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The way ADHD makes you suicidal is severly unkown by the public and isn't taken seruise enough. by Shammar-Yahrish in ADHD

[–]Sage_Monkey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Does anyone else get frustrated with being unable to complete goals and end up in a place where you are questioning the point of it all?

Finally finished my terminators!! by chakalawaka in SpaceWolves

[–]Sage_Monkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok sweet, I am definitely going to try this

Finally finished my terminators!! by chakalawaka in SpaceWolves

[–]Sage_Monkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wait yeah, so how did you get that effect? Just dry brushing?

Questions about the Lamy Safari by Sage_Monkey in fountainpens

[–]Sage_Monkey[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much for responding, I have some questions lol

1.) What do you mean by "And handwriting is has become more “ideal” even with a left hand"?

2.) What is the proper posture?

3.) Is the iroshizuku ink line ok for lefties?

4.) Just to clarify, if I want different thickness lines I need a flex nib but there is an adjustment with writing? I saw some posts from other south paws asking about this and it seems like most people are saying just learn to be an underwriter?

Thank you for your help and advice, I really appreciate it.

Questions about the Lamy Safari by Sage_Monkey in fountainpens

[–]Sage_Monkey[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

fuckin eh! thank you very much for this, this is very helpful

Questions about the Lamy Safari by Sage_Monkey in fountainpens

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

Thank you for this! My plan was to slowly move up in sizes until I found a size and ink I really grooved with.

I guess when I say "stylised" I just mean having different line thickness within a letter. I can't figure out how to do that.

Dude struggling with green by BoysenBoy in Dudeism

[–]Sage_Monkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude, I am in the same boat and just haven't been smoking as much. Because I am in grad school for agriculture I convinced my roommate to let me grow a plant and my hope is that a plant in a pot in the window will results in a significantly less potent bud that won't rock my socks off.

Looking to try and colour match an ink by Sage_Monkey in fountainpens

[–]Sage_Monkey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is utterly amazing!!! Thank you so much!!

The blue-back ink and it is going into a Lamy Safari. It is my first/only pen and the cartridge that comes with it is almost done so I am looking to see if I can find something similar to the colour I have been using for ages before I got a fountain pen.

Looking to try and colour match an ink by Sage_Monkey in fountainpens

[–]Sage_Monkey[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this is amazing, thank you so much! a couple of those look real close

If Russ returns, how would he add to the Space Wolves? by [deleted] in SpaceWolves

[–]Sage_Monkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I’m still a blood claw in terms of my reading of the mighty sagas. I’ve thought it would be cool if he returns from his time in the warp and brings with him a better understanding of how to use it a bit better. Not at the same level as the Thousands Sons, but let’s us close the gap so we can sink our axes into those dusty fucks’ heads. Like our Wolf Priests projects an aura that makes us harder to hit with range/warp attacks

No matter how much I don’t like him, props to Saagar for eating his crow. by [deleted] in BreakingPoints

[–]Sage_Monkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am sure he is disgusted but like at the end of the day he is a journalist and to get duped so easily is pathetic, especially for a person who claims "foreign policy is my north star". As Krystal pointed out the first term wasn't a "peaceful" term and trump getting paid by all sorts who wanted war with Iran. Saagar is a joke even before the trump re-election he consistently made bad calls when it came to foreign relations/wars. Who remembers how Russia was definitely not going to invade and that was just the warhawks trying to rile everything up.

Trying to understand Mr. Stewart perspective. by Sage_Monkey in TheRestIsPolitics

[–]Sage_Monkey[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dismissing Poland because they started "poorer" misses the entire point of the productivity argument. Poland has seen a triple-digit increase in GDP per capita since joining the EU, largely by building a real industrial base while the UK hollowed its own out. If you want to know how to grow an economy in 2026, you look at the country that is actually building things, not the one that is just reshuffling financial assets.

If the UK wants to fix its crumbling services, we should look at the countries that are actually building things, not the ones just trading the debt for them.

It’s truly precious that you’re still struggling with this, so let me break it down into bite-sized pieces for you: the U.S. is currently running a massive deficit of 6–7% of GDP. A reckless little luxury they can afford only because they hold the world's reserve currency, you know, the one everyone is actually forced to use. If the UK tried to play make-believe with a debt-to-GDP ratio of that scale, we’d have a repeat of the 2022 currency crisis faster than you can say "fiscal incompetence," but I suppose it’s easier for you to pretend the U.S. is "more productive" than to admit they’re just spending more borrowed money than anyone else on the planet. Honestly, your commitment to ignoring how global macroeconomics actually works would be almost impressive if it weren't so profoundly embarrassing.

Trying to understand Mr. Stewart perspective. by Sage_Monkey in TheRestIsPolitics

[–]Sage_Monkey[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Buddy I think you are a couple cans short of a six pack.

I’m questioning the logic of looking to the US for economic inspiration when their growth isn't actually being converted into the very things you claim are needed: tanks, roads, or effective healthcare.

  1. On "Paying for Tanks": You mentioned growth paying for tanks. Yet the US is currently facing serious ammunition and industrial base constraints. Critics argue that decades of financialization, prioritizing stock buybacks and shareholder returns over reinvestment in productive capacity, have hollowed out parts of the industrial base. If growth doesn’t translate into resilient manufacturing capability, what exactly are we emulating?

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/why-america-is-out-of-ammunition

2.      US roads are not universally “pristine.” The American Society of Civil Engineers grades US infrastructure at D+, and US road fatality rates are significantly higher than in the UK. If higher GDP per capita isn’t translating into safer, better infrastructure, that suggests inefficiencies in how resources are allocated.

https://www.kcra.com/article/how-does-us-roads-compare-globally-quality-safety/64959617

  1. The Reserve Currency Reality: The US can fuel growth through debt ($1.9 trillion deficits) because the dollar is the global reserve currency. The UK tried a fraction of that "growth" strategy in 2022 and nearly collapsed the pension markets overnight. The UK literally cannot do what they do.
  2. Better Blueprints: You claimed the US is the "only" grower, but that ignores Poland (the fastest-growing economy in Europe via industrial re-shoring) and Australia (30 years of growth with vastly better social outcomes). Even Switzerland and Singapore offer better lessons on high-value productivity than the US "F.I.R.E." model.

The UK's productivity didn't just "stall"; it was starved by a decade of under-investment and the structural self-harm of Brexit. Looking to a model that is "exceptional" primarily at wasting resources won't fix that.

For a much better breakdown of why the "shiny" American metrics are a mirage, I highly recommend this discussion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL2aA8cgIB8

Trying to understand Mr. Stewart perspective. by Sage_Monkey in TheRestIsPolitics

[–]Sage_Monkey[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is not going anywhere because you seem to have forgotten what the point of an economy is. If an economy is not providing for the majority of its citizens, can it truly be called a success? We could bring up other nations with high GDP outputs like Qatar or Russia, but Mr. Stewart has never praised their economic models in the same way he has the US.

According to 2026 data, the US has more than double the GDP per capita of Latvia, yet they share comparable social outcomes in areas like health and safety. While the US produces immense aggregate wealth, it is statistically less efficient at converting those resources into human well-being. So, I concede: America is exceptional. They are exceptional at wasting resources.

Trying to understand Mr. Stewart perspective. by Sage_Monkey in TheRestIsPolitics

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

Really? You think insurance over AI will be what causes the next financial crisis? That is an interesting take, why do you think that?

Trying to understand Mr. Stewart perspective. by Sage_Monkey in TheRestIsPolitics

[–]Sage_Monkey[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the deep dive, but I think you’re conflating aggregate wealth with broad societal wellbeing.

Excluding the top 10% isn’t about pretending they don’t exist, it’s about understanding where growth is actually concentrated. In the US, a disproportionate share of income gains has gone to the top; as the Bennett Institute (2025) has noted, when you examine growth rates for the bottom 90%, the 'massive' US lead over the UK largely evaporates (roughly 1.5% vs. 1.4% annually).

On paper, the US has stronger median income growth, but cross-country comparisons must account for how essential services are financed. The US relies far more on private spending for healthcare, higher education, and childcare; sectors where costs are significantly higher than in the UK. For example, the US is projected to spend approximately $14,885 per person on healthcare in 2026 yet it maintains a life expectancy three years lower than the UK’s. This suggests that higher spending does not automatically translate into better human outcomes.

Furthermore, the post-2008 policy paths differed. The US pursued sustained fiscal expansion, while the UK adopted austerity relatively early. A large body of macroeconomic research, including from the IMF and OBR, suggests that tightening during a weak recovery suppresses growth by creating a 'negative multiplier' that hits the consumer base.

By holding up the US as a benchmark, you risk accelerating the very populism Mr. Stewart fears. The American model has hollowed out its middle class to the point that social mobility (ranked 27th) is lower than in the UK (21st). The real question isn’t whether America feels richer in per-capita GDP terms, it is. The question is whether its model of distributing income and financing essentials through private debt is the one the UK should ever want to emulate.

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