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Cake day: August 12th, 2023

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  • Heyo, national economies need to run at a deficit. The amount of debt needs to be maintained but running a negative is a good thing because the interest payments become stable capital injection. These regular, anticipated payments build the confidence of very conservative money managers to spend their own money. It’s trickle down but in a way that helps increase the likelihood of money being spent, which is basically the GDP. And the speed of people spending money in the system is a metric that central banks use to set interest rates.

    It’s all connected and that’s why running a deficit, a (relatively) small one, is a good thing. Nations don’t use checkbook accounting.


  • Reactionary policies are always a bad attempt at solving the problem and it’s hard for many folks to see that, much less deeply understand it enough to guide their decisions. People see something they don’t and they want it gone, not to study it to banish it.

    It’s part of the appeal for right wing parties. Authoritarians use force to squash the problem and it feels good to see toxic equivalency meted out to those who hurt us. The goal isn’t to stop crime from happening, it’s to cause crime to know what it is up against and that will stop most petty crime. But organized crime will rise up and become a second government to those who wanted strength over study, brawn over brains.

    Let them live in their cage. They made it, let them enjoy the fruits of their labor.





  • Korean food usually looks amazing and constantly smells delicious but eating it isn’t as satisfying. I’ve had the elote and potato corndogs. Potato was super awkward to eat since it’s the width of an upper arm but as short as a hand. Felt like I was trying to pelican a corn cob.

    Elote was tasty but just the batter. The dog itself was bland and the batter had pulled away from the dog and fried for too long to get that gold color. The inside was super heated hot dog water and salt.

    And the sticks they use are like closet rods. The result is a poorly built fantasy that looks good enough to buy and try but it’s not good enough to be a repeat customer.