The issue is that people cant afford to have kids and governments have opted to increase immigration to cover that up.

Immigrants are obviously not to blame but there is growing inequity meaning parenthood is not afforded to everyone. Its fucked up

I didn’t say that

Good catch

This shot would been somewhere in the 70x to 120x zoom. The pixels aren’t that great towards that end

The only post processing I did was to crop the image

I have no issue with communists. I’m in the anti capitalist camp myself.

I guess all I’m trying to say is idealising nations as utpoian is unrealistic and demonizig them as dystopian is equally as unfair.

There are obviously exceptions where governments do treat their citizens like trash. I don’t like what America is doing at the moment. I try not to think in binaries generally, learning not to anyway

Yeah I believe that

All that is true. But I think it’s still useful building a world where your phone is not your constant default to reach for. If you make your phone less interesting your less likely to reach for it. The device could be a nice part of that strategy

Unlike this picture, real life contains many shades of grey. There are some areas that could be improved but in other areas they excel about any other nation. It’s not black and white.

Life doesn’t have to be about identity and this picture screams “my identity is a tankie”, which is cool but just means it’s shit bias. Equally, saying a generic “China bad” screams that someone doesn’t alot about its politics

Use soulseek instead

• disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD)
• oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
• unspecified mood disorders

Cheers

That’s one major criticism of Steve Irwin, he used to wrestle and get in the face of dangerous animals.

I’m not actually sure of how it happened but I wouldn’t be surprised if he was messing around with it.

All this being said, I do believe he was a genuine, caring, lovely guy who was obsessed with conservation. Him dying was a real loss

He is white

Yeah I totally agree with you. I’m just saying that problem is not specific to hunting animals. Wealth inequality finds its way into most parts of life. But yeah I’m with you

I find this discussion really interesting.

The other night i watched Loius Theroux’s African Hunting Party documentary where he goes to Africa and interviews Americans who pay big money to kill wild animals. Some of them endangered i believe. The money made from it goes into conservation to ensure these species are kept alive to keep the whole thing going.

I remember years ago there was a guy who killed a rhino on one of these hunts. People went mental about it. Turns out that rhino was killing baby rhinos and was itself depopulating the already small population of rhino. He paid $350,000 to do it too. Radiolab did a great episode on it here

I have been a vegetarian for the last 15 or so years. I doubt i will ever eat meat again and i most certainly will not eat factory farmed meat every again. In the film, the hunters ask the question “is this worst than buying meat from the supermarket?”. Honestly, i dont think it is, the virtually live in freedom untill they are killed. The conditions of factory farmed animals is much much worse. Im not likely to pick up a gun and start hunting myself anytime soon (unless its a pest) but i thought its an interesting conversation to have.

What is opsec

Yes

Travis picking is your best bet for learning finger picking to begin with. Its the foundation of basically all finger picking aside from classical.

Some basic tips:

1. First and fore most and most importantly. Make sure your using the right fingering from the start. Your thumb plays the low E, the A, and D. Index plays G, middle plays B, and ring finger plays high e. I know it’s tough at first but it will set you up for more advanced picking later on
2. Start slow. Practice the exercises with a metronome and move up 5bpm at a time.

I just made this to explain what I mean about finger positions

If you can get hold of this book, you’ll be in great hands. Work through the exercises day by take. I think I have a digital copy

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14341596-travis-picking

EDIT: My photo upload didn’t work so here’s the link to the book above

I don’t think it’s a problem to be honest. The issue is the untreated anxiety. Are you able to get some support for that?

Bit nerve wravking watching this all unfold eh. I’ve got a young family and I’m the sole earner. It’d break me if I was able to ensure they have everything they need

Yeah I saw the projection of $4.80

Is it likely we will hit the level four of the traffic light system? Ie, only emergency and public transport vehicles?

Listening to him cry is devastating. They are absolutely scum and sub human Nazis