TawdryPorker

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[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Meanwhile in the Pentagon: 'Autonomous drones you say...'

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

UKs 70 year olds are far less likely than their American counterparts to share Christian memes. They share different kinds of reactionary memes suggesting that 'woke' and what they think is hilarious to call 'elf and safety' are the causes of why things are so shit now rather than looking somewhat closer to home.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It's got that 'retrain as a swan' energy.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why does there even need to be a COP every year? They know what to do, they know what will be enough and they have the authority in their home nations to do it. COP is just theatre.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Far as that cat is concerned they're the real star in that picture and the strange human is just photo-bombing.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Now all we need is for the CIA to take responsibility for the Islamic State and the circle of life (and death) is complete.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Similar thing happened back in the 80's at a Sorting Office where I worked. The letters, then, were sorted into a 48 box fitting. They took a row of 48 box fittings down and discovered a postcard that was alleged to be 100 years old. I think they had a little ceremony with the living descendants of the addressee. This was when the Royal Mail prided itself on delivering the mail.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Now that's a Jod I could jet behind.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Always. If inflation runs away, the poor suffer. If we get stuck in a deflationary cycle the poor suffer. Apparently it is impossible to construct an equitable system that works without gross inequality (spoiler: it isn't but some people love inequality and will do anything to prevent things being distributed more equally.)

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It provides a reason for them not to just “take their ball and go home” once they have a pile of money.

If that's the reason for it it's not doing its job. Investments are much like savings to high net worth individuals and their investments are managed by someone else and they simply lay in the cut and collect dividends. Yes there is a risk to investments but if you're in a good wealth fund then over time you're almost guaranteed to win even if you have disastrous months here and there.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, this is true but you also have to factor in the marginal propensity to consume, or in plain English, the poorer you are the more of your income you have to spend on necessities like rent or groceries.

There are always high interest investments available to people with a large amounts of spare cash floating about even when inflation is low.

If your rent + utilities + food = your income then you ain't hoarding money even in a deflationary spiral.

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