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  • Are trade organizations required to say the most obvious and dumb shit imaginable for a situation? Like, is there a watch group that sees realtors blaming unsellable homes in a flood region and makes sure that no one blames the obvious changing climate while they also bemoan having to do something about it?

    "Oh no, I can't sell this very clearly marked death trap. Why won't you just let me sell this nightmare hamlet and let me do my job!?"

  • The rich use a multiparty trick to stay rich:

    1. Put their money in an offshore account that doesn't tax them based on wealth in the country. Typically the deal is the managers get some very small amounts, single digit percentages, to charge the customer for moving money in or out of the country. Then they never touch this money again unless it is an emergency.
    2. The rich then use their bank account full of money as collateral for a loan that is much smaller, like a few million borrowed with a secured loan linked to the millions/billions in the account. The banks easily accept the terms because they can't lose - if the loan defaults the amount is pulled from the account. But the rich usually try to make their payments so that account money isn't touched.
    3. The rich spend their loaned money and make payments from the dividends, annuities, funds, and/or interest on their principal amount. This way the bank gave the person money that they can spend and it's not income so they aren't taxed on it, unless there is a sales tax. It's basically free money.

    As they spend this free money, the government for the country that they live in doesn't know how much money the rich person actually has so they are unable to create an accurate amount to tax them. This is partially why folks like Bezos and Buffet pay a few hundred thousand dollars on hundreds of billions in actual wealth. Stock valuations are an entirely other beast but functions roughly the same way as having wealth to borrow money against.

    The rich stays rich and get free money because the banking system was made by them and they are educated by their accountants and financial advisors on how to pay the least amount of money they can to get the most out of each cent.

  • As Daffy plummets he mutters "it's mine. all mine." The lava subsumes him, leaving the ring floating on the lava. As the metal melts and becomes hot lava, the screen image tears and Porky pops up, waving bye. "th th th That's all folks!" Fade to black. There are no credits.

  • This is a materials science issue to solve. The NFL now realize putting a hard shell outside of a skull doesn't do much for soaking up impact but a soft body provides protection. The game also discourages hitting the head and does try to avert damage as best as possible. They learn like OSHA; seeing what hit the wall and stuck.

  • I can't tell if this guy is really good or really bad at the game. Probably have to have him pull out some en passant style play to tell. "That's not lava because it has a surface temperature below 600°" or some obscure geologist/volcanologist rule.

  • I bought a 1987 Cutlass Supreme and thought I had one of the best cars ever made. Except I bought it used in 2003. I learned a lot about carburetors and tightening belts that summer. The poor thing died one foggy fall day when a tractor grazed the side of it and the damage was more than the $400 the car was worth.

  • I grew up in a small town that didn't have a grind house theater, but it did have a very run down drive-in theater that has grindhouse kinds of movies. I saw some regular tits out slasher movie that wasn't memorable but the second movie was Sleepaway Camp and that ending blew my fucking mind. I still think about that movie.

  • Are you mad that parts of a game arent coded as a unified whole l? If those individual parts work, and they seem to be maintaining enough of a player base to continue funding the game, why are you actually mad? Are still trying to keep the meme of "Star Citizen Bad!" going when it is clear that the game doesn't care what others think, the players don't care, and no one is copying your sentiment?

    That must be tough.