Like a king on his throne

Yeah, grains have painted us into a corner

Based on my experience if we say it needs done in a decade it will never be done.

See also: All the unemployment systems running on FORTRAN

I worry that by keeping our Ship of Theseus from sinking we’re missing out on something way better

Anyone who complies with the NIST standards is in a good place.

The problem is that a lot of places are not in compliance with NIST standards.

I know, I’ve helped patch them.

I’m someone who thinks even the gold standard was bullshit because it relied on a nation to support it.

My point wasn’ the “money” but the “everybody.” There’s tons of different economic models that don’t rely on nations to exist. Maybe we try one of those.

My problems with the current economic system start way before the gold standard.

During the 2024 presidential race, Donald Trump repeatedly claimed that the U.S. economy was terrible under then-President Joe Biden and then-Vice President Kamala Harris. But according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) figures, unemployment stayed under 4.0 percent from February 2022 through April 2024.

Yet again the reporters show they do not understand the average person. Pop quiz hotshot: If employment is low but we still can’t make ends meet, will we support the incumbent party?

Wolfe and Pinsker cite 58-year-old Paul Bisson as an example of someone who voted for Trump in 2024 but now has reservations about his economic policies, including tariffs.

Bisson told WSJ, “I don’t like the turbulence. I don’t like the chaos in the market…. That will make the economy worse, and that’s not what we signed up for. We’ve already cut back. There’s no more cutting back to do.”

Boo fucking hoo, ya dumbshit

Nicholas Schuch, a 38-year-old Durham, North Carolina resident who voted for Harris… is thinking of moving to a country he believes has a better monetary policy.

Schuch told WSJ, “I was thinking Switzerland, potentially…. I just expect things will be chaotic, and that that is what life is now.”

The only smart person mentioned in the article and it’s because he’s aware of how well the Swiss do when there’s a surge in fascism.

Maybe making money something everybody has to believe in was a bad idea

Quick! Everybody clap your hands and say “I do believe in T Bills!”

Oh good so we’re going to re-prosecute Marbury vs. Madison. I’m sure this won’t end in civil war /s

Just sit down. No aiming necessary

Depends on my previous hydration and if I had some water in between drinks. Never had one that lasted more than a dayoif feeling fuzzy and out of it.

I stuck with Roku because it works if I block their ads on my pihole, and I can pay or steal everything else

It would be awesome if ordering systems had a standard API, so I could order delivery directly from any app

As someone with differing opinions from the zeitgeist on a variety of topics, I appreciate your sincere and well-reasoned dissention

Kinda weird for a teacher to want to be spanked but I’m not gonna yuck his yum

The Hogner Party

The Hogentinian Soccer Team

Sadly I have Roku TVs

If you break the law and nobody enforces it, did you really break the law?

I use delivery services because restaurants have terrible phone service. It’s always their cousin Mumbles who answers the phone, surrounded by people banging on pots and pans. He doesn’t read my order back to me to make sure it’s correct. He doesn’t tell me how much it’s going to be. He doesn’t tell me how long it’s going to take. So I have no idea if I’m going to get the right food, if it will be the right temperature, and if I have enough cash to pay the driver.

And there’s no way I’m going to give out my credit card info to some guy I don’t know.