But it doesn't change the fact that government isn't doing anything government hasn't been doing.

...

This is a self-inflicted would and the people most responsible for it are the ones that are, inexplicably, being turned to to "fix it."

#41 | Posted by jpw at 2024-10-14 06:53 PM | Reply | Flag:

It's not inexplicable. This group grew up during Obama, then Trump, then Biden. They've mostly been run by Dems.

Ranking in order of worst sociopaths to least based on just this thread.

AU
Hans
lfthndthrds
jpw
corky
tor
clownshack
effeteposer
lauramohr
sitzkrieg

sitzkrieg:
Flaw: Apathy or detachment.

Effeteposer:
Flaw: Idealistic detachment.

ClownShack:
Flaw: Victim mentality.

lfthndthrds:
Flaw: Hostility.

eberly:
Flaw: Fatalism.

AMERICANUNITY:
Flaw: Provocation for its own sake.

Tor:
Flaw: Overly emotional.

Hans:
Flaw: Sarcastic dismissiveness.

LauraMohr:
Flaw: Cynicism.

Corky:
Flaw: Stubbornness.

fun with LLMs doing psycho analysis today. Don't worry, LLMs can't reason. They just do patterns..

jpw:
Profile: Analytical and critical. jpw takes a strong, well-defined stance, often criticizing others for what they see as misinformation or logical flaws. They express frustration with political narratives that ignore long-term systemic issues, likely stemming from a detailed understanding of the political landscape.
Key Traits: Analytical, critical, frustrated with oversimplification.
jpw:
Flaw: Self-righteousness. jpw often frames their arguments as the only logical or informed perspective, showing little patience for others' views.
Impact: This attitude can make them seem arrogant, discouraging others from engaging in a constructive way.

#14 | Posted by jpw at 2024-10-14 11:15 AM | Reply | Flag:

where's Snoofy to remind you where all the gains go?

The van looks cool. Art deco train style.

JPW misses the message.

Govt is holding them down by their bootstraps, so they pivot.

Ukraine proved its required for drones to kill based on machine vision AI with human decision making impossible due to jamming.

Nobody knows where this comes from? You need to exit the bubble once in awhile ffs.

In the US we'd have to talk about Lucy Gaston Page (iirc). It was the Temperance movement, with some lite eugenics thrown in.

Not the scientific method.

The earliest state sponsored anti-smoking campaigns came from the Nazi party, to promote clean living to the Nazi ideal.

Ahh yes, the mighty Toyota, dropping DEI to pander to people that already buy their trucks, by copying the Tesla tactic of politically alienating the other half of your customers. That makes way more sense than their just not being an ROI for the outlays that DEI consumes.

Toyota is doing it because the massive profits DEI was supposed to bring were a false promise based on a study that doesn't survive peer review.

"He went home"

The slaves weren't going to rape and torture themselves.

The inherent inefficiency and institutional incompetence in FEMA coupled with the lack of disaster experience by the locals that don't have their own version of a Cajun navy that's integrated with rescue services and regionalized to have bridging ops, feeds confirmation biases.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-10-09 07:15 AM | Reply | Flag:

A quick query with ChatGPT about those wages, because no way would people dishonestly cherry pick 2 stats and compare the situation to America, right?

No Official Minimum Wage in Switzerland: Switzerland doesn't have a nationwide minimum wage. Minimum wage laws exist only in some cantons, and even these are often higher than in most countries. Comparing Swiss wages to countries with a nationwide minimum wage without considering the cantonal differences creates an incomplete picture.

High Cost of Living: While wages in Switzerland tend to be higher, so is the cost of living. Comparing wages without factoring in living expenses like housing, food, transportation, and healthcare makes the wage seem much larger than it might effectively be when considering day-to-day life.

Social Insurance and Benefits: Swiss wages typically include comprehensive social contributions. Switzerland has a robust social security system, which includes pension schemes (like the AHV/AVS), unemployment insurance, and accident insurance. Additionally, Swiss employers and employees often contribute to private health insurance plans, as healthcare is mandatory but not government-funded directly. This means that total compensation might appear higher, but a portion of that goes toward these mandatory insurances.

Do we have to news articles with headlines written in valley girl dialect?

Too strong. Wtf happened to only getting a little high?

We had it until she started talking.

Students, generally, are poor. With colleges and cities/counties creating such massive price disparities, migration is inevitable.

Well, the choices in the northeast

#6 | Posted by jpw at 2024-10-08 01:14 AM | Reply

NY, Boston, Philly vs Houston.

Mean tuition in the NE is $14k, UH is $10k.
Mean housings costs in the NE are $39k, Houston is $19.2k.

UH is a tier 1 research university, adjacent to a world leading medical center, in the "Energy Capitol of the World" with Exxon, Chevron, Shell, Aramco, etc, a Data Science institute partnered with HP, Microsoft, and IBM, etc. It's hard to make an argument for paying double annually for a BS degree. Contrary to what Republicans think is happening, it's mostly STEM and biz students.

Not that people should really go straight to 4 year. Assuming you didn't get your AS already in high school because that's a thing now, you go to the Lone Star College community system, get an AS or AA, then receive an automatic approval of your major choice and transfer into the UH college of your choice (Business, NSM, Engineering, etc).

So done in 4 total? $76.8k in housing, $26k in tuition.

Assuming you only do 2 at the NE schools, not including the 2 year CC sost, you're already at $28k tuition and $156k in housing.

"Donald Trump has the most working-class support of any GOP candidate in 40 years"

If you can't figure it out...

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-07 12:45 PM | Reply

Garage your vehicle and no pictures of your yard political signs, like it's magic.

Can't garage? Your fault, get less poor.

Gary Indiana is the most bleak place I have seen in my life. Google map routes are not gentrified.

Appalachian culture -------.

That didn't occur to you either, so cultural sensitivity training for you too.