My best (stupid) guess is weapons. US gov has a ton of weapons. Already sells tons of weapons. Now the prices will always remain stable. Other countries would love to know that 30 million usd would always be able to buy an f15. Other countries declaring war will increase the value of the USD, as buying weapons from us government...
I mean we would use gold in electronics a lot more if it wasn’t considered valuable. So it’s not perfect because it actually has a wonderful use outside of being valuable.
Rather unlucky society picked gold and silver to he valuable with how useful they.
I try to stream my favorite games, and I will get small audiences because I do events in the online games. But whenever I try to edit or listen back I feel like I’m in pain....
So I was raised LDS, and the exmormon community says all Mormons have a “shelf”
Basically everytime you ask a question and the answer is along the lines of “we don’t have the answer to everything, all will be revealed in time” we put that weird thing on out shelf. Eventually, too many things are on the shelf, and it breaks.
Some people who want to stay in the LDS church because it makes them happy have a very strong shelf. Those who want to stay because of fear/social pressure avoid looking at anything that might need to be on their shelves.
Some common shelf items that were on mine:
Book of Mormon describes the natives having very European technology around 0 AD. They have metal swords, horses, chariots, to name a few. Yeah they just didn’t.
Even in a time when it was incredibly common to be anti slavery since the Civil War was around the corner, the idea that black people were inferior to white people and should serve them was heavily recorded in the early church. And black men couldn’t reach full status like a white man until 1978. They preach that God loves all his children equally… but apparently there were a few qualifiers about skin color.
How they treat women is trash.
Prophets supposedly are getting revelation from the same God, but keep contradicting each other. Most famous example is “Adam was God” theory. Most recent high profile example was a previous prophet ran a campaign called “meet the Mormons” trying to sell the idea that being a mormon was super normal. But current prophet says “mormon” is a derogatory term and a win for Satan?
The way they demand super poor people pay tithing, while holding upwards of a hundred billion in reserve for no apparent reason. They could easily end hunger in the US, and maybe even homelessness. And they would if they actually followed the teachings of the loving christ they claim to follow.
They claim that they have magical gifts, like being able to tell if people lie. Given the rapists and worse that have been high ranking members of the church, either they are liars or complicit. But given how often they defend rapists that were obviously guilty, probably just both.
I could go on for awhile… but those were my shelf items. One day it just broke and I was like… huh this is all just nonsense isn’t it.
It’s just how much bs a belief can hold before it all falls apart.
I personally got compounding items on my shelf. Because I would ask “hey what happened to the metal swords the book of Mormon talks a lot about?”
Instead of a reasonable answer, I was more or less told not to ask those questions. So “it’s bad to ask questions” gets added to the shelf. I imagine it was the same for a most people leaving religion.
The obsession with scooter and bike speeds that don’t have the mass to seriously hurt people at top speed is crazy.
Like you can find videos of people being hit at top speed by scooters/bikes, usually the pedestrian is pretty fine but rightfully annoyed. Every fatal accident I can find is the escooter/ebiker was hit by a car.
Fingers crossed they stop being dumb and just make actual infrastructure for micromobility so they don’t have to compete with giant murder machines.
A few thousand people wouldn’t have been embarrassed on the internet
Tens of thousands of people wouldn’t have been given access to clean water.
Hundreds would have never received medical care.
Amazing charities like ocean clean up and team trees would have never gotten the level of support they did.
Many were lifted out of poverty both on main channel, games channel, and philanthropy. They wouldn’t be.
Thousands wouldn’t be employed in jobs they like.
So given the fact that we are in the system we are in, I’m glad we have him.
As annoying as it is, to help people, you need money. People who help people without monetizing it, run out of money. It’s just what it is. He’s playing the game, and unlike 99% of billionaires, the game involves enriching others.
I’m fine with a system where building a home for the needy rewards you with the money to do it again. Better than the alternative.
Beast isn’t preventing in a solution. He went and gave water to villages that had been searching and begging for a solution for years. He gave cataract surgery to people who couldn’t afford it. He gave them exactly what they wanted, not something worse then didn’t deliver.
In a better world, either Mr Beast couldn’t exist because people couldn’t have 100,000 times more wealth thqn others, or there would be no one for him to help.
We don’t live in that better world. To me it looks like the world is a better place because of him. He’s helped many directly, and inspired others to help. The harm he has done seems to either be hypothetical, or claiming people were harmed who they themselves say are fine.
So it seems like the world is better because he is in it.
A lot of the devs went way outside their comfort zone to make these games, and all feedback/rating would be super appreciated! Also a good way to learn about how games can be made blind accessible!
Yeah but then the bit wouldn’t be surviving off of 4.20 a day ordering stuff only off amazon!
But yeah this is generally good advice and much better than “Buy a random can of something for 1.50 and dump in half pound of rice”. Fish and cheap chicken offer a lot of flavor and nutrients for the price.
I mean I feel like the bit of it being an extreme example that led to it being 4.20 a day made it obvious it wasn’t super serious. I sure didn’t read it as serious.
Also my friends lawyer said you should give me $20.
If you don’t believe that, or feel like there would need to be additional context for that to be believable, you are correct.
Right? SURELY two days before they could have seen no decorations were coming together, they had no candy, and nothing was looking nice, they could have sent out a “We are sad to announce due to an issue with our main vendors, we have to cancel as we can’t provide an experience we are happy with. Refunds are being processed, we hope to provide a better experience at a later date, and hope this has not caused too many problems for you.”, that wouldn’t have even made the news and they could have ran another one in six months if they really ewanted.
Like did they think it’d magically not be trash when people showed up? Just crazy that they even bothered opening the doors with so little set up.
In the US it’s not crazy for kids maybe as young as 6 to make themselves sandwiches like a PB&J/Ham & Cheese either if parents have an emergency, or to take to lunch for themselves because parents didn’t have time. (Or you know, they’re neglectful)...
Interesting! Those are similar to what we have in the US, but sound very distinct. We have grilled cheese or ham/cheese, then probably just bologna/catsup is closest to devon and tomato sauce.
You have to pick something to have US dollar be backed by, what do you pick?
My best (stupid) guess is weapons. US gov has a ton of weapons. Already sells tons of weapons. Now the prices will always remain stable. Other countries would love to know that 30 million usd would always be able to buy an f15. Other countries declaring war will increase the value of the USD, as buying weapons from us government...
Is my voice annoyingly high? (drive.google.com)
I try to stream my favorite games, and I will get small audiences because I do events in the online games. But whenever I try to edit or listen back I feel like I’m in pain....
To all the ex-theists in this community. What drove you to leave your religion?
Amsterdam testing system that can remotely slow e-bikes down (nltimes.nl)
Alrighty,...
Anti-Kremlin Russian Volunteers Infiltrate Inside Russia With Tanks, Fierce Battles Underway (www.kyivpost.com)
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Mr Beast is an evil guy that show how capitalisim can turn poor people into clowns to entertain rich people.
He is an evil individual who fails to address systemic issues or assist people for their own benefit....
Rule: Tiny prison, I mean home, for sale.
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27 blind accessible games were made for this game jam, give them a try! (itch.io)
A lot of the devs went way outside their comfort zone to make these games, and all feedback/rating would be super appreciated! Also a good way to learn about how games can be made blind accessible!
Rule: Poverty eating with amazon
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Many are worth checking out (lemmy.world)
Police called to Willy Wonka-inspired experience in Glasgow as families demand refunds (news.sky.com)
What's the food young children make in other cultures?
In the US it’s not crazy for kids maybe as young as 6 to make themselves sandwiches like a PB&J/Ham & Cheese either if parents have an emergency, or to take to lunch for themselves because parents didn’t have time. (Or you know, they’re neglectful)...
Woman loses £650,000 injury claim after being seen tossing Christmas tree (www.theguardian.com)