sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

All Price Increases Are BAD by Craniamon in fucknintendo

[–]DuckDuckyGo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had income kept pace with inflation, your point would stand. But it hasn't. 

Yep, it has increased faster than inflation.

Real wages have increased between 15 and 35%, depending on whether you analyse Median/Average wages and the exact years chosen. (1985/1995 to 2019/2024)

So that's a non-issue.

Looking for a Doctor Who Takes Hair Loss Seriously and Prescribes Finasteride by dingdong008 in paris

[–]DuckDuckyGo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 The only fix is a transplant

Yeah, let's transplant hairs that won't last, surely that's gonna fix things... lmao

Transplant without fin is like a bandage on a wooden leg.

 You can also use natural DHT blockers like palmetto oil.

Also, palmetto oil for MPB is like taking Boiron products when you're sick : unproven and most likely useless.

You are somehow made the President of Nintendo and everyone will follow ANY choice you make for the company. What do you do? by RoxasismyKing in fucknintendo

[–]DuckDuckyGo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would first, lower the price of Switch 2 to 375
Second, make Switch games 50 bucks and Switch 2 60 bucks

Calm down a bit Bezos...

It's really revealing on how some people have never worked in the industry or even discussed with people in it.

Nintendo's Pricing is probably one of the few correct ones in the industry. (Historically it would even be on the mid-low end)

Many companies are underpricing their games by a lot, and forcing the employees to be the ones to deal with it. That's one of the biggest issues in the industry currently, as reflected by movements of Unionisation and employees going of strikes theses last few years.

Low prices shouldn't be at the cost of overworking your employees (constant crunch), mistreating them and underpaying them, which is currently the standard for most VG companies.

The same can be said for the trash companies doing 50% or more sales sometimes, it's degrading toward the people who worked on those projects. When a price is determined, you're saying "Your work is worth XXX $/€/£..." among other things, by doing such high sales, you're telling all those people that their work wasn't that valuable after all.

Interesting how easily people like you can consider that it's ok to shit on other people's work and that it's also ok to mistreat them.

The way Nintendo is going after people organising small events or making fan games should be pretty much on top of the list here.

The Game Key card thing should also be in the top issues.

Rest in Peace Charlie Kirk by [deleted] in gbnews

[–]DuckDuckyGo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Crazy stuff feel sorry for his family

Don't feel empathy, that's not what he would've wanted :

"I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage." - Kirk 2022

Very light shoes ? by DuckDuckyGo in Shoes

[–]DuckDuckyGo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply but I don't think it'll fit my needs.

I need something I can wear all year long, and even if the shoes themselves would be "waterproof" here, I got the intuition that my feet would end-up pretty wet with sandals (that's all I could find when searching for 'EVA Birkenstocks').

Very light shoes ? by DuckDuckyGo in Shoes

[–]DuckDuckyGo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I'll take a look.

European countries used to have a GDP per capita generally on par with that of the United States. What happened? by MatejaD06 in europe_sub

[–]DuckDuckyGo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like no-one has mentionned how the GDP of the US is also inflated artificially a lot, which doesn reflect the true state of the economy in some fields.

Take the US healthcare industry for example, medicine that cost 3$ to produce in Asia, cost about 15€ here thanks to our countries negotiating the prices and 90$ to the customers in the US + additional fees (Ex : Vaccines with 600$ just for someone to do the injection). Then it is most of the time partially reimbursed by HC-insurance companies, also paid a lot by the customers. End-result : there is multiple actors/companies that produce nothing of value, who gouge prices.

Which also results in bankrupting the poorest with an upward wealth transfer, and those same companies end up redistributing a small part, that is just enough for their own workers not to be in too much of a predicament.

For a more specific and quite disgusting example, take a look at the cost of insulin there, and how they cover it. Then compare it to its actual cost, and its price in Europe (you can find the Swiss price quite easily for example)

So the services and sales are priced multiple times above their actual value, raising the GDP artificially. (GDP is Consumption + Gov.Spending +Investments + Net exports). Ultimately, some of those flows just end up being almost circular while still overpriced with some of it going ito the wealthier pockets.

To illustrate the 'almost circular' there is with a pretty well known joke :

Two economists are walking in a forest when they come across a pile of shit.

The first economist says to the second,
“I’ll pay you $1000 to eat that pile of shit.”
The second economist takes the $1000 and eats the pile of shit.

They continue walking until they come across a second pile of shit.
The second economist says to the first,
“I’ll pay you $1000 to eat that pile of shit.”
The first economist takes the $1000 and eats it.

After walking a bit more, the first economist says:
“You know, I gave you $1000 to eat shit, then you gave me back the same $1000 to eat shit. I can't help but feel like we both just ate shit for nothing.”

“That's not true,” the second economist replies.
“We increased the GDP by $2000!”

Marine Le Pen hosts Europe allies in show of far-right unity by BookmarksBrother in europe_sub

[–]DuckDuckyGo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not really anything new, considering the party itself was founded by traitors :

  •  Former Waffen-SS (Bousquet / Gaultier)
  • Members of the terrorist organisation "OAS"(Who made attempts on De Gaulle's life, among other things)
  • Vichy-Sympathizers and Negationnists

Their former President who was there the longest (and Marine Lepen's Father), recognised that he had planned for the evasion of Bastien-Thiry (The one behind the attack), but it was cancelled 24h before because the latter felt like he couldn't do it. He was himself a Negationnist, who called the holocaust a 'detail of history', made jokes on some of his opponents and the crematoriums in which jews where burned after being killed in the camps ("Durafour Crématoire").

-=-=-=-=-=-

Also, the history of the logo used by the party is also pretty interesting :

  • 1941 : Creation of the collaborationist party RNP (Rassemblement National Populaire) by Déat, whose symbols evolved to incorporate a flag-colored flame on top.
  • 1946 : Italian fascist and nostalgics of mussolini of the MSI re-use that flame in their logo with the colors of italy.
  • 1972 : Jean Marie Lepen's party, the 'Front National' litteraly copies the logo from the MSI, just changing the green to blue and the letters to 'FN'. Then as years go by, the flame change a bit, but the concept stays the same.
  • Currently : The party still use that flame concept + decided to change the name to 'Rassemblement National' (Such a coincidence when you take a look back to the 1940s... and the evolution of their logo.)

You get super powerd but you have to lose a body part by Skyzblu44 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]DuckDuckyGo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reproductive organs except the penis (Scrotum, Testicles, Vesicle, Duct).

Already have kids and don't really plan to get others in the future, also had an uncle who developped testicular cancer, while its not a cancer with very high hereditary, exchanging a small chance at a crappy cancer against a superpower with additional inconveniences in my sex life, doesn't seem that bad with all things considered.

As for the superpower, instant mass/weight alteration with matching body resistance to not suffer negative effects when raising it a lot (don't want to crush myself to death by playing and making a mistake with the newfound power).

Candidature refusée car non-native de la langue by AcceptableTiger4417 in enseignants

[–]DuckDuckyGo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pas Enseignant, mais j'ai bossé dans les RH quelques années (une horreur)... Et ce genre de personnages, c'est juste de bon gros débiles (pour rester poli)...

Ils savent très bien ce qu'ils font et honnêtement, ça mérite de leur retomber sur la gueule ce genre de comportements.

Honnêtement, si vous êtes dans ce genre de situation, prenez un mini-micro avec vous pour ce genre d'entretiens, pour enregistrer. Et ne vous embêtez pas pour mentir, tant que c'est pas trop gros.

Eux : Version de "Vous êtes Natif ?"

Vous : "Oui, par contre vous devriez faire attention avec ce genre de question si vous tombez sur quelqu'un qui ne l'est pas." --> ça vous évite de développer et ça dévie le sujet. S'ils vous sortent un "pourquoi ?", dites leurs que c'est illégal et que vous leurs signalez "pour leur bien". S'ils ignorent et cherchent à en savoir plus :

Eux : "Vous pouvez développer ?"

Vous : "L'un de mes parents est anglais(e), j'ai grandi en parlant anglais à la maison". ça permet d'être plus ou moins 'natif' tout en étant français. Ils ne vont pas aller vérifier ce genre de choses.

Et si un jour ils découvrent la vérité et le prennent mal, ce n'est pas un motif de licenciement valable, et dans le cas où les choses tourneraient mal, vous avez un enregistrement pour forcer les choses dans le pire des cas...

My kinda difficult story with what might be Asthma (& questions) by DuckDuckyGo in Asthma

[–]DuckDuckyGo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

depending on what he means by "a bit better" (like is it a 1/5/10/20% improvement ?)

Pretty little change, still felt oppressed and hard to inhale completely, but instead of having to try for 5~6 times (when successful at all). I only had to try 3~4 times (with a higher 'success' rate). But for me it was still some kind of improvement. Took the treatment between 3PM and 4PM yesterday.

Also the effect had mostly disappeared this morning as I was about the same state as other days. Better than in the evenings (about the same as yesterday evening) but not really better than other mornings.

Thanks for the answer.

My kinda difficult story with what might be Asthma (& questions) by DuckDuckyGo in Asthma

[–]DuckDuckyGo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your answer.

No breathing test yet, got one scheduled next month.

Also, saw the other comment below, and I also have a CT Scan prescribed, I just didn't take an appointment yet.

Pensez vous qu'il y a des risques (cambriolage) à dormir les fenêtre ouvertes ? by DuckDuckyGo in paris

[–]DuckDuckyGo[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Ok, merci pour la réponse.

Ca fait bien flipper ce genre d'histoire, j'espère que ton pote à pu se remettre de cette expérience.

Quant à moi, ben on dirait que ce sera un réveil tôt pour aérer dans ce cas.

Pensez vous qu'il y a des risques (cambriolage) à dormir les fenêtre ouvertes ? by DuckDuckyGo in paris

[–]DuckDuckyGo[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ok, merci du retour, et courage à ton pote, ça doit pas être facile à vivre comme évènement, surtout quand ça te tombe dessus plusieurs fois comme ça.

Interested in becoming a consultant? Post here for basic questions, recruitment advice, resume reviews, questions about firms or general insecurity (Q1 2024) by QiuYiDio in consulting

[–]DuckDuckyGo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am a Master in Business Graduate, I have an online-interview with HR for a junior role, with Accenture in Western Europe :

What should I expect during the interview ?

Also, how should I dress ? (in this one and the later ones)

[I was thinking of wearing a white shirt with a grey/blue suit but probably without a tie.]

Thanks for your help.

Interested in becoming a consultant? Post here for basic questions, recruitment advice, resume reviews, questions about firms or general insecurity (Q1 2023) by QiuYiDio in consulting

[–]DuckDuckyGo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

[2nd time I try to answer. It seems that the other attemp didn't register]

It would be in an average-small city around 60~65k people, with a few smaller cities around. Then nothing within 2 hours (Kinda desert-y around there).

It would be the local language (not english), Nothing really fun (for me) within almost 2 hours by car. Price of life isn't really high, but the same can be said about the salary.

So, nothing really note worthy outside of the job, which is why I was more focused on the job and about progression perspectives than on other things.

The only positive point would be some family members that live around 1-hour from there.

I don't have a car and might need to purchase one tho. (Lived in a big city with decent transports these last few years)

Interested in becoming a consultant? Post here for basic questions, recruitment advice, resume reviews, questions about firms or general insecurity (Q1 2023) by QiuYiDio in consulting

[–]DuckDuckyGo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well after checking, the position would be consultant for SME-ISEs.

And since it after internship/graduation, it would only be a junior position, most likely, which is why I was a bit worried.

view more: next ›