In America, and other countries, it used to be backed by gold.

Best ELI5 here!

Japan will be the first industrialized nation to suffer depopulation. Been saying it will be interesting to see how they navigate the problem because sooner or later we’ll all be faced with it.

No way! And all these years later I learn this.

As a kid I didn’t get the drunk Dean Martin jokes on Bugs Bunny. Watching him on old roast videos, yeah, he was fucking hammered 24/7.

Go check some Don Rickels roasts! The man was fucking brutal, thought Sinatra was going to cap his ass on the spot when Don joked about Frank’s mob ties. Kissing Sammy Davis Jr., “Did I get any black on me?”

Guns and Roses pulled that shit on me on '91. Couldn’t even tell what song Axle was on he was so fucking wasted. And the acoustics were awful.

We were tripping acid and got turned around on the road trip to OKC, missed some opening band called Smashing Pumpkins.

He was in South America and tripped on ayahuasca, never drank again I believe.

We buy almost nothing new except consumables. I could spend an hour, probably two, showing you around our house and pointing out all the things I made, found on the road, bought used or was given, etc. Our vehicles are 2002, 2004 and 2014.

Not sure we’ve ever bought Christmas stuff. Our house is lit up like none other on the block this year. Wife toted home a milk crate packed with lights the other day, free. The nice tree in the living room? No idea where it came from, sure didn’t buy it at Walmart.

Tried a new coat today my wife got for $1, had to cut the tags off. Damn it’s soft and warm! Had to make myself stop buying shoes and clothes at the thrift, have way too many.

Just got done making my own soap. Still not curing for some reason. :( Got some borax and will try making my own laundry soap next.

This year I grew loofa sponges. Got at least a year’s supply of scrub pads, kitchen and shower, won’t spend a dime on that shit. I’d have a 3-year supply, but made mistakes learning. I’ll grow next year and probably skip a few years after that harvest. Also, the seeds sell for $5/20 on eBay. I have hundreds, if not 1000+.

It’s actually a charge card. You’re expected to pay it off every month.

Got mine when I when I was living in a trailer park. What are you on about?

Hence the post! Everyone will still understand your intent and take the appropriate action.

If someone says, “Turn the AC up.” you know they want it colder but you actually turn it down.

Semantic satiation is the word you’re looking for. :)

I don’t hate AI nearly so much as I hate what’s going to happen to the American economy, and then the rest of the world. Have a look at the Buffett Index.

That’s all driven by AI speculation. We haven’t seen numbers like that in history, not before the Great Depression, dotcom bust, 2008, never.

I have Consent-O-Matic on Firefox (PC) and it doesn’t seem to do anything.

Maybe it’s not news to anyone, but I can’t live without Imgur. Point to a pic, it expands, that’s it. Can’t imagine surfing the internet and having to click on everything I want to see. Monstrous.

For those that think the files will be heavily redacted, I have a question. Ready?

We just got 20,000 docs that were not redacted in any way. How do you think the full release will be edited?

That’s rather the point? See how ridiculous is sounds in a different context?

Tried actual Band Aid™ brand? Hate to sound like I’m shilling, but I get beat up a lot in the woods and on the water. Never had a hydrocolloid fail, even if it was mushed in my tiny aid kit for months. Again, Band Aid™ brand works way better. Easier to get out the package, sticks way better, comes off better.

Hate buying the brand name because it costs so much more, but, get what ya pay for.

You obviously weren’t around for the 1980s, and that’s OK! But don’t try to shoehorn current events into what we dealt with in the past.