I do too it’s great

This is a big reason why many US city budgets are fucked. So much prime taxable real estate given over to parking lots that don’t generate anywhere nearly as much money for the public, but the market doesn’t care about that particular externality.

Venezuela but it’s every country in South America united against American economic imperialism.

Hang on, the debate was today? Did it happen while I was doing my “Intro to Python” homework?

If you think about it from an evolutionary standpoint it’s perfectly logical.

This hasn’t actually been borne out in science. As a general rule, less complex human societies tended to be more willing to cooperate with outsiders. They shared hunting grounds, traded clan members, came together for more complex endeavors, and so on. It isn’t until the advent of agriculture, when people became attached to plots of land and felt the need to defend them from others, that we see these default attitudes start to shift - and racism as we understand it today is a thoroughly modern phenomenon, with no antecedent prior to the 17th century.

Emergent phenomenon, chaos theory, feedback loops, interconnected dynamic systems interacting

You’ve just been hired at a marketing firm.

Unfortunately the video creator had to change the name but I will always remember that this video was called 911 Never Forget

I always feel bad when my dog is lying on my bathroom floor and I have to make her move in order to use the toilet.

FACTS

I really liked Sekiro and I was excited to see FromSoft get more complicated with how their fighting worked and how the player engaged non-boss enemies… but then Elden Ring came out and it was back to just “dodge and hit”.

I’m in favor of anything that might bring down the tension a bit, though I don’t think this will put the brakes on the trade war.

Mine came out two weeks earlier, that one has punchier editing though I’ll admit.

In a free market, people choose the jobs that fit their skills and interests

No it fucking doesn’t. Most people in the so-called free market are stuck in jobs they hate because they need it to afford rent. If you want to encourage innovation and productivity you need to decouple people’s ability to live from their work.

Pretty much because the constitution has always been more of a vibe than a binding set of legal principles.

That said I think a carrot would work better than a stick here. Something like what we do to encourage military service - healthcare and college money!

I don’t care what anybody says, juicing was so prevalent at the time that Lance Armstrong is still the cycling GOAT. See also Barry Bonds.

My town is very dog friendly, every restaurant has picnic tables outside and there’s always people hanging out with their dogs. It’s pretty great, I like to take my dog for a walk and then stop to get ramen on the way home.

But then we’re also a town with less than 3000 people and tons of green space for them to walk on, so that’s not really viable everywhere.

I think the awful nature of competitive online games specifically started with the introduction of matchmaking. The way it works now, the entire process of forming a team and playing the game is as depersonalized as it is possible to be, which studies show brings out the absolute worst in people. Prior to that, playing a competitive team game was a social activity - you had to join a guild or a clan, you had to arrange play time and get to know your teammates, you probably knew your opponents as well because you would do clan wars or whatever with the same rotating groups, and you were playing on smaller servers with a higher ratio of moderators so that people who were assholes (or cheaters) would be corrected or banned more easily.

Even if you weren’t doing organized team play, just playing longer sessions with the same group of people while the teams shuffle every match is better at passively encouraging good behavior because everyone in the server is building a reputation and rapport with each other. It wasn’t perfect of course, gamers were still Gamers back in the day so there was no shortage of shitty behavior, but it was definitely better than what we have now.

That’s why people like it tbh, same with the entire “comfy” genre.

LEDs are cheaper, more efficient, cooler, and better in every way than the alternative. What you want is standardized headlight angle, brightness, and color, and for the sale of aftermarket headlights that don’t conform to the standard to be prevented.

Better late than never I suppose, but If the Dems were serious about passing their agenda and protecting it, this would have been on the table as soon as Biden was elected, so I don’t expect this to go anywhere.

(this is a facetious post, making fun of economists who sometimes push damaging and anti social theories based on sketchy market-based logic)