stewie
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People ALWAYS feel gaslighted when someone says the economy is doing fine, because we are a spoiled and decadent society that makes demands on government that few governments can fulfill.
Here's something from 1994, which people think were the Good Old Days:
Here's something from 1994, which people think were the Good Old Days:
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
People ALWAYS feel gaslighted when someone says the economy is doing fine, because we are a spoiled and decadent society that makes demands on government that few governments can fulfill.
Here's something from 1994, which people think were the Good Old Days:
Here's something from 1994, which people think were the Good Old Days:
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Let me show you the difference between a $40 hoodie and a ~$100 hoodie. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Let me show you the difference between a $40 hoodie and a ~$100 hoodie. 🧵
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There is only one working class, the professional managerial class, and there is only one working class party, the Democratic Party, and there is only one working class paper, the financial times
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
There is only one working class, the professional managerial class, and there is only one working class party, the Democratic Party, and there is only one working class paper, the financial times
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Sidewalks shouldn’t stop for side streets, pass it on
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Sidewalks shouldn’t stop for side streets, pass it on
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"Cities should remain museum pieces for incumbents and any newcomer is strictly a burden" is the most loser mindset that powers the most loser politics in America today.
Moving to New York and pulling the ladder up behind myself, but wokely
October 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
"Cities should remain museum pieces for incumbents and any newcomer is strictly a burden" is the most loser mindset that powers the most loser politics in America today.
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"OK I'm going insane."
October 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"OK I'm going insane."
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October 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Wheat-per-bushel prices wholesale vary, but over the last 20 years, between a $3-10 per bushel range, so a third of that minimum wage worker's paycheck ($106) is going to buy ~15 bushels a week (405kg, 1.35 million calories, 17 times what Cratchet is buying).
www.macrotrends.net/2534/wheat-p...
www.macrotrends.net/2534/wheat-p...
Wheat Prices (1959-2025)
Interactive chart of historical daily wheat prices back to 1975. The price shown is in U.S. Dollars per bushel.
www.macrotrends.net
October 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Wheat-per-bushel prices wholesale vary, but over the last 20 years, between a $3-10 per bushel range, so a third of that minimum wage worker's paycheck ($106) is going to buy ~15 bushels a week (405kg, 1.35 million calories, 17 times what Cratchet is buying).
www.macrotrends.net/2534/wheat-p...
www.macrotrends.net/2534/wheat-p...
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Resolved: "Tradwife" has increasingly little to do with being a "traditional wife" and is a signifier to sell lonely conservative men their ultimate fantasy - a woman who shares their politics unquestioningly and submissively
just got a press release for a "tradwife" who is using an online form to identify potential dating prospects from the pool of guys that follow her on onlyfans. separately, i no longer understand what the word "tradwife" means, and actually maybe never did.
October 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Resolved: "Tradwife" has increasingly little to do with being a "traditional wife" and is a signifier to sell lonely conservative men their ultimate fantasy - a woman who shares their politics unquestioningly and submissively
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No state should be allowed to exist if it does not enfranchise women
This is a pretty basic moral question the world was supposed to have settled by now
This is a pretty basic moral question the world was supposed to have settled by now
September 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
No state should be allowed to exist if it does not enfranchise women
This is a pretty basic moral question the world was supposed to have settled by now
This is a pretty basic moral question the world was supposed to have settled by now
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personally I achieved illumination through long contemplation of what RFK and Olivia Nuzzi's sexting looked like.
September 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
personally I achieved illumination through long contemplation of what RFK and Olivia Nuzzi's sexting looked like.
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"performative men" = "metrosexual" and it's literally just high-school masculinity bullying transposed to newspapers, just like it always has been
September 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"performative men" = "metrosexual" and it's literally just high-school masculinity bullying transposed to newspapers, just like it always has been
Uh oh
Huh. I don't remember the federal government asking me what flavor of "white" I am before. This list of what are I think meant to be ethnicities also seems really arbitrary, and doesn't map out onto ethnicities per se. (This is for an NSF annual personnel report for a graduate training program.)
August 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Uh oh
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Shanghai Metro Line 18 Danyang Road.
August 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Shanghai Metro Line 18 Danyang Road.
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If you spend any material time in airport lounges you aren’t very good at traveling; the idea time to clear security is when they start boarding first class.
August 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
If you spend any material time in airport lounges you aren’t very good at traveling; the idea time to clear security is when they start boarding first class.
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Lol. Lmao.
All of Joe Rogan's friends really hate Texas
From the heat to the power grid, Texas isn't what they were promised.
www.chron.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Lol. Lmao.
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Unearthed footage that Fox News refused to air during the election last year shows Trump nervously refusing to commit to releasing the Epstein files.
“I don’t know about Epstein so much as I do the others.”
“I don’t know about Epstein so much as I do the others.”
July 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Unearthed footage that Fox News refused to air during the election last year shows Trump nervously refusing to commit to releasing the Epstein files.
“I don’t know about Epstein so much as I do the others.”
“I don’t know about Epstein so much as I do the others.”
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We don't live in a society, we live in an ecosystem.
July 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
We don't live in a society, we live in an ecosystem.
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About that record-high share of Americans saying immigration is good for the country: The surge is primarily driven by *Republicans* changing their tune. Rs have become much more positive on immigration than they had been before Trump took office.
July 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
About that record-high share of Americans saying immigration is good for the country: The surge is primarily driven by *Republicans* changing their tune. Rs have become much more positive on immigration than they had been before Trump took office.
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good piece www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Arizona’s Water Is Vanishing Before AI Gets a Crack at It
Actual farms, not the data center variety, are sucking up groundwater more quickly than surface water from reservoirs such as Lake Mead and Lake Powell.
www.bloomberg.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
good piece www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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I know many people that folks on here would consider "offline" or idk "normal people," that aren't even just using AI for work, but using it to TEXT people. Like their friends and family.
it's jolting how little AI skepticism has reached the general public. i've had many acquaintances ask whether i use AI for research and seem shocked when i tell them it's completely useless for that purpose. my wife recently told her colleagues about hallucinations and it was news to all of them.
May 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I know many people that folks on here would consider "offline" or idk "normal people," that aren't even just using AI for work, but using it to TEXT people. Like their friends and family.
The city should prioritize density near business districts so that there is a large customer base in the immediate area that can walk, and prioritize alternative transport options over car access for people who are outside of walking distance. More customers who are not as impacted by construction.
Construction can be inconvenient — but local businesses rely on our support, even during the digging and detours!
What changes would make you more likely to visit local businesses during City-led construction?
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What changes would make you more likely to visit local businesses during City-led construction?
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May 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The city should prioritize density near business districts so that there is a large customer base in the immediate area that can walk, and prioritize alternative transport options over car access for people who are outside of walking distance. More customers who are not as impacted by construction.