That’s not really what I meant.

To do this properly, OP would have to start with the relevant timestamp and a brief transcript. The context would then be, like, why this is being mentioned in that video and at that place in the video, even if it’s as simple as “this is a prominent Linux YouTuber talking about the drama a bit in passing”. Just so that it’s not quote mining from irrelevant people and places.

(It’s worth noting that a guy I’ve never heard of being fashy isn’t really a crazy claim, anyway. I’m not going to make final judgements based on it, but then I wouldn’t ask for a source, either)

I would guess that the layout doesn’t equal brand. They would have different models, and other brands might have awkward corner faucets as well.

Well, that’s a little too far the other way. It was still a single comment.

TBH I feel the same way when someone sends me a source that would take a good fraction of my day to check.

Why don’t you put in a little bit of your own time to extract the relevant parts, and explain the surrounding context?

Is it? I think internally is a reasonable way to read that requirement. Even failing that, somewhere else would have to be more equal and just, somehow.

Happy cake day, by the way.

I know it’s the theory that the Western lifestyle in general is built on that, but Denmark’s state budget is pretty easy to verify as coming from Denmark.

You’re getting a lot of “none” answers, but that’s overly pessimistic, given that you used relative terms for almost everything, and free healthcare and education are standard first-world features.

The usual statistics wondercountries would be my answer. Canada, the Nordics and select other places in Western Europe like the Netherlands and Switzerland. New Zealand is having problems these days, but maybe them too, I’m not sure. They all lean towards these stances relative to other countries.

Cheap food is probably hardest thing. It just comes with a certain cost to produce or ship in.

Where from? Greenland is a big resource sink.

Okay, but we were talking about the people themselves, so that point stands.

Sure, the system lacks.

Money Identity Coercion Ego. Those are the primary motivators.

Being rich means you’ve solved money and probably coercion. You can either rest on your laurels or chase the other two, for good or for evil. There’s rich philanthropists - some who give almost everything away - and then whatever Elon Musk is, but most go for the rest on their laurels thing, and so you probably haven’t heard of them.

Dehumanising someone also serves our identity and ego, FYI, which is where this thread came from.

Even the capitalists are behaving differently and more humane compared the fuedalists of the middle ages.

Yes, because their source of wealth is fundamentally different. Lords had to project violence and play court politics to keep their position. Still do, in some places. The rich in developed countries, on the other hand, can rely on strong rule of law to protect their property with very little personal input.

Also why if the apocalypse ever happened, they’d get owned and somebody else would take their bunker.

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They fill the role nonverbal cues do in real life. Whenever I go back to old-style forums I miss them, because everyone ends up arguing with a few trolls/nuts that would look like they’re being taken seriously otherwise.

Lotteries exist. Boom, disproven.

It’s not even an exception, really. Being part of just the right startup at just the right time, or coming out of the right mother basically is a lottery. Meanwhile, poor mean assholes exist too.

Dehumanising and giving no quarter are different things.

Yes, but it makes us feel better about ourselves.

/s but also not.

They are human.

Humans are just like that.

Flying cars were always dangerous and impractical in the places where they’d be needed, but I’m already in line for an implant that didn’t used to exist. Cyberware is basically just that on an elective basis, right?

We have crypto, talking computers and warfare looks like this:

Next up I’m waiting on crowded street markets lit by signage, although the trend towards delivering everything makes me doubt.

The one trope that can’t happen is corporations as government. Executives are not warlords, even if they think they are. Actual authoritarian regimes always end up looking like each other, and not like Google.

Neat explanation. I’m going to add “energy is conserved” to this; we expect people to know that and make the connection to calories, but better safe than sorry.

Good for you! How long ago was that, and did you gain it back? That’s usually the really hard part.