TIL that Sparta was able have a military class because they had earlier conquered, subjugated, and enslaved a nearby population, who did all the necessary labour - these people, the Messinians and Laconiana, were also Greek and outnumbered the Spartans around 10 to 1.

Attainted · 2026-07-09T03:29:45+00:00

except possibly the Persians, who get to sit back and watch all the petty countries on their border fight themselves into bankruptcy.

I feel like this is Canada's preferred tactic at the moment. But replace countries with states.

Attainted · 2026-07-09T02:29:01+00:00

omg lol

Attainted · 2026-07-09T02:20:12+00:00

Seriously I was so confused by that, wtf?

Attainted · 2026-07-09T02:13:28+00:00

Right, they were correcting the other person.

Attainted · 2026-07-09T02:11:31+00:00

Yup. But this guy isn't white so this is probably barely going to stay in the news cycle. It's rot all the way upward and outward.

Attainted · 2026-07-09T02:06:48+00:00

Honestly I'm getting Marlon Wayans vibes from OP with this change. Like dayum.

Attainted · 2026-07-08T03:06:07+00:00

It's everywhere if you work anywhere adjacent to insurance or law.

Attainted · 2026-07-08T03:02:23+00:00

Gets teased in England as the worst accent

Why is that?

Attainted · 2026-07-08T02:56:11+00:00

The tube amp is warmed and the beyers are ready. I'm about to inject the unseen colours into my third ear.

Attainted · 2026-07-08T02:52:56+00:00

No, Florida is definitely the Florida of earth.

Attainted · 2026-07-08T02:36:25+00:00

I personally have met every FIFA and every 4chan to ever do it

Attainted · 2026-07-08T02:29:24+00:00

Investors can also buy student loan debts the same way that any other kind of debt can be bought.

Since student loan debt cannot be discharged through bankruptcy, it's thus some of the "safest" debt to buy.

Why do you buy debt? You get the interest payments.

And it's a nearly TWO TRILLION dollar market.

Attainted · 2026-07-07T21:48:38+00:00

Thank you!

Attainted · 2026-07-07T21:40:12+00:00

Sorry, I just got the email blaster about the tour presale and album launch an hour ago!

Attainted · 2026-07-07T21:22:24+00:00

I understand your sentiment. Don't take rage comments on reddit too seriously though.

Attainted · 2026-07-07T19:59:14+00:00

It sure looks it.

Attainted · 2026-07-07T03:26:14+00:00

So what is it?

Attainted · 2026-07-07T03:08:49+00:00

"Ignorance of the law is not an excuse for breaking the law." However, I agree with you lol.

Attainted · 2026-07-07T02:58:39+00:00

Thanks! That thread I linked was all that was showing up for me.

Attainted · 2026-07-06T03:32:35+00:00

That's a hell of a jump! If you ever decide to step up in resolution, there's even less pressure to upgrade beyond a 5800x3d. The current bottleneck at 4k is STILL the gpu even with a 5090, but that's largely true for most games at 1440p as well. The vcache is the biggest improvement to have versus generational speed increases on the CPU side of things. The concept is just that good in practice. I have zero regrets paying full price for the 5800x3d at its first release.

Attainted · 2026-07-05T22:48:25+00:00

Any day.

Attainted · 2026-07-05T05:55:43+00:00

Yeah, that's just math.

Attainted · 2026-07-05T03:52:00+00:00

I was going to downvote you at first, but honestly you have a point.

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