[-] Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Yeah, and if someone thinks Leviticus, which was Jewish law more than 3000 years ago is still relevant for modern society, then I have a rather long list of inconsistencies and absurdities to show, aptly summarized by Martin Sheen in the west wing series.

[-] Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 83 points 4 days ago

Hi, Norwegian here, we have 5 weeks vacation per year, mandated by law. Oh, and the government takes 10% of your paycheck every month and pays it all out in July, so you have the money to go on vacation. Strong labor unions is the recipe.

[-] Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Cause stupid people buy games on pre release and there's apparently a lot of them.

[-] Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago

Norwegian here. I can still hear the gasping from the laughter of the nobel committee in Oslo. And I'm on vacation abroad.

[-] Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 19 points 4 weeks ago

Compensating for relative lower income with low cost of consumer products is a bit like pissing your pants to get warm. The underlying issue is declining wages, caused by the loss of labor power. If people had decent wages a rise in prices would not be a problem. But while scraping by a rise in prices is a huge problem.

[-] Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Half your age +7 is the formula. Anything within that is fine. Of course, that's a guideline, not a law. Or let me put it like this, do you believe a woman of 30 to be capable of making her own choices? If so, go on the date and see if there's anything there. If not, slap yourself and rethink your answer.

[-] Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Yeah, his name was Simeon bar Jonah, Simon, son of Jonah, or by modern style, Simon Johnson. Then Jesus pops up and starts calling him the Rock... Simon the Rock Johnson. (also fun gravy, Dwayne means fishhook)

[-] Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

I would just fucking love it if there was discovered a correlation between autism and microplastics, or between autism and stress during pregnancy, or between autism and some food coloring or whatever. Just to see RFK shut the fuck up cause he would never challenge the owners of the country.

[-] Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

The who? The Hu! Who? The HU!

[-] Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

French aristocracy? Who ordered French aristocracy?

[-] Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 97 points 6 months ago

Ancient Rome had privatized fire department. Caesar's friend Crassus got the job and used it to extort people to sell their homes in a neighborhood when a fire broke out. As a result he became one of the richest people in history. He was also killed by the Persians who poured liquid gold (or silver, depending on source) on his decapitated head and sent it back to Rome.

[-] Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

"They wouldn't hurt us, we're their workforce."

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