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Animal-Mother posted:A boomer, increasingly isolated, now unable to hold back the tears, "You know? ARCHIE BUNKER???!" Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your meme.
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May 6, 2023 01:56
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Twerk from Home posted:You joke about this, but in the real world it's actually Arrested Development references that are so old that college students and your younger coworkers don't get them: https://ignition-training.com/posts/retire-cpp-joke/
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May 6, 2023 02:03
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cat botherer posted:This has happened to me IRL. I though I would have at least made it to 40 before getting mad about today's no-good-teens and their tiktocks. Everything is so disposable now that any reference older than a year might as well be from the Van Buren administration.
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May 6, 2023 02:08
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https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1654612434630627328?s=20 lol dedollarization
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May 6, 2023 02:14
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We need a show like golden age Simpsons to get everyone up to speed on references of old tv shows and movies.
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May 6, 2023 02:16
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skooma512 posted:We need a show like golden age Simpsons to get everyone up to speed on references of old tv shows and movies. Such a thing is not possible ever again, the media landscape has fragmented. The highest rated shows now get a tiny fraction of what 3rd rate trash did a generation ago.
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May 6, 2023 02:19
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coelomate posted:STRONG STABLE ROBUST RESILIENT SAFE SOFT STRONG STABLE ROBUST RESILIENT SAFE SOFT STRONG STABLE ROBUST RESILIENT SAFE SOFT STRONG STABLE ROBUST RESILIENT SAFE SOFT STRONG STABLE ROBUST RESILIENT SAFE SOFT STRONG STABLE ROBUST RESILIENT SAFE SOFT STRONG In my lane, moisturized, poised, prepared...
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May 6, 2023 02:19
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https://twitter.com/Rick_Lane/status/1654423020616798208
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May 6, 2023 02:26
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Willa Rogers posted:More than four in 10 Gen Z workers don’t know the meaning behind common workplace phrases such as “bite the bullet” and “back to the salt mines.” My workplace has a high proportion of high grades from elite schools Zoomers, and I am astounded how little they get references to anything. I’ve had to explain just about every analogy I’ve made - whether historical, recent politics, even to consumer brands. I’m 36 and when talking about stuff that happened in the shared time we were adults - like the last 5 years, nothing lands. To be fair I’m noticing that with older colleagues too. E: could be too much C-Spam mindset in a blue blood world Col.Schultz has issued a correction as of 02:53 on May 6, 2023 |
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May 6, 2023 02:51
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Col.Schultz posted:My workplace has a high proportion of high grades from elite schools Zoomers, and I am astounded how little they get references to anything. I’ve had to explain just about every analogy I’ve made - whether historical, recent politics, even to consumer brands. I’m 36 and when talking about stuff that happened in the shared time we were adults - like the last 5 years, nothing lands. what watching too much soyface does to a MF
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May 6, 2023 02:54
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e: whoops that was like a month ago
Harik has issued a correction as of 03:27 on May 6, 2023 |
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May 6, 2023 03:24
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In my experience, the prime way younger people learn about history and poo poo nowadays is from esoteric paradox game mods
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May 6, 2023 03:25
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Blarghalt posted:In my experience, the prime way younger people learn about history and poo poo nowadays is from esoteric paradox game mods I feel like the moment where I really went "oh poo poo, history is really cool" was playing Victoria II as the USA & doing the civil war while watching the Ken Burns documentary.
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May 6, 2023 03:31
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shrike82 posted:https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1654612434630627328?s=20 Two words: curried caviar
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May 6, 2023 03:32
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shrike82 posted:https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1654612434630627328?s=20 can't they use it to buy indian products ????????????
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May 6, 2023 03:33
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Blarghalt posted:In my experience, the prime way younger people learn about history and poo poo nowadays is from esoteric paradox game mods Back in my day we learned about the hittites from the age of empires demo, these days all that kids get is a paragraph about their religion in a ck2 mod 
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May 6, 2023 03:34
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shrike82 posted:https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1654612434630627328?s=20 gently caress off shrike
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May 6, 2023 03:40
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is this because of them deciding they'll only trade in Yuan? Which was their own choice?
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May 6, 2023 03:43
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Regarde Aduck posted:is this because of them deciding they'll only trade in Yuan? Which was their own choice? lavrov's main comment seemed to center around the fact constant trade deficits mean they will just keep accumulating more and more rupees, but they don't want to pay currency conversion to go do commerce elsewhere. the source mentioned some potential solutions they're already exploring. this feels like one of those problems that is real, but solvable, and once solved will further detrench the dollar. so yes, "lol dedollarization"
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May 6, 2023 03:47
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*Dr Evil voice* one BILLION rupees
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May 6, 2023 04:07
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Koirhor posted:it’s what it’s
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May 6, 2023 04:12
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 HEAR THAT FUCKERS?! GET YER ASSES BACK IN THOSE CUBICLES!1!1!1!1 https://twitter.com/AP/status/1654479375926976515?t=oWf4L8xjEdp5PyYOXoWSUA&s=19
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May 6, 2023 04:42
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They could always use child labor for office jobs
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May 6, 2023 04:44
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Regarde Aduck posted:is this because of them deciding they'll only trade in Yuan? Which was their own choice? It's presumably because India is buying up their oil on terms India was able to dictate Having Yuan wouldn't be an issue because the world's main manufacturing center accepts Yuan
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May 6, 2023 04:50
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my bony fealty posted:what's the best way to buy a car in the doomsday economy. is there a SA thread that will tell me what to do. Paradoxish posted:Don't use dealer financing unless the discounts are genuinely incredible, don't sign up for an insane 6-year term on a car loan, and try to get preapproval from somewhere like a credit union if you want a slightly less awful rate. - repos are going up big time right now, used car prices are falling from the insane covid bonanza where everyone and their grandma went out and bought a car (especially if they didn't have one). however, it will take some time percolate and see substantial used car prices fall. If you can wait, you might be better off even 6 months from now. - don't buy "certified pre-owned" by dealers. absolute insane markup. instead, check around Craigslist or local places if anyone is selling some reasonable car. however, this does require you know a thing or two about cars to do your own scoping them out in person to make sure it's not a total junker. i've seen a lot of real cheap used car (including some with reasonable miles like a 60k for a 2016 PT Cruiser for $6k), that are selling locally and not through dealers. this will require more time investment and some know-how on your own end but will be substantially cheaper than dealer used. - If you're buying new thru dealer, go in with a car you want in particular, most dealers are only stocking cross-overs, suvs right now and usually has a 4-week-to-4-month long waitlist for like a civic hatchback or prius hybrid. dont be pushed into a SUV/cross-over just because its all they have.
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May 6, 2023 04:53
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Ammanas posted:everyone that already owns a car: cars are destroying our society and environment!! get a bike and take public transit you piece of poo poo
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May 6, 2023 04:54
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Popoto posted:can't they use it to buy indian products ???????????? The top exports of India are Refined Petroleum ($49B), Diamonds ($26.3B), Packaged Medicaments ($19.2B), Jewellery ($10.7B), and Rice ($10B) seems like most indian export commodities are stuff that russia already has in abundance
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May 6, 2023 04:54
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https://twitter.com/Kotaku/status/1654533978550943746
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May 6, 2023 04:57
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nexous posted:itt boomer shocked young people don’t like their terrible lingo
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May 6, 2023 04:58
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May 6, 2023 05:01
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Xaris posted:this is about the best advice. if i may add a few additions: Also, if you have a trusted mechanic shop, ask them let you know of any cars for sale they come across. (You can also hire a shop to check out a FB marketplace car you're interested in, or for other private sales.)
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May 6, 2023 05:05
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Willa Rogers posted:Also, if you have a trusted mechanic shop, ask them let you know of any cars for sale they come across. (You can also hire a shop to check out a FB marketplace car you're interested in, or for other private sales.) like we lol that used prices are stupid, and they are, but mostly the stupidity is most extreme either buying from a big corpo dealer or using carvana or some car vc gig fartapp.
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May 6, 2023 05:19
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If you can touch computers you can teach yourself to fix your (2k craigslist beater) car from youtube
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May 6, 2023 05:33
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just don’t buy a bimmer
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May 6, 2023 05:37
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shrike82 posted:https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1654612434630627328?s=20 That's a lot of beef vindaloos.
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May 6, 2023 08:44
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BornAPoorBlkChild posted:
lol at the rule of 3 usage and the order chosen. Lockdowns!! Economic devastation !!!! oh also 7 million people dead 
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May 6, 2023 09:02
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The issue is that Russia has a large primary surplus with India, so it can't really use the Rupees it is accruing, and it doesn't want to hold too many of them as it ties them in with the Indian banking system. In the end, Russia may just sell them and buy gold. The problem with holding a bunch of US dollars is it likewise ties you into the US banking system but also possible devaluation of your asset.
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May 6, 2023 09:24
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I'm pretty sure Russia wouldn't have a problem buying more gold just to sit on it.
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May 6, 2023 09:48
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They have a current account deficit.
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May 6, 2023 09:52
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DancingShade posted:I'm pretty sure Russia wouldn't have a problem buying more gold just to sit on it. Yeah, just like back during much of the Soviet period, it is acting as their primary reserve component. It seems like also a significant portion of their own gold mining (which isn't insignificant, 10% of total global production) is also ending up in their vaults. It very well may be that they are feeding excess Yuan and rupees through domestic banks (who in return are selling them off) who are in in turn buying domestic gold production that is being held in the name of the government. China in particular, is fine with this because they don't want to deal with the issue of another large state holding a bunch of their own currency and the potential problems it creates since they generally want tight control over the Yuan. (What if Russia dumps tens of billions of Yuan on the open market at an inopportune time?) Ardennes has issued a correction as of 10:05 on May 6, 2023 |
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May 6, 2023 09:55
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