Hope it stays forever

Oh boy, have I got some news for you

Gamepass is a super-obvious telegraphed trap for enshittification. Offer a good value (it is, for the time being), get people dependent on it, then pull the rug out.

How many times have we already seen this?

Please split the right-wing vote. Please

And to all the Democratic voters who still support Israel, remember this: Netanyahu wanted Trump to win. He wanted this for us.

The genocide that he worked hard to not only fund but to also shield from both domestic dissent and international intervention seems to still be going strong. So Biden’s work wasn’t all for naught.

Yeah, it’s really begging for some semblance of financial stability. The job is just a means to that end, and more realistic than hoping for a winning lottery ticket.

Driving seems to bring out the second-worst in people.

hevicle

Given the size bloat, I think heavy vehicle => hevicle is appropriate.

Play some Tom Petty for ambiance while you’re rolling along.

“Whatever doesn’t kill you, simply makes you stranger”

Saving more money has a double-effect: obviously the money that you are actually saving. But it also means that you are reducing your spending.

Going from saving 10% of your income to saving 20% of your income means that your spend/save ratio goes from 9:1 down to 4:1.

Those articles always get a bunch of trolls though.

The split is between governments and the general public. I don’t know too many individuals who are ok with what is going on. And if they are, they are being awfully quiet about it.

Are the results anything that would cause any pressure for change though?

Won’t know until we try it 😃

Seems like you would want a lot of organisation too or its just a few people and maybe a 0.1% drop in the fertility rate.

Ideally yes, but even on a personal level the second paragraph (“Part of the point of birthstriking…”) still applies even if no one else joins in. This is in contrast to a labor strike that has no benefit to you (and is actively detrimental) if you try it without the backing of a large group of other people joining in.

It is easier to coordinate a birthstrike than a labor strike because it can be done incrementally. A labor strike absolutely depends on a significant % of the population engaging all at once. Otherwise it fails. A birthstrike can have participation build up over time since it doesn’t adversely affect your day-to-day life the way that a labor strike does, thus it can be held indefinitely. In contrast to working, reproduction is completely optional on an individual level.

But yes, it absolutely stretches out the time frame. Labor strikes produce results in days or weeks. Now we are looking at months and years.

Hypothetically, you could start seeing results in as little as 9 months if people coordinated and actually took it seriously. Even without any sort of concerted effort, I wouldn’t be surprised if the U.S. sees a drop in birth rates in 2026 as large numbers of people independently (i.e. without coordination) say “no thanks!”

Part of the point of birthstriking is that even if the effort ultimately doesn’t work, you’ve still succeeded in protecting your descendants from whatever thing you are striking against. For example, I don’t think we can stop climate change at this point. But even if it doesn’t save the environment, there is value choosing to not create new victims.

So how long before they have one now because of Trump pulling out of the deal and then Israel’s craven Pearl Harbor-style attack that killed their negotiator? Followed by the attacks on their nuclear facilities. Oh, and what’s the latest story on these? Did the attacks succeed or were they yet another failure?

This whole situation is straight-up bullshit.

Is this the Muslim equivalent of calling someone the Antichrist?

First. Of many.

As bad a current geopolitical events are, unfortunately I don’t think we’ve seen anything yet.

The world actively rewards bad behavior. This realization was a difficult pill for me to swallow.

Had me going in the first half. I had a brief second of hope that the U.S. was going to finally start holding Israel accountable for genocide. No, instead they are going to fuck over Ukraine.

I hate this timeline.