Her, yeah. Trump tried to say they’d work with her and I think she demanded Maduro be returned. It’s a CF

…Did we just bring back retrocolonialism?

Or in on it

I’m not so sure about that now that I consider it. Military loves contingencies. If USA were to get invaded by Russia or China and somehow was losing and no one helped us for some reason, wouldn’t we threaten Europe or Canada etc? I can see crazy contingency plans being drawn up for dire circumstances

Is it ok to want genocidal States to end?

They target “allies” if they’re not "ally"ing hard enough. Threatening the world to get what they want

It’s an ETF, you can buy as much or as little as you want. My understanding is that they take their money and sell options (covered calls) with at-the-money strike prices on NASDAQ. Each month, they pay out dividends, something like 1% per month (bit over 12% on a yearly basis). So if you park 100$, you get like a free dollar per month, or 12 per year.

It’s not hugely popular because you pay short term gains taxes on the dividends, a lot of tech does better than 12%, the shares can decrease in value if NASDAQ goes down, and if you wanted to (and had the startup cash), you could do the exact same thing without paying the ETF fees - buy 100 shares of QQQ for 62k, then sell a covered call for a month out, rinse repeat

If you parked a million dollars in QYLD, you’d get about $120k per year (pretax) in exchange for your contribution to society of “having a spare million dollars”

I was going to send a DM to cowbee, but it may be worth knowng for others. I’m a bit older and may be a “normie” leftist with moderate anti-cap views and have unexamined prejudices about the USSR. I liked what I read from Lenin/Marx (one work each, i know!) but don’t like the reality of what I know of Stalin so don’t want that association. After reading some more, I’ll reexamine the USSR prejudices. So thanks to cowbee and folks who didn’t assume malice

Civil and Fair, so thanks. I’ll also pay more attention to the instance in the future if only to not be so baffled. Even if folks consider the Soviets progressive for the time, my 2 cents is that tying modern anticapitalism to the realities of USSR, especially Stalinism, does a disservice to progressive movements and even Marxism. But as you say, it’s a minority opinion, so I’ll accept my downvotes. Thanks again

Fascism is probably heading more towards neo-Feudalism than sticking with traditional capitalism

Because the Soviets were assholes. I didn’t realize that would be controversial. I wish folks wouldn’t restrict the concept of anti-capitalism to the ussr. Raised fist? Red and black?

Lowkey yikes. I don’t want to associate myself with either graphic

Sad to hear. I loved the trains when I lived in the Bay area. Was also a great nonstandard place to show visitors. All the workers I met there were dedicated and loved the work (except maybe ticket takers). Hope they can figure out a long term solution

Great, now give Ukraine those tomahawks

I think a lot depends on context. I’ve only been asked this in public razzing environments where joking back is appropriate “why? are you really loose?” Or “your dad didn’t complain” If flirty, “play your cards right and maybe you’ll find out” works. Like others’ve said. If joking and flirty, “what I lack in length, I make up for in quickness” To your question, I wouldn’t give a number. Treat it as a vibe check and be confident. your dick is fine, bro.

Banshee for con? Their wail instakill (dc13) mechanic is bad enough that I’ve never run banshees against my players

I’m surprised that I’m the first to say “p-trap” drain. Self-maintaining, no moving parts, affordable as anything, protects the indoors from sewer gas, catches rings. Chefs kiss 200 years old and still great

Oh, to be a bot! If only I could be so grossly incandescent!

I made the mistake of playing too much in early access and it was a lot of fun but I am worried it ruined the experience. Looking forward to trying a fresh playthrough!