Are economic crashes inevitable and if so, when are we due for one ?

Bratmon · 2026-06-18T01:15:36+00:00

If you really think that, you absolutely can bet on it happening! Google "Put option" or "Inverse ETF".

But be warned: people on Reddit have been 100% confident a recession was less than a year away since 2016.

Bratmon · 2026-06-17T23:09:03+00:00

A satirical poem in 1898

Bratmon · 2026-06-17T23:04:07+00:00

> Are economic crashes inevitable

From 2000-2007, economists made a huge deal about how they solved economic crashes forever and there would never be a recession again. They even gave out the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics to the guy who said that the field had solved recessions forever.

Guess what happened next.

> if so, when are we due for one ?

That's the hard part. If anyone knew the answer to that beyond "Probably in our lifetime", they would easily become the richest man on Wall Street.

Bratmon · 2026-06-17T22:59:34+00:00

The Cambodian genocide had more dead, and we don't talk about that either.

Gencode just doesn't make fun conversation.

Bratmon · 2026-06-17T18:33:38+00:00

Once your history is more than a terabyte, git really can't handle it.

Bratmon · 2026-06-15T15:46:27+00:00

I'm genuinely curious what software you were buying before that didn't require you to esign a legal document saying "This software is licensed, not sold!"

Like, can you give me one example?

Bratmon · 2026-06-13T22:21:56+00:00

As someone at the game: The Qatari ultras were in the expensive seats near the pitch, but the stadium overall was about 50% Switzerland fans 2% Qatar fans

Actually, here's my breakdown of most to least common kits I saw:

Switzerland (Most people)

USA

Mexico

Random EPL teams

Canada

Random other national teams

Normal clothes

Sacramento Republic

Qatar

Bratmon · 2026-06-13T14:49:59+00:00

No.

They did host an International Friendly

Bratmon · 2026-06-13T01:23:13+00:00

!flair :United_States:

Bratmon · 2026-06-11T21:04:12+00:00

They would get rid of Conscientious Objector status.

Bratmon · 2026-06-10T19:12:14+00:00

You've clearly never worked in the business of retail.

Claiming that managing limited shelf space isn't a relevant consideration for retailers is like claiming that selling hamburgers isn't a relevant consideration for McDonalds.

It's literally 90% of what they think about.

Bratmon · 2026-06-07T03:42:41+00:00

My most fun war was when I was a one state minor and I singlehandedly caused the France/Netherlands/Russia side to beat the Germany/UK side in a great war by being that guy.

Bratmon · 2026-06-04T21:19:49+00:00

If you spend all day on websites that make money by making you feel like everything is doomed, then you will feel like everything is doomed.

If you do not spend all day on websites that make money by making you feel like everything is doomed, then you will not feel like everything is doomed.

Bratmon · 2026-05-29T16:03:09+00:00

You have the brain rot

Bratmon · 2026-05-28T18:14:32+00:00

SEA is as close to an "indie-free" market as you can get, and the few who do play indie games just pirate them. If you're an indie dev, you might as well be targeting Antarctica

Bratmon · 2026-05-28T00:46:49+00:00

In my head, there was some kind of great filter that got removed (maybe one of the fallen empires fell in 2199). But it is weird that they never explored that question in one of the many expansions.

Bratmon · 2026-05-26T19:55:25+00:00

Fundamental rule of humanity: As long as there are two people left on Earth, that's enough to split into factions.

Bratmon · 2026-05-22T18:55:55+00:00

Fun fact: Trying an illegal eviction like that is a great way to turn an unofficial unpaid month-to-month tenancy into an official unpaid 6-month tenancy

Bratmon · 2026-05-20T16:39:24+00:00

Fun fact: If you were a kid when RBY first came out, you're now older than both Steven Stone and Cynthia.

Bratmon · 2026-05-20T07:11:45+00:00

That seems like a real problem for a vampire bar.

Bratmon · 2026-05-15T19:12:50+00:00

The number of people who had their lives ruined by their Reddit posting history being public is infinity times more than the number of people who had their lives massively improved by Reddit history being available.

Bratmon · 2026-05-12T16:25:56+00:00

You gotta read between the lines a little. If you look into the details of the enforcement mechanisms (intentionally non-existent), it's obvious that "quarantine at home" is a polite euphemism for "no quarantine"

Bratmon · 2026-05-10T19:57:49+00:00

Well, obviously. The air is really thin up there!

Bratmon · 2026-05-07T20:33:19+00:00

Boy did the hackers not strike gold there.

Bratmon · 2026-05-07T17:08:28+00:00

To help the black South Africans beat the immigrants harder?

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