I actually just replayed it recently for the first time since around release (I don't fuck with GTA:O) and I've got to say, it holds up really fucking well
Pretty much everything Google makes exists solely to power it's ad service - including it's search engine. That's literally their whole business. Did anyone think that Google was building browsers just as a fun weekend project?
How can you expect the numbers to work for building owners?
Because it's either take those numbers or get even less? I'm sure the commercial property owners would prefer to just keep renting out at commercial rates and make more $$$ (plus I'm sure commercial tenants are less hassle than residents overall), but right now a lot of these buildings are sitting empty.
Are you arguing it's inaccurate? Because it's on video
Are you arguing it's unimportant? Because even if you think the question was unimportant, the group reaction to a question they didn't like was absurdly undignified for a group of our nations leaders
Are you arguing that their reaction was appropriate? Because I fail to see how a question asking for clarification on the new house speakers involvement in an attempt to undermined a democratic election is worthy of being booed and told to "shut up"
Seriously, beyond "I don't like it" or "it makes us look bad", what exactly is your issue with the article or it's subject?
Edit: lol, looks like the pussy literally made a throwaway to post their comment. You know your political beliefs are solid when you're terrified to have them associated with you in any way lol
This was my go to method of meeting people at college parties (which is admittedly a slightly different environment), but it never failed to work. Long as you aren't giving off "creep" vibes most people are also down to meet new people
That really just furthers the point that we need UBI in my mind.
The people who are making today more or less the same as what the UBI would be would have their income doubled overnight. And yeah, some will say fuck it and quit their jobs to just lounge around (though I imagine many will go back, ask anyone whose been out of work for a long time, it gets boring quicker than you might think), but I'd wager most will take that double income and run with it. Twice your takehome would be life changing for just about everybody. Hell, those who continue to work will probably wind up with more than double, because demand for those jobs will go up.
Jobs that are unpleasant or difficult will basically start actually getting paid what they're worth, because no one will be stuck in a "I have to do this or starve" situation.
And yes, the overall GDP probably will take a hit, because we won't be working our population to death, but productivity has skyrocketed over the last century, it's about time we start putting that fact to work for the actual people, instead of using it to extract record profits for the top 1%.
TL;DR - People will still work because working will still mean more money. Some won't, but that's fine. If jobs are having a hard time being filled, then employers will simply have to pay more to get them done, or explore ways to automate the parts people don't want to do
Which would also kickoff a fun side quest of finding a buyer, since the most expensive magical item in existence isn't exactly something you can pawn off in a random towns general store lol
Out of curiosity - what schemes were you cooking up for that kind of money? Given that you said you didnt end up a prostitute the obvious answer is out lol
Not really. Basic income is - just that. Basic. It'll cover your necessities and put a roof over your head, but not much else
Id much rather continue working so that I can afford luxury items (my hobbies are as expensive as they are time consuming). I'd imagine most would feel the same.
Opponents of UBI all seem to have this bizarre notion that most people would be willing to take a big step down lifestyle wise to not have to work, but that doesn't mesh with how most people treat money.
How many people deliberately underemploy themselves just to have more free time, even if they could easily be making more money? Very few. And I'd wager that most in that category have lucrative enough careers that their "underemployed" is still making most people's normal income
Yeah gaming on linux has gotten loads better - but it's still definitely not quite there as a main gaming platform. Which is frustrating, because I vastly prefer linux as a desktop experience (and obviously for software development), but I just can't ditch my windows PC for gaming yet.
Yeah even showing incredulity will keep the other person engaged, just be as boring a conversation partner as possible during the subject, try at every opportunity to change the subject, and eventually they'll either get the hint, or just start bugging someone whose more fun to talk about it with
Honestly this is a big problem with being able to criticize Isreal in good faith - it's all too easy to be taken as an antisemite.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure loads of antisemites are out there pretending to be concerned about Gaza while actually just using it as an excuse to hate jews - but the OP is describing very real issues - like the thing with Havard just last week where companies were rescinding job offers based on who supported Gaza and condemned Isreal
The sequel is literally "the exact same movie as the first one, but this time with water (and bonus animal cruelty)"
I actually enjoyed the first one, but the second movie added nothing of value and cheapened everything that happened in the first one (in that literally no one gives a shit about unobtanium anymore)
Edit: Curious as to what the downvoters are taking issue with about my comment. Nothing wrong with liking the movie, but you have to admit the plot was basically identical to the first one, just with new characters and a different setting
Incopentence from the dev, malice from the company too cheap to hire actual talent