LanyrdSkynrd

The Mississippi Company was something like bitcoin. John Law basically invented fractional reserve banking by assuming the national debt in exchange for the right to print paper notes backed by France and exclusive trade rights to the Americas. The whole thing blew up because there was no mechanism to stop inflation, investors could buy an unlimited amount of shares of a finite investment.

There's a really cool produce market near me. This place has a truck they take to a city hours away and load it with produce once a week. On Saturday and Sunday they have a reverse auction where the prices keep going down until it's all gone. Restaurants and people looking for cheap food get great deals and no food goes to waste.

They're also really good at only stocking produce when it's a good time of year for it. Walmart will have peaches year round, but they're not good for like half the year. They also end up with some stuff that's just not ever available around here, like lychee and diakon radishes, when they can get it. Plus they carry stuff from local farms when it's available.

I feel like this is a business that could be replicated in a lot of rural areas. It's basically just a barn on the side of the road with very little overhead, but it's always busy.

I fucking hate the, "Sitting on the porch with the shotgun, scaring my daughter's boyfriend" genre of boomer joke.

It's such a gross sentiment, trying to "defend" their daughters chastity, like the virginity belongs to the father.

Do these people realize that these federal programs don't run out of money? You can't "use up all the food stamps". The one guy in that video was complaining that his disability was cut off, like that has anything to do with the Haitian refugees who can't even get disability benefits.

I watched a police interrogation video years ago where a Canadian cop said "garage" like garr-aaaj, and it's stuck with me since.

Also the way Trump says "china" sounds like the second syllable to vagina to me.

In Douglas Rushkoff's book "Survival of the Richest" he talks about the survival ideas of these rich morons he talked to at some event. They were discussing strategies to keep security guards loyal in a post apocalyptic scenario. Shit like shock collars, timed safes, anything besides treating them well. It's a good book.

They'd rather keep driving us towards an apocalypse they wouldn't survive than do something to avoid it.

I really don't believe SCOTUS would have let Biden get away with that. They wrote that decision is such a weasely way that it gave Trump practical immunity, but allows them to decide when it applies to other presidents.

Still I agree that if Democrats actually cared about things they'd consistently force SCOTUS to overturn popular policies, if only to show the public they're simply unelected political actors.

I go to see my partners family a few times a year and the conversation is so awkward. Their mom does nothing but watch reruns of law and order SVU and 50's shows on TV Land, and their dad runs out of normal stuff to talk in about 20 minutes.

We can't talk about any kind of current events because the dad has incredibly reactionary takes despite claiming to be a progressive Democrat. I had a meltdown when he started talking about the Palestine student protests like they were brainwashed into supporting terrorists.

I've tried to have things to talk about to avoid getting into arguments, but they seem so bored with anything I have to say, so we end up sitting in silence for long stretches. Then when we leave they're like, "Leaving already? You just got here".

Nut butters on bread/crackers, PBJ. Cheddar cheese in block form lasts a long time unrefrigerated, cured meats like pepperoni. Carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes all keep pretty well unrefrigerated.

They have a stronger version than the US because lawyers can argue for it to the jury. In the US they aren't allowed to do it, and most states have model jury instructions that tell them they are not allowed to ignore the law because they think it unjust.

E-books all the way. Piracy is awesome, but the biggest reason is being able to configure the font,size,spacing and margins. It's also easier to use with one hand and I can hold even very large books up so I don't get tech neck.

Physical books are nice because they're easy to lend, though.

Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber(pdf) has a lot to say on the subject of pointless, low effort jobs that pay well.