The Off Topic Topic

[Josquius]

What do farmers drive?

Jeeps

[Jacob]

Apparently the South Korean government is proposing increasing the work week from 52 hours/ week to 69 hours/ week. Allegedly the theory you should work extra some time to free up time in other periods.

The argument is that the birth rate is low, so by letting men work from 9 am to midnight five days a week, it'll free up more time for pregnancy and taking care of children. This, it is said, will help South Korea's low birth rate (which is apparently one of the lowest in the world, not helped by strict immigration policies).

Personally I'm not sure it's a good idea.

[HVC]

I always thought the easiest way to raise the birth rate in Korea is a baby for military time swap. 2 kids gets one year off, 3 kids gets the other year off (or whatever the conscription term is divided by 2). As far as I recall you can defer enlistment until 30, so if you get 3 kids you're golden. Not sure how that would effect military personnel numbers, but if you're not having kids you're jot getting soldiers anyway.

[Josquius]

Apparently the South Korean government is proposing increasing the work week from 52 hours/ week to 69 hours/ week. Allegedly the theory you should work extra some time to free up time in other periods.

The argument is that the birth rate is low, so by letting men work from 9 am to midnight five days a week, it'll free up more time for pregnancy and taking care of children. This, it is said, will help South Korea's low birth rate (which is apparently one of the lowest in the world, not helped by strict immigration policies).

Personally I'm not sure it's a good idea.

As I understand this is already the reality as in Japan. It does make sense to make the legal situation match with reality so people can get proper recognition.
They should really be looking to tackle this though.

[HVC]

Apparently the South Korean government is proposing increasing the work week from 52 hours/ week to 69 hours/ week. Allegedly the theory you should work extra some time to free up time in other periods.

The argument is that the birth rate is low, so by letting men work from 9 am to midnight five days a week, it'll free up more time for pregnancy and taking care of children. This, it is said, will help South Korea's low birth rate (which is apparently one of the lowest in the world, not helped by strict immigration policies).

Personally I'm not sure it's a good idea.

Government cancels plan after youngins rebel

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/15/south-korea-u-turns-on-69-hour-working-week-after-youth-backlash

[crazy canuck]

When do they think couples will have time to have sex (I presume still a necessary step in having children) with a 69 hour week - or is it already April 1.

[Razgovory]

The QAnon Queen Was Just Labeled 'Fake' on Telegram, and She's Pissed


https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvdg3/qanon-queen-romana-didulo-fake-telegram?utm_source=vicenewsfacebook&fbclid=IwAR2SnT7syfhUzWJyM0aeQaoq01ypqrtEH_w2yY7COc7seWFht_nMgPL0Xqs

Followers of the so-called QAnon Queen of Canada who logged onto Telegram to see their leader's inane ramblings were greeted with an unpleasant dose of reality this week.

"Warning: Many users report that this account impersonates a famous person or organization," reads a tag now connected to Queen Romana Didulo's Telegram account. To add insult to injury, the tab where the chat is displayed on the app is overlaid with stark red lettering that reads "fake."

Didulo has convinced her followers that she's the true leader of Canada, on the vanguard of a secret war she's fighting against an international cabal of pedophiles. Her followers believe she's not only royalty but also an interdimensional being who's in contact with an intergalactic alliance of aliens. Despite her eccentric claims, Didulo has built a following who hang on her every word and will frequently send her money. Some have even given up their lives to live with her in a convoy of RVs traveling around Canada.

It's not just Didulo's main page that's being described as fake but many of her ancillary pages, like where her followers congregate to discuss their love for "her royal majesty," and a popular page where followers can send questions to Didulo and receive answers. The Telegram pages are Didulo's primary way of communicating with her audience and her audience's primary way of networking.

Didulo was none too pleased about the tags.

"The Fake Label of this Channel by the Deepstaters, Cabal, and Blackhats, simply reinforces and validates further HRM [Her Royal Majesty] Queen Romana's authentic work in the Kingdom of Canada and around the work," she wrote. "Hold the Lane Folks.

VICE News did not immediately receive a response from Telegram about why the new tag was implemented.

Telegram as a platform is well-known for their lax moderation and taking limited action against their users. While QAnon pages directly impersonating celebrities, like JFK Jr., also have the "fake" tag, it's rare to see the platform take action against a figure like Didulo. For a community that is full of influencers who posit themselves as brave truth-tellers the "fake" tag is, unsurprisingly, grating.

"Typically this tag is reserved for impersonators or parody accounts— this might be the first time they've used it in this context," tweeted Alex Mendela, who monitors QAnon as an associate analyst at Alethea, a technology company that analyzes misinformation.

But the queen's diehard followers, many of whom have suffered personally or financially for their support of her, aren't being dissuaded by the description of their leader as "fake."

"If you don't innerstand who HRM Queen Romana is by now there has got to be something wrong with your brain," one follower wrote. "We have watched HRM Queen Romana work day in and day out to give us Hope and a Future all done in an RV in the Middle of winter...has any of our politicians ever done that?" ("Innerstand" is how Didulo and her followers say they understand.)

There are other indications that Didulo's operation is beginning to falter, too. This week Didulo had to change the email address that she directs her follower's to use when they send money to her bank accounts. In a livestream Didulo said that a troll was using a similar account to the one they previously used and was syphoning off some of their donations.

Didulo held a livestream to address the "fake" tag on Wednesday and interview a follower of hers who had previously worked in media. She said that the tag will somehow make her stronger and that it's simply validation that she and her followers are on the right path.

"What this means is we have had many trolls in the channels, paid infiltrators working for some secret agency, the cabal, the deep state, the globalists, saying this is a fake channel," said Didulo. She also said that these people had "teabags" for "balls."

While her followers were waiting for the livestream to start, one of them began to watch porn with their audio still on. The group's administrators then begged the queen's followers to mute their mics and turn off their cameras. Many of Didulo's followers are elderly and unfamiliar with technology.

"Next time please mute your audio and video first because it's very disrespectful to her royal majesty," Didulo's so-called "press secretary" said as the queen held up a handwritten sign that read, "Mute your microphones."

They did not listen.

[crazy canuck]

I wonder if we would all be better off if we just shut the internet down.

[Josquius]

Upon first reading qanon Queen I had a certain Karen image.
Upon reading further of her making money from rambling on a stream my image turned to hawt but crazy.
Clicking the link... Oh. So. That's not what I expected on any front.

[Barrister]

Upon first reading qanon Queen I had a certain Karen image.
Upon reading further of her making money from rambling on a stream my image turned to hawt but crazy.
Clicking the link... Oh. So. That's not what I expected on any front.

It's not only white people that can be crazy, eh?

[HVC]

Upon first reading qanon Queen I had a certain Karen image.
Upon reading further of her making money from rambling on a stream my image turned to hawt but crazy.
Clicking the link... Oh. So. That's not what I expected on any front.

It's not only white people that can be crazy, eh?

Damn minorities taking away all white privileges.

[HVC]

I wonder if we would all be better off if we just shut the internet down.

Then they'd go back to yelling at the corners. Or on top of mailboxes like the crazy roaster man that used to hang around my block. Actually I wonder what happened to him   

[Grey Fox]

Follows the Queen around in an RV.

[crazy canuck]

I wonder if we would all be better off if we just shut the internet down.

Then they'd go back to yelling at the corners. Or on top of mailboxes like the crazy roaster man that used to hang around my block. Actually I wonder what happened to him   

Yes, with the added advantage that they will just be ignored.

[Barrister]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-pornhub-mindgeek-acquisition-ethical-capital-partners/

Ottawa private equity firm purchases secretive firm MindGeek - owners of PornHub and other pornographic websites.  Price is not disclosed.

Not your typical financial news story.  It points out how much money PornHub continues to make (hundreds of millions of dollars), but it has huge outstanding litigation and has been cut off from credit card companies.  Purchase price was not disclosed.

I have to say you don't typically see anonymous sources used in a business M&A story.