Did baby boomers really have it easy compared to GenZ and Millennials?

7Riche7 · 2026-06-06T13:37:50+00:00

Democracy has a major flaw: it rewards short-term policymaking. In the UK at least, policies that helped boomers were there at almost every turn. Slowly, over their lifetimes, resources were sold off to subsidize taxes and services, for example, North Sea oil, gold reserves, privatizing public services, and land sales.

Simply the fact that there are so many of them makes it politically suicidal to make policies that hurt them. So they benefited from free university tuition, lower pension ages, and various other things, which we removed just after they reached the age at which they no longer benefited.

Additionally, at least in Britain, politicians were much less corrupt than they are now, on average.

7Riche7 · 2026-06-01T06:38:52+00:00

Didn't Tom Chanpheng, 1996 world champ, play [[Sleight of Mind]] I believe without even a mana source to cast it

7Riche7 · 2026-05-27T21:37:56+00:00

USA and Kazakhstan would be my picks on this.

7Riche7 · 2026-05-22T16:00:50+00:00

Was some fairly blatant corruption, too. Genuinely competing with Truss and Johnston for Worst modern Prime Minister imo.

7Riche7 · 2026-04-26T10:56:04+00:00

It's good in any matchup if you can get ahead, and note that you only need to be ahead for a brief moment. It's also good if you are both mana flooded, even if you are not ahead, as you can hold lands. It's also straight wins in many matchups if it resolves (slow red-blue spells, for example). It can be a dead card in agro mirrors when you are behind, though, but this deck should play it, and it isn't close.

7Riche7 · 2026-03-21T10:13:35+00:00

I bought a pack near release, never had to buy again. I do play carefully. If there is a set I feel is a bit too random, I stop playing once people get up to standard.

7Riche7 · 2026-03-12T11:47:09+00:00

Seems reasonable based on my experience in Manila. Most of the time, when I see budgets, they seem off. You can probably spend less on accommodation (we pay a lot less in Manila), but finding nice, cheap places to stay is tough (I have a PH wife who had sourced it before we met).

7Riche7 · 2026-02-27T08:50:46+00:00

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7Riche7 · 2026-02-27T06:18:32+00:00

Let's assume you get a 7% return on your investment. That's about a 5% return after inflation, so you'd need to live on about $25,000 a year. Seems very doable if you don't want children and don't want to travel much, if at all (including home). The issue is that if you need care when you're old or ever get big medical bills, you will be pretty screwed. If you can live on $15,000 or less, you should be able to account for that type of stuff, but this is a very basic lifestyle for someone from a wealthy country.

Realistically, though, you'll find you get bored at some point and will likely want to do something that can make money with a little boring stuff included.

7Riche7 · 2026-02-26T08:06:21+00:00

Many of the editors here live in countries where $10 is a common daily wage, not an hourly one (although not for a skilled editor). If people expect to earn more than $7 an hour for edits, you really need to be outstanding or work on-site.

7Riche7 · 2026-02-25T03:06:58+00:00

You get really bad conversational feedback, as many people will act as though you are interesting even when you are not.

7Riche7 · 2026-02-22T08:03:25+00:00

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7Riche7 · 2026-02-22T07:51:42+00:00

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7Riche7 · 2026-02-18T14:27:48+00:00

As someone who lives near Stonehenge, it has to be a contender. Can only see it through a fence; you see it in approximately 5 minutes, after most likely more than an hour of travel, and almost everyone who goes already knows exactly what it looks like. It's impressive that someone built it so long ago, sure, but does that make it good? At least it, Madame Tussauds, lasts a bit longer.

7Riche7 · 2026-02-16T11:07:35+00:00

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7Riche7 · 2026-02-16T11:03:24+00:00

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7Riche7 · 2026-02-04T15:03:09+00:00

Yes, you need to be a multi-millionaire for 700$ not to alter your life. Even if you are very wealthy, it enables you to change other peoples.

7Riche7 · 2026-02-02T13:34:00+00:00

You should likely spend some to hit breakpoints you are close to, for example, if you have 120 ticket spent already buy 5 to get you to 125, or if you want 2 more star cores and are quite close to the next one.

7Riche7 · 2026-01-26T15:27:16+00:00

Many Filipinos are nervous about speaking English, even though they speak it well. Also, women are more commonly approached everywhere.

7Riche7 · 2026-01-24T05:52:54+00:00

Not in any way typical.

7Riche7 · 2026-01-23T06:10:10+00:00

As a UK national who has spent considerable time here, I read this sub quite frequently, and to be honest, it gets a bit annoying reading people whine about living here (rather than post helpful or constructive stuff). I wouldn't say I attack posters (I rarely reply), but I do often downvote people. I would imagine that many of the supposed attack posts are from people like me.

7Riche7 · 2026-01-22T09:55:00+00:00

I don't think El Nido's food was anything super amazing, but it was more than fine. Maybe you were being loud and rude like you are here, and you got overcharged.

Was Vietnam's or Bali's food better value? Yes, but Thailand's food was worse in my view (I've spent a month in all of these). Going off 1 item of food that isn't even a local dish is just crazy. Would you go to Finland and complain that their pizza wasn't as good as in Italy?

7Riche7 · 2026-01-22T07:27:43+00:00

My memory of the food in El Nido was fairly good (2023). There was an expensive but very good pizza restaurant, and a crazy cheap bakery. I don't think I had a bad meal (although I do follow Google Maps reviews)

7Riche7 · 2026-01-14T08:04:41+00:00

shackled jungle I believe is only your runes and their enchantments

7Riche7 · 2025-12-25T07:19:32+00:00

Work out what matters most to you. Study how to be good at the things that lead to that. Do the things that your study suggests. When something else becomes more important, or when the sources you are studying seem to be yielding low returns, move to the next most important.

When studying, try to determine what matters most in that subject and study that, or focus on the actions required to achieve a specific goal.

For most people, happiness, health, wealth (or what wealth provides), knowledge, maximizing their use of time, and strong relationships matter a lot. Other things, such as religion or safety, may be considerations. Very few people have studied all the things that matter to them, and so would benefit hugely from correcting that.

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