The Nazis & the Japanese experimented with this as well. AFAIK neither faction ever achieved anything resembling success. Fertilization occurs, but then immediately stops as there’s no compatibility, and the cells die.

We still have their genes, so we’ve got that going for us…

When we say billionaires are evil, this is mostly what we mean. Inaction is just as bad as bad action, if you have the means.

There have been a handful people (ex-billionaires) who apparently got the message and decided that a few hundred million was more than enough for them and gave the rest away (and actually did it right away instead of in a “pledge” when they die so their children can curate the non-profits that will inherit their billions). Mckenzie Scott is one.

I checked out of Wow a few expansions back, haven’t regretted it yet. I too was a day 1-player but the current game is so far removed from its roots it might as well be another game altogether.

Fuck you life! fucks off to /c/weedtime

Well, maybe not the emetophagia. Everything else checks out.

I suspect this happens far more than you think. They just have amazing security details.

Such as in wartime. And this is war, but most people are far too blind to see this.

have it worse in first world countries than they did in France during the 1700s

In absolute terms? Definitely not. The lowliest “unskilled” worker today has vastly more amenities than even a 17th century nobleman could even dream of.

In relative terms, however? The ultra-rich robbed you, me and every single other person on this planet. And to this you may retort that you do not care about wealth and are content with what you have. I would applaud such an answer, but it would be besides the point. What we’ve been systematically robbed of, is our time. Years, decades that could be spent enjoying your lives with our loved ones, instead spent slaving away at a desk or in a factory only to make the few who have everything even more. That, to me, is absolutely unforgivable, especially since I’ve long since past my physical prime and am still being robbed of this time against my will.

Now, if you want to alter the claim to “the threat of violence is needed,” then I would be more inclined to agree; however, individually murdering certain billionaires is not productive;

Again, I disagree. There are about ~2700 billionaires on earth out of ~8 billion people. Killing half of them and having that wealth redistributed would solve more problems than it would create. But if I do that, I’m thinking like said billionaires.

Which is the only way to fight them. If you try the moral and legal route, you won’t stand a chance because you’ll be fighting withing system and rulesets they have created to give themselves every (unfair) benefit.

Sometimes the disgruntled worker who shanks the boss is the hero we need.

I respectfully disagree.

The ultra-rich aren’t shy about killing you or your loved ones if it makes them an extra million. There are exceptions, but they’re definitely not the rule.

Tit for tat. We’re absolutely in a class war and the owner class has been winning for three or four consecutive decades. The inequality in society was lower during the French revolution than it is now. Hell, the pay Scrooge gave out in the old tale was more than minimum wage is today adjusted for inflation.

I’m not saying we need violence, but I am saying we need the threat of violence for these kind of people to do their part. No one needs a billion dollars, let alone a trillion.

Et tu, Barney?

Ahh, if it isn’t like that.

Quantum awkwardness. I for one am in a permanent state of possibly awkward.

No thanks.

My only regret is that I have… boneitis.

Feel this one in my bones.

Get your hand off my penis!

Our national tv channel is lawfully barred from running commercials.

They just changed the definition of ads they run to “messages of commercial importance” or some dumb shit like that. And just like that, ads on the national channel are suddenly a-ok

Spite is a strong motivator.

Been trying to meditate unsuccessfully for years now. At this point the frustration of always failing isn’t even worth trying anymore but I still do in the vain hopes that “one day it will finally click”. I mean, that’s easier to accept than the more probable possibility that I’m just a fundamentally broken human who can’t even get basic functioning right.