Exposing American capitalism with basic optimism. And no it’s not a typo of “cucks”.
Inspired from the #cockroachjantaparty or @CJP_for_India for short.
Japan vs. the rest of the world can be summarized by airport baggage claim.
Rest of the world: Pure chaos + suboptimal Nash equilibrium. People wait directly in front of the conveyer belt, which means that nobody behind them can find or grab their luggage. People act in their own individual self-interest without any thought to anyone else. When enough people act like like this, then everyone else also has to act selfishly just to survive. Ultimately the collective is worse off, and the most selfless are the most punished.
Japan: People wait at a distance to the belt (clearly marked, though I think Japanese would do so even if it weren't), allowing everyone to find and grab their luggage with minimal hassle. Attendants nearby quickly check ID with baggage tags to confirm that nobody grabs the wrong bag, and this is done so efficiently that it doesn't add any noticeable delay.
It's common sense to anyone who's thought about this that maintaining a minimum wait distance from the conveyer belt is the optimal way to run it. Yet almost nowhere in the west have I seen this (I think I saw it once in one of the Scandinavian countries - maybe Finland - which also happens to be the European country most similar to Japan).
Imagine that it's literally someone's job to manage an airport - likely paid by your taxpayer dollars, and they haven't managed to figure out that you can make everyone better off by putting a line on the floor enforcing a minimum distance to the conveyer belt.
It's worth emphasizing that the suboptimal equilibrium rewards selfish behavior and punishes selfless behavior. If you want to be the altruistic role model that maximizes everyone's experience by waiting at a respectable distance, people will just crowd around the conveyer belt in front of you, and you'll no longer be able to find or reach your bag.
I was amongst the first to arrive at the baggage claim in SFO, waited at a distance, but of course everyone ended up crowding around the belt, making it almost impossible to see or grab a suitcase without having to tell somebody to move. Luckily I managed to find a tiny opening in the human conveyer belt centipede chain where I managed to spot my suitcase. Knowing I only had a small window of opportunity, I rushed to the belt, and in my haste to secure my bag, pushed too forcefully and nearly cracked my nail, with blood coming out underneath. Boo hoo. I still feel it in my middle finger as I type this, but it'll recover soon. At least I got my suitcase.
Baggage claim is just one example amongst countless. Escalators are the other obvious one. Japan is the only country I've been where people consistently wait on one side of the escalator to allow others to walk the other side.
Somebody tell the airport managers to put the minimum wait distance line around the baggage conveyer belts because I guess they haven't gotten the memo yet.
Given the cost of housing in the USA, it's SERIOUSLY worth considering getting some-all-in-one Chinese homes with some friends.
Get a plot of land, and share the cost of sewage and electricity with friends.
You can have your own little community.
Israelis, Chinese, Russians and Americans (in this order) are high IQ but not very civilised.
Scandinavians, Japanese and Central Europeans are high IQ & civilised. Very respectable and admirable - but does not win wars nor build geopolitical super powers.
As you need to be sufficiently uncivilised to impose your will on others.
The Shafi sect is honestly the most OP yet tolerant school of Sunni Islam, that I practice Alhamdullilah.
None of dat Wahabbi, Salafi, Barelvi, Deobandi, ahlul shirk and ahlul jihad wal jamat typa people that are anti USA, pro Afghanistan, anti women’s rights, non secularists.
Man who says he prayed alongside Muslims explains why he does not side with them, saying many are anti-American.
After seeing historic churches burned, crowds chanting “Death to America,” and growing influence in cities and government, while also pushing progressive causes like transgender ideology and LGBTQ content in schools, he rejects that agenda.
He stands with conservative values and promises to push back against an Islamic takeover of the country.
The most overrated experiences you can have in life:
1. The high school experience
2. The college experience
3. European Summer
4. Cannes Film Festival
5. Clubbing
6. Raves and EDM Festivals
Footage has surfaced of Clavicular getting PRESSED by a security guard while on a yacht 😳
🗣️ Security: “You need some lipstick? Profession? You can’t spell the word homeboy. You don’t know where you are”
🗣️ Clav: “You don’t even know what pistol’s is on your hip. You gonna hold it sideways homeboy? Like what the f-ck is wrong with you?”
🗣️ Security: “Really? Like I said, I will take everything off and beat the dogsh-t outta you.”
Singapore is master of diplomacy.
Everyone is a bro. Grab driver is bro. Chicken rice uncle is bro. Even your rival is bro.
Make friends with everyone, offend no one.
And if you must offend someone, offend everyone equally to stay neutral.
This is so pathetic,
I have no idea why Black New Yorkers are so desperate for Dominicans to identify as Black, its actually embarassing,
Is the DR some super rich first world island? Is it some massive innovative haven of progress? Is it a credit to Black people if Dominicans become black lmao?
You see the same thing around Somalis and Ethiopians, Black men with a huge fetish towards those groups are usually DESPERATE for them to identify as black.
They just need to embrace that they primarily love Non Black women(They're all Non Blacks) and call it a day.
We’re literally in the new wave of the future in late 2026.
First it was the cybercab, then joby air taxis, and now this.
The world cannot survive without Chinese or American innovation that changes peoples lives dramatically.
This startup brought Starlink to the US Open to give free WiFi to the entire place.
They just plugged it in and now everyone sees their branding.
Genius.
Lily Singh is beyond unrecognizable all in a 10 year difference.
2016 was peak Lil and not 2026.
she focused too much on Hollywood than her viewers uff we want the old one back!