u/SnotFlickerman — Snot Flickerman

Still not worth it to give Rowling any more money.

>A Chinese video game on 'gold diggers' is fueling ~~a debate on~~ sexism in China.

Fixed that for you.

I mean, I'm not the one here dismissing Mexican citizens valid concern that US remote workers making US dollars are increasing housing costs for Mexican citizens earning in Mexican Pesos. But sure, paying attention to them means I'm ignorant.

Make up your mind.

I haven't even been on a plane since before 9/11/2001, and even then the last time I was on a plane it was for moving across the country that I already lived in.

I *don't* travel.

>the other is good ole American racism

Good ole American *colonialism*.

Stay in the US and clean up your own fucking messes instead of expecting the countries the US has exploited the living shit out of to achieve your high quality of life in the US to take care of your *removed* ass. The fucking entitlement. Mexico doesn't owe you a fucking escape hatch.

Americans, always the entitled pricks of the world.

Accounting for the metropolitan area population, Mexico City is the fifth largest city *in the world.* If your business can't survive without tourists in that environment, something is wrong with the business, not the lack of tourism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cities#List


There's a difference though, Mexico has had a huge influx of US remote workers who basically hang out as tourists and literally *are* gentrifying Mexico City and raising the cost of living because locals can't compete with the wages the US citizens get in US dollars, which are (currently) more valuable than the Mexican Peso. This absolutely raises the cost of living as the city begins to cater more and more to US remote workers and less and less to the actual citizens of Mexico City.

Here's an article on it from as far back as 2023:

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/mexico-city-gentification-americans-rent-prices/3231544/

Possibly unpopular opinion but *fuck them tourists*.

I feel bad for the trashed businesses, as they tend to be at least locally owned.

We can indeed hope for a multilateral system, but both Russia and China are in positions to potentially exploit the power vacuum. I actually have more faith in China being the more reasonable and safe choice between the two, but they have just as many questionable things their government does as the US does, sadly.

The sad truth is that when there is a power vacuum, other positions of power end up vying for control of the now empty position of power.

As an American... Knowing our own history... Our government's predilection to installing "friendly" dictators in foreign countries to get what's best for the USA and fuck what's best for that country's citizens...

This isn't the worst thing that could happen to the world, the real problem is the power vacuum being replaced by an even more unsavory country pulling international strings. We can only *hope* Europe comes out on top here.

Where's Samuel L. Jackson when you need him.

How many international incidents are we up to now?

Mom: We have regime change at home.

Regime change at home:


Return of the chain gang busting limestone.

Mandela Effect: He died in prison, therefore no reforms are needed. /s

The main issue I have with laws like these is... once the person who "needed to cool off" *has the gun* all they need is to get hot-headed again and this time there isn't a cool-off period for them to access it.

The psychology "test" is all fine and good, but a *test* doesn't tell you what an actual licensed psychologist can. Way too easy for someone to just lie on a test if they know what the "right" answers are. A lot more difficult to hide dangerous personality traits in front of another human being. Step it up one more notch to requiring a psychological *evaluation.*

Netanyahu is a god damned maniac who doesn't care what horrors he inflicts on the world.