LanyrdSkynrd

The Mississippi Company was something like bitcoin. John Law basically invented fractional reserve banking by assuming the national debt in exchange for the right to print paper notes backed by France and exclusive trade rights to the Americas. The whole thing blew up because there was no mechanism to stop inflation, investors could buy an unlimited amount of shares of a finite investment.

Is that you Brian Quinby?

My partner and I had basically no issues with it, but we both had covid a few months ago, I don't know if that affects it.

There's a really cool produce market near me. This place has a truck they take to a city hours away and load it with produce once a week. On Saturday and Sunday they have a reverse auction where the prices keep going down until it's all gone. Restaurants and people looking for cheap food get great deals and no food goes to waste.

They're also really good at only stocking produce when it's a good time of year for it. Walmart will have peaches year round, but they're not good for like half the year. They also end up with some stuff that's just not ever available around here, like lychee and diakon radishes, when they can get it. Plus they carry stuff from local farms when it's available.

I feel like this is a business that could be replicated in a lot of rural areas. It's basically just a barn on the side of the road with very little overhead, but it's always busy.

I fucking hate the, "Sitting on the porch with the shotgun, scaring my daughter's boyfriend" genre of boomer joke.

It's such a gross sentiment, trying to "defend" their daughters chastity, like the virginity belongs to the father.

I watched a police interrogation video years ago where a Canadian cop said "garage" like garr-aaaj, and it's stuck with me since.

Also the way Trump says "china" sounds like the second syllable to vagina to me.

In Douglas Rushkoff's book "Survival of the Richest" he talks about the survival ideas of these rich morons he talked to at some event. They were discussing strategies to keep security guards loyal in a post apocalyptic scenario. Shit like shock collars, timed safes, anything besides treating them well. It's a good book.

They'd rather keep driving us towards an apocalypse they wouldn't survive than do something to avoid it.

I go to see my partners family a few times a year and the conversation is so awkward. Their mom does nothing but watch reruns of law and order SVU and 50's shows on TV Land, and their dad runs out of normal stuff to talk in about 20 minutes.

We can't talk about any kind of current events because the dad has incredibly reactionary takes despite claiming to be a progressive Democrat. I had a meltdown when he started talking about the Palestine student protests like they were brainwashed into supporting terrorists.

I've tried to have things to talk about to avoid getting into arguments, but they seem so bored with anything I have to say, so we end up sitting in silence for long stretches. Then when we leave they're like, "Leaving already? You just got here".

Nut butters on bread/crackers, PBJ. Cheddar cheese in block form lasts a long time unrefrigerated, cured meats like pepperoni. Carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes all keep pretty well unrefrigerated.

who have not missed rent in the last two years

Come the fuck on. What in the hell kind of means tested bullshit is this?

They have a stronger version than the US because lawyers can argue for it to the jury. In the US they aren't allowed to do it, and most states have model jury instructions that tell them they are not allowed to ignore the law because they think it unjust.