machiabelly

machiabelly, 1 month ago

What didn’t you like about it? I didn’t like divinity original sin so I’ve been hesitant on buying bg3.

machiabelly, 1 month ago

Its weird because I loved dragon age origins and Pillars of eternity. I thought Wasteland 3 was ok.

I think with D:OS 2 I was annoyed that I didn’t choose a premade character at the start, and that the storyline was just, become a god. I don’t find that kind of narrative compelling. I also didn’t like the fairytale lighthearted vibes. The world didn’t feel “meaty” somehow.

machiabelly, 2 months ago

Why do they do this? It doesn’t make sense. They don’t have to pay to keep it listed.

machiabelly, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

WHAT? THE FREE MARKET GIVES TAX BREAKS TO CORPOS WHEN THEY LOSE MONEY??? I DON’T KNOW WHAT I EXPECTED BUT I’M MAD

machiabelly, 2 months ago

I’m genuinely disgusted by that. I’m almost more angry about that. F1n spent all that time making money off of being “just a guy” who looked more feminine than most tgirls do on HRT. Being “just a guy” who was prettier than your girlfriend, while on HRT???

Imagine being a beauty influencer who makes their whole shtick about loving your natural self while hiding the work they’ve had done.

'Cause the trap ideology thing is somewhat explainable by being egged on by chat and dealing with complex internal identity shit while having no real trans community irl. Doesn’t change the responsbility that comes with having a platform but we also don’t live in a society that acknowledges that that kind of responsibility even exists.

I’m 4 years HRT and 2 years post FFS and he’s prettier than me with a more feminine face. Considering how insecure I am it hurt that a cis guy could do that just for fun and leave me in the dust. That kind of direct lying is not appreciated.

machiabelly, 2 months ago

omg why would a bunch of commies expect to feel safe at a republican convention? (Commies are people who me and my buddies have an excuse to bully)

machiabelly, 3 months ago

Dudes rock

machiabelly, 3 months ago

I would like to see this again for people under 30. Or maybe just people who were single in the last 5 years. I feel like this doesn’t actually give too much information without accounting for other factors. I do think the unsure category in this study is interesting though. South Korea’s being tiny makes sense given their divisive situation. I wonder what situations lead to that number being bigger or smaller.

machiabelly, 3 months ago

Thats interesting! I’d love to see it by country though. Comparing young and old in the USA or South Korea would be interesting I think.

machiabelly, 3 months ago

royals are for guillotines

machiabelly, 4 months ago

I like C2 as well! But it depends on the tea for me. Some teas are really nice with milk and a bit of sugar but there are defintely teas where subtlety is lost with the milk. So either c2 or d4 depending on the tea

machiabelly, 4 months ago

Shota Snoo was my guess as well

machiabelly, 4 months ago

WHERE IS THE ANSWER OP hillary-assassin

machiabelly, 4 months ago

i found the answer op. Your secrets are mine now.

All of us were wrong. It was maplestory

www.reddit.com/r/…/the_mapelstroy_experience/

machiabelly, 4 months ago

actually that post is younger than op’s. I still have no idea what the original was referring to. I just tried google reverse image search.

machiabelly, 4 months ago

I don’t get it. What are the triangles?

machiabelly, 5 months ago

Hawaii was great until the haoles fucked it up. So was a lot of pre colombian america. And parts of pre colonization africa.

Just because Europe was shit doesn’t mean it was shit everywhere. Europe is pretty unique in that it has been total warring itself for over 2000 years straight. The streak ended in world war 2, but goes back to the bronze age.

Could those places I listed be improved by modern medicine and trains? Sure. Doesnt mean they were terrible.

machiabelly, 6 months ago

technically anything that grows a cash crop is a plantation. If a sugar cane plantation had collective ownership it be a plantation co-op. Just like how it would be a farm co-op if it grew veggies.

The weird part is avoiding ownership and work. “we lived on a sugar can plantation” versus “we lived on our sugarcane plantation.” Her talking about the quaint idyllic life of harvesting sugarcane ignoring the, potentially, hundreds of slaves that were actually doing the harvesting, also strange and weird and sus.

machiabelly, 6 months ago

mario

machiabelly, 6 months ago

damn google has really gotten shit then. I used to avoid duckduckgo because of how much better google was.

machiabelly, 6 months ago

I had no idea there was a vanced replacement!!! turtle-pogger

machiabelly, 6 months ago

I downloaded freetube, is that one ok?

machiabelly, 6 months ago

thanks bb cat-trans

machiabelly, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

I would love to see vacancy taxes in my city. Its the only way of countering the assetization of housing. People are more concerned about the value of the property than revenue. So they keep rent high to make the property look good. Vacancy taxes are the only thing that solve this directly.

Public housing can make rent more affordable and improve housing security. For people living in the public housing as well as those in the private properties that are now in competition with the public sector.

But only vacancy taxes can reign in property investment firms hoping for profit from appreciation rather than revenue. With vacancy taxes they have to actually provide a product and not just hold onto land.

machiabelly, 6 months ago

You’re right to mention how interconnected it all is.

• Tenant rights helps to prevent evictions, discrimination, and to ensure good maintenance.
• Vacancy taxes ensures that landlords can’t artificially shrink supply to raise prices and increase values, and to prevent capital strike.
• Public housing creates competition that lowers prices for renters.
• Appropriate volume of supply makes sure that everyone is housed in a basic sense. But only if it is the right kind of supply
• If any of these categories are off they impact the others

I see lots of people rush to say that supply is the problem but you have to consider how market forces act upon the supply. “Luxury” developments don’t help most people. And as you said it has to be the right density too. In my city more than 10% of units are vacant at any time. Thats at least 20,000 units. This is why I want vacancy taxes so much. Zoning needs to be improved, and its worth new construction to do so. But in most US cities, idk about Australia, vacancy taxes would be enough increase in supply on their own.

Its also super important to mention the ramifications are commercial zoning. Vacancy taxes are even more important there. Commercial landlords are all holding out for a big chain to move in so they can jack up prices. Its why there are so few niche stores in US cities nowadays.

I’m ok with very high density zoning if its paired with expansions to mass transit. But generally speaking row housing and 3-4 story apartment buildings are the bread and butter. However any current city dominated by single family detached housing needs serious changes, seriously quickly. In those situations “spikey” development is worth it.