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Speaking of old cartoons I've been watching old Disney animated shows on Disney+ :3

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Old Posted 11-21-2019, 10:20 PM Reply With Quote  
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I haven't gotten to cartoons yet. So far I've watched lizzie mcguire and a movie that I don't remember but will probably come back once I start scrolling through again
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Old Posted 11-22-2019, 12:01 AM Reply With Quote  
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abolish capitalism.
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Default   #2180   Coda Coda is offline
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Unfortunately, it turns out that while capitalism is woefully flawed, regulated capitalism is the best way humanity has found in 100,000 years of history for effectively managing limited resources. Other schemes are either even more inefficient, even more imbalanced, unsustainably fragile, or some combination thereof. The main reason capitalism works is that it takes advantage of the very thing that causes other models to fail -- the inherently selfish nature of animal instinct. Literally every other model fundamentally depends on trusting at least one other human being to not exploit the system.

It turns out that there is a model that's more efficient, less wasteful, and capable of being more fair and more supportive of the needy. That model is tyranny. A dictator is able to make decisions that no self-interested population would be able to consistently commit to, and by virtue of being in control of all of the assets said dictator would be able to distribute them in the best possible manner. Of course, the disadvantage is that it depends on the dictator being benevolent and just. We as a species actually have pulled this off a few times in the course of history, but the finite lifespan of humans prevents this from being long-term sustainable because eventually the allure of power is going to produce a dictator that acts in his own self-interest instead of the best interest of the people.

Even in the best case scenario, anyone opposed to the central authority is going to be at a disadvantage compared to those who support the central authority, and such imbalances breed the kind of unrest that leads to revolt. Similarly, fairness (distribution of assets to those who need it) and justice (distribution of assets to those who deserve it) are opposed to each other, so as long as individual citizens have different needs, different desires, and different abilities to contribute to society, there will always be some group that feels disadvantaged and dissatisfied.

Unregulated capitalism, of course, suffers from the flaw that someone possessing a sufficient critical mass of assets is capable of becoming a dictator. This is why no successful economic system has been unregulated. Regulations give representatives of the public the power to place limits upon agents to mitigate abuse and ensure certain fundamental necessities are fulfilled. It's not perfect, but it's long-term robust -- it might be slow sometimes, but its very nature gives people who are dissatisfied a mechanism to correct things.
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I tried sake today.
<w< that is all.

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Did you try it hot or cold?
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Hot sake! -W- Was really warm.

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I once mentioned to my parents that one thing I’d planned on trying ASAP once I hit 21 was sake, and my mom just reached into the fridge and brought out her bottle of cooking wine.

...okay, sure, I guess that IS sake, but.
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isn't that funny
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x'''D your mom is rediculous

nice avi, merskelly!
Old Posted 11-23-2019, 07:45 AM Reply With Quote  
Default   #2186   Stabbsworth Stabbsworth is offline
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i have tried WKD before. more towards soda than sake.

the thing with capitalism is that it allows people to go homeless, children to go without parents and people to go hungry. that shouldn't be happening in the slightest.

hell, it's actually cheaper to house homeless people in empty houses.
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nice avi, merskelly!

Thanks yous.
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Also, first drink I had at 21 was white wine. It tasted like a doctor's office and was not pleasant. <x'}

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Old Posted 11-23-2019, 04:18 PM Reply With Quote  
Default   #2188   littl3chocobo littl3chocobo is offline
isn't that funny
yeah, the point of drinking isn't to enjoy the drink but to have an experience. enjoying alcohol comes later when you've built up a tolerance and have established a social circle around it(like wine tasting and clubbing)
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Yehh. Adults are weird. <w< The more and more I go into the adult world, the weirder it gets. <x}

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Default   #2190   littl3chocobo littl3chocobo is offline
isn't that funny
just children who technically know better XD
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yeah, the point of drinking isn't to enjoy the drink but to have an experience. enjoying alcohol comes later when you've built up a tolerance and have established a social circle around it(like wine tasting and clubbing)
I can't express just how strongly I disagree with this.

The point of drinking is supposed to be to enjoy the drink. If you're doing something you dislike for the purposes of having an experience and establishing a social circle, you're doing it wrong. That is an unhealthy way to approach ANYTHING because it normalizes the bad parts and it opens you up to peer pressure. Taking this approach to something notorious for inhibiting rationality compounds those problems, because you aren't fully your normal self when you're having this experience.

The reason my relationship with alcohol is as healthy as it is is specifically because I drink the things that I enjoy. I don't drink because the people around me drink. I don't drink because I like feeling drunk. This means that I don't have to tolerate drinking disgusting swill; I'm not desperate enough for the experience that I'll take the cheapest thing I can get my hands on. If I put it in my mouth and I don't like it, I won't keep going, so even spending a penny on something I don't like is a waste of money -- if I'm going to drink, I'm going to drink something good.

If you're the kind of person to enjoy clubbing, you should enjoy clubbing without having to get drunk. If you only enjoy it when you're drunk, then the alcohol is encouraging behaviors that you would normally avoid; this should be a warning sign.

If you want to participate in a wine tasting, it's true that you should already understand your limits. But social circles surrounding these kinds of events aren't about the act of drinking. They're about the appreciation of the artistry that goes into a fine product.
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Default   #2192   littl3chocobo littl3chocobo is offline
isn't that funny
that's a cute sentiment but it's also a very personal one that flies in the face of recorded history -shrugs-
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