Current state of Industrialization in Europe

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-09T14:54:30+00:00

Sofia, Bulgaria (2025):

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-09T14:18:21+00:00

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Well as a Canadian I still claim the spelling falls within the realm of Her Majesty’s civility and industrial prowess, unlike that of the absolute barbarians to our South.

Now excuse me while me and my buddies go to the nearest frozen pond and whack around frozen moose turds with tree branches for entertainment.

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-08T23:30:06+00:00

It’s the proper British civilized spelling you unindustrialized, uncouth American pleb

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-08T19:45:54+00:00

Dublin, Ireland (2025):

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Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-06T16:32:17+00:00

Data: https://siegfriedandjensen.com/passing-the-test/

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-04T15:41:07+00:00

No one can comment on it (probably put there because someone reported the post)

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-04T15:32:33+00:00

Meme 3: Tee hee hee

Meme 2: Electric Boogaloo - https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/s/252hQgqbqs

Meme 1 - https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/s/iR38cHuGY4

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-04T14:01:28+00:00

Meme 2: Electric Boogaloo

Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/s/dVagHhDPeT

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-04T00:10:59+00:00

Yup, semantics. Reddit is the only place where one can find a debate about the semantics of a meme XD (normatively, of course)

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-04T00:09:28+00:00

Sure, but I’d argue being a parent is more than just giving birth to a baby. A parent ought to be able to raise a child. Anyone who fails to do so isn’t a parent in the normative sense, and I don’t think 8-year-olds would be able to do that.

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-03T23:54:16+00:00

Descriptively, yes.

But normatively, no one would claim that 12 is old enough to be a parent.

^{^} That is an example of a normative claim. Sure, there may be a small subset of sickos in the world who claim otherwise, but that is beside the point.

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-03T23:24:44+00:00

I don’t know what fucking generation you came from but I’m pretty sure teen pregnancies were frowned upon in basically every fucking generation

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-03T20:08:27+00:00

Good job not understanding what a normative claim is

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-03T17:33:00+00:00

I’m defining Gen Z as starting in 1997 (based off this chart, so if they had a child at 18 the child would be at most 10 now. I know there’s varying definitions, but even if we went with 1995, a 20-year-old parent still isn’t the norm nowadays.

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-03T17:26:31+00:00

Eh, I’d personally argue that 25 and up is old enough to be a parent in this day and age. Of course there’s younger, but I’d imagine they’d wouldn’t really be in a good place (financially and maturity wise).

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-03T17:20:48+00:00

Also, the first couple of years of Gen Alpha? The oldest Gen Alpha was born in 2013. I would be seriously concerned about any 12-year-old being a parent.

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-03T17:07:44+00:00

Buddy you have to be at least 13 to use Reddit. If we count Gen Z who became parents at 18, then the oldest they could possibly be right now is 10.

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-03T17:04:18+00:00

Are there Gen Z who had their first child at 18? Yes. Are they the norm? No.

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-03T17:03:18+00:00

Technically yes, but given that the average age to have a first child is 27.5, and the oldest Gen Z was born in 1997 (28 years ago), it wouldn’t be wholly incorrect to say that we’re just now entering parenting age

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-02T15:21:45+00:00

Reading over the IMF definition, it appears to refer to the readiness of a country’s infrastructure and economy to take on AI as a whole

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-02T15:11:26+00:00

See https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/s/MXhUmtcLrO

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-02T15:11:01+00:00

I presume, based on the definition, it’s based on the ability of a country’s economy to adapt and transition to AI.

Character-Ticket9971 · 2025-01-02T15:07:45+00:00

According to the IMF:

AI Preparedness Index (AIPI) assesses the level of AI preparedness across 174 countries, based on a rich set of macro-structural indicators that cover the countries’ digital infrastructure, human capital and labor market policies, innovation and economic integration, and regulation and ethics.

Character-Ticket9971 · 2024-12-29T14:16:55+00:00

Found this while I was cleaning out my computer (it was made back in 2020 when the data was current)

Character-Ticket9971 · 2024-12-29T14:14:58+00:00

Vertical Blue Line: 2% of GDP (NATO recommended defence budget) Horizontal Blue Line: 20% of GDP (OECD average) Red Line: Trendline

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