All I look for in a Star Wars space combat game is the ability to take my small craft and slowly pick apart a giant warship until it finally explodes.

You can start by stopping your spamming with copy and paste replies.

Nor can they fabricate $15T+ out of thin air.

They just sold a fuckton of bonds. There is always a ravenous appetite for american bonds. When that changes, buy a rifle and a barrel of dry beans.

Spanish flu and dust bowl are two completely different events with completely different causes. You really need to link where you are getting this info.

We have almost zero inflation for the last decade. The government can print a LOT of money before we even saw a slight tick.

I’m getting some serious mixed messages from that disclaimer. I’m not sure how people can reconcile an organization saying both “COVID was a liberal hoax, designed to take our freedumbs and ruin President Trump” and “If you catch the ‘Rona at one of our mask-free, socially undistanced rallies...that’s on you,…

If the moon crashed into the earth it would also be really bad.

Nor can they fabricate $15T+ out of thin air.

The government can mitigate the risks of economic depression. They can institute a temporary UBI that lasts until the pandemic ends, expand welfare and unemployment benefits (as they have), pay employers to keep their workers on the payroll, etc. There’s all sorts of the things they can do, assuming the political will…

I’ve come to terms with the reality of this situation. I’m in a position where I can make a difference in my workplace (Plant Engineer, EHS) and I have. Facemasks are mandatory, there are very few surfaces you need to touch, anymore, except at your own workstation. Distanced desks and workplaces, and staggered shifts.…

I can’t remember the name of the planet, but the people are proud of having the worst caf in the galaxy, everything closes at midnight, and you’ll get punched in the face for wearing a Corsucant ball-cap into a bar.

What is this, a console for ANTS?!

Still needs 6AA batteries 

Not to go against the Word of God, but Veidt’s motivation seemed clear in that he wanted to be a Great Man of History, to surpass Alexander the Great and Rameses in his works. Building his fortune was just a prerequisite for making that happen, not an end in itself. Remember his exultation when the world drew back…

One thing that becomes clear from rereading Watchmen is that Veidt is extremely clever but not really all that intelligent. Or perceptive.

Eh, Veidt in the comics is not an idealist. He is a pragmatist, maybe the ultimate pragmatist. As one of the wealthiest individuals on the planet he has come to see the human race and civilization not as something he belongs to, but an extended support system for his physical and mental well-being. He doesn’t “save”…

The bigger mystery to me is, who watches these videos? Who follows these people and wants to listen to basic people spewing basic shit for 45 minutes, which could be condensed into 2 minutes but they stretch it out foreeeeever to get more $$$$?

On #3. Besides from the fact that the kids could go ‘oh heck, they could get rid of ME’ and how fucked up that is, it could also go ‘well, if I don’t like something/someone that is different than me, I can just get rid of it/them’. Really messing up future relationships, both familial, social, and professional.

What are you talking about? Millennials are leaving the city because they DON’T have two nickels to rub together.