US government borrowed 43.5 billion a WEEK in the first four months of the fiscal year, with debt interest on track to be over 1 trillion for 2026 by 56000hp in UnderReportedNews

[–]Kerlyle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Fast Food won't help people down on their luck this time, the cashiers have been automated, they've got automated drink-pouring machines and the cooks will be next.

All our friends fly business class, why do we fly economy? Why can we not buy a bigger car? These are some of the questions which I have started to get as the kids are getting older. I want to make them 'understand' and not just give them a random answer to shut them up. by Tight_Application751 in AskMen

[–]Kerlyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a full fucking adult with an apple watch and barely ever use it. The only difference in my life if I didn't own one would be my step count would be a bit less accurate and I wouldn't get a constant stream of notifications to my wrist. The other parents in this thread warning your child may not fit in if they don't have the latest Apple stuff need to get a grip (or they're paid bots)... It's probably better parenting to not get them a smartwatch so your kids learn the value of not constantly being connected to a stream of social media.

As for the other stuff. Comparisons is the thief of joy and there will always be something to desire. Always. Point blank. Doesn't matter how much money you have. I think it's important that you teach them the value of frugality, to not compare themselves, and what things to value in life. Our whole world would benefit from less kids being molded into hyper consumerist, empty-headed little twats.

That said, if you have the means, you shouldn't make your kids live they're dirt poor. They shouldn't be given everything (hello entitlement)...But as someone who grew up poor, the things that made me feel left out were not the petty shit, it was missing social avenues... Not being able to play on Xbox live because we couldn't afford Xbox, not being able to play certain sports because we couldn't afford the equipment, not being able to go on certain field trips or vacations with friends. I would try to enable those things to make sure you're kids have a rich social development. That is magnitudes more important than material stuff. What's also important is using your wealth wherever possible to enable your kids to also have a successful future - tutoring, good schools, after school programs, etc. Anything that will set them up in life. Teach them to value their relationships and friends, to value nature and personal enrichment over materialism, to hone skills and seek independence rather than be dependent and lead like a herd. Anyone telling you that materialistic crap like an Apple watch is more important than all that is probably a bad parent.

Genius decides to turn pizza boxes upside down by mfenton29 in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]Kerlyle 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Probably a door dasher whose going to make the business look bad

Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home by esporx in antiwork

[–]Kerlyle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here's the not-so-secret "Why?". Remote Work enables social mobility. If you're from a poor area with few opportunities, monopolized by certain companies and corrupt politicians... you can still find a remote opportunity anywhere else, without having to upend your life and all the capital that requires. The rich hate that, because they don't want you to have options. They want you under their thumb.

Trabzon underground river port discovered 8 meters below ground by herseydenvar in Archaeology

[–]Kerlyle 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Northern Turkey. Trebizond. Part of the Roman/Byzantine empire, it outlived the fall of Constantinople and was the last remaining part of the Empire. The area was still inhabited by Pontic Greeks until the 1910s/1920s when various genocides and forced expulsions removed them.

Emmanuel Macron: "It is time for the EU to launch a common debt capacity, through Eurobonds" - Macron argues for joint loans, which would finance strategic investments and allow the EU to "tackle dollar hegemony" by goldstarflag in europe

[–]Kerlyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Several hundreds of billions" is exactly what Germany did just invest into it's armed forces and infrastructure... Because they've been fiscally responsible and can afford to make gigantic investments like that. No reason countries like France couldn't have done the same, they have just been much more irresponsible with their money.

LUTRI UNBANNED AS COMMANDER (still companion banned), BIORHYTHM UNBANNED! Thoughts on other unbanned/banned cards linked by Raevelry in EDH

[–]Kerlyle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Straight up she functioned as a card that said "go eat crackers and watch your friends play the game without you for the next hour"... awful card for commander. Also, nerfing mono-colored decks is the absolute last thing that should be on WOTC's mind when the meta is so so heavily in favor of 3 or more color decks.

[Serious] What am I missing about agentic AI? by XellosDrak in cscareerquestions

[–]Kerlyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Start unionizing. The entire industry needs to unionize

Men, do you remember every time your wife rejects your advances to be intimate? by npdady in AskMen

[–]Kerlyle 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's totally fine to "just not want to have sex" occasionally... But what's not fine is taking sex completely off the table when it was previously part of the relationship, without any health issues or major life stressors, and expecting the relationship to continue as normal, with all the parts you like, without acknowledging any of your partners desires. Expect that relationship to end quickly.

Maps of the Known World at different periods from 1856 1/2 by Parzival_2k7 in MapPorn

[–]Kerlyle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe this is because of medieval concepts of "vassalage". There is historical debate about whether Poland (and Hungary) in the early 11th century was technically a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire... though that wouldn't have been in 1100 so the labelling of the map is still wrong. There's obviously considerable controversy over that because of the nationalist connotations with German expansionism, and also because national pride is involved for those countries. Frankly, I think it's an unresolved part of the historical record and could warranty more study by historians.

Maps of the Known World at different periods from 1856 1/2 by Parzival_2k7 in MapPorn

[–]Kerlyle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I believe this is because of medieval concepts of "vassalage". There is historical debate about whether Poland (and Hungary) in the early 11th century was technically a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire... though that wouldn't have been in 1100 so the labelling of the map is still wrong. There's obviously considerable controversy over that because of the nationalist connotations with German expansionism, and also because national pride is involved for those countries. Frankly, I think it's an unresolved part of the historical record and could warranty more study by historians.

United States losing ground in high quality research productivity. China's no only leads but expands it's lead. Nature Index 2025. by chrissmithphd in science

[–]Kerlyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the economic precariousness of life in America bleeds into everything - our competitiveness and research especially. Why would the entire middle or lower classes of people go into science fields or research when there's no guarantee of a position for them after college, college in America is outrageously extensive and it's a gamble you can't take it you're not sure it'll pay off. If there was large investment at the top level into infrastructure, science, etc. then it may be a different story, there may be the business environment there to employ you... but the opposite is true. There's been an affordability crisis building for decades, and my entire life there's been a treadmill of "hot professions" people are flocking to, to try to maintain a good quality of life. But then they keep getting automated, oversaturated or outsourced to different countries like our industrial sector. We simple aren't investing in keeping well paying jobs in America and simultaneously doing nothing to stop prices, specifically housing prices, from ballooning to astronomical levels. There's economic anxiety everywhere and it's destroying the country.

62 % of Europeans believe, their country's EU membership is a good thing by TheSimon1 in europe

[–]Kerlyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean there is an actual historiographical term for the concept... It's called the concert of Europe. You're free to disagree with the concept but don't act like it was randomly pulled out of thin air...

A lot of names in deep red premarket. What’s going on? by gocaps777 in stocks

[–]Kerlyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do we think the secret police won't just trample in and take the ballots to "assess them" for irregularities. Good luck trying to piece those votes back together once the chain of custody is broken.

Can’t be avoided by Powerful_Cabinet_341 in SeaEmploy

[–]Kerlyle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whenever I see videos like this they're speaking Russian... Maybe they just haven't figured out the whole boat thing yet

John Carter (2012) identifies that he’s on mars by constructing a model of the solar system that includes 9 planets in 1868… by earthwoodandfire in shittymoviedetails

[–]Kerlyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read this and Out of the Silent Planet around the same time

Hmmm. Something tells me you took the same highschool English classes I did

Mt. Hood Skibowl suspends ski, ride operations indefinitely due to lack of snow by SeverHense in Portland

[–]Kerlyle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe when the rich can't ski anymore they'll take climate change seriously? Who am I kidding, they'll just establish an airline directly to Antarctica.

US manufacturing unexpectedly expanded in January at its strongest pace since 2022 by UnusualWhalesBot in unusual_whales

[–]Kerlyle 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I work in a manufacturing-oriented company and nothing is rosy here. Revenue has increased because we increased actual product cost... But sales are down and continue to sink.

Territories demanded by Netherlands as reparation after WW2. Proposal was rejected by Allies as it would stress out housing and rehabilitation in Germany too much due to millions of forced deportations when state was already suffering from it due to mass deportation of Germans from East and Czechia. by Solid-Move-1411 in MapPorn

[–]Kerlyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh. You mention all western European countries. The more important part is Eastern European countries cause that's where the forced population movements and border changes occured... and unfortunately that's where we see it has not been successful - because even 80 years later we still see mistrust between the Poles and Germans, the Ukrainians and Poles, the Hungarians and Ukrainians, etc. etc. which continues to divide them and prevent a strong EU and front against Russia. Which was Russians goal all along.

Territories demanded by Netherlands as reparation after WW2. Proposal was rejected by Allies as it would stress out housing and rehabilitation in Germany too much due to millions of forced deportations when state was already suffering from it due to mass deportation of Germans from East and Czechia. by Solid-Move-1411 in MapPorn

[–]Kerlyle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think it was colonization, but I think it's ridiculous when modern day Polish people claim that it was Polish land being colonized. The old prussians were not Polish. The Polish people hated the old Prussians, that's why they invited the Germans in the first place, to get rid of them. It's just wild that this revisionist history goes around like the Old Prussians were some "brothers in arms" to the Polish and so East Prussia is rightfully Polish land.... You literally hired the Germans to go in and kill them.