Big ol baby Buttons

My dog bounces down stairs, she’s like a little seesaw with her butt flying up at every step.

Also completely unable to walk up stairs, only run

That’s what my dog does sometimes…and then when we come to check, there’s a cat waiting in ambush for her around the corner

I remember 2008.

And that’s the thing lol, all these fucking “nothing matters” teenagers do not. They only know a political climate where democracy is on the line.

Yo, save the complaint

For a party conversation

The world is loaded

It’s lit to pop and nobody is gonna stop

Come to California. We’ll be the center of any resistance.

And which country are you from?

Facility maintenance. We grease motors, change belts, tighten bolts. One of the fuel pumps on our generator has a leak, so that’s a fun bit of dirty hands.

My approach to maintenance also involves a lot of cleaning, because I believe clean equipment runs better over time. So cleaning off fan blades, insides of electrical cabinets, sumps, etc. We also fix sinks and toilets.

The very nature of capitalism is that it’s unsustainable

Again, this is a feature of (almost) all economic systems. With appropriate regulation and government incentives, it’s not a problem.

We have probably hit peak fossil fuels this year. Every year henceforth, fossil fuel use will go down. Why? Capitalism. Competition in solar panel and wind turbine manufacture and installation, prompted by government incentives and private charitable action, has made renewable energy cheaper than fossil fuels.

Capitalism is a tool that we can use, and when it’s under control it works.

Also, credit where credit is due, China’s autocratic version of capitalism has done better than America’s laissez faire or Europe’s social democratic capitalism in this regard. But it’s still capitalism.

Bracing for downvotes here…

Capitalism is good when properly regulated. Capitalism is an incredible tool for raising living standards, which should be the ultimate goal of any aociety. Disfunctional capitalism produces inequity.

Now I know someone is going to say that capitalists tend to accrue power, to which I say that is EVERY system. They ALL need to be kept in check. Socialism, feudalism, anarchy, oligarchy, it doesn’t matter. Someone will try to accrue power. The economic system MUST be subordinate to the government, and ideally that government should represent the will (or at least the best interests) of the people.

I am FIRMLY in the “the system is broken and needs to be fixed” camp. Regulatory capture is a result of disfunctional capitalism. Monopolies are a result of disfunctional capitalism. Cronyism is a result of disfunctional capitalism. Capitalism as a system is not inherently bad except in the way that any system when allowed to run unchecked is bad.

A strong government hand, when wielded by empathetic and civic-minded people, is a requirement for any economic system. Given that, capitalism is the best economic model the world has ever seen.

Edit: pleasantly surprised. Shitlibs assemble?

Go to a gay bar.

Immortality. The tech is going to be too far away. Maybe my grandchildren.

Yeah, a roommate of mine who was a crazy awful bitch but she had EXCELLENT taste in music.

One time she decided to punish us for god knows what slight by playing really absurdly loud music. Kinda backfired because when she finally stopped I texted her asking her to turn it back on.

Funny enough, California has a very progressive tax system, and has higher than normal income inequality but a higher base standard of living than the rest of the US. I think having an economy with more opportunities for people inflates everyone’s income, including the rich.

But it brings up a question, if everyone were to have a decent standard of living, is it as big a problem that rich people exist? Obviously we’re not there yet, but hypothetically in a post scarcity world, it’s an interesting thing to think about.

How much do you make, and how much goes to taxes?

So about $250k a year? That’s not unreasonable at all.

Np

What do you make now? 90k sounds low.

I knew I’d get a ton of answers like this, that’s why I asked for a dollar amount.