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3d ago
Socialite women occupy their own realm of polite communique to people they don't care if live or die.
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7d ago
People thinking about what they'd think prediction markets should be == functional actual product
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8d ago
I agree the menu is bloated way beyond sanity by the arms race between the majors (though most of the liquidity still goes to the liquid markets funnily enough). Accurate gambling odds vis a vis the PM thing is a completely different thing since the big PMs are barely moving any money on their original political markets.
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8d ago
It's funny since they could but they'd have to dramatically pare back the menu. So majority of people who complain about limits are picking off relatively niche markets which are only offered due to being able to limit counterparties
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8d ago
Having worked at betting exchanges before you kinda don't want people who win too heavily for ecosystem maintenance. Generally that's gonna impact result knowers most of all, whether inside information or latency
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10d ago
Vietnam doing pretty fantastic. Long-term success has more to do with the people than the speedbumps
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11d ago
Iranian refugees are already a thing with a large overseas diaspora. A functional European state could also deal with them by saying 'No go away', acting as if the majority of refugees are created by actual pitched conflicts as opposed to random economic opportunism in the year 2026 is a circle jerk
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11d ago
Yeah Catch 22 is great and I wouldn't consider it guilty of being overly complex or allegorical. You can read it pretty straight up as 'man beset by the system' and it works
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11d ago
Is Catch 22 postmodern? Like it's definitely written from a position of irony but from my memories of reading it in high school it wasn't that complicated or byzantine
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16d ago
Considerably longer than a month out of a combination of bloody-mindedness and their neighbors being incompetent at warfare
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17d ago
Only being 2x a bunch of random European Ashkenazis seems less than expected
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17d ago
Liberal normies don't get to go for many groups at risk of being called out for whateverism. Thus whenever a target like Antivaxers or MAGA or Israel recently they tend to channel a ton of suppressed anger into a rare conduit
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17d ago
Israel is now an acceptable mainstream target for left-wingers (who don't get that many acceptable targets) so they'll go full 15 minutes hate on them. Many such cases
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18d ago
You're missing what a bubble is.
A technology can have profound long-term effects that are positive for everybody, yet still generate a bubble for investors who rush to try and take advantage of that effect and don't end up actually investing in the correct manifestation to make any money. The bubble is from the POV of those attempting to speculate on something, the actual relevant technology is immaterial
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19d ago
How many people are still given medical aid despite refusing medical suggestions like losing weight or stopping smoking or ceasing their intake of their drug of choice?
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19d ago
If the triage admissions were packed to the gunwales I don't think they'd get bored
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19d ago
Plus the myriad 'so long as your face is somewhat covered' mask policies that evolved. Like I'm sure if everybody had a medical hygienist giving them a top quality mask and ensuring they never breach best practice there might have been a difference but in any practical terms nah
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20d ago
Yeah like the attempted ICE ambush last year where they missed the first salvo then proceeded to immediately shit themselves and surrender. Getting people to participate in actual violence with a real chance of retribution is hard
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20d ago
Average American? British person versus Australia I'd agree they copped more but the vast majority of the Australian population lives in the areas that had the worst lockdowns
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20d ago
Yeah. COVID was a great recruiter for the motte since everybody was bored off their asses, and there was such a dearth of spaces to be COVID critical online that weren't full of straight up Lizardpeople conspiracy posters
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20d ago
Surprised that people are reporting this one. Feel that hardcore lockdown criticism is the norm in hindsight, albeit people uncomfortable with rhetoric on young sacrificing for old and whatnot
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20d ago
Same for betting. Getting onto a PPH back in the day required some modicum of effort/connections, plus way more friction with the cash.
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20d ago
Would they get recognized on the street, no. Would it make a sufficient impact on long-term relationship formation to present consequences, yeah probably
It is scaling incredibly poorly and proving a considerable dead weight. Especially when any milquetoast charitable gesture like expanding Disability coverage or refugee status inevitably ends up getting abused to the enth degree as it naturally snowballs.
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