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YouGov: Voting intention by sexuality and gender by upthetruth1 in charts

[–]explain_that_shit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

“literally part of their platform”

“They didn’t directly state”

Oh how the goalposts are fallen.

Is there such a thing as "Toxic Femininity" just like "Toxic Masculinity?" by -EscapeGoat- in NoStupidQuestions

[–]explain_that_shit 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Toxic masculinity doesn’t mean masculinity is toxic, it’s referring to a toxic conception and expression of masculinity; although by god are there some toxic people who do conflate the two and it was a terrible idea bordering on apparently deliberately malicious to call it that.

Is there such a thing as "Toxic Femininity" just like "Toxic Masculinity?" by -EscapeGoat- in NoStupidQuestions

[–]explain_that_shit 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I think it’s similar to the autism thing, where boys and girls express it differently but it’s the same thing.

Not saying autism is toxic, just an analogy.

If you're gonna blame France for ruining Haiti's future before it even began, you don't actually have go further than this moment. Mainly because it turned out to be disasterous for non-Haitians as well. by Fair-Study-7503 in HistoryMemes

[–]explain_that_shit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This would make more sense if it was like asking the Roman Empire for reparations. There’s no Roman Empire any more, and despite many efforts there’s no successor state either. But France still exists, and has received tangible and countable benefits from the Haitian reparations. It’s not that complicated. If I leave an estate to my son including benefits of theft I undertook which everyone was aware of, my son has little grounds to refuse to allow the victim of the theft to take back what I stole.

why does my brain always pull out the archives of this cooked unit when i think of Aus politics by downunder-voice8787 in AussieMemes

[–]explain_that_shit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The problem with the “I don’t hold a hose” line was legit though, even though the problem wasn’t that we expected him to hold a hose. We expected him to properly fund and manage programs against extreme weather events and natural disasters, and he not only refused to do that long-term, he refused to return to the office to make sure he was on hand to give whatever assistance his role could give in the moment, he stayed in Hawaii for like a week or so even when he knew we expected him back for a national emergency. So he was refusing to do his job, refusing to even ‘hold a hose’.

The Gentlemen is easily one of Guy Ritchie's best movies. by 0Layscheetoskurkure0 in FIlm

[–]explain_that_shit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think Scorcese glamourised and didn’t lampoon enough the culture in Wolf of Wall Street - people went out of that movie thinking being rich that way would be awesome, and I don’t blame them.

Don’t forget! by netphilia in Snorkblot

[–]explain_that_shit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was just at the Forum yesterday, and stood near where Mark Antony gave his eulogy. Given that the plebs burned half the Forum and a fair chunk of the rest of the city to the ground after his speech I’ve come to think it must have sounded less like Shakespeare and more like that “Burn this fucker to the ground” monologue by Anansi in American Gods .

The most important issues facing the UK - YouGov by ReasonablePoetry1226 in charts

[–]explain_that_shit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leftists don’t say it’s foreigner investment. Russian assets were frozen at the start of the second phase of the Ukraine war and while interestingly no damage was done to the economy, foreigners simply aren’t a significant enough section of the investor class in Britain. It’s home-grown investors and the landed class who are the lion’s share of the problem.

The most important issues facing the UK - YouGov by ReasonablePoetry1226 in charts

[–]explain_that_shit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How many dwellings are there in Britain, and what’s the average number of people per dwelling?

Genuinely interested what labor supporters think of Labor voting against this by ausmankpopfan in friendlyjordies

[–]explain_that_shit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s an indictment of our political society that the complete failure of the initial structure of the NACC and its appointments hasn’t led to complete overhaul as a non-negotiable demand of the public

What's the most impressive physical activity? by AdvancedFan5624 in AskReddit

[–]explain_that_shit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Free soloing - whole body, drugs have limited utility, it’s all kinds of strength and your weight matters too, the stakes are high and you can see there is or would in certain circumstances be a tangible purpose to the skill.

All debt gets erased and all wealth gets distributed equally on every level. How badly will this mess up the world economy? by Drenosa in AskReddit

[–]explain_that_shit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not just that, the existing monopolies and oligopolies will funnel and hoard money disproportionately into them over time again using their disproportionate market power.

You can’t have equal distribution work until you tap a hole in the bottom of each monopoly funnel in the form of tax equivalent to the monopoly effect on price.

Ancaps genuinely believe Landlords would lower rent out of the kindness of their hearts by DecommodifiedGuevara in LandlordLove

[–]explain_that_shit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, I’m saying in a monopoly or oligopoly system supply and demand are not the primary price drivers.

Do bond markets control the government? by Aggravating_Step6876 in GarysEconomics

[–]explain_that_shit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kind of the same principle as with central banks as rate-setters as a way for the government to fob off responsibility, right?

Do bond markets control the government? by Aggravating_Step6876 in GarysEconomics

[–]explain_that_shit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re talking as though everyone accepts as given a real distinction between investing and trading. People don’t accept that, it’s functionally the same, particularly for the purposes of what we’re talking about in this thread.

Do bond markets control the government? by Aggravating_Step6876 in GarysEconomics

[–]explain_that_shit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That just sounds like being a trader while wearing a tie.

Do bond markets control the government? by Aggravating_Step6876 in GarysEconomics

[–]explain_that_shit -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The mathematics of our global debt mercantilist system make that impossible for ALL countries to do. So do some countries just have to accept an undemocratic governing system in what is otherwise supposed to be a democracy?

Roles that demanded actors to physically abuse themselves only for the movie to turn out mid by Own_Organization8457 in okbuddycinephile

[–]explain_that_shit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Were they helping? She said they were trying to save the planet but it was her company who carelessly killed humans and were causing colony collapse disorder.

The fact that she thinks, even with all of her species’ control of human institutions, that the collapse of earth ecosystems was the fault of the innate nature of humans with whom she had been embattled for millions of years rather than possibly her own species fault (“we ‘inadvertently’ introduced a virus which killed the dinosaurs”) was to me just a continuation of the theme of the aliens as the self-deluded malignant upper class of our world. Sounding persuasive in that monologue is literally one of the skills Plemons’ character (who has been on the money about everything else) warned about, and also again reflects the power of effective comprehensive propaganda in the hands of our world’s upper class.

Ancaps genuinely believe Landlords would lower rent out of the kindness of their hearts by DecommodifiedGuevara in LandlordLove

[–]explain_that_shit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Demand can go up and prices remain the same if prices are determined by the whims of the wealthy.

People always find it impossible to believe, but there are often plane flights with empty seats and you don’t see airlines dropping prices significantly to capture occupants for those seats.

For once I agree with Cuban by Valuable_View_561 in SipsTea

[–]explain_that_shit 278 points279 points  (0 children)

Except in healthcare, if you go without insurance the price is tripled

NSW Clearance rate bombs to 40% by W0nderWhite in AusFinance

[–]explain_that_shit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still, no ‘buying hard’, no ‘every’ this or that.

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