Still, 15k invested now while OP is 19 could be helpful in a decade.

Honour among thieves was an absolute blast, felt like a quality throwback to the old adventure comedies.a

Another one I’ve never heard of but will check out, thanks!

Oooh, haven’t seen Loaded Weapon but fully agree on Top Secret, so I’ll have to check it out.

I finally caught this in a theatre this year, amazing to watch it with a hundred people all roaring (admittedly, at various times as some people remembered jokes before they happened, but that just added to the charm.)

“Do you want to be called a neo liberal bootlicker for pretty standard positions shared by a majority of people? Have I got the place for you!”

“Want to be compared to a mass murderer if you read enough to think proportional representation isn’t a great plan?”

Oh I figured as much, unless you went to Bayside with Zach Morris and crew!

But I didn’t know Pogs came back in the early 00s, which is super cool to hear.

Oh wow, do you mind if I ask when pogs hit for you? I would’ve been in early grade school, so, maybe 94/95.

Last week, I had to explain what pogs were to a pair of teammates, had to stop myself from starting with “back in my day, when things were good and people didn’t spend so much time on their phones…”

lol. Life tip? When you get corrected on the facts and the resort to childish name calling, it really doesn’t make anyone think that you have a point.

You’ll learn this as you grow but hopefully a lil pointer helps you out!

I know, right! But as you grow up, hopefully you’ll read more etc and learn.

Good luck!

Childhood is when your understanding of economics is capitalism = America.

Don’t be upset because you conflated capitalism with America.

And lol, right winger. Given that for the past decade+ I’ve taken a major paycut to work for a proudly progressive institution because I believe in our values, well, that’s just adorable.

Knowing things doesn’t make someone a right winger (frequently, it’s the opposite!)

Hadn’t heard ol Tom Waits in forever, that was great! Thanks!

The ones currently either not functioning or actively getting dismantled?

Are you conflating America with how all capitalism must function? Or how do you see anti trust not functioning in say, the EU?

There are alternative better economic models today.

Theoretical ones. Surely you understand the difference between theory and practice?

Your earlier argument was silly because during feudalism, there were and had been alternative models that produced a similar or better standard of living.

So far, in practice, every application of non capitalism has been a dumpster fire or yielded living standards that are significantly lower than ours.

Haven’t heard Spacious Thoughts, sounds like a fun time, I’ll blare some while working today!

Oddly, I dug ska growing up but my more recent delve into brass bands are no doubt the result of my buddy watching Treme and getting really into New Orleans brass! So, if you’re looking for more, for me that was a great jumping off point to the likes of the Dirty Dozen Brass band and the Rebirth Brass band.

Guys we just have to do better laws to fix the system that lets rich people control what the laws are.

Lile we do for anti trust laws, collusion, labour safety, employment standards etc.

Feudalism is not a perfect system but it’s the only one that has ever worked

There had been alternative, better economic models by this time. Though, I suppose it is fitting that your hypothetical only works if you don’t know all that much.

Brass against is so much fun!

(Admittedly, I have a soft spot for brass acts like March Fourth n Too Many Zoos.)

Fully agree, RTJ is probably the closest in terms of RATM fire but sadly generally figure them as the least popular of the three? (Though I am ignorant as hell about what’s popular)

I listen to a lot of weird punk and am not particularly good at knowing what’s popular, but I’d guess Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino and/or Run the Jewels?

To each their own but I think these all rely on a very privileged upbringing, a ridiculous faith in people and a steadfast determination that every human flaw is actually secretly capitalism’s fault, despite all evidence to the contrary.

All you need of evidence of how pathetically greedy and self centered we are is to look into the window of any bar or restaurant and to notice 95% of the patrons are wearing sweatshop clothes.

Mamy folks are doing just fine, can afford to choose non evil but meh, those are other, foreign children so who cares? With humanity like that, you really expect people to sacrifice countless hours to become a neurosurgeon instead of sitting around being a poet?

It’s an entire ideology premised on hopefulness which is adorable but not something I’d ever risk human prosperity or happiness on.