Re: “What happens when Europeans find out how poor they are?”
Nothing. We found out years ago, had a long hard look at the alternative, and decided we’d rather not.
GDP is what you get when you put Jeff Bezos and a man sleeping in a Walmart car park into a spreadsheet and take the average. It tells you the country is rich. It does not tell you that a hundred million people inside it are quietly not. And it certainly doesn’t mention the bill: nearly forty trillion in federal debt, another eighteen on the households. This is a man pulling up to valet parking in a leased Lamborghini and calling himself rich because nobody at the table has yet asked to see his bank statement.
Meanwhile, on every parameter that matters to a human being who is alive and would like to remain so in reasonable spirits, Europe wins. The food. The streets. The holidays. The summer that contains an actual summer. The Tuesday afternoon that contains an actual lunch.
Keep the GDP. We’ll keep the life.
@AmyLundyDahl it's insane. hilarious that you write for them and have the same problems 😂
enjoy the tennis. it's been a great slam so far, when i've been able to watch it
@espn after years of navigating between you bumping coverage around i paid for your stupid espn unlimited specifically to watch the Australian Open. can you please tell me why i can't watch the Djokovic Musetti match?? Gauff v Svitolina?? it's all fucking WC tennis and juniors!
@AmyLundyDahl@espn no problem. it's infuriating for an expensive sub that's had the rights to ¾ grand slams for over a decade. this tournament happens once a year and it doesn't seem there's any issue with the 85 fucking football and basketball games plastered all over the front page of the app
Copenhagen 👋 Playing two shows tonight one with the live band and Tonic Walter opening upstairs at @pumpehuset at 8PM and then DJ’ing the afters downstairs with @nitemoves at 11PM. Let’s go!
Tickets 👉 https://t.co/ASCBIC9low
@MathiasxDC Also, freight blankets over panels all day. Ugly, but effective. Also, a nice thick pile rug under your mix position can knock down flutter quite a bit
@MathiasxDC panels only fix high/mid frequency dampening. What floor are you on? Who’s complaining? Are they below your unit or on the other side of the wall? Decoupling is almost always the answer. spikes and a few cinder blocks can go a long way