Unfortunately you need a cable machine but face pulls are incredible for posture and honestly make you feel great. Squats will always be the greatest exercise for human beings tho so don’t skimp on them!
Yes, this will eventually break our reserve currency status which would plunge the US into a fiscal nightmare situation. Our debt would finally matter and inflation would be seen like never before.
They are purposely plunging it imo because the tech bros who backed Trump have a ton of crypto and their value isn’t denominated in USD, it’s denominated in assets. They also don’t give a shit about a functioning US because they can flee and go anywhere. The USD failing will not impact their wealth, and, at least in the short term, it will give them more. This is a perfect scenario in which the world might shift to a “currency” they already have a massive stake in. It’s essentially the equivalent to bringing a company they own a huge stake in, public, except at a currency level. It’s extremely dangerous and the USD is kind of the main obstacle. Even if Bitcoin is never actually used as a currency (and it’s not which means its intrinsic value imo is even less than a single dollar) as long as the charade keeps up, they can capture a large amount of wealth that they can translate to real assets over time
If an oil-rich country breaks from the petrodollar and aligns with another currency, I think that would mark a very obvious end to US hegemony. Otherwise just a slow shift in what trade is denominated in
This is a great comment. I had my existential crisis at 23-25 and my god at 32 I am actually happy. There’s a lot of shit going around but I am happy with my identity, my understanding of the world, economics, politics, and people, and I feel like an individual. I have my hobbies and interests and humor and confidence. It sucked for those few years but it was an important growth period in my life in identifying what truly made me happy and sticking with it
I think the most important thing I finally understood was how to completely stop caring about things if they don’t bring me happiness. Funny enough one of the best lessons I had was through a video game that just didn’t respect my time and I realized I don’t need to play for efficiency anymore, I can just play for fun, and if I’m not having fun, I will play something else. That extrapolated into understanding what and who matters and what and who doesn’t, and being able to prioritize my habits and my attitude towards the external world. It helps me identify and cut through the fluff and recognize the parts of things that are good and bad, and even if much of society and the economy want to hide things behind the bad (using my time or money disproportionately), I can recognize it now.
Also understanding that I am a data point, and while I am just one data point, acting in a way that would communicate to the companies that I do business with that I enjoy or don’t enjoy something and not allowing them to dictate how I should live my life. I feel like I’ve reclaimed a version of child-stubbornness or innocence where I can see something for what it is, and push past it or stick with it, with a bluntness that only really children have. A disregard for norms
Yeah that makes sense. I’ve gotten two quotes so far one around 2.2k and another 3.5k which is a pretty wide difference. They are definitely only replacing the tank and yes a colder climate but we have all four seasons in good quantities. I’m gonna wait for another quote or two but it’s been tough since some places don’t install those tanks because the manufacturer has stricter requirements when it comes to certification (which is a good thing I guess; 18 years for a tank feels like a pretty good lifecycle). I appreciate your insights though and will live with my cold water for now!
Okay wait this is so relevant to me personally right now. My water heater tank just sprang a leak after 18 years and I am looking to replace it. It is an energy kinetics system 2000. I have no idea what the price of a replacement should be (just the tank) and am being given different prices for different tanks. Since the original lasted so long I am leaning towards the same brand but individual consumers cannot purchase them directly, and I’m getting pushback from the only quote to offer an installation of that tank on the breakdown of the price. Can you give me any advice? It would be super appreciated
His presidency will end of old age, but right beforehand his make-a-wish will be to visit 5th avenue one more time. And he’ll do it. And all his fan girls will cheer and clap
I genuinely don’t know if they will. Like yes the rhetoric is aimed at them and the man on the plastic chair is completely senile and probably does want them removed, but the actual people behind the wig have an incentive to keep them around. A two party system locks out proper representation and is a beautiful pressure valve that’s conveniently soaked in tradition. A one party system in America will fester a tremendous amount of anger and much more potential instability. It is a safer play to try to keep the charade going and they’re probably just letting him pretend the controllers plugged in for now since he doesn’t have much time left. I think he’s run a bit away with the plot, but I do think they’ll reign them in and regardless of who is leader, they’ll use the tools established to maintain surveillance and disappear undesirables who want workers to be paid at least half of what they’re worth
Yo can we stop pretending the Dems are dumb? They would literally prefer Trump over sanders, let alone someone who would actually run this country decently well
They aren’t flailing around, limbless birds. They aren’t the sheep that will be culled. Their donors are the fucking same, it just wasn’t their turn. Their instincts are perfect for the task they’ve been given
There is a regenerative farm to table restaurant near me. The owner used to work in the Obama admin first term. He left and started a farm, and I quote, not because the government worked poorly, but because it worked perfectly
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