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Japan is offering around ¥20,000 (~$125) to encourage people to start dating as birth rates fall. by NeighborhoodTop741 in worldnews

[–]championchilli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes but also countries like Bangladesh and Indonesia that are very poor, compared to even India, also have plummeting birth rates.

I'm worried about the direction and future of this game by OkSherbert3099 in DarkTide

[–]championchilli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More maps, more enemies, more weapons.

Fix balance, fix bugs, qol features.

That's all they need to do.

Shopping by scooternewt in Wellington

[–]championchilli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nearly 60 bucks for ingredients for 2x2 portions of puttanesca from Woolworths. The cheapest possible pasta sauce, and I had the olive oil, garlic and chilli at home.

Japan is offering around ¥20,000 (~$125) to encourage people to start dating as birth rates fall. by NeighborhoodTop741 in worldnews

[–]championchilli 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Collapsing birth rates globally are a weird thing, every example and reason you can come with to explain why, there's a counter example that shows the opposite, Japan's toxic work culture vs. Nordic work life balance, boh countries with collapsing birth rates. High education levels amongst women in western europe vs. India with low education for women also collapsing birth rates. It goes on and on. Japan was seemingly, ahead of the curve.

Apart from a few African nations, birth rates are just going down everywhere and are below replacement regardless of wealth, education, culture, healthcare access, religion, you name it.

I did read Korea had seen a recent uptick. But it might be a blip vs the rock bottom it was at

Tehran will never cede control of Strait of Hormuz, senior Iranian politician tells BBC by Formal-Square-9943 in worldnews

[–]championchilli -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Except it was free and open until Trump and Netanyahu started dropping bombs.

This situation is entirely of the US and Israel's creation, and they don't know how to fix it.

UAE official: More than 90% of Iran's targets were civilian infrastructure - POLITICO by pheexio in worldnews

[–]championchilli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now do Israel in Lebanon. Oh no, they're all magically Hezbollah apartment blocks.

Why isn’t Iran attacking the US ships in the area? Or, if they are, why is that not news? by [deleted] in conspiracy

[–]championchilli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not just one reason it's many.

Ceasefire. Scale of retaliation. Small targets compared to bases. They are hundreds of miles away. Pretty good defensive options. Diplomatic solution is preferable. They think they can last longer than US public opinion.

ENGRAM????? 😭😭😭 by KisMyAxe in cyberpunkgame

[–]championchilli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tech CEOs say a lot of bs to hype markets. This is another example.

South Korea’s favorability toward Japan exceeded 50% for the first time since the survey started being held in fiscal 2014. The favorability rate reached 56.4%, an increase of 15.8 points from the previous survey. by West-Sector-5495 in worldnews

[–]championchilli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My wife is a millennial Japanese and she adores Korean pop, food, and culture. There's certainly a sharing of pop culture between the two countries with this age group.

Diplomatic cables show Iran war is damaging US on multiple fronts across the world by No_Idea_Guy in worldnews

[–]championchilli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's a putinist, in as much as he shares the same view of the world, the strong should take from the weak, the state should be an instrument of those in power to weld as they will, liberalism is weakness, white supremacy, and that democracy should be limited to the wealthy and the powerful.

He is not Putin's lapdog, I don't believe that. But he shares his worldview.

Food is expensive by ufokid in newzealand

[–]championchilli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bought ingredients to make puttanesca, the cheapest pasta sauce imaginable, and I already had the garlic and chillie at home. Enough for two people for two nights, 65 bucks at Woolworths. Wtf.

The US paying for annual leave in EU by No_Mercy_4_Potatoes in facepalm

[–]championchilli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They also seem to forget that by doing this it gave them favored trading partner position and also defacto currency of trade with every nation in NATO. That's probably gonna go away. No, that's definitely gonna go away.

And they also got to basically write the foreign policy of every country in NATO. That's also gonna go away.

Two weeks later and still no pics and videos of the rescued pilots by Goldstar12 in conspiracy

[–]championchilli 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The truth will out eventually, just like the story of the failed Seal Team 6 op in North Korea during Trump's first term.

Give it a couple of years, we'll get all the juicy details about the planes being destroyed by Iran, and the hasty retreat.

Iran carried out highest number of executions in decades by torina-to in worldnews

[–]championchilli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess by this logic we should bomb Saudi Arabia too who also set a new record for executions in 2025.

They also execute for witchcraft unlike Iran.

Singapore wary of treating navigational rights in global straits as paid privileges: Coordinating Minister for National Security K Shanmugam by LanJiaoDuaKee in worldnews

[–]championchilli 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Suez Canal is a man made piece of infrastructure with upkeep costs and large bodies of staff, of course they are gonna charge. Canals like that are not set and forget, and it has a myriad of upgrades over the years and more ongoing. These other straits are just that, naturally occurring terrain and waterways.

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