Quote from: JOE on July 31, 2024, 09:20:27 PMYes I agree Herman Herm banks want us to rack up our credit card Bill's and go deep into debt.

I've managed to keep my cc debt down although I purchased $5000 worth of gold lately on the plastic.

I figger that's actually good debt cuz if cc interest is 11% per annum but gold rises 25% in a year a person is actually ahead of the interest and inflation.

I started using paper money to buy gold because it's a commodity that retains wealth & stores value.

Use fake money to buy real money.

I've bought $80,000 of Gold since last year & it's up 25%.

You are just gambling... it could pay off or not.

I would never ever gamble with a credit card....omg... talk about major gambling mistake.

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on August 06, 2024, 02:17:05 PMWhy?  They can color coordinate better than you?

HERMAN IS COLOURBLIND.

Thiel is trying to kiss up to Joe so Joe will leave him the comic collection.


I am onto Thiel people... I shore iz.

https://x.com/JoshuaAtLarge/status/1820976083291800057

Quote from: caskur on August 07, 2024, 12:58:55 AMThiel is trying to kiss up to Joe so Joe will leave him the comic collection.

I'm selling off some of my comic books soon caskur.

I sense a recession may be coming in 2025.

Best to unload excess inventory before the prices fall due to lack of demand.

 I don't think voting should be a right.

 I think people should be required to pass an exam showing they understand how the government works.  Also that can think about unintended consequences.

 I also don't think welfare recipients should be allowed to vote. I don't mean forever...just during the time they recieve welfare.

 Police and any people who are paid by tax dollars should not vote.

 I'd agree with the logic about childless VS people with families.

Quote from: Dove on August 07, 2024, 05:33:04 AMI don't think voting should be a right.

 I think people should be required to pass an exam showing they understand how the government works.  Also that can think about unintended consequences.

 I also don't think welfare recipients should be allowed to vote. I don't mean forever...just during the time they recieve welfare.

 Police and any people who are paid by tax dollars should not vote.

 I'd agree with the logic about childless VS people with families.

Some good ideas.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on July 29, 2024, 11:02:36 AMLooks good on paper but "a personally vested interest in subsequent generations thriving in this country" isn't inextricably bound to being a breeder and that's my point. Any and all sweeping generalizations are impediments to communication, often intentionally, not vehicles for it.

It's why tribalism is so rampant and intractable and destructive.

Funny how all that enmity and division always benefits the ruling classes; a coincidence I'm sure.

I don't think this applies to men the same way it does with women.

Women who are my age and haven't had children on purpose are creepy and loopy in the head.

Even lesbians will have babies. They buy sperm and take turns carrying the babies or they adopt.

If I can step up and contribute to the countries population and crank out some womb nuggets and raise them properly with good heads on their shoulders, anyone can. 

Men aren't the same at all. Family men tend to be better leaders ONLY if they are good leaders in their own homes. Biden is a failure on all fronts and he has a family.

Then men like my man...who has never been married, never had biological children...can be some of the best leaders and father figures. He raised his niece and has been amazing with my kids since they were born. He didn't have his own children but he absolutely cares deeply about the futures of the children in his life.

Having kids does not automatically make a person better or more conscious. Evil scum bag pieces of shit have babies. And abuse the babies they have. So you're right that having children won't make a shit person better. 

But on a general level having families will make you more concerned about the future. I know I became MUCH more involved with politics, local government and communities after becoming a mother and before becoming a mother I never gave the slightest shit about any of that.

In my experience and it seems the experience of others....women who hit 40 and stayed childless intentionally tend to be the most immature, self absorbed, angry and hateful women out there.

Go on reddit to the childless by choice forums and OMG. A lot of those people just hate children. They spew venom over children in restaurants, children on planes, children in stores. Not only do they make being childless an identity ....they hate and resent the fact that children exist and have the audacity to exist in public. I imagine these people seeing a beautiful little child just standing at the check out with his/her mother and one of these people just stewing in psychotic hatred over it.  Uhg.

People who hate children and animals are NOT my kind of people. At all.

Quote from: DKG on August 07, 2024, 06:31:03 AMSome good ideas.

 Could you imagine the shrieking tantrums over rights being taken away? Uhg.

 I understand why the US doesn't have these requirements but goddamn.

 It would help A LOT if students were required to learn how our own government works.

I enjoy reading your long winded rants sometimes Dove Dove

I may not always agree with them but at least they come from a good heart.

Quote from: Dove on August 07, 2024, 06:50:13 AMIn my experience and it seems the experience of others....women who hit 40 and stayed childless intentionally tend to be the most immature, self absorbed, angry and hateful women out there.

Go on reddit to the childless by choice forums and OMG. A lot of those people just hate children. They spew venom over children in restaurants, children on planes, children in stores. Not only do they make being childless an identity ....they hate and resent the fact that children exist and have the audacity to exist in public.

A social media space filled with people who make being childless a part of or even central to their personal identity is rife with people who have disdain for children?

I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!

Next you'll be saying that spaces dedicated to certain soap operas are full of people who talk about the characters as if they're real people, or spaces for a particular sport team fans tend to talk shit about all the other teams.

LoL

By the way:
Yay! Glad to see you again.
I was starting to think your phone may have literally melted down or something.

Heh

Quote from: Dove on August 07, 2024, 06:50:13 AMI don't think this applies to men the same way it does with women.

Women who are my age and haven't had children on purpose are creepy and loopy in the head.

Even lesbians will have babies. They buy sperm and take turns carrying the babies or they adopt.

If I can step up and contribute to the countries population and crank out some womb nuggets and raise them properly with good heads on their shoulders, anyone can. 

Men aren't the same at all. Family men tend to be better leaders ONLY if they are good leaders in their own homes. Biden is a failure on all fronts and he has a family.

Then men like my man...who has never been married, never had biological children...can be some of the best leaders and father figures. He raised his niece and has been amazing with my kids since they were born. He didn't have his own children but he absolutely cares deeply about the futures of the children in his life.

Having kids does not automatically make a person better or more conscious. Evil scum bag pieces of shit have babies. And abuse the babies they have. So you're right that having children won't make a shit person better. 

But on a general level having families will make you more concerned about the future. I know I became MUCH more involved with politics, local government and communities after becoming a mother and before becoming a mother I never gave the slightest shit about any of that.

In my experience and it seems the experience of others....women who hit 40 and stayed childless intentionally tend to be the most immature, self absorbed, angry and hateful women out there.

Go on reddit to the childless by choice forums and OMG. A lot of those people just hate children. They spew venom over children in restaurants, children on planes, children in stores. Not only do they make being childless an identity ....they hate and resent the fact that children exist and have the audacity to exist in public. I imagine these people seeing a beautiful little child just standing at the check out with his/her mother and one of these people just stewing in psychotic hatred over it.  Uhg.

People who hate children and animals are NOT my kind of people. At all.

Is that are known as 'childless cat ladies'?

Quote from: Garraty_47 on August 07, 2024, 07:28:25 AMA social media space filled with people who make being childless a part of or even central to their personal identity is rife with people who have disdain for children?

I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!

Next you'll be saying that spaces dedicated to certain soap operas are full of people who talk about the characters as if they're real people, or spaces for a particular sport team fans tend to talk shit about all the other teams.

LoL

By the way:
Yay! Glad to see you again.
I was starting to think your phone may have literally melted down or something.

Heh

 My daughters are trying to get Life360 on my phone and that is a struggle. They really want the 3 of us to track eachother lol

 I probably need a new phone lol.

Quote from: JOE on August 07, 2024, 07:29:03 AMIs that are known as 'childless cat ladies'?

 Well I mean I don't like people who hate children

 And I don't like people who hate animals.

 I could tolerate a cat lady. I wouldnt be buddies with her but..I do love the kitties.

Quote from: JOE on August 07, 2024, 07:27:40 AMI enjoy reading your long winded rants sometimes Dove Dove

I may not always agree with them but at least they come from a good heart.

 I'm not ranting. Just wordy.