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by lexapro 5y ago
>4chan is sharp and smart. Well, it can be. But the main boards usually aren't. A lot of smart people have left the platform. What's left is mostly "bad" people who have nowhere else to go: nazis, child molesters, edg
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by lexapro 5y ago
You mean like sharing child sexual abuse material and discussing how to start a race war? Yes, I subscribe to the norm that this is bad.
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by lexapro 5y ago
Unnecessary maybe, but those things undoubtedly offer value.
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by lexapro 5y ago
If anything, he has proven that it brings out the absolutely worst.
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by lexapro 5y ago
>Of course that's easier to do in Munich than in New York... That really depends on the street.
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by lexapro 5y ago
>and full of ads recently Are there really people here that don't use uBlock Origin or a different adblocker? I can't remember the last time I have seen an ad on a screen.
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by lexapro 5y ago
Why would life expectancy or quality of life have an impact on the stock market? Literally the only thing that matters is future cash flows of public companies.
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by lexapro 5y ago
Yes, but it was still a crash. But for some reason the usual doomsayers who love to predict market crashes are not satisfied with it. They are still waiting for a repeat of 2008.
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by lexapro 5y ago
Really? Most discussions on inequality I witnessed focused on the ultra-rich: Bezos, Musk and so on. I actually think it would make sense to include the upper middle class as well.
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by lexapro 5y ago
And we already had a massive crash last year caused by the pandemic.
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by lexapro 5y ago
It's very difficult to be part of the wealthiest 10% and not have any income. Stocks, real estate and other assets will result in income.
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by lexapro 5y ago
Yes, in the long term cash is much riskier than stocks.
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by lexapro 5y ago
Why does it make the headline meaningless? It doesn't really matter whether you vote or know what you own, what matters is the wealth concentration.
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by lexapro 5y ago
The middle class owns stocks through pension accounts.
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by lexapro 5y ago
It is still limited.
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by lexapro 5y ago
I'd rather have a big portfolio that could go to zero than nothing at all.
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by lexapro 5y ago
I don't think these people drink soda because they're thirsty. They drink it because they enjoy the taste and it's something to do, it's almost a small form of entertainment. As a result they're never really thirsty
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by lexapro 5y ago
The problem is, FB stock would drop 90% in an instant if they were to announce this.
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by lexapro 5y ago
>I want them to ban the business model of stalking people online and selling intimate details of their lives. I don't consider that harming Facebook specifically. Actually your position is more lib (assuming you meant libertarian) t
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by lexapro 5y ago
Isn't anti-authoritarian typically considered a leftist position? So the opposite of what you are saying?
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by lexapro 5y ago
And not just software, _everything_ is updated quite regularly because of technological advances and changing preferences: cars, clothes, beverages, laws, ...
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by lexapro 5y ago
What about the actual human traffickers? Aren't they most responsible? What have you done to stop facebook?
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by lexapro 5y ago
>at least you have the advantage that nothing can be censored You can still censor by lowering visibility (flooding it with opposing content for example).
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by lexapro 5y ago
They are $2 short but own one bitcoin that might be worth $50,000 to someone else. If I buy a car for $20,000 I'm $20,000 short but I also own a car.
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by lexapro 5y ago
Alphabet Inc. Class C stock has no voting rights and has never paid a dividend. On average buyers of this stock still made money, because the stock price kept going up. The last person to hold it owns a valuable asset that is generating a l
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by lexapro 5y ago
He has "lost" $125 but gained the crypto, which might be worth more than $125 if the market goes up.
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by lexapro 5y ago
That's obviously wrong if the price keeps going up like it has.
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by lexapro 5y ago
You say this as if you can't choose who you are. Sounds like an excuse to continue with your selfish behavior.
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by lexapro 5y ago
>if you get home and the papers are on the table as he mentioned, that is past the point of talking with your spouse about your relationship I would argue that's the point where the talking should start (ideally there is also talkin
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by lexapro 5y ago
They are probably measuring output and concluded that office workers are more productive.

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