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I’ve heard the creative limitation argument a few times now. Maybe some of the incredulity people show at the thought of not eating meat is due to a lack of artistry, either in them or in their meals. Food is an art form we practice daily, and the people I’ve known to most violently protest trying a vegan dish (not veganism itself!) seem to overlap with the worst dinners I’ve seen.

If so that would give an easy avenue to lower meat consumption.

You’re trying unbearably hard to come across as smart. Try less.

That rounding error would be small enough that most people would consider it less bad than incest, maybe.

Reading comprehension is for people who paid attention in school. Nerds.

Doesn’t exist, 3 is prime. No combination of 2^-n will get you a 3 in the denominator.

…unless somewhere along the tree there’s a person who shows up twice.

This reads different if the woman is an economist.

Hey, thank you so much for the wall of text!

Yes, most of what you mentioned is what I was vaguely including with the term “YA.” I’ve read a lot of it so I’m very inured to the silly tropes and unlikely and dramatic deus ex machinas. It’s great to hear your negatives because I’m seeing my own blind spots!

I think your criticism is valid. I don’t think it’d be correct to call any impression-based criticism invalid. Doesn’t mean one can’t also learn from it. Additionally, the negatives might make sense in context of it being YA, but that doesn’t make them weightless imo.

I liked the second book the least by far, but maybe it’ll be different for you. I’m sorry the BBEG wasn’t up to snuff, I was absolutely convinced. Maybe books 3/4 will do it but it’s mostly in the same vein. I’m glad you still enjoyed it!

I’m not familiar with Hollow Knight, but if you say there’s similarity maybe I should be…

As someone who studied econ, I feel like I should take offense ;D

Degenerate, in slang more commonly degen, is more or less a term for a low-life or morally repugnant behavior. It seems to have been picked up by the stock market gambling community (which is kinda funny in this context, didn't know that), but I recall it being a thing over a decade ago in the circles that community is enmeshed with, such as 4chan. Was used to denounce gays, masturbation, that kind of thing.

“Often try,” more like almost always. There isn’t a word in economics that I’ve regularly heard used correctly. Not a fucking one.

My favorite, which is not from Econ: degenerate.

Where is this from?

Or you could read the article and see that’s not even remotely the issue, and the title is as per usual misleading.

Germany planned 8 billion eur financial support for Ukraine this year. That’s been used up. So, no more monetary (!) aid unless they find some spare change in the budget, which they won’t.

And to preempt the next headline: Germany’s spending next year on Ukraine will be halved, yes… Because there’re plans for an international fund.

Also while “Olaf” is the one naying further spending, he’s not doing so independently of the ruling coalition. He has little agency.

Obligatory fuck Lindner and fuck the FDP.

No worries, I don't expect anyone to remember random internet stranger number seven thousand one hundred and eight. But, just in case =D