. But trusting that when literally your life’s savings are at stake is a big ask
- Comment on pump up the jamz 2 months ago:
God. Damnit. I just managed to be able to listen to Gorillaz without just randomly singing ram ranch. Now it’s back on my mind
- Comment on Funky Little Rodents 3 months ago:
Well now I am imagining cows in silly costumes trying to trick the machine into not recognising them
- Comment on Cheeky 3 months ago:
Consider this: horses can’t puke and just die if they eat something bad
- Comment on i will never understand scientific fraud 4 months ago:
Not the person you asked but I’m interested if I’m passing the vibe check
I hate that NATO exists, but I see that it has currently a purpose because other forces would and did overpower countries that aren’t included in a military alliance with mutual support obligations.
I want NATO to be a thing of the past as soon as possible but that doesn’t mean dismantle it and be helpless again. It means we need to get rid of the need for a NATO.
- Comment on Harris supports a 44.6% tax on Americans for selling their homes: Report 4 months ago:
What’s being discussed by Harris/Biden is the upper tax margin for long term capital gains. If you sell a house and then buy a house, no long term capital gain there to be taxed.
But even if you just sell your house and want to go on renting for whatever reason not all of it will be taxed with that margin. Those margins apply to the amount of money that is over the cap for that margin.
For simplicity let’s say there are two tax margins, 20% for capital gains below 400k and 40% above that. Then you gain 600k by selling your home. Your tax will be calculated like this:
400k * 0.2 + 200k * 0.4
So yes this might affect some house sales but depending on where that 44% margin will be applied it’s only going to affect a very little percentage and likely none of the “low to middle class” house owners especially not if they sell property to immediately buy new property.
- Comment on How come it seems for the past decades the Catholic Church has been plagued with sex crimes especially among young boys? How long has this been going on? Or did I just miss something up. 5 months ago:
I mean that’s completely wrong as far as laws go. Socially that’s pretty much true
- Comment on Anon tries to be ethical 5 months ago:
“And I wouldn’t want to work for a liar” is the obvious comeback to this.
- Comment on Minecraft. Family guy, even. 5 months ago:
Hm yeah I think getting subtitles isn’t a thing for this kind of content
- Comment on Minecraft. Family guy, even. 5 months ago:
Go Back to his Minecraft stuff from like 2013. It’s great
- Comment on Statistics 5 months ago:
My mom doesn’t crush peopleon accident. Also it’s more of a psychological crushing in her case