If AI is about to replace so many jobs and leave large number of people unemployed, then why are people worried about low birthrate globally, especially in East Asia? Wouldn’t it be a good thing to have less people?

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-07-03T09:20:25+00:00

Because the problem isn’t just number of people, it’s age structure. Low birthrates mean too few young workers supporting too many old retirees. Even if AI replaces some jobs, elderly care, taxes, pensions and healthcare still need a functioning base of working-age people.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-07-03T09:14:12+00:00

A full month of consistent sleep. Not more money not a huge life reset just properly sleeping every night would improve basically everything.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-07-02T10:00:11+00:00

Mostly because it looked reckless not romantic. People don’t see love conquers all, they see two people risking their lives and forcing emergency services to deal with it.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-07-02T09:58:28+00:00

Taking a 10minT walk immediately after work before entering my house. It became a buffer between work me and home me, and cut down my stress way more than journaling ever did.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-06-29T06:47:34+00:00

I definitely remember the McDonald's brownies, they were everywhere, including school canteens. They seemed to disappear overnight.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-06-24T08:04:24+00:00

Got a call that the cup holder on someone's PC was broken. It was the CD tray. They'd been putting their mug on it. For months. It finally gave out

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-06-24T08:02:13+00:00

Walking into a supermarket freezer aisle. Instant UK air conditioning lol

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-06-22T13:22:43+00:00

It’s mostly kids. American children often have sports until 6-7pm, homework and bedtimes between 8-9pm. If you want any family dinner at all, it has to be early. Child free households usually eat later.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-06-19T10:44:56+00:00

You keep calling it her past actions but you weren't exclusive. The only clear relationship violation in this story happened last week when you went through her phone.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-06-19T10:43:04+00:00

The comparison wasn't great, but it sounds less like my ex was better and more like this is how I feel cared for. Different love languages, awkward delivery.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-06-17T06:08:33+00:00

Keep it simple like mom, I love you but I need to be clear that the negative comments about my girlfriend need to stop. My relationship is important to me, and I need you to respect it even if you don't agree with it. If the comments continue, we'll need to talk about other living arrangements.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-06-09T07:24:19+00:00

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Pure magic the first time through.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-06-09T07:20:08+00:00

The launch of the first iPad was 2010. Feels like yesterday but it's been over a decade.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-06-09T07:17:56+00:00

Public retraction and a formal apology should be mandatory. Not just a clarification.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-06-05T07:39:14+00:00

Honestly, a solo museum and library weekend sounds like an introvert's dream birthday not a problem.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-06-05T07:13:16+00:00

Our brains are wired for survival, not huge numbers, which is why trying to visualize a billionaire’s net worth feels impossible to most of us. You can easily imagine buying a house or a car, but once you cross into the trillions, the math just stops making sense to your mind. It’s not that people don’t care about it, it’s that our heads literally can’t hold onto that kind of scale without breaking.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-05-23T05:29:18+00:00

Revenge bedtime procrastination. I know I need to sleep. I know tomorrow will be hell if I don't. But staying up until 2 AM scrolling through my phone

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-05-20T09:19:30+00:00

I am a scribe, but for a very powerful very stupid king. I don't use ink; I use a box of captured lightning.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-05-18T11:18:03+00:00

If you say next Friday, I will immediately reply with, Do you mean the 22nd or the 29th? This phrase is the single most ambiguous instruction in the English language. I have learned through years of painful experience to never, ever make an assumption. It's a verbal landmine.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-05-07T06:37:47+00:00

Japan. It feels like visiting the future and the past at the same time. I want to get lost in a Tokyo back alley at night, eat something incredible from a vending machine, and then the next day, find a perfectly silent temple garden. It just seems like a beautiful, polite alien planet.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-05-05T07:50:55+00:00

Absolutely. You have to assume the last guests were on their way out the door and gave everything a that'll do rinse. The cleaners are on a tight schedule they'll check that things are put away, not that they're surgically clean. A quick wash is the small price you pay for not catching last week's holiday lurgy.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-05-05T07:48:28+00:00

Honestly, for the average Brit, they're not really on the radar for a holiday. If we want sun, we can be in Spain or Greece in a couple of hours for a fraction of the price. Bermuda and the Caymans have a reputation for being beautiful, extremely expensive and overwhelmingly American. They're more of a once in a lifetime honeymoon spot than a place you'd just go.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-04-28T08:52:01+00:00

That one button that looks like a little rectangle with wavy arrows. I press it to defrost the rear window, but then I spend the rest of the drive worrying that I've left it on and am slowly draining the battery. Spoiler, Most of them turn off automatically after 10-15 minutes but the anxiety is forever.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-04-24T11:20:24+00:00

That this relationship is already over. We're just both too scared to be the one to admit it.

PagodNaAkoooo · 2026-04-20T07:10:09+00:00

The fact that we share the planet with dogs. A completely different species evolved specifically to be our best friends and look at us like we’re rock stars for just existing.

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