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@____7Z7 @eetclm92 i didn't get to go to prom and now the whole world has to die

@eetclm92 The isolation unironically made me become a bit inhuman

everyone who was under the age of 25 in 2020 should get reparations

@seetheisolate @Catullus_Vincit @blockhead4000 "masterful move mr trump, you're doing what economists call rejiggering commodities markets" trump:

@Catullus_Vincit @blockhead4000 new trumptard cope unlocked “no bro gas prices are high because he’s REJIGGERING bro”

If he manages to use the looming energy crisis to ram through nuclear power we will actually be back and I will eat my shorts

@blockhead4000 @eigenrobot how is nuclear gonna power my car though

@shauseth that's the worst case but the joke is that it's more likely than "universal high income" luxury communism whatever the fuck.

have we considered the possibility that we all lose our jobs to ai (blow up the economy) but the world continues to look exactly the same

@princesshypio @_sn_n thanks account based in west asia.

@_sn_n Winning + rich + thriving + being beautiful. Hbu? Rotting?

any update on this

so they were right in like the worst way possible

@mudirshin @zerohedge ai slop reply

Everyone is watching oil prices go up but this is the real story. When Sinopec cuts refinery runs, force majeures are flying across Asia, and India is rationing LPG for households only, you're not looking at a supply problem anymore. You're looking at demand destruction in real time. This is how recessions actually start and barely anyone is talking about it yet.

While everyone is focusing on the supply side of energy, here is what nobody is discussing (yet): demand is falling off a cliff, as either prices are too high, or there simply aren't any physical inputs. First in Asia: With over half of Japan's naphtha imported, petrochemical producers are trimming output: - Mitsubishi Chemical and Mitsui Chemicals have reduced ethylene runs -Sumitomo Chemical may delay restarting Keiyo Ethylene and expects reduced rates even after restart. South Korea is also seeing pressure build across the sector. - YNCC, one of the region’s largest ethylene producers, has declared force majeure and is running its cracker at significantly reduced rates. - Both Lotte Chemical and LG Chem have warned customers that they may follow, and the government has temporarily designated naphtha an “economic security item” to manage dwindling stocks. In China, Sinopec has cut March refinery runs by about 10% to conserve crude stocks. - A Shell–CNOOC joint venture has shut its Huizhou ethylene cracker and told customers that polyethylene shipments are suspended indefinitely effective March 5 - Wanhua Chemical has declared force majeure for Middle Eastern customers amid severe LPG feedstock disruptions. In Indonesia, Chandra Asri is operating at reduced rates and has declared force majeure following a sudden halt in feedstock arrivals. In Taiwan, Formosa Plastics Group’s Taiwan Petrochemical declared force majeure on March 10 and indicated that, if shortages worsen, volumes will be allocated based on actual availability. India suspended shipments of LPG to commercial operators to prioritize supplies for households, leading to worries from hotels and restaurants that they may be forced to close.

@gonzl21483 @nikicaga another angle is those genuine people who may have been much more forgiving of themselves in a previous era are now measured up to others in a more vicious way, and it makes them colder and more resentful and gives them nihilism about it. because it's just not their game anymore.

@nikicaga It's sad because I think this is reducing the opportunities of people that are genuine and charismatic but socially ankward or not very attractive at first glance. They are now being forced to date in artificial enviroments that don't fit them instead of finding love in a more...

Pretty clearly a result of dating apps - looks are more important than ever for first impression, reducing the impact of both personality and "game"

@avrilbradley23 @intentionalisms i hate commenting on this because no matter what it comes off as some kind of weird projection, but it feels like we aren't going back even when after apps fall off. it really feels like we've lost something that was supposed to be fun and easy and now it's less fun and easy.

@intentionalisms At the same time, the apps themselves are in decline. App usage peaked imo in the mid-late 2010s. I've noticed a dropoff since about 2021/2.

The entire dating crisis - and the whole modern culture of “dating” as a kind of sport or hobby to begin with - is entirely downstream of the apps. Almost nobody romantically pursues someone or “has a crush” in the ways we did even ~7 years ago. This is why the whole “should you date your friends” discourse happened. To anyone romantically active before the pandemic, “dating your friends” is what you *do*. Who else are you gonna date, your enemies? But post-pandemic “dating” is synonymous with “meeting online strangers and making a rational decision as to whether you want to take it further”, not “asking someone, presumably someone you previously know, out”

@DickJoh22735841 @BowTiedLockPick @SaysSimulation america is probably lying and trump is performing damage control.

@BowTiedLockPick @SaysSimulation Listen to bad analysis you get bad conclusions. Iran laid out a clear escalation ladder and red lines. Israel crossed a red line and attacked oil infrastructure so Iran retaliated. Trump accused Israel of taking unauthorized action. Israel wants escalation, US and Iran don’t.

Day Twenty of the Second Iranian War, the Strait of Hormuz has been 90%+ closed for eighteen days, and the situation has substantially worsened in the last 24 hours. Israel struck Iran's gas field, Iran is trying to shut the exit ports for both pipelines, and has attacked 1/

@realGyro @AFCryptid they have no concept of what civic responsibilities are. politics is sportsball to these people. they cannot fathom a fan applying pressure to a team because it doesn't happen in sportsball.

@AFCryptid It’s so funny to me that these people can’t even conceive of the GOP ever being held accountable

It's a midterm election, Nick opposes Trumps agenda and Democrats will grind his government to a halt like they've done in the past. Additionally, it pressures Republicans to actually serve their constituents out of fear of losing their support in the future. It's really and truly not difficult to understand.

@TheRoyalSerf the last time i saw charlie kirk he called me the n word and told me to get a job

JOE KENT: “The last time I saw Charlie Kirk on this Earth he told me, ‘Joe, you have to stop us getting into a war with Iran.’”

the replies to this are terrifying

@orenbarsky @MaxNordau @amasad yall warp any criticism of israel into a personal criticism of your very soul. its tiresome and counterproductive for you. because eventually people will start taking the hint and equate the two, because you will never stop reminding them that israel is synonymous with jew.

@amasad In other words, you'd prefer a world without Jews; it's just that now you feel it's more popular to say it.

This was so controversial to say last year. Now it’s basically a fact—they’re adding to the Python stdlib.

@chripian2 @Know_More_News you don't have anything to worry about pal

@Know_More_News I wouldn't go anywhere near these women even if I tripple wrapped it and wore an oxygen mask.

Is Trump "controlled" or just "complicit?"

@upstatefrump @loveisblonde143 @MaxBlumenthal if thatd what it takes, that's a sacrifice i'm willing to make

@loveisblonde143 @MaxBlumenthal His child rape tape will drop and he will be forced to commit suicide. They have him by the nads.

Everyone knows Trump approved the terrorist Israeli strike on South Pars, triggering Iranian retaliation which will drive up energy prices globally Now that Iran has reclaimed escalation dominance, Trump is lying to calm markets He has no idea what to do except serve as Netanyahu’s butler

@bedebriscomb @RichardBSpencer i have increasingly diminishing faith that any american is tactful or visionary enough to implement socialism with american characteristics.

@_Spherical_Cow_ @RichardBSpencer Do you think National Socialism is the best way forward?

A curious chain of events…. + WSJ reports on whistleblower in U.S. National Security, a crime involving Tulsi, and it’s so shocking the complaint is being kept in a safe! + FBI launches an investigations into Joe Kent over something involving classified documents. + Tucker vaguely announces that he’s being surveilled by the CIA (?) and might be indicted by the DOJ for talking to Iranians. + Joe Kent resigns from National Intelligence, claiming to be against the Iran War, in contradiction to previous statements These events might be unrelated … but they all involve the “New Right/Post-Left” sphere of Russian-aligned Trump supporters. I’m beginning to think that Joe Kent did not resign because he opposed the war, and that there is more funny business going on with Tulsi. Developing…

@bedebriscomb @RichardBSpencer maybe in some fake culture war internet based points bullshit way, sure.

@_Spherical_Cow_ @RichardBSpencer But a friendship with Russia would actually be beneficial to the US? They are an orthodox Christian nation?

@mtracey @BasilianThought there will be no quagmire. meanwhile

JD Vance has no answer for skeptics of the Iran War, beyond repeating over and over that he sure knows Trump, and Trump sure won't allow it to become a "long-term quagmire." In other words, all Vance can do is counterpose the Iran conflagration with some hypothetical long-term outcome that evokes Iraq and Afghanistan. Beyond that, he gives no real defense on the merits of Trump randomly deciding to trigger a huge regional war in the Middle East -- of unknown parameters and escalation potential, and with few consistent objectives anyone can discern, aside from whatever's bouncing around inside Trump's addled brain on any given day. Also notable is that Vance echoes Trump in saying it's a good thing Joe Kent resigned -- meaning no war-related dissent is currently tolerated in the administration. And that's how it should be, Vance says.

@extradeadjcb the joke is that rising fuel prices have more of a chance to take our beans fr

Just like the "elbows up" thing in Canada Republicans are pretending to be angry about safe meaningless bullshit to distract from the foreign invasion in which they are complicit