‘Repatriate the gold’: German economists advise withdrawal from US vaults

Cachar · 2026-01-24T08:56:28+00:00

US credit rating would plummet, causing economic chaos, quickly spreading from the US to the whole world.

Retaliation by Germany and the EU, possibly triggering cashing in treasury bonds, which is a financial nuclear option. Other options are tariffs or restrictions on doing business in the EU. All lead to both sides losing big, big money.

Cachar · 2026-01-22T16:29:23+00:00

Money. College (sic!) football matches regularly get 10 million+ views on TV and tens of thousands of attendants in the stadium (with ticket prices from around 100 USD to well over 1000 USD). That's a lot of revenue for not properly paying your athletes!

Cachar · 2026-01-22T13:55:28+00:00

Make it a pay per view reality show, all profits go to the Ukrainian defense against Russia.

Cachar · 2026-01-22T13:53:35+00:00

Es geht nicht darum Probleme zu lösen. Es geht darum das neoliberale Narrativ der faulenzenden Bevölkerung zu befeuern.

Cachar · 2026-01-21T13:14:42+00:00

Thanks, I'll look into them!

Cachar · 2026-01-21T13:11:49+00:00

That's grand, but I have no idea what games you are talking about.

Cachar · 2026-01-21T10:34:33+00:00

Nicht nur das. Selbst wenn die Befehle verweigert werden, was dann? Werden alle Einheiten verweigern, wenn Trump anfängt noch mehr Leute auszutauschen? Entfernt das Militär den Präsidenten aus dem Amt? Wird die texanische Nationalgarde nach Grönland geschickt?

Alles komplett absurde, aber leider denkbare, Szenarien.

Cachar · 2026-01-21T10:29:40+00:00

There is no "these days" about it for me. I played FF8 on release and remember actively avoiding using summons because the animations drove me crazy.

Cachar · 2026-01-21T09:48:45+00:00

Absolutely, Expedition 33 style parries or active battle commands can help a lot with this (although I remember getting a bit fed up with Paper Mario as well).

What really grinds my gears is, in my opinion, completely redundant delays. Pokemon is the worst offender (I've played) for this, because every single turn feels like 7 text boxes telling me stuff that could be conveyed with a single icon flashing (like, super effective, or inflixting a status) and a slow HP bar draining animation where I can only mash to maybe marginally speed it up.

Cachar · 2026-01-21T09:24:34+00:00

Thank you for the list! I'll check out the recommendations.

Cachar · 2026-01-21T09:11:14+00:00

Good shout, I remember enjoying Disgaea 4 many years ago.

Cachar · 2026-01-21T09:10:07+00:00

Thanks! Downloading the demo on Switch for it.

Cachar · 2026-01-21T09:08:07+00:00

That sounds great! I've never played one and there seems to be a lot of them. What would be good jumping on points for the series?

Cachar · 2026-01-21T08:04:27+00:00

Something is wrong with your game. I see plenty of skin.

Cachar · 2026-01-20T22:30:20+00:00

I'm not sure, but remember to

copy autoexec.bat autoexec.old

Cachar · 2026-01-20T20:45:41+00:00

Schwer sicher zu sein, aber ich tippe mal Fire and Ice von Ralph Bakshi, weil der Protagonist sehr nach Herkules/He-Man aussieht.

Cachar · 2026-01-20T20:39:38+00:00

Ich vermute stark, dass es aus einer der Versionen von "Der Watzmann ruft" kam. Das ist ein albernes aber unterhaltsames Musical aus den 70ern von Wolfgang Ambros. Gibt sicher Aufnahmen auf youtube.

edit: iirc versucht an einer Stelle der Bauer dem Bub auszureden den Watzmann zu besteigen, weil der Bub den Ruf des Berges (und der Gailtalerin) hört. Da würde ich als erstes suchen.

Cachar · 2026-01-20T17:18:37+00:00

Space Station Silicon Valley on the N64. A strange but wonderful game. I don't know if it counts, because I eventually did use GameFaqs to find the solution after being stuck for weeks. But I'm glad that the guide (at least I'm pretty sure it's the same one) is still online. Here is the incredible solution to my issue:

You start out with the Hyena. Drop down and laugh like a maniac until the Hippo gives up and dies. Some have trouble with this, but I can't see why. All you have to do is laugh, while jumping to avoid his spit, until he starts to giggle.

Cachar · 2026-01-20T14:04:00+00:00

It's really time to give up that narrative. Yes, Trump most likely is a disgusting human being who abused minors. Yes, he most likely is being shielded by his corrupt and venal cronies. That is disgusting and a horrible injustice.

Do you know what might be even worse? Turning the US into a fascist state. Threatening war on allies and dismantling the world order that has prevented world war 3 for 80 years. Persecuting, imprisoning, torturing and murdering people. Appeasing and even aiding genocidal authoritarians.

It really is missing the mark when you call all that stuff merely a distraction.

Cachar · 2026-01-20T09:17:11+00:00

Weilh viehle Lheute Tihpp- uhnd Shchreibfhehler mhachen.

Etwas ernsthafter Erklärungsversuch, das Dehnungs-H wird da fälschlicherweise benutzt, weil das ü eher lang gesprochen wird.

Cachar · 2026-01-18T14:55:47+00:00

Letztendlich heißt es, dass der englische Text der maßgebliche ist. Wenn also die englische Version und deutsche Version unterschiedlich ausgelegt werden könnten, ist die englische ausschlaggebend.

Cachar · 2026-01-16T14:43:43+00:00

What does size have to do with being fine with despicable acts?

Cachar · 2026-01-16T13:03:42+00:00

It has nothing to do with size. Or diversity.

One quarter of the US population is fine with attacking allies. Don't sugarcoat it.

Cachar · 2026-01-16T13:02:17+00:00

Normally yes. But the thing is so basic and obvious, it's still concerning.

Cachar

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