I live in Europe, there are some great things about it, but you are 100 percent correct. They need the tough love.

Really don’t get why people like Kara Swisher are advocating for wealth taxes. Like she’s rich af by normal people standards, and zero chance she’s paying more in taxes than the absolute minimum she can get away with. She almost certainly pays an accountant thousands of dollars to help her with this.

If giving money to the government is a good thing, then lead by example, biatch. The same argument of “well, they can afford it” leveled by you, can be leveled AT you by someone poorer. And there is always someone poorer unless you destroy everyone’s capacity to create wealth entirely. Only then you will be free of the problem, as you’ll be totally preoccupied with basic survival.

Good primer on this from Christopher Walken in Pulp Fiction

Too soon!

very hard to change a full grown adult

Advice to single dudes on this protocol: find a parsimonious wife.

Yes, it’ll be annoying when she scolds you for ordering the steak or stresses when you are buying a new laptop after six years, but this is the problem you want to have.

The opposite problem can destroy your life.

haha, those bitches at the NYT would never do it

Haha, never play anymore unless my daughter wants to play.

Best way to play Wordle is to give yourself only one guess and move on. Also guess the same word every day until it hits. Been using “bitch” for the last five years.

damn I think I might have lost @npub138y5h...' private key

Which is why those markets are poor indicators because the entire bull side of the bet isn't wasting time there.

maybe so