Yeah, what they’re saying doesn’t make much sense logically though.
Men here is 们, the plural marker for people. Wo (我) is I or me, wo+men (我们) we or us, ni (你) is you, ni+men (你们) is you (plural), ta (他/她/它) is he/she/it, and ta+men (+们) is they.
Some other variants exists, and there’s specifics on the usage. I also missed the tone markers on the pinyin because they’re a pain to type.
Anyway I’m not sure what joke or point they were trying to make.
so bored of this joke now
It’s entirely tidy, let’s be honest here.
Bukowski
Well that’s blatantly what they’re doing, isn’t it. Must have found a shitty pan or something.
I’m English, don’t forget to downvote me!
I do nothing to my cast iron, it’s rusty and shit, it’s fine.
Goodness no, I’d more or less expect it. The whole model is upside down.
I put it to you that this might, with a few tweaks, actually be a step in the right direction. I’d rather be at work than in prison. Community service is a thing. This is clearly coming at it backwards on pretty much every count, but there’s a kernel of a good idea in there.
I’m genuinely not sure what the ethical position is. Maybe they are. Having watched a generation squander the massive wealth gains of what will likely be a unique economic boom, I don’t necessarily think the consumption of that wealth in the name of “living” - often a euphemism for hedonism - is something to be celebrated.
How can we be reaching this conclusion, with all the accumulated wealth in the world? How can we be seriously believing everybody should start at zero? I can’t believe what I’m reading here. Generational wealth is absolutely a thing, we inherit everything from the past. As a species, we inherit the wealth of the previous generation. Where are we imagining it goes? Given that it exists, why are we not entitled to benefit from it? There is so much wealth in the global economy, the issue is of distribution.
There’s nothing wrong with wanting to pass the product of your entire life to your offspring, surely. We can’t be so atomised. Where do you think it should go? Inheriting an empire is one thing, but why shouldn’t you be able to give your own house to your child? I say this as somebody disowned by their father.
I am most assuredly suffering already, you’ll be pleased to hear.
I’m not American 😭
Can I stop seeing this kind of thing please.
It was The Stranger by Camus, whoops.
Isn’t that the plot of that book? Maybe I’m thinking of another one.
Massive push to get everyone into therapy because literal face-to-face human interaction can’t be automated, but by gosh it can surely be commodified.