CTHlurker

joined 4 years ago
[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 1 points 7 months ago

I honestly kind of liked that DR didn't treat this as anything serious when the story first broke. Since it's the same shit that he normally says, only this time it's written in whatever that Microsoft product that allows you to make flyers is called, it doesn't feel newsworthy to me. Also big fan of his "Stand with Israel because no one else in this country will do it" that he constantly uploads to his social media, while our fascist-lite SocDem is using the opening speech of the parliament to commemorate the real victims of the last year, which are the 200 danish jews that somehow all of our politics have to revolve around.

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago

It's extremely funny how in 2019 after Corbyn ate shit and Boris Johnson got awarded the mandate of heaven, there was an article posted on here/the chapo subreddit that postulated that the conservatives in the UK probably could be called the most effective political party in the world, in the sense that they're REALLY good at getting enough tories elected to form a government. Like, over the UK's history, an obscene percentage of it has been governed by the tories.

And now 5 years later, the tories have refused to do litterally anything about the problems facing the people of britain, and have allowed themselves to be taken over by the most rabid part of their electoral base, while said base is also moving away from the party and towards the actual existing fascism party.

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The government of Denmark salutes the American people and their sacrifice for making our line go up. Ozempic is currently the main reason why Novo Nordisk is one of the most valuable companies in Europe, and that company is almost single-handedly pulling Denmark out of a recession (on paper, most people here aren't doing too hot, but since when has our shitty fucking SocDems ever given a shit about that)

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 14 points 11 months ago

I'm not particularly highly paid compared to most people i work with, but it seems like a simple way to not have your convictions eroded is to begin thinking about issues in a more structural way, rather than just the immediate.

So sure, the driving contradiction in my life is the fact that my rent and car-payments and childcare expenses are taking up a solid 105% of my post-tax pay, but I'm also capable of looking outside and seeing the fact that a 1000 people just fucking died of heatstroke during the Hajj, because temperatures in Saudi Arabia crested 50 degrees celsius. If you are actually interested in socialism, you'd probably pretty easily be able to connect the lack of income growth compared to inflation and climate change, as both issues have the same fundamental cause.

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This one is basically impossible without a really detailed map. Randomly getting these shitty not-real-country's feel pretty bad.

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Went to the RoK a month ago and stayed for a week. Received a few comments from people at the university I visited that they could not believe that I was the same age as a bunch of them and had 2 kids. They all said that they would love to have children one day, but it took so much work to get to someplace comfortable that they could not imagine starting over after having a child. Also, Hell Joeseon has a serious problem with male chauvinism, to the point where women complain about it if you are a foreigner and there aren't korean men nearby.

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago

#Tradle #837 6/6

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https://oec.world/en/games/tradle

reasoningAnyone wanna play a round of "guess the gulf monarchy"?

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

wowlol, didn't know that 1/6 of Armenia was just a giant freshwater lake. Kind of forgot that mountains have runoff and presumably the area famous for its mountains would have a lot of water being collected somewhere. Thats what I get for being a flatlander from Denmark I guess edgeworth-shrug

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago (4 children)

#Tradle #836 4/6

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https://oec.world/en/games/tradle

reasoningAssumed this was an island as there was a small amount of fishing. Then assumed it was african, because while the country had a fairly diversified export profile, it seemed too small to be one of the post-soviet states. Then I was pointed due north, and began guessing in the Caucasus, and was pointed in the right direction. No idea how the country manages to have non-filet fish as a major export, since AFAIK the country is landlocked, but it could be imported from Georgia i guess.

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

kitty-birthday-sad

I know it's annoying, but i still do it :(

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

#Tradle #834 3/6

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https://oec.world/en/games/tradle

reasoningBegan in South America, realized it was Africa, then guessed Nigeria, because I can't remember any other mostly-petroleum exporting states in Africa, and then guessed by geoclue, as I was right next to the answer.

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 1 points 11 months ago

I used to bike with my kid to her kindergarten, but unfortunately someone thought my just-restored-after-winter-bike looked too good and napped it while I was sleeping. When I got my insurance pay out, I decided that I couldn't really spend the money on another bike, as my 2nd kid is just about to reach the age where I have to take him to kindergarten as well, which means I would have needed a new bike anyway. Currently debating whether I need to spend the extra money i'm about to receive on a new bike or just use it to further pay down my car-loan.

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