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by amrocha 2y ago
The “salaryman lifestyle” necessitates low wages. It’s a “lifestyle” because you can’t quit it. You make barely enough money to sustain your family, so that you’re forced to keep working against your will. If you’re making millions of dolla
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by amrocha 2y ago
No they’re not. A “salaryman” earning millions has financial independence in 5 years maximum if they so choose. Most people are forced to work or starve. These are not the same.
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by amrocha 2y ago
Being “stuck” at a job for a decade, living a life with zero financial worries, does not compare to the average worker who has to work for 40+ years, cannot afford to purchase property, and has to rely on social security in old age when the
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by amrocha 2y ago
That’s not support from the chinese government, that’s just good climate policy. Sucks that EVs in the US are held back by the government’s poor climate policy.
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by amrocha 2y ago
The main radical in a character usually dictates how it’s read. General language familiarity tells you which of the readings to use. That’s accurate most of the time, and when it isn’t there’s furigana on the word. For example, 青 is read as
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by amrocha 2y ago
This is equivalent of saying you studied engineering for 6 months and turns out arches are useless, you can just get rid of arches in all bridges and nothing bad will happen.
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by amrocha 2y ago
Teslas have a reputation for shoddy quality but they’re still sold in the US, i’m sure BYD will be fine
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by amrocha 2y ago
The issue is not the writing system. Japanese phonetics are extremely simple. There’s nothing you can do about that.
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by amrocha 2y ago
Another commenter pointed out the ambiguity in Japanese phonetics which is very true. Imo, the biggest efficiency gain from kanji comes from reading. Meaning is grasped instantly because you don’t need to worry about phonetics. Pronunciatio
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by amrocha 2y ago
Kanji is never going away. I struggle to believe anyone who fully mastered kanji would say something like this. Kanji is not just “harder”. It’s better.
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by amrocha 2y ago
Mate, idk, now you’re arguing that it’s ok for toddlers to be sniped during war as long as your government claims they were “human shields”. I literally don’t know what to say to that.
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by amrocha 2y ago
There’s no deception done imo. Your argument is that it’s ok that Israel has killed this many women and kids because they’re over represented in the population. Most people’s perspective is that you shouldn’t kill kids and women and target
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by amrocha 2y ago
Awesome! I'm glad we could come to an agreement
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by amrocha 2y ago
Why would I assume you meant the maximum when you didn't specify? And would you mind not being a condescending prick? If you had taken a second to google you would know Tokyo had highs of 40+ this summer. Sounds like you're just t
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by amrocha 2y ago
Guess you ran out of arguments? Hahaha
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by amrocha 2y ago
The daily mean pretty much everywhere sits around low 30s because the night temperatures bring it down. That's intense though!
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by amrocha 2y ago
No it's not
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by amrocha 2y ago
The rest of the world can be like Tokyo, that's the important part. Weather is not a good enough reason for why we need cars in cities.
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by amrocha 2y ago
Ok, so it's a city planning problem, not a weather problem. I'm glad we agree.
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by amrocha 2y ago
My "anecdote" is the fact that I live in Tokyo where we get extreme weather regularly and yet the vast majority of trips are taken by public transport, walking or biking.
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by amrocha 2y ago
The vast majority of trips are taken by foot or bicycle where I am. Statistically speaking, YOU can do it too.
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by amrocha 2y ago
First off, you're exaggerating. There is no place on earth that averages 40C for 3 months. Second,I live in Tokyo, where the summer has been miserable with average temperatures of 32C, with regular highs of 36+ with 80% humidity. And y
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by amrocha 2y ago
Alright, I'll respond. >Not every person is able-bodied enough to walk and bike And the same goes for cars, except kids can ride bikes, so car accessibility is actually just worse. >Also, people happen to need to get from A to B
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by amrocha 2y ago
I can see the political argument against it, but at the end of the day I think that’s a marketing issue. Japan vehemently denies that any allegations of using MMT, but MMT has been very good at predicting japanese economic outcomes. It’s de
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by amrocha 2y ago
I might be wrong, but my impression is that MMT has been pretty good at predicting economic outcomes. The main reason I suggested it is because MMT is the only innovation happening in economics, and understanding the core concepts has been
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by amrocha 2y ago
Oh gotcha, you’re one of the deregulation people. I’m guessing you also think drivers licenses are unnecessary?
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by amrocha 2y ago
Ok, I’ll explain it in a few short sentences. Assume you have a new country with no money. How does anything get done? The central bank needs to issue capital that the government then allocates first. Eventually this money makes it down to
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by amrocha 2y ago
Well, that’s a risk you take as an investor. In your example, a stock went up 10x overnight. Mature stocks don’t do that, so you must be investing in something very risky. What a tax would do is incentivize you to realize some of your gains
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by amrocha 2y ago
You arguments so far have been “the number is too big” and “let’s get rid of all taxes” so I don’t feel like you’re very serious about having a discussion.
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by amrocha 2y ago
If you took it as an insult that’s on you. I just stated a fact. Like the fact that wealth inequality is bad, and we know that it’s bad. It’s just a fact, and if you want to ignore the facts because your opinion doesn’t agree why them that’

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