Gee it’s almost like we need some goddamn freeze peach in the place.
It’s shit that shitty people say shitty things, and the urge to stop them from doing so is understandable.
But freedom of speech - as a general principle, not just the legal interpretation of the US constitutional amendment - saves us from a lot worse.
Once you start poking holes in it, you start getting this kind of bullshit: being prevented from saying good things, or from calling out shitty things.
What was absolute has become negotiable, and shitty people don’t negotiate in bad faith; almost by definition, they have fewer scruples than you., and will ruthlessly and cynically exploit any edge they can lever up.
They will abuse their power against you, while giving themselves a free ride. That’s why it always had to be a seamless, all-encompassing ‘no, fuck off’, no matter what the provocation.
There won’t be anyone to care for the elderly or work normal, service, or public service jobs. The economy will crash, and life will feel like a dystopia.
This isn’t a hypothetical. There’s been a lot of events that cause a sharp population decline. And everytime, the working class make out like bandits because their labor value skyrockets.
The wealthiest lose money, but I’m cool with that.
Maybe if we’re lucky the next couple generations won’t fuck it up again.
The next generation benefits if there isn’t a lot of them.
The parents of the next generation are still raising them, which sucks right now and is expensive.
But expecting them to pay for you in your old age is pretty much the worst reason to have kids, and those people probably aren’t going to have kids that want to be involved for very long.
And for some of us, we don’t just care about our own offspring, we care about all humans.
And the next generation is going to be a lot better off if overpopulation stops being such a huge problem.
But you keep jumping between defenses for it. It makes it look like your just saying whatever best defends having children.
It’s crazy how many people have kids because they view them as an eventual resource.
Like, they want the return on investment for bringing a life into this world.
Completely ignoring how much kids cost. Throw that shit in a 401k and you’ll be able to retire early, enjoy yourself, and pay for elder care yourself when it’s necessary.
Like, if it’s just a random explanation they came up with to explain why they have kids it’s one thing, but anyone that seriously believes this would be a good plan…
Back in the day you got a pension from your company job…
And because the focus was on long term health of the company and not just a quarterly increase in profit, companies were around for generations.
Now giant corporations have bought them, destroyed pensions or even just “closed” the company and sold all the equipment and real estate to another that wasn’t obligated to pay the pensions…
After the depression, FDR tried to set up Social Security as a “national pension” along with universal healthcare.
Moderate Dems (Dems co trolled all branches back then) stopped it, saying they needed more research before I plementing.
80 years later and the Dem president is still saying it…
401ks are the best available option. That doesn’t mean they’re better than what we used to have or we shouldn’t demand more.
I'm not sure if you've picked up on the pattern, but it won't end well for anyone either way. People are getting poorer and less secure just plain matter of fact. Retirement age is coming later and later. Healthcare becoming less and less accessible. Late life benefits are at the whim of a bunch of geriatrics in DC who persistently vote to reduce, delay, or completely remove things previous generations enjoyed.
The outcome isn't changing no matter the path anyone of us takes. So you may as well keep kids out of that inevitably.
My guy, I’d literally rather kill myself when I can’t take care of myself anymore than create a whole entire human being that I don’t want for the sole purpose of having a nursemaid when I’m old. That’s like, the worst possible reason to have a kid. Not to mention that there are tons of reasons a kid might not be able/willing to take on that role, so plenty of people are going to end up totally boned if that’s their plan anyway.
Having kids only so that they’ll take care of you when you’re old is one of the worst reasons to have kids I’ve ever heard. A child who is only wanted because they can do something on your behalf in the future is not a child who will be loved. What child deserves that?
So you just accidentally admitted that your children were a purely selfish act. Checks out, honestly. The people who would actually be good parents often don’t want to be. The ones who are hot garbage as parents don’t care, are dumb and overconfident, and have many kids. Dunning Kruger effect applies here to a sickening degree.
Sorry to be the one to tell you this, but thats just not right.
NIF’s mission is to achieve fusion ignition with high energy gain. It achieved the first instance of scientific breakeven controlled fusion in an experiment on December 5, 2022, with an energy gain factor of 1.5.[1][2] It supports nuclear weapon maintenance and design by studying the behavior of matter under the conditions found within nuclear explosions.[3]
Via wikipedia, emphasis mine
NIF is a key element of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s science-based Stockpile Stewardship Program
Via the Lawrence Livermore National Labs website (link)
Almost none, in fact. There is a reason fusion power generation research is done entirely on MCF machines (I am ignoring fusors); ICF (like the NIF device) is completely unsuitable for power generation for an astounding number of reasons. All the usable contributions NIF has made to power research are either ancient or theyre in the realms of magnetohydrodynamics and electrical engineering (specifically, capacitor design).
If I was doing a feast of the seven fishes, in my financial situation, I’d ask my family for money too. Probably about that much, too, since I’d be getting the good wine. We’re doing souvlaki instead.
I have a feeling that there are a lot of people out there who are no longer testing when they get sick or just not telling people when they have covid. Most places of employment stopped COVID sick time pay in the US and people who aren’t going to get paid if they are out are going to show up when they’re sick.
Once got a book in my hands, an unauthorized bio of him from the early 2000s, not bad speaking him, just stating facts, quite short. What an ass. Seriously.
I guess you could say that’s supposed to be the point they are trying to make: most of the insurance and hospice in America is overpriced, exploitative, and aren’t worth the paper they are printed on.
The actual map seems at least partially bullshit. The mental health map for example is actually measuring access to mental health - i.e. the higher numbers mean that people actually have access to diagnostics and hopefully treatment.
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