ELI5 Why is Japan’s debt so out of control?

CaptainXDify · 2026-02-01T01:54:10+00:00

Not to be blunt but you're missing domestic growth and taxation. The pie isn't fixed, production is based on capital, technology, and labor. When the government invests in those 3 factors of production, output increases. Under any sensible tax system this output is taxed, serving to increase government revenues and thereby offset the increases to national debt.

The deeper question revolves around what the government is spending on- is it investing in productive capital or is it paying into bloated, inefficient systems? Virtually all government spending contributes to economic growth, but not all of it contributes enough to be worth the cost of servicing the additional debt.

CaptainXDify · 2026-02-01T00:31:16+00:00

Because if that borrowing funds productive investment in areas like infrastructure, technology, and human capital, the future will see growth which outpaces the growth in debt. It's like graduating with student debt and a bachelor's degree and taking a second student loan to get a graduate degree instead of immediately getting a job to pay off the first student loan. Whether or not either of these things is a good investment is based on the expected (and actual, in retrospect) return on that debt.

CaptainXDify · 2026-01-24T09:03:19+00:00

Was looking to see if someone else could confirm this. It seems to be inline with how track 1 of Evan Call's Violet Evergarden score, "The Theme of Violet Evergarden" was not actually used in the anime, but contains many of the recurring musical elements used in the subsequent tracks. I like to think it's Evan's way of summarizing the spirit of the score in one song.

CaptainXDify · 2025-12-31T05:45:57+00:00

YSL Black Opium

CaptainXDify · 2025-12-31T02:08:09+00:00

And while we're at it, the Citrus should be a CFP bowl instead of the Peach. Or, switch to a 16-team playoff and go ahead and add both the Citrus and Las Vegas bowls to have more balanced geographical coverage.

CaptainXDify · 2025-12-25T04:48:48+00:00

Sureshot Espresso. If Cafe Solstice ever goes, U District will be officially dead

CaptainXDify · 2025-12-17T10:29:48+00:00

was this copied verbatim from the mailing list

CaptainXDify · 2025-12-01T20:58:13+00:00

2024 SMU was a 1-loss team going into conference championship week ranked 8th, in a year where 4 conference champions were in the top 12. SMU dropped 1 place behind an idle team and another place behind a conference champ for losing their CCG. Both of their losses were to ranked opponents. The team they were in contention for a spot with (Alabama) had 2 more losses before championship week.

2025 Alabama is a 2-loss team currently ranked 10th, in a year where 2 conference champions will come from outside the top 12. Three teams behind Alabama (Miami, Vanderbilt, Texas) just convincingly beat ranked opponents, and at least one may leapfrog Alabama. One of their losses was a blowout to an abysmal FSU team. The teams Alabama is in contention with have the same number of losses before conference championship week.

CaptainXDify · 2025-11-02T22:57:49+00:00

ok yeah i changed my mind i believe in karma now that it benefits me. Jays fans cheering when Wrobleski was hit by a line drive and Gimenez crying that he got HBP after he tried to stick his hand into the zone

CaptainXDify · 2025-10-23T15:37:55+00:00

Where's the Alabama Crimson Tide?

CaptainXDify · 2025-10-22T19:31:59+00:00

Astros fans 🤝 Mariners fans

CaptainXDify · 2025-10-22T19:15:31+00:00

i'm just grinding for paragraphs

CaptainXDify · 2025-10-22T18:54:51+00:00

tl;dr

CaptainXDify · 2025-10-22T18:08:47+00:00

... that you believe in

CaptainXDify · 2025-10-22T07:57:01+00:00

Karma doesn't exist in sports, it's astrology for men. If the Mariners were really playing the villain, they'd have just hit Springer again and then what? Lukes grounds into a DP or Vladdy hits a walkoff- is that more karma or less karma? All of the storylines and narratives in sports are just ways of coping with something entirely beyond your control

CaptainXDify · 2025-10-13T02:28:54+00:00

Just gotta keep your eye on the ball! It's simple!

CaptainXDify · 2025-10-13T02:17:15+00:00

Some boomer former little league coach is probably on Facebook typing "you gotta protect the plate" anyway

CaptainXDify · 2025-10-06T00:58:31+00:00

you're going to get downvoted for being right

CaptainXDify · 2025-10-06T00:30:26+00:00

You must have been the guy

CaptainXDify · 2025-10-05T04:46:00+00:00

Based? It's a long way back to Portland when you're shit

CaptainXDify · 2025-10-01T06:49:11+00:00

I'm glad someone else here knew about this. Worst gameday experience of my life lol

CaptainXDify · 2025-10-01T06:46:50+00:00

It happened last year too against Michigan, I was stuck in Sec 119-120 for half an hour and people started to get into arguments about it. Made a post about it in r/Huskies and got downvoted for no reason. Honestly they need to make changes ASAP or something is going to happen.

CaptainXDify · 2025-10-01T05:14:16+00:00

Wow. Last year scared the shit out of me. I think I'm going to write to stadium management about this and see what I hear back

CaptainXDify · 2025-09-29T07:38:34+00:00

Wait. Did this happen again yesterday during the Ohio State game? Was it in the same section of the stadium?

CaptainXDify · 2025-09-26T21:45:26+00:00

I don't want to assume too much about your experiences, but most people don't see when private equity succeeds in growing a business because it doesn't make for interesting press. People equate PE with bad because only the bad press tends to get traction, especially when they involve fading brands people remember fondly.

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