pantslesswithwolves posted:https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1485612824583888898 "We're leaving it to the states to decide their own weight restrictions"
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Notahippie posted:Yeah, Macron is at least consistent and strategic - he wants a stronger EU foreign policy with military capacity independent of the US and he'll generally push in that direction. The Germans are acting more out of character here and it sure looks from a distance like they're fragmented internally and kind of freaking out about getting caught between the gears here. It could be national memory of the cold war where America would have totally thrown Germany under the bus to the Russians if it came to that. Personally I'm surprised Germany wouldn't want to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian purely out of remembering that.
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Jan 24, 2022 21:06
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Defenestrategy posted:It could be national memory of the cold war where America would have totally thrown Germany under the bus to the Russians if it came to that. Personally I'm surprised Germany wouldn't want to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian purely out of remembering that. If everyone went full revanchist nobody in Europe would be able to work with anyone else in Europe.
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Jan 24, 2022 21:27
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 School shooting in Germany. 3 injured, One victim dead, gunman killed self https://news.sky.com/story/amp/germany-lone-gunman-dead-after-shooting-several-people-at-university-in-heidelberg-12524362
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Jan 24, 2022 22:08
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facialimpediment posted:https://twitter.com/MarketWatch/status/1485668161194242054?t=n-1sxHPUgWjcxss3ukP2mg&s=19 My official Stock Market advice today is: wat https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/1485720041551273990 https://twitter.com/stocksworldbull/status/1485721587446075392 Also, Pauline Bauer's argument of being a free woman upon the land didn't get her out from pretrial detention with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1485720202448941068
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Jan 24, 2022 22:16
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PookBear posted:Once again this thread is being intentionally dumb and thinking that billionaires losing 3% of their net worth is going to magically do something, while ignoring the fact that a market crash only hurts middle class and down in quality of life. the middle class is doomed and everyone's obsession over the market going up is what killed it. best to get it over with.
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Jan 24, 2022 22:17
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Millions of middle class people are relying on their 401ks and/or pension plans (including millions of Americans in unions) tied up in the market for their retirements. Wishing the market to tank when suicides go up by tens of thousands a year when the market tanks is royally hosed up. It's never going to be the bloody nose you think it will for the rich and wealthy.
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Jan 24, 2022 22:35
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I'm just never going to retire and work until I die. problem solved
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Jan 24, 2022 22:44
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And if you die young, you win!
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Jan 24, 2022 22:46
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pantslesswithwolves posted:https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1485612824583888898 Is this real?? Bridges shouldn't have weight restrictions?? 
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Jan 24, 2022 22:54
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:Is this real?? Bridges shouldn't have weight restrictions?? Pretty sure the implication is supposed to be that the trucks would be crossing better bridges that can handle their weight instead of having to reroute.
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Jan 24, 2022 23:02
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Bored As gently caress posted:Millions of middle class people are relying on their 401ks and/or pension plans (including millions of Americans in unions) tied up in the market for their retirements. Wishing the market to tank when suicides go up by tens of thousands a year when the market tanks is royally hosed up. I forget which comedian it was after 2008 had a bit about formerly wealthy people who had been reduced to a middle class lifestyle killing themselves, “they’d rather die than live like us.”
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Jan 24, 2022 23:04
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Acebuckeye13 posted:Pretty sure the implication is supposed to be that the trucks would be crossing better bridges that can handle their weight instead of having to reroute. lmao yea that makes a lot more sense, holy poo poo 
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Jan 24, 2022 23:04
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lol I read it the same way, and if the tweet had come from e.g. Ted Cruz I don't think that interpretation would have been exactly wrong
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Jan 24, 2022 23:53
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Trucks should ford rivers
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Jan 25, 2022 00:03
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ElMaligno posted:Trucks should ford rivers What about caulking them? This is a reference that me and like the 5 other people who played Oregon Trail I or II like crazy would get
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Marshal Prolapse posted:What about caulking them? This is a reference that me and like the 5 other people who played Oregon Trail I or II like crazy would get I think you underestimate the number of old Millennials in this forum
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Jan 25, 2022 00:13
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Nick Soapdish posted:I think you underestimate the number of old Millennials in this forum
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Jan 25, 2022 00:19
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I never realized that shooting buffalo early in the game directly lead to their disappearance in later areas.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:22
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Marshal Prolapse posted:You know, after someone here even picked up my Harpoon and Norm Koger references, I should know better. Then again if I can accidentally trigger a 5 page derail on Oregon Trail that would be pretty cool. lol Rich guy making GBS threads in water. The middle class has dysentery. Rip in pepperoni.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:24
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Platystemon posted:I never realized that shooting buffalo early in the game directly lead to their disappearance in later areas. Holy poo poo.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:32
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Platystemon posted:I never realized that shooting buffalo early in the game directly lead to their disappearance in later areas. Does it? I never noticed but we had superstitions while playing, like bear meat makes you sick. I was also playing before I understood measurements so didn’t realize risking a 20ft deep river fording wasn’t a matter of luck. That would be an interesting scene in a movie, a single wagon disappearing below the waves to dodge a $5 ferry toll. A friend’s dad had been one of the original developers and they never realized until later how nearly everyone was familiar with the game.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:33
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Platystemon posted:I never realized that shooting buffalo early in the game directly lead to their disappearance in later areas. Beans: 0lbs. Sugar: 0lbs. Powder and shot: 400lbs.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:39
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I really want Oregon Trail as a phone game but like m.u.l.e., there are no good free versions in the google app store.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:41
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Platystemon posted:I never realized that shooting buffalo early in the game directly lead to their disappearance in later areas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojz74do412A&t=35s
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Jan 25, 2022 00:43
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:I really want Oregon Trail as a phone game but like m.u.l.e., there are no good free versions in the google app store. if anyone finds one let me know
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Jan 25, 2022 00:45
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I just checked again, nothing. And mule now shares the name with some a/v app. Booo.
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Wasabi the J posted:Holy poo poo. My reaction also
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Jan 25, 2022 00:51
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Proud Christian Mom posted:the middle class is doomed and everyone's obsession over the market going up is what killed it. best to get it over with. did you miss the part of my post that says it hurts the middle class and below or do you actively want working class to die
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Jan 25, 2022 00:52
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The stock market going down no longer hurts the mega rich and corporations. The massive gains since 2008 have mostly been corporations and CEOs buying back shares from shareholders to insulate themselves so when the bottom finally does drop out, the only casualties will be what's left of the middle class. Then we can have Neo-Feudalism and referring to Elon and JeffyB as anything other than STAR LORD MUSK and BOX LORD BEZOS will be punishable by the lash - and loss of Prime status.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:56
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I recall that the equation for the speed of the wagon is nonsensical, in that if you attach maximum oxen to a light wagon and set “gruelling pace”, the wagon goes far faster than any animal has a right to. Gruelling pace takes its toll on your team, but the negative effects happen on a per‐day basis, and you’re covering so much ground per day that you still come out ahead.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:57
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The market crashing to dust would just be the rich people putting the poors in their place. That's exactly why the system is like it is. Well, that and boomers increasingly marching towards fascism. If we really gave a gently caress as a country we would have shot down the march to stuffing everyone's money in the markets a long time ago, and passed laws to ensure people had pensions, or that businesses wouldn't pay their CEOs 100x more than their employees. If Bezos shut down amazon tomorrow, who would it hurt more? Him? Or the people who have to settle for his working conditions? The customers? The stockholders? If the stock market collapsed tomorrow, entirely, the only people unscathed would be the rich. Just how they like it. Free market! 
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if the market tanks the government will just bail it out yet a loving gain. I look forward to being told how universal health care is impossible and if Congress goes GOP it being my fault because I'm not on my local school board or whatever the gently caress though
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Jan 25, 2022 01:06
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maffew buildings posted:if the market tanks the government will just bail it out yet a loving gain. I look forward to being told how universal health care is impossible and if Congress goes GOP it being my fault because I'm not on my local school board or whatever the gently caress though BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, MR. MAFFEW BUILDINGS. 
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Jan 25, 2022 01:09
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CBS renewed Ghosts. Also 2 meh shows. https://deadline.com/2022/01/ghosts-the-neighborhood-bob-hearts-abishola-renewed-cbs-season-2-4-5-1234918761/ Watch Ghosts. It's good.
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maffew buildings posted:if the market tanks the government will just bail it out yet a loving gain. I look forward to being told how universal health care is impossible and if Congress goes GOP it being my fault because I'm not on my local school board or whatever the gently caress though
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:The market crashing to dust would just be the rich people putting the poors in their place. That's exactly why the system is like it is. Well, that and boomers increasingly marching towards fascism. CRUSTY MINGE posted:The markets have been bouncing down all morning.
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PookBear posted:did you miss the part of my post that says it hurts the middle class and below or do you actively want working class to die it hurts the working class when it goes up it hurts the working class when it goes down number does not matter
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Jan 25, 2022 02:11
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Bored As gently caress posted:Millions of middle class people are relying on their 401ks and/or pension plans (including millions of Americans in unions) tied up in the market for their retirements. Wishing the market to tank when suicides go up by tens of thousands a year when the market tanks is royally hosed up. theyre going to get eaten alive. the market is not a retirement plan.
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Proud Christian Mom posted:it hurts the working class when it goes up If it doesn't matter then could you gently caress off forever and not talk about it here with your dumb doom posting
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