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Gaming HQ / Re: Real RPGs, none of that ne...
Last post by Sophie Scholl - Today at 07:30:23 PMHuge RPG .pdf bundle on Humble Bundle!
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/roll-big-or-go-home-rpg-megabundle-books
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#2
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 07:03:42 PMI have the suspicion that employees camping out in public bathroom stalls on a phone is becoming more a thing.
#3
Off the Record / Re: Elon Musk: Always A Douche
Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 06:01:34 PMQuote from: Bauer on Today at 03:07:46 PMI think there are probably a lot of entrepreneurial type rich people who are simply good at making money and boosting valuations. They don't have to be the smartest, they just have the "right" qualities to be that person.
He has a reputation for demanding obscene working hours at his companies too. I think many in tech space are like that, companies stuck in perpetual start up work culture. But employees are almost certainly being taken advantage of for executive bonus benefits.
Or just being lucky in having been part of the right start up at the right time.
#4
Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 06:00:45 PMOn the bright side, early indications are the Bill is not going to get the support it needs in the House - I hope that is true for the sake of our American friends here.
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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 04:37:21 PMQuote from: viper37 on Today at 04:16:16 PMGeorgia Mom's Arrest Sparks Nationwide Parenting Debate
I keep seeing these kind of stories from the US. So weird for a man my age.
Our boys were riding their bikes to the local corner store to buy candy long before they were 10. The United States has gone crazy.
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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Josquius - Today at 04:25:05 PMAye. That's fucked up.
Meanwhile in Australia.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/i-was-shocked-melbourne-mans-unbelievable-find-after-buying-house/m4sksfer8
This guy was clearly in on it with the previous owner.
Or used time travel.
"Oh but honey it was here when we moved in..."
Meanwhile in Australia.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/i-was-shocked-melbourne-mans-unbelievable-find-after-buying-house/m4sksfer8
This guy was clearly in on it with the previous owner.
Or used time travel.
"Oh but honey it was here when we moved in..."
#7
Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...
Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 04:24:17 PMEfforts are being made by two sitting MLA's to recreate the Progressive Conservative Party in Alberta. They say essential it is an attempt to return to sane government in that province.
#8
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by HVC - Today at 04:18:07 PMQuote from: viper37 on Today at 04:16:16 PMGeorgia Mom's Arrest Sparks Nationwide Parenting Debate
I keep seeing these kind of stories from the US. So weird for a man my age.
It's what happens when people have fewer kids
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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by viper37 - Today at 04:16:16 PMGeorgia Mom's Arrest Sparks Nationwide Parenting Debate
I keep seeing these kind of stories from the US. So weird for a man my age.
I keep seeing these kind of stories from the US. So weird for a man my age.
#10
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 04:14:46 PMI don't think this entirely applies to the rest of Europe.
But if you ever read David Kynaston's books on austerity, post-war Britain there's a really interesting strand of opinion that comfort is bad and somehow corrupting. Very often you see it in the letters page to the Guardian where there are people complaining about things like fridges, vacuum cleaners, TVs as all slightly indulgent and "American". They make people's lives too easy and enjoyable.
FWIW I think you can see a similar strand of articles in the Guardian in recent years over the weight-loss drugs where they'll regularly write about the social and health impact of obesity. But until very recently they ran a shed load of negative articles about these drugs (I noticed because a science correspondent in another paper started collating them and noting how weirdly regular they were). And running through a lot of them was basically a sense that you haven't "earned" that weight loss - it should be through exercise, eating healthier etc. I would add that a side effect of that is perhaps that it allows you to associate someone's weight with some virtues (a bit like, to this day, someone not having a TV is a class signifier - I think everyone was won around to fridges and hoovers).
I remember listening to a podcast here during covid and there was a similar conversation about anti-covid measures then with an academic in public health that basically it was almost a problem if we were to rely on a "technological" solution such as a vaccine or treatment, when we could just reorganise society instead and rely on a "social" solution. There are some very, very clever people in the world who I wouldn't trust with a pair of scissors
But if you ever read David Kynaston's books on austerity, post-war Britain there's a really interesting strand of opinion that comfort is bad and somehow corrupting. Very often you see it in the letters page to the Guardian where there are people complaining about things like fridges, vacuum cleaners, TVs as all slightly indulgent and "American". They make people's lives too easy and enjoyable.
FWIW I think you can see a similar strand of articles in the Guardian in recent years over the weight-loss drugs where they'll regularly write about the social and health impact of obesity. But until very recently they ran a shed load of negative articles about these drugs (I noticed because a science correspondent in another paper started collating them and noting how weirdly regular they were). And running through a lot of them was basically a sense that you haven't "earned" that weight loss - it should be through exercise, eating healthier etc. I would add that a side effect of that is perhaps that it allows you to associate someone's weight with some virtues (a bit like, to this day, someone not having a TV is a class signifier - I think everyone was won around to fridges and hoovers).
I remember listening to a podcast here during covid and there was a similar conversation about anti-covid measures then with an academic in public health that basically it was almost a problem if we were to rely on a "technological" solution such as a vaccine or treatment, when we could just reorganise society instead and rely on a "social" solution. There are some very, very clever people in the world who I wouldn't trust with a pair of scissors