Because the world Bank and IMF fucked them when they resisted selling off their country through outside investments, leading to their currency being debased and ultimately giving them weak footing for international trade

They’ve never really recovered from that, and they’ve also flitted back and forth between wildly different economic interventions desperately trying to fix things

Yeah, I think you have to try to make the world better, so that when you come back you have a better time

They’re house members. They’re generally not all that rich and powerful, they’re protected because they’re useful

They’ll be thrown in front of the mob the second a billionaire feels tight under the collar

I think it’s more that they see the writing on the wall… The people want consequences. There’s likely to be trials

If they wrapped that in the right spin it might just give Putin enough wiggle room to back down without losing his head

Yes?

A domain is a url, like oaksprout.com. A provider is a server/computer that the domain points at. Many services sell both together at an upcharge, but a domain itself usually costs like ~$15 a year

If an IP address is a mailing address, imagine a domain as a way to pay the post office so people can just address it to oaksprout. You could have them forward your mail to your house, or you could send it to a PO box or business address, and change it whenever you want

The provider is like the mailbox in this metaphor… It receives the mail and holds it for you

They’ve already pitched the idea of a 10% toll

Nah, like a couple weeks. They ship in a team along with the equipment and then they go to town

Something like deep water rigs can take years to build, but actually tapping a well is pretty quick. But then you can’t just seal it back up - or at least humanity has never bothered to learn how to do so. So companies will sit on them for years to keep production steady, if the cost of oil falls they might move it to a sacrificial shell company and leave it leaking for tax payers to eventually clean up

I’ve heard more than enough of it. They just repeat the same lies over and over

We have tons of untapped oil fields easier to drill in the US that oil companies are sitting on, and we already get something like 1/3 of Venezuelan oil as is

But we still need the oil from the middle east, we mix our heavier oil with theirs in the refining process. We’re draining our reserves to keep the price low domestically, that and the statements that the strait will be reopened imminently is keeping the price relatively low… For now. Our economy is all speculation after all.

Have you tried looking for a theater that does Chinese subtitles?

It’s a thing that exists, you might find it in a populated area but it’s not super common.

You could also find a Chinese movie with English subtitles, that’s probably a lot more common

It probably has a lot more to do with the job market, the military is always hiring. The poverty to grunt pipeline has basically always been a cornerstone of military recruitment

And reenlistment rates have been consistently falling, especially with MAGA at the helm. Especially among more skilled roles…I mean it’s one thing to want to fly planes or be a tech when the US was untouchable, now planes are falling out of the sky

For sure… Also creating an environment of distrust isn’t great for morale or performance

Not to mention reenlistment rates are way down. Hard to overstate the importance of institutional knowledge

We’re way past a smooth transition. War is never something that should be cheered on, but if this if the kick in the pants humanity needs to break free from oil, that would be quite the silver lining

They really haven’t… at least not if by shitty you mean incompetent

He hasn’t stabilized his rule. The maga coalition is falling apart all on it’s own

Will Trump wiggle out of real consequences? Probably. There will definitely be election fuckery.

But the maga coalition failed to grab the crown, and does not hold the keys to power. That’s even more important for a dictator, because they don’t have the legitimacy democracy grants leaders

A lint fire. And honestly, I believe it - there’s been a pattern of maintenance issues and sloppiness causing problems this year

Laws are always selectively enforced, actually enforcing the law equally is basically an act of rebellion

Also, on Reddit I never had anyone follow me around trying to cause reputational damage by spreading false accusations about me.

I’ve experienced it on both, but it was much more toxic and persistent on reddit in my experience