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The minimum wage literature has completely changed in the 2020s. Almost all evidence point to the econ 101 model being correct.

@doctorwhy1991 @nonregemesse It’s already been 7 years since it ended 😢.

@nonregemesse It's already been that long?!

When I was in uni I would watch these new episodes along with the walking dead and other great American tv when they released at 3/4am while staying up all night to do assignments

@nonregemesse There was nothing like watching this show live.

@BryantWood97287 @HarmlessYardDog I don’t think anybody in the EU voted for a war with Iran tbf.

@HarmlessYardDog Bahahaha I love it. Enjoy house arrest. This is what those in the EU deserve. You voted for this. lol

Energy Lockdowns

“The word Harvard may impress people around here but to an American it means only one thing - decline.”

I can’t see a rational policy case for discriminating against people who don’t have children/think they can’t afford to start a family. If a tax is a bad tax, it’s a bad tax for all, not just for some.

Absolutely fantastic movie.

@Heccles94 All this does is punish working people inheriting property from their parents that has appraised, particularly in London. Why should they be taxed on money that was already taxed?

Inheritance tax at 100% too?

I think we should change the tax brackets. Up to 15k tax free Basic rate 20% up to 60k 60k - 80k - 30% 80k - 150k 40% 150k - 500k - 50% 500k - 2,000,000 55% Then 60% on the rest over 2,000,000 What do you think?

@HermesSlim @aakashgupta Trump will not be president in 20 years.

@aakashgupta ”Run the math” Theres no math that can predict trumps stupidity. You only know hes going to do something stupid. You cant know what that stupid thing will be.

If you're under 40, this is one of the best buying opportunities you'll get this year. Run the math on what happens when you buy at these levels historically. The forward P/E just fell to 19.7x. That's below the 5-year average of 20.1x and the cheapest the index has traded since Liberation Day in April 2025. Citadel's Scott Rubner flagged it: every time the S&P forward P/E has dropped below 20x since 2020 (13 occurrences), forward returns have been positive. Over the last 50 years, the S&P has had a negative Q1 18 times. Last year it dropped 4.6% in Q1 and finished up 16.4% for the year. In 2003 it fell 3.6% in Q1 and posted 26.4% for the full year. The pattern repeats: after 10% corrections, investors who bought the dip averaged 11% returns within a year and 37% within three years. The panic math is even more telling. Miss just the 10 best trading days and your returns get cut roughly in half. Miss the top 50 and they shrink by nearly 5x. The best days almost always cluster inside the worst months. March 2026 has had 1%+ intraday swings on 14 of 18 trading days. The snapback days are hiding inside this exact volatility. Everyone sharing this chart is seeing a 7.6% decline. The people who build wealth from these moments are seeing a forward P/E in the 6th percentile of its one-year range, Wall Street consensus calling for 10-20% upside, and 50 years of data confirming that selling here is almost always the wrong trade. The worst time to look at your portfolio is the best time to add to it.

Guy who is ideologically against fossil fuel extraction but also very keen on petroleum backed state capitalism

@Androphilia76 @Michael_Druggan San Diego is Republican.

@Michael_Druggan Yes, but then you have to live under rule by radical leftists. 🤷‍♂️

Wait until this guy finds out that there's an American city where you can live in a walkable neighborhood on the beach, never get too hot, never get too cold and see a beautiful sunset every single night...

“we use bloomberg here, potter. not yahoo finance like your friends the weasleys. they’ve probably never even seen a terminal”

@English_Jew The people yearn for deflation. They don’t yearn for the second order ramifications of deflation.

If these problems aren't fixed soon the future gets veryyyy ugly

@bek_lenin @TheBearLogic @MrSausageGet Well that is depressingly likely !

@PhilRightwise @TheBearLogic @MrSausageGet Honestly. No one lives in Malibu. It gets all knocked down to make way for more data centres. We all will live in shithole housing on top of each other. 98% will be poor. And the “leaders” will live in a secure compound.

They want to replace human beings. Where will we work? How do we make money? No one wants this. We did not ask for it. Fuck all of this shit.

There will be a huge demand for private education centred around a curriculum that does not involve screens, artificial intelligence, and is centred around critical thinking. I expect this idea will become mainstream soon, I believe Anne Hathaway was talking about it not long ago.

@lisachristinect This is not good. I'm teacher who loves my job & my students. My 6th graders read a story a/t this very thing called The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov. Read it. Eye opening & future predicting. Covid was the dry run & it FAILED horribly for students. Most are declined now.

This is an absolute f-ing NIGHTMARE. Oh my GOD! What in the damn hell is happening and —- — WHY ARE WE LETTING THIS HAPPEN?!? (I’m literally on the verge of tears. Maga used to be all about the outdoors, family, wildlife, peace, going back to basics, old school—-all of it. What a flip. I’m so livid and fearful after seeing this.)

@TheBearLogic @MrSausageGet We aren’t going to get Star Trek where we can all live happily in a post-scarcity world with no money. This is going to create a new gentry and send the rest of us back into serfdom.

@TheBearLogic @MrSausageGet So who gets to live in Malibu on the beach? Who gets the Belgravia penthouse? What if I want an Aston Martin—doesn’t everybody? Capitalism is the only way to allocate luxury goods, what this is going to do is just return us to feudalism.

@onlypushinp @bumperpool69 Wide ties look better.

@bumperpool69 Honestly the only issue i sorta see is that the tie is lowkirk too wide but thats it

Gfs formal coming up, how do we feel about the combo for me on the right. Venue is on the water.

@KingCourt3 @Chrissssjohnson @grok @grok Answer the man’s question, please.

@Chrissssjohnson @grok how does Reta help rid people of these urges?

Reta is helping people with their alcohol & opioid cravings, urges to smoke, binge eating, addictive sexual behavior and even gambling.. it’s crazy bro

@SirRobert1995 @Empireaesth Mod Recommendations?

@Empireaesth I was so happy when this game came out. Played it for many hours. Definitely needs mods though lol.

Official art used for the British version of Empire: Total War (2009)