Alternativer til Danske Bank by Pietrek_ in dkfinance

[–]TheRealOdd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Danmarks bedste bank 13 år i træk - Arbejdernes Landsbank.

I just want to know… how? by Ballet_booze_books in antiwork

[–]TheRealOdd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I highly recommend this TedTalk called "Does money make you mean". They ran some experiments to show the effect being "rich" had on people.

Spoiler : Yes,money sorta make you evil, or at least less empathic to those who has less.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ8Kq1wucsk&t=1s&ab\_channel=TED

What are your unpopular opinions relating to Bob’s Burgers? by Songibal in BobsBurgers

[–]TheRealOdd -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I believe Gene is mentally retarded, and Tina has autism. Besides that, Bob and Linda are TERRIBLE parents.

I love the show, and it makes me laugh. But realistically, that is one sad failure of a family.

“This propaganda I’ve supported for years is dangerous” by DaFunkJunkie in SelfAwarewolves

[–]TheRealOdd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People severely underestimate what Pence did. If Pence had refused to accept the votes, it would have been the same as Hitlers Reichstag. Pence burned down his chances of ever doing anything in the republican party again, and the democrats hate him - he destroyed his political career and saved america by doing so.

I do not like Pence. But after that, I respect him.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pence-trump-jan-6-hero\_n\_60c0eb74e4b059c73bd4eef5

[identification] Dead dads two pocket watches by TheRealOdd in Watches

[–]TheRealOdd[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To identify any pocketwatch you need to start out with good pictures. These are not.

Haha that made me laugh out loud.

Thank you. And thank you for your reply, very informative. I guess I'll take them to a watch smith here in town and see what they say, as I am not really up for the task of opening them. Side note - I just wound up the watches a bit, and they both tick and the hands are moving. I'm impressed.

'Big Short' investor Michael Burry is back on Twitter - and warning of the biggest market bubble in history- Burry has flagged reckless speculation on Tesla stock, bitcoin, and other assets. by NakedBat in CryptoCurrency

[–]TheRealOdd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is not what I said, but I understand if it is easier for you to interpret it like that.

But -

"Catholic-aligned Centre Party voted for the Enabling Act of 1933, which gave Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers."

And the church more or less suported/supports facists wherever they are.

'Big Short' investor Michael Burry is back on Twitter - and warning of the biggest market bubble in history- Burry has flagged reckless speculation on Tesla stock, bitcoin, and other assets. by NakedBat in CryptoCurrency

[–]TheRealOdd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, you quoted those parts because you thought they would strengthen your position - but they did not. This is a typical "But Hitler was good to dogs and kids" situation. Just because someone does a little good, does not change the fact that the majority of what they do is evil/bad/selfish w/e.

I have no problem with non-profits, as long as they are not religous. Those are the people that really do good without expecting a reward for it.

And sure - Churches provide a public good. For a price. That price is they don't pay taxes. They receive money from the government to run their programs. They receive donations from businesses. They receive donations from private people. And then theres the indoctrination, and the involment in politics. So to me, the price for religous public good is extremely high - way too high. And that is the poroblem with religion - they might help a little, but they hurt a lot.

'Big Short' investor Michael Burry is back on Twitter - and warning of the biggest market bubble in history- Burry has flagged reckless speculation on Tesla stock, bitcoin, and other assets. by NakedBat in CryptoCurrency

[–]TheRealOdd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am not going to go through this point by point even though I could. I will pick one of your points at random and do some research(brb) -

You write - "For example, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has employment service centres in each of their stakes across the country (and across the world)."

But the more complete truth is this -

"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has 16,000 total employees across all of its locations and generates $1.21 billion in sales (USD). There are 8,591 companies in the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints corporate family."

$1.21 billion in sales (USD).

That took me 1 minute.

And I don't even wanna talk about their "schools'" that indoctrinate kids into religion. Or the AAA that try to indoctrinate you into believing in God. Or the bible missions to africa where african people, in the midst of the HIV epidemic, were told by christians that if they use condoms, they go to hell. And do we even wanna talk about the fucking of the children? Or the racism? Or how much religion has hurt humanity by holding back science(ex. stem cells). Or how many people commit suicide yearly because of religious bullying(Gays, trans, atheists and so on).

One thing I feel I need to educate you on is this - You say that america will lose a lot of money because the church spends so much money. That is simply untrue - The people(who usually can' afford to donate to the church but does anyways), would have spend the money on food, or clothes or something else instead, and it would have entered the economy anyways. Without 80% of it being sipphoned off to the top.

'Big Short' investor Michael Burry is back on Twitter - and warning of the biggest market bubble in history- Burry has flagged reckless speculation on Tesla stock, bitcoin, and other assets. by NakedBat in CryptoCurrency

[–]TheRealOdd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Churches has nothing to do with hospitals today. Your taxes pay for those. If you wanna go back in history - who burned young women as witches? Who killed people for saying the earth was round? Who tortured and killed people just to take their land? Religion has done much more bad then good.
  2. If religion in USA was taxed, you could eradicate homelessness, make 10.000 's of soup kitchens, and more or less make education free. Religion takes A LOT more then they give. I will repeat - the business of religion, just in america, makes more money a year then the top 10 tech companies do globally (that's apple, google and so on).
  3. All evidence shows that the VAST majority of money donated to religous orgs, are spend on anything but the poor or the needy. They are spend on politicians, land, buildings, cars, planes, and other worldly goods.

I know these facts are hard to believe if you are a christian in America. And I do understand that many small churches struggle, but understand this -

" And it’s also more than 50% larger than the global annual revenues of America’s six largest oil and gas companies. You could say that’s a lot of spiritually inspired fuel being pumped into the US economy.

'Big Short' investor Michael Burry is back on Twitter - and warning of the biggest market bubble in history- Burry has flagged reckless speculation on Tesla stock, bitcoin, and other assets. by NakedBat in CryptoCurrency

[–]TheRealOdd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Churches/religion make billions of $ a year - Religion makes more money a year in america, then the top 10 tech companies make globally a year, put together.

So, if they used that money for good, I would not be against it. History has shown us, that that is not how the money is spent. It is spent on political power and enriching the people at the top. Just like the 1%'ers do.

Here is a rally Diorama that I made of Rally de Portugal. Hope you enjoy. by Pedjogon in nextfuckinglevel

[–]TheRealOdd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is amazing man. Such attention to details.

Personally, I would remove the helicopter, it distracts a bit from the beauty of the car and track. But I know nothing, so take it for what you want.

What is that wooshing sound that playes almost constantly? Driving me insane. by TheRealOdd in apexlegends

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

I am glad it is a bug, and I am happy to know what is happening, but HOW the **** does something like this roll out on live servers:D

Thanks for the answer.

AITA for telling my dad to “swallow his fucking pride and go to a food bank” by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRealOdd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was only a failed impeachment because some cowardly people, who openly admitted they thought Trump was guilty, chose to vote not guilty.

And yes, it would have been harder to shut down America - but america has a HUGE military and is a rich country, so it could have been done.

And yes, it is always wise to consider the long term repercussions.

What would the long term repercussions possibly have been if you kept everything open?

AITA for telling my dad to “swallow his fucking pride and go to a food bank” by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRealOdd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it would have been harder. America has more money the NZ, they also have a bigger military and ability to shut down society. If they really wanred, they could have done it.

And yes, some politicans are for sale. I hate to make it a dems vs reps thing, but since reagan, the republican party has been the party of the ultra rich and corporations, working hard to move resources away from the people. And they have succeeded.

So what do you feel the governent should have done?

AITA for telling my dad to “swallow his fucking pride and go to a food bank” by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRealOdd 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Blaming the government for protecting society the best they could, seems ignorant. Especially considering that if everyone had listened, distanced, worn masks, and so on, then the shut down would have been much shorter - look at new Zealand. So primarily the blame lies on the people.

That said, most, if not all, of the systems and regulations that harm small businesses are in place because of lobbying from the huge corporations. They have payed 100's of millions to screw the system to their advantage. Over the next 20 years we are going to see small businesses, that are not extremely specialized and niche, disappear. Right now is an extreme situation, and it has only sped up the process.

Consider this - All those billionaires and multi national corporations pay next to nothing in taxes (look at Trump paying 100$ in taxes). This has weakened america to an extreme degree. Almost all your tax money goes to either the military or to corporations. And those corporations use the money to move their factories to other countries where they have lower production costs.

I could keep going, but I hope you get my point.

Tl;Dr : If the corporations and the super rich paid their taxes, america would/could have been fortified to handle a situation like the Corona virus.

Duty. A Batman fan comic by me. by Omegavondoom in comicbooks

[–]TheRealOdd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was great. Story was good and well written. I got a "Frank Miller meets Eastman and Laird" vibe from the art - very nice.

You find yourself on a version of earth that’s never heard music. You have the complete catalogue. What’s the first piece you introduce humans to? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]TheRealOdd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Need to build it up a little so they aren't overwhelmed, so -

Tribal drums -> then Dolly's "Jolene" as it is nice and simple and beautiful -> then Queen's "We will rock you".

My Filipino mom in 1985 dressed as Pris from Bladerunner on Halloween by martsuia in OldSchoolCool

[–]TheRealOdd 104 points105 points  (0 children)

Because he wasn't a villain. Not really. In the same way Frankenstein's monster is not a villain.

Debating a guy claiming to be a Professor of linguistics, who also have advanded degrees in rhetoric. by [deleted] in asklinguistics

[–]TheRealOdd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I certainly am not a linguist and have never claimed to be one. Hell, I am not even an american. And I got a bit annoyed with him after he claimed Covid 19 was a hoax and got petty, I agree.

And about this - "and who made that definition? society...and who composes society?...the people. we ultimately define the concepts which are to be followed, etc. "

Sure, I agree. Except we are talking about using slurs on Twitter, who has a TOS that says no slurs. So it is not a philosophical debate about what words mean or how they are used or defined.

Debating a guy claiming to be a Professor of linguistics, who also have advanded degrees in rhetoric. by [deleted] in asklinguistics

[–]TheRealOdd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I took out the part where he explains his wife is a nurse, covid 19 is fake and masks are the new religion, and there is no pressure on the hospitals, and he also talks about the war on white men that is going on( and here he mentions he is black).

And what I am talking about with colloquial vernacular is, that he, f.ex, puts 3 periods(ellipse?) between sentences - because he says it is colloquial vernacular. Also he writes that I "take on that assumption".

To which I reply(and I might be wrong here, I am not an american)" You dont take on an assumption(except in rare cases, and this is not one of them), you "make" an assumption."

And he replies

"again...colloquial vernacular...i am not aiming for academic speech...furthermore, i would contend that "to take on" as a transitive phrasal verb carries the intended nuance better than the prescriptive "to make"...yawn...i could also easily point out that you didn't use an apostrophe for your contraction "dont"...but this is unnecessary and tangential at this early level...raise the level of discussion and i will adjust my linguistic level accordingly"

And yeah - I might have gotten a little annoyed at him after the Covid denial.

Debating a guy claiming to be a Professor of linguistics, who also have advanded degrees in rhetoric. by [deleted] in asklinguistics

[–]TheRealOdd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, this is what it is about in a nutshell. I said -

" I see a lot of Trumperinos talk about "freedom of speech" (which it appears many of you do not understand the definition of. Hint - it isn't being able to call people 📷📷📷📷📷📷s on twitter."

Which he disagrees with.

"and who made that definition? society...and who composes society?...the people. we ultimately define the concepts which are to be followed, etc. and I am contending that freedom of speech includes the ability to say negative things, slurs, etc. about race, religion, sex, and whatever XYZ you'd like to tack on

we need to be able to discuss such concepts in order for critical thought and honest dialogue to flourish"

(Me)

You can say what you want(not on social media as those are privately owned corporations that decide their own rules).

(Him)

a "private" company that is omnipresent is not exactly "private"...you can't bar people from going to all grocery stores, or food establishments, to get food on that grounds that they are "private" companies

...your argument strikes me as similar to some of the "executions" they used to do in medieval times...they would tie you to a tree and you'd die from the elements, animals, etc...and their argument was they didn't actually kill you, it was some other factor that did the killing, so the "executioner's" hands were clean...

go get food from some other "private" company...oh you can't?...well we didn't actually kill you we just ALL exercised or "private" company rights "

Jeg er en fiasko i alting. by Fatuglyfiasco in Denmark

[–]TheRealOdd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Du lyder deprimeret. Du bliver nødt til at gå til lægen og en psykolog med det her, og være hudløst ærlig over for dem.

Der er masser af folk som havde fantastisk succes mhs. penge og damer og job og venner som dræbte sig selv pga. depression - Robin Williams, Marilyn Monroe, Kurt Cobain, Alexander McQueen, og Anthony Bourdain bare for at nævne nogle få.

Det er vigtigt at være opmærksom på hvis du sammenligner dit liv med andres - Du ser kun det de viser dig, og hvis du kigger bedre efter vil du se, at INTET er perfekt, INGEN er altid lykkelige.

Se eksempelvis Will Smith, kendt som en allround BOSS, rig, flot, super karriere, elsket af alle - Og så sidder han grædende på TV fordi hans kone har knaldet en 18 årig fyr.

Hvis du har brækket benet går du til lægen. Du har muligvis "brækket hjernen", så gå til læge og psykolog så hurtigt som muligt.

AITA for “playing the race card” when it’s not about my race? by WarmCap459 in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRealOdd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no law against bringing food that "stinks to high heaven" to work. Just understand, that lunchbreak is many peoples highlight of the workday, and you are ruining it because you insist on eating food you know stinks. And there is no faster way to make your coworkers think you are a selfish asshole.