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>Is it generally considered funny and/or OK to shit on others misfortune while laughing about it? Bragging about how much better it is for you that others feel
by jmoak3 4y ago
>Is it generally considered funny and/or OK to shit on others misfortune while laughing about it? Bragging about how much better it is for you that others feel pain about something?
The video is from a talk at an Iowan Pork Producer Industry event, not an academic presentation. His audience (the Iowan Pork Industry) was likely very happy to hear this news, given that it is bad for their competitors.
>Maybe it's because I'm not American
I wouldn't extrapolate Iowan pig farmers to all United States citizens.
- wodenokoto 4y agoThen why are you sharing it?
- jmoak3 4y agoAmerica's Pork Producer Industry is quite knowledgeable about producing pork, which involves competing with global Pork Producers. The LNG section of the video contains insights you may apply to other aspects of your life. Personally, I was unaware of the differences in the price of LNG between Europe/China and North America, and I was completely blindsided by how much recent developments in the Ukrainian conflict have exacerbated the differences!
- hef19898 4y agoThen linknto a detailed analysis of said LNG market, and note some key note to a, from an non-US piint of view, irrelevant meeting of an irrelevant industry association.
- hef19898 4y agoAnd why would anyone considering a talk to the Iowan Pork Producer Indusyry a valid source for the geo-political and local situation of Europe?
- jmoak3 4y agoThe LNG price graph shown a few minutes from the given timestamp is very relevant.
- mech987 4y agoBecause they have a vested interest in understanding the parts of the global economy that affect their competitors.
- xor99 4y agoBecause it's part of the economy! All sorts of non-intellectual goods make up the economy. We eat sausage, sausage comes from abroad, Germans can't make sausage because of Russian gas drop off, etc.
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoAnyone balls deep in commodities is necessarily deeply interested in the trends for commodities that are below them in the stack, such as energy.
- selimthegrim 4y agoI’m sure the CME a few hundred miles away is listening loud and clear and they certainly have a stake.