Pretty sure those are either already dead, or guarding Vlad.

The good old Nazi Germany plan - get your rich cronies to pay for everything and assure everyone that the spoils of war will more than pay them back.

That’s just because they live in the 21st century.

If it costs the NYT money and buys the workers some bargaining power, I’m all for it.

shrug Where I live, cars feel (and know) that they’re invincible and likely to suffer no punishment if they kill someone.

Drivers like to think that they can do no wrong all the time, not just when it suits their purpose.

This might be survivorship bias. If you get hit by a cyclist, you might - worst case Ontario - break a limb or something if they send you flying into something else. If you get hit by a driver, you are definitely going to break something and you will most likely die.

As for how likely it is that you actually get hit - do you think it’s easier to avoid a 2’ x 6’ object moving at 15 mph or a 8’ x 16’ object moving at 45 mph?

You’ve waited years for this moment, haven’t you?

Yeah, that’s the main issue that Eddie brings up and it’s valid. Definitely need licensing and safety regulations and for Mr. Beast to not be involved. I was speaking purely from an economic perspective.

They’re shady af, but they also just make sense. Given that real estate is extremely difficult to procure for restaurants just starting up, why wouldn’t you form a restauranteur co-op? There’s a few “food incubators” (don’t know if I love that term, but w/e) near me and it seems to be a win-win for everyone involved.

It’s extremely disappointing to me (admittedly in the US) that Covid seems to have obliterated any chance for a large-scale investigation on payment processors’ stranglehold on our financial systems. The fees that Visa/Mastercard/etc. charge, especially for tiny merchants with insanely low transaction numbers, are criminal.

Reserving judgment, but “unfiltered” places on the internet usually tend to veer one way.

It’s a fair argument, especially given how much… entertainment he seems to derive from owning it.

Hey, everyone deserves two or three back and forths before I write them off as not really wanting to have a debate on a thing

A cable subscription isn’t a depreciating asset, though.

Currently the earth is overpopulated and many parts of the world are only just starting to slow their population growth. The problem of crowding is going to be here for awhile. Eventually it would be great if we could reduce our population to the point where there’s plenty of space for all, if that sounds utopian to you, but for the time being we’re going to have to live in denser areas if we want to deliver amenities and services to all (and we do).

Dense and (I guess I should have said or) urban areas. If these people are moving to the outskirts of metro areas, they’re creating a dense, if not urban, community.

https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/population/2018-revision-of-world-urbanization-prospects.html

Tbf, people moving from rural areas to more dense and urban areas is kind of inevitable as time goes on. Megacities when?

I’m not even going to wait for you to come up with a new angle to come at me with.

I award you the Useful Idiot Ribbon.

Sorry, I wasn’t aware that animal abuse is on the same level of inanity as throwing soup at a painting. You’re being insanely disingenuous.