good shout, i'll remember that for my next political tirade lol

Good he was able to get a vpn at least. My in-laws over 50 are all tech illiterate with, unfortunately, no desire to learn.

Honestly, it's so disgusting to watch all this unfold, like things in 2012 were night and day different. Unlike China where it was always hardcore state censorship.

yeah, never go full China

Up until the war, anyone in the West could happily choose their source of media, from RT to aljazera, whereas in Russia, every single piece of media is state-controlled, every newspaper and all influencers have to join a state registry.

Alternative content gets labeled extremist, and you can be labeled a criminal for anything now ,basically.

so while the West has 100% been going down the wrong path, there is still a vast difference in the type of censorship and legal ramifications.

Russia is basically going full China

This is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to terrible legislation, I can say anecdotally that many of the younger Russians are using VPNs, all the girls are still on instagram and shitok etc

the older gen, like my wife's parents, and probably the 50+ can't be bothered to do anything so they just accept that youtube doesn't work anymore etc

this kind of stuff does 100% make most people learn about vpns for sure, anyone with half a brain knows to be careful now with what they are posting on social media and even in group chats etc, people are snitching on each other left and right

the difference is that when a ponzi collapses, it does so because the mastermind has skipped town or has been arrested or has spent all the money (or both).

if the pension system or social security fails, it will be because of fiat money, a falling birth replacement rate, and it probably won't fail in the trad sense, just they'll increase the age, reduce the payout etc

they transcend boarders lol

yeah, then go through hell trying to get a payout

These are just straight criminal scammers tho

Influcer business hustler types are like this, and a lot of would-be tech bros.

good point! most people still think they're totally legit

good call , MMLs are the scumiest, especially when people brainwash themselves and become 24/7 shills

I'm not a Bulgarian, but I've lived here for ten years. To protectorate or not would be a different topic, and I certainly wouldn't be the person to debate on it. As for the people, I've met some absolutely wonderful people here, and I have also met some dummies and scammers.

It's true, HR are just snitches

looks like the Jeff Dahlmer of Crypto

i've been lucky with my dental experience, but I can totally see how their financial incentive is to do as much work as can be billed for

i think docs will, in their minds, be justified though. Even during the opioid epidemic, im sure a lot of them convinced themselves that it was harmless pain management. the power of denial is real

Getting 30% annualized return would be good, sure, as long as it wasn't mainly from asset stripping and prioritising short-term gains over long-term health.

Recently back from Spain and can confirm, endless Iberian jamón at almost every meal

I think I would just drive to the little supermarket 15 mins away and buy a cooked chicken every day (they're like 6 bucks), I'd also buy some bread and a dozen eggs. I'd then save the spare 5 dollars a day and after 5 days buy a 1kg bag of protein powder.

At which point I'd be on a protein shake for breakfast, a whole chicken and an egg sandwich or something. In Europe and the UK, you don't have to refrigerate your eggs (apparently, in the US, eggs are washed and sanitized, which removes the coating, so they must be refrigerated to prevent bacterial growth, like salmonella. In the EU they are not washed and still have a protective coating.

After a while, I'd probably have more of a surplus because i wouldn't need to buy 12 eggs every day, and I might not always eat the whole chicken. I could mix it up with some other stuff

PE is a totally different beast that eventually sucks a business dry and kills it.

Standard investing is lending money with the expectation of a return, and that money is then used to make the business more profitable, which then increases roi.