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strangesmells06 commented on Gold prices are hitting records   wsj.com/finance/commoditi... · Posted by u/lxm
Buttons840 · 2 years ago
Those previous recessions were marked by high unemployment, right? But currently we have record low unemployment. Is the high unemployment on its way, or is this something new?
strangesmells06 · 2 years ago
I guess it depends on how you define unemployment.

Over half of of employed people nowadays don't make enough to pay their fundamental bills and/or live paycheck to paycheck and have to take up huge debt to make it every month.

so while they technically have a "job"...is it really if it doesnt cover their bills?

classifying something as a job is extremely bullshitable.

strangesmells06 commented on Gold prices are hitting records   wsj.com/finance/commoditi... · Posted by u/lxm
Dig1t · 2 years ago
Looks like Great Depression, 1979/1980, and right after the Great Recession.

What is the significance of 79/80?

strangesmells06 · 2 years ago
It was the most severe recession since the Great depression lol good times /s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_1980s_recession

Good time to buy defense contractor stock because one way to get out of serious depressions/recession is a war.

And the presidential election is next year...

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strangesmells06 commented on Why the decline of US power has been greatly exaggerated   theguardian.com/us-news/2... · Posted by u/hackandthink
tetris11 · 2 years ago
GDP per capita requires just 1 multi-billionaire to bump those percentages up. You can't make such a QoL comparison that way.
strangesmells06 · 2 years ago
Id like to see a median comparison or some other stats.

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strangesmells06 commented on Shane MacGowan has died   bbc.com/news/entertainmen... · Posted by u/acdanger
wyclif · 2 years ago
It's a great line, isn't it?
strangesmells06 · 2 years ago
The entire song is pretty good.
strangesmells06 commented on Why I always hit the crosswalk button (2015)   klittlepage.com/2015/01/2... · Posted by u/costco
snthd · 2 years ago
Roads were not built for cars.
strangesmells06 · 2 years ago
The entire United States was designed for cars, commuting, freight, and trucking.

I hate it as much as you but thats the reality.

strangesmells06 commented on Why I always hit the crosswalk button (2015)   klittlepage.com/2015/01/2... · Posted by u/costco
standardUser · 2 years ago
Crosswalks in busy areas shouldn't have buttons and should allow pedestrian crossings automatically as part of the cycle. In less dense areas, buttons should change the light more or less immediately to allow pedestrian crossing. Neither of these scenarios are usually the case since these intersections are almost always designed with cars as the paramount concern and pedestrians as an afterthought.

I recently visited Bellevue, WA and experienced one of the most anti-pedestrian "walking streets" I have ever encountered. Crosswalk buttons on a busy street full of shops and restaurants, yes, but even worse were the orange flags left out for pedestrians to grab and use like they are part-time crossing guards. No stop signs. No speed bumps. Just orange flags for the suckers walking instead of driving. To add insult to injury, the flags always ended up on one side of the street, making the entire project half-broken at best.

The worst part: this is their literal Main Street.

strangesmells06 · 2 years ago
I kind of think cars should be the paramount concern.

Its a road after all

strangesmells06 commented on Shane MacGowan has died   bbc.com/news/entertainmen... · Posted by u/acdanger
strangesmells06 · 2 years ago
Then they'll take you to Cloughprior and shove you in the ground But you'll stick your head back out and shout "We'll have another round"
strangesmells06 commented on Massachusetts becomes fifth state to make prison calls free   wgbh.org/news/local/2023-... · Posted by u/toomuchtodo
slim · 2 years ago
if you think software dev wages would impress inmates, wait till you know how much they make from selling drugs
strangesmells06 · 2 years ago
In prison?

u/strangesmells06

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