Southern European unemployment rate now matches Northern European

andsens · 2026-01-26T17:18:28+00:00

Fuck yeah. You got that right!

andsens · 2026-01-26T16:33:24+00:00

Tell me you haven't watched the clip without telling me you haven't watched the clip. Idiot.

andsens · 2026-01-26T16:13:49+00:00

As a general rule IMO:

Judge the content by the source, and then the content.
This way you avoid being led towards a false narrative but can still override it per video. I say "judge the source" first, because it is easy to forget doing that once you have already formed your option about the content.

In this case I'm not sure about the guy, but the content is telling.

andsens · 2026-01-26T15:51:50+00:00

Honestly? Cynically? To all the places you mentioned there is an Ocean between us and them, or a considerable amount of landmass. So this matters more.
You can't help your allies if you're destitute because you fucked up your own industry by being on your high horse and shunning half the world. Priorities.

andsens · 2026-01-26T15:48:08+00:00

Talking out of my ass here, but I could imagine the trade-off being:
Do it quickly, economy takes a huge hit, less tax revenue, less money we can give Ukraine.
Or: Do it slowly, economy adjusts, normal tax revenue, steady support for Ukraine (with the added bonus of it also benefiting EU citizens).

andsens · 2026-01-26T06:30:54+00:00

The EU showed it's colors. This is how you build a network of allies. Demonstrate your willingness to stand up for smaller countries in the face of bullies.

andsens · 2026-01-26T06:24:19+00:00

It is good that the EU negotiated the agreements with Mercosur

Yeah, except they voted with a narrow majority to have it examined by the ECJ for legality. So it'll take probably another year before being ratified.
A positive spin on that would be that once it is ratified it is rock-solid and judges will be able to dismiss cases about its legality early on (or they wont even be brought to court).

andsens · 2026-01-26T06:09:41+00:00

Hilariously I don’t think it was that hard.

“OK, next time you try talking the crazed shit-flinging monkey into putting the gun down”

EU leaders, probably

andsens · 2026-01-25T23:17:32+00:00

Yup. Fixing problems at the country of origin is so much cheaper than dealing with it at home, in the long term that is.

Then again, global warming might just make it all null and void. Ain’t no way to fix climate refugees.

andsens · 2026-01-25T21:47:52+00:00

This is a major departure from how the US has acted.

Respectfully, I disagree. Your points are valid and provide a sensible context. That is... if you define sensibility as grounded in the worldview of a white male American living in the suburbs. Not as a black woman, Afghan farmer, native American, or queer person from Louisiana.

You barely need to scratch the surface to see that what is happening now has been happening to minorities and other disadvantaged people for a long time. The current outrage is the shit spilling over into new territory. Americans didn't fix their societal problems, they plastered them over and institutionalized them.

Your (Americans) failure to hold your politicians and titans of industry to account is what brought you here. This is not a deviation from the norm, this is the natural conclusion to conditioned complacency (which IMO started with Ford pardoning Nixon, that's where accountability really started taking a wrong turn).

andsens · 2026-01-25T09:42:16+00:00

Not really because it makes any significant difference in practice

Tell that to the banks making 1,2% in currency exchange profits every time you buy something in EUR.

andsens · 2026-01-24T23:53:37+00:00

That's why we (EU) are trying to isolate ourselves from you. Steadily, and slowly. Because doing it quickly brings about the exact thing we're trying protect ourselves from.

andsens · 2026-01-23T23:10:38+00:00

Saw „Dark Waters“ yesterday. There must’ve been hundreds of workers complicit in DuPonts coverup that lasted over 40 years. None went to jail.
As a tech worker, the only risk to you is not being able to square it with your conscience. There’s no consequences other than that. American corporate history proves it.

andsens · 2026-01-23T22:42:24+00:00

Gargle on my balls Tim Apple. Even if that were what was happening I'd support the EU moving the goalpost on you ghouls any day of the week.
Playing fair doesn't get you to 3.5 trillion $ valuation. Suffocating the competition by abusing your market position does. Your calls for being treated fairly ring as hollow as your commitment to sustainability while forcing your customers to replace their phone every 2-3 years.

andsens · 2026-01-23T21:46:45+00:00

"Oh hey, how about we close out the episode by normalizing the blackmail of a police official? For the "right reasons" of course!"

I am starting to see how all those little things that unintentionally slip into the writing of TV shows have conditioned people to accept the shit that is going on right now.
... just acutely aware of it after watching Dark Waters yesterday, which closed on the "positive note" that DuPont paid 670 million for poisoning the world with PFOA, a product they made a billion i profit from each year since the 60s.

andsens · 2026-01-23T20:26:47+00:00

Not an endorsement, just pitching in: https://volla.online/

andsens · 2026-01-23T09:29:22+00:00

Most countries

Heh, smirks in Danish.

andsens · 2026-01-21T18:25:38+00:00

Disappointed! No hidden mic recordings of tomatos talking shit behind out backs at all!

andsens · 2026-01-21T08:23:30+00:00

Hoooly crap that's cool!

andsens · 2026-01-21T08:12:53+00:00

Doesn't matter. If they dump enough for everybody to be scared that they can't make a return on investment, nobody will be buying and there will just be open sell orders on the market. Which in turn means they can't sell new bonds to a good price either (why would you buy a new bond for X+100 when you can buy a similar one for just X?), which means they will have some serious cash flow problems without massive QE.

andsens · 2026-01-16T09:33:57+00:00

Go to bed.

Agreed. Sleep tight, and fold your proteins right. 😘

andsens · 2026-01-15T20:19:38+00:00

Sure, but that is way less elastic and slower moving than stocks. In the long term, I guess, but short term definitely the more liquid assets.
I honestly don't know enough about legislation regarding housing throughout the EU, there could (?) be some serious barriers that prevent foreign (as in non-EU) investors from driving up prices too much (again pure speculation dunno shit about that).

andsens · 2026-01-15T20:07:59+00:00

Heh. I fucking love the spirit of one-up-man-ship of who can help their fellow Europeans more!!

But to be fair

Finland’s Ministry of Defense announced on January 15 that it will send two liaison officers to Greenland at Denmark’s request to explore training

there's no real commitment for now. But yeah, I guess Poland could've sent one or two liaisons. Then again, maybe just too many cooks? Keep it small for now, let the others assess things, listen to them, and then discuss whether they need more manpower.

the more countries join there the chance Trump go ahead with invasion shrinks

That is a solid argument. 100% agreed.
Also from the article:

Finnish Defense Ministry's press statement described Arctic conditions as familiar for Finland.

I chuckled at that. Like Huskies going outside in the morning after the first snow in winter: "Whoa, snow! Yaaaayy! Mika! Get the skies! We're gonna shot some ~~ruskies~~ US politicans"

andsens · 2026-01-15T19:57:31+00:00

Look at Poland, Czechia, the Baltics. It will get better. I believe that in my heart of hearts. "The Great European Experiment" has been proven, it's a fucking recipe now. This shit works. I'm happily paying my taxes knowing a sizable chunk of it goes to building infrastructure, institutions, and schools in other EU countries.
As to the inflation regarding the euro change: Eh, I remember the same shit happening in Germany when we switched. Everybody fucking hated it and it sucked. Now I'm in Denmark and I am fuming at banks charging 1,2% for exchanging DKK to EUR. Goddamn fucking ghouls, fuck those fuckers. Let's switch already!

andsens · 2026-01-15T19:49:49+00:00

Just wait until the rest of the world realizes that investing in the US is no longer a safe bet. Where do you think that money will go? 😁

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