When federal agents were actually protecting minorities.

Funny enough, despite the ugly aesthetics, there is a great sense of community in social housing.

Me: Fuck! Has it been that long??!!

Doctor: I’m afraid it’s been ten years.

Boomer Asian parents are materialistic. I always say that they have never gone past Maslow’s hierarchy of needs of fulfilling material security needs. They are always in survival mode and are cynical. Asian parents think fulfilling material security of their kids is enough to be considered responsible and loving parents. I can’t exactly blame them having this mindset, because post-World War 2 colonial countries haven’t had it easy as they emerged poor after independence. Many suffered from dictatorship propped up by either side during the Cold War or experienced internal strife in some ways.

It’s the experience everywhere. I’m surprised that even in more religious, Muslim-majority Malaysia and Brunei, half of young adults are single. It’s the growth of a well-educated middle class in the rest of the world who know better, as well, than to follow the old tradition of being married for the sake of being married and having kids. And being more well educated means more people are also likely to think twice about marrying. Female empowerment is also one of the contributing factors in birth rate decline. These are all compounding factors not just one.

Really? I thought The Handmaiden’s Tale is inspired from when the theocrats took over Iran and suppressed women’s rights? And depending who you ask, Iranians are not white.

It pains me to say it, this century is indeed China’s century. Unless World War 3 happens if Thucydides’ trap is indeed the law of nature/ jungle.

Stop attacking me!

I think this comic is based on the US version of Dragon’s Den, Shark Tank.

Even if it’s a choice, why do some people think it’s selfish not to have kids? Is it from religious reasons?

Piracy saves money

Precisely. I don’t see torrenting wrong if you really can’t afford digital streaming or games. Netflix has made piracy less popular when it first came out, but with the proliferation of copy cat rival services, piracy became vogue again.

I prefer not to torrent games unless the game is owned by huge asshole companies like EA or Ubisoft. These big companies could absorb financial losses from torrenting because there are always idiots who will pay for their bog standard games. Small devs should be supported instead (also, small time filmmakers should be supported by paying to see their movies as well).

My friends think I am rich despite circumstances. But no, I just save money by torrenting. I use the money that I don’t buy essentials with, on learning new skills, socialising and developing hobbies. My rule of not buying new games until I clear a portion of my backlog is working on not going on impulse buying that my friends tend to do. A couple of my friends are pretty frivolous and complain when they don’t have savings. A lot of younger folks still think that the environment that allowed boomers to spend money and enjoy their youths, buy a house, get married and then raise a family with couple of kids still applies. Now, we have to sacrifice one over the other and this is what I have been telling people in my generation.

Not really. It’s more about what options are there. Of course, the left argue whether through peaceful or a violent revolution. Personally, I see violence only as the last resort. But even so, we argue what the catalyst should be for an open revolution. While Trump’s ICE kidnappings and brazen violation of constitution could clearly warrant a revolution, it is clear he is provoking people to give him legal grounds to incite the insurrection act, and consolidate his power.

I work in a highly automated job so there is plenty of downtime between tasks. We are allowed to use our phones even though officially we are not meant to be. That said, there is plenty of self-productivity activities you could do. You could read books, ebooks or audiobooks, listen to podcasts, watch gym training videos, learn and hone skills in self-learning sites like Udemy or Brilliant, etc. Of course, one could consume brain rot media like Tiktok, Netflix or Instagram to unwind but we all know it’s not productive in the long run.

This is not imploring anyone to do it immediately, but in my case, I do side hustle of day trading and market speculation. While I am doing it, I learn as much as I could with how to trade better and reading the stock market news. I am not rich but I get couple of bucks every now and then. On the luckiest of days, I could earn hundreds within days. That supplements my income. It does not always work of course, I had my “bull run” two months ago but the stock market slowed down and declined even due to uncertainty in the market.

There is another time to play and win a game. There is a better game to play.

Playing in the arcade made me realise the role of luck no matter how much I try, which influenced my worldview. I’ve never really felt bitter about life as a result.

Then as I grew older, I learned that arcades are rigged to make you spend more money to buy more tokens and keep playing but keep losing and the cycle repeats. It’s when you become adult you realise that life is rigged. And like with the arcade where you hit the machine or shake it to get your money back out of frustration, you have to shake the rigged system that we are in as well.

I don’t make fun of gen alpha for 67, but we have to admit that the meme is a random nonsense. Nyan cat, rage comics and vine clips do have a point which makes them funny, but shouting 67 while doing so without any purpose simply because it’s a meme is inherently pointless. Let the kids have fun with 67 but it is just so random.

That was the original intention of the voting system, but most people don’t read and follow the rules and guidelines, and presume the system is about popularity contest.

I upvote more than downvote. I don’t even downvote trolls and usually reserve the downvotes to obnoxious commentators.

I also think it prevents people from having more meaningful interactions. Rather than replying with 'This was insightful", “I disagree because…” or “that was really funny”

I agree. I see perfectly reasonable comments with hundred of upvotes but with one downvote and it makes me wonder why (maybe that one downvote is being petty for the sake of just having a downvote).

Downvoting is a lazy way to disagree. Back when Reddit was great, the etiquette was to explain why you downvoted and disagree, but spez did away with the guideline.

You just offended my entire gender.

But yes, that’s true and it’s bad that about half are fucking idiots.

It sounds paradoxical but a lot of the things we were taught and developed presumptions of from our parents become obsolete. For example, while thrifting never becomes obsolete, simply working hard and saving alone are not enough anymore to enjoy life, buy a house, raise a family and then retire comfortably. This is something that older generations don’t grasp on the frustrations of today’s young adults. This is why it’s important to either have side hustles, or do investing if they can-- anything to supplement the traditional means of income.

The world constantly changes at an exponential rate, but the human mind isn’t evolved to deal with such rapid pace. While some but not all traditional knowledge becomes obsolete, the human capacity to adapt doesn’t.