ruh roh

these people know there's like 7 countries where they'll throw you off a rooftop for being gay.... right? among other human rights atrocities

we dont have a lot to complain about, so it's the straw-grasping olympics

is Santander like the Goldman of Spain?

expensive ads..

also pro-2nd amendment, anti gun restriction

ruggedly individualistic

i think how much you consume is just a function of your income anyway. if i make 500k/year im buying more stuff than at 50k/yr

consumer spending was probably lower in the 50s because they had way less stuff to buy

what even is consumerism

isn't that just a result of globalization

higher GDP > more people with stuff to buy > more producers > more transactions of goods/services

i sincerely have a hard time believing anyone is truly a communist in 2020.

what you deem useless spending, i might consider valuable and important spending

who's to be the arbiter of spending?

so chris what's your political stance ?

who's your fav candidate this election cycle chris / why?

I can't even figure out what this groyper thing is about https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/groyper

chris what do you think could be done to improve healthcare in the USA. do you think bernie's medicare for all is implementable?

it takes big balls to think you can save 9% in administrative costs through economies of scale in medicare for all

those retarded ''happiness'' surveys where nordic countries invariably come out on top imply ''happiness'' is a measurable, quantifiable, comparable variable lol

gotta take the bad with the good i guess. you get 56 genders and 56 types of AR rifles. you get crack addicts and pharmaceutical savants. you get bikini football and fat acceptance movements. free speech yields both

'merica

i wonder how many americans who said they'd move to canada if trump got elected, actually moved to canada..

https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

you'll note divorce rates in maine have a 99% correlation with margarine consumption. this has been my essay on correlation.

@saturn broker i big time agree. we need some fabric to hold us together.

@GeoChaucer low earnings > rationalize lower earnings instead of finding creative and lucrative solutions to problems > lower earnings > cycle repeat

people who dont ENJOY making things more efficient at work frustrate me to a great degree

this chat is a committee meeting of PhD-holding-macro-economists

there we go

chris im not sure why everyone's bootyblasted. can you just explicitly rail out a controversial opinion we can argue over?

isnt the suicide rate for post-op trans people like... above 50%?

https://www.suicideinfo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CSP_Toolkit-Transgender-digi_v02-1024x682.jpg

22-43% of trans people have attempted suicide. 0.5% of the popn is trans

@bruhsaveartur how was it

how do you have sex?

i thought sex by definition was penetrative

but it doesnt count if it's just the tip