jumperalex @ jumperalex @lemmy.world

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Yup. I had a rental condo in Vegas I sold after 20 years because I read the writing on the wall. And Vegas is doing an amazing job of preparing for water issues.

not just any rando city, literally Austin https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/2/27/a-75-billion-boondoggle-advances-in-austin

It is not possible to explain the horribleness that is Austin road planning and the complete and utter lack of available transit. Exhibit 1 https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/2/27/a-75-billion-boondoggle-advances-in-austin

Just consider what it must mean for an average Californian to say traffic is bad. These aren't people coming from rural Montana complaining about city traffic.

I believe this is called the Salieri zone

Besides, who are these people not going through their butter fast enough to prevent it going rancid? SAVAGES! That's Who!!!

strangled with the entrails of the [insert all the various religious leader titles]

I believe they have failed to recognize the Stare Decisis standard and the implications of the long held decision in Elections v. Consequences.

Fuck them and their gaslighting asses.

haha I can't remember if we were doing cards like that or not. I remember having to answer questions writing them down on a form. Between the handwriting and the answers themselves it was hilarious; and of course educational. It was for certification to do high altitude jumps. you can bet your ass I made sure I was on oxygen per regs every time. No forgetting to pull the cord for me thank you very much.

I've been in a high altitude simulation chamber to experience hypoxia after rapid decompression. 💯 didn't give a fuck, was a bit giddy, and if left there long enough with dwindling oxygen would have for sure died. No problem taking a breath.

So in effect, yes tried it.

Yes. Yes it is.

Oh I agree and am hopeful that's trye. And yet I don't think it's possible to have "too much" evidence against 45. To quote a wise woman, " ...I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

Totally agree.

BUT ... if he has hard evidence like documents, recordings, emails, txts, those might be worth something and will be harder for the defense to tear apart.

Yet still, I want to see Rudy behind bars so there's that too.

[face palm] that is an amazingly important point I hadn't thought of / not heard discussed before, about the service fee vs actual increase hourly wages. I mean it's totally obvious now that you said it.

And I really do agree with owners taking the risk if they want the reward. I will only say that there IS a place for balance, and reward for performance. I think the current tip system is tilted WAY WAY WAY too much to the server's risk and needs to go away. I also think restaurant margins are actually too thin to go 100% wage based and put all that risk on the owners. I fear the bankruptcy churn in restaurants would be too much.

And yet it seems to work out in Europe so I'm probably wrong.

"It's about time these kids had some skin in the game!"

-Some Republican Somewhere I'm sure.

The difference between those OECD countries is that they allow migration. Nationalistic and racist temper tantrums notwithstanding, those countries are bolstering their working age ranks with migrants. China is distinctly anti-migration. So they've been digging a giant hole that's going to take a LOT to fill. And they haven't even stopped digging yet (first rule of getting out of a hole!)

So, could China change that stance as a way to mitigate the issue? Sure. But they better up their human rights record or they are only going to attract the most desperate of migrant with no other options. That doesn't bode well for a strong economic engine. Though cheap exploitable labor does help [shrug]

Their population demographics are a problem that is going to be much harder to manage. If they succeed, good on them for figuring it out. But they've managed because they've had fresh population to feed into their economy. That is NOT going to happen going forward. So they better change their strategy.

Honestly, I hope they do for the sake of the human beings living on that piece of earth currently ruled by the CCP. I actually wish them no ill will and the rest of the world is likely to suffer if china has a full on collapse.

And yet still, fuck the CCP.

They are right on the cusp of the 2nd step of fucking around ...

Right up until the demand for housing turns flat and then negative due to unquestionable demographic realities facing China. When such a huge percentage of the populations net worth is tied to real estate, the impact of a housing crash can't be ignored. And there is a storm coming, the numbers don't lie. In the next 20 years China's population WILL shrink

https://www.salon.com/2023/07/30/chinas-great-leap-backward-so-much-for-the-next-dominant-superpower/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/china-population-drop_n_63c69f7be4b0cbfd55f616e2

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/08/03/china-will-become-less-populous-more-productive-and-more-pricey

yeah there are certain things they can't do, like magically create population they don't have. even the BEST predictions, based on China's own reporting (which is suspected to be very inflated) say they are in for a very harsh reality demographically speaking.

https://www.salon.com/2023/07/30/chinas-great-leap-backward-so-much-for-the-next-dominant-superpower/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/china-population-drop_n_63c69f7be4b0cbfd55f616e2

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/08/03/china-will-become-less-populous-more-productive-and-more-pricey

So yes they might be able to handle this current situation, maybe, but they are in for a very rough time of it and they have very few options.

Even if she did mean it as an insult and wasn’t autistic, SO WHAT FUCK OFF COP, INSULTS AREN'T ILLEGAL!!!

Fixed that for you.