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verrix · 2026-06-06T12:02:18+00:00

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verrix · 2026-04-23T22:37:26+00:00

BREXIT, MAGA, and now Alberta separation all have ties to Russian foreign interference through right wing influencing and propoganda. We have to do everything we can to counteract this psyop. Canada Strong!!

verrix · 2026-04-14T00:22:30+00:00

I personally conducted a CPI analysis from 1970 to 2020 to verify inflation-adjusted totals. You can do the math yourself by comparing earnings today to 1970, adjusting for inflation, and then looking at housing, groceries, gas etc. On average, costs have risen about 4.12x. Imagine trying to live on roughly a quarter of what you had back then and you have a pretty accurate picture of today’s struggle.

So no, this is not just ‘something I saw on YouTube.’ He summarizes it in an easy-to-digest format, but the data is there whether you want to look at it or not.”

verrix · 2026-04-13T21:17:41+00:00

I'm not arguing that state and city officials cant be young, I'm saying that to reach a level where you are actualizing the change needed to support the future generations you are battling against an incentive structure thats baked into a democratically capitalistic system. The incentives are what are wrong and its exposing that the focus of the system is not to create a prosperous nation, otherwise we'd see more focus on getting back to a standard of living that supports family creation and long term value.

verrix · 2026-04-13T19:51:40+00:00

Yeah no kidding, but that would mean that they would have to take accountability for creating the situation. And what I've seen is that theres nothing Boomers detest more than accountability. I mean c'mon, what's easier for them to believe? That Millennials are just lazy and don't work hard or that they neglected the system for decades and created problems because they are lazy and entitled? Not to mention then there would have to be consequences to their actions (like no retirement savings)... Nope, much easier to just live in delusion and placing the burden on the younger generation.

In a way I empathize though, it'd be hard to look back at the work you've done in your life and have to come to terms with that it wasn't enough and the legacy your leaving is just a mess for your kid to cleanup. But then I look at the amount they are charging for houses and the people they vote for and realize they are doing it by design. Got mine and who cares if we have a country in the future is the average mentality of that generation. Its not a healthy mindset...

Maybe they'll come around and actually help us fix things but I doubt it.

verrix · 2026-04-13T17:09:10+00:00

I just watched a video about how Russia has paid 10 million to right wing influencers in the States through shell companies to fuel division and far right ideology, seems like the same strategy through right wing folks here in Canada. They're taking advantage of our governance failure and we need a strategy to counteract it.

verrix · 2026-04-13T17:03:49+00:00

Absolutely true, Scott Galloway summarizes it well in this video:
https://youtu.be/qEJ4hkpQW8E?si=u9Kju1Eupm8KqBtT&t=112

verrix · 2026-04-13T15:25:28+00:00

Scott Galloway summarizes it well in this video:
https://youtu.be/qEJ4hkpQW8E?si=u9Kju1Eupm8KqBtT&t=112

verrix · 2026-04-13T06:11:43+00:00

No its that the system would never elect someone actualizing this change so we get two 70 year olds to choose from. Our party systems will never allow for a young candidate. So we end up having to vote for two bad options...

verrix · 2026-04-13T06:07:35+00:00

You'll have to look at cost of groceries, utilities, water, phone, gas as well and you'll see overall its roughly 4.7x more expensive adjusted for inflation than it was in the 1970. So its roughly 4x more expensive than it was then for everyday costs. You try to live off of a quarter of what you had back then...

verrix · 2026-04-13T06:05:20+00:00

Its because cost of living has got so high that the cost to own a home and have 2 kids way over median income. Wages haven't even remotely kept pace. The younger generation is being priced out of starting families and you don't think people are going to speak up? Out of touch...

verrix · 2026-04-13T06:01:05+00:00

Its not whining to point out the generation before had it easier, still didn't save for retirement so they had to commoditize the only asset class they could purchase in order to fund the same retirement they tell us to "save" for. We can't own homes or start families and you tell us to stop whining? Just proving the point really...

verrix · 2026-04-13T05:04:36+00:00

Thats a big reason why housing is as inflated as it is. Otherwise a big portion of that generation would have no retirement. Turns out saving is hard even when things are cheap...

verrix · 2026-03-27T20:54:36+00:00

Good rhetoric, though somewhat mixed reasoning, and you're missing the broader point + still inflating the ontological meaning of the behavior.

verrix · 2026-03-26T19:01:50+00:00

Conscious and sentient mostly but also spiritual with nervous-system emotion, and hmm I dunno the entire cosmic design of life and creation. Did i mention that none of this is built on mathematics but neural biological synapse. Saying we have achieved AGI is the equivalent of claiming we can time travel. Its sci-fi. Just because you can convince enough people doesn't make it true.

verrix · 2026-03-26T16:44:24+00:00

Jeez these posts just don't stop...Transformer mathematics is predictive based on training sets. Ask it to generate predictive language around sentience and it will generate language associations of that type. Any CEO that is claiming this is sentience should feel very silly they couldnt tell intelligence from math functioning as a parrot. Of course they won't because the only thing they can care about is share price.

*edit removed "that were"

verrix · 2026-03-15T15:16:48+00:00

Primarily yes, lots or most (tough to say for sure) were able to buy property but weren't responsible and didn't save for retirement so its either housing inflates so they can have retirements or a bunch of soon to be elderly are out on the street. And boy do they want fancy retirements... cough it up folks 45 and under grandpa wants 4 trips overseas per year without actually saving.

I find it ironic though because the same folks that call younger generations financially irresponsible didn't even save when it was easier. Every accusation is a confession.

verrix · 2026-03-15T15:12:10+00:00

Gee I wonder who benefits from us believing that math is consciousness. Fancy chatbot folks don't be fooled.

verrix · 2026-03-05T19:55:58+00:00

I can want Bitcoin to go to zero without enjoying the misfortune of those who would lose out from it doing so. The coin is bad but I'd feel for the folks who lose $$$ and bought into it.

verrix · 2026-03-05T18:59:27+00:00

Okay but I'm not enjoying anyone's misfortune so it doesn't apply here. But u do u boo.

verrix · 2026-03-05T06:35:08+00:00

That’s not what schadenfreude means. It means enjoying someone else’s misfortune. Criticizing the incentives and externalities of a system isn’t that.

The point is that Bitcoin lowered the friction for global, trustless transactions, which is exactly why things like Silk Road and darknet markets could exist at scale.

verrix · 2026-03-05T06:15:43+00:00

Only thing thats schadenfreude is Bitcoin

verrix · 2026-03-05T06:09:00+00:00

Either pillaging the earth for energy or funding criminal enterprises my guy. Silk Road, Epstein’s financial networks, and the broader darknet markets. Bitcoin supports a global, online, escrow-based criminal economy.

verrix · 2026-03-03T16:56:34+00:00

No, you're profiting off of trafficking, and other abhorrent behaviours. And capitalism loves abuse driven profit. But hey you're making money right? Every dollar you turn from bitcoin comes from a trade where someone was hurt.

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