"Well off" = a bunch of armed thugs stealing HALF of the whole country's GDP EVERY SINGLE YEAR, and putting in jail those who object, and ruining their lives forever, or even worse if they resist. š¤”š¤”š¤” nostr:note1sut5mts36gpgs8nh2cdpzy7w5yp4ktk75gk0xxqlvk39scppq9lqk4nrsp
Well it's the same in Europe. The official EU motto is In Varietate Concordia, which translates as "Yes Daddy Govern Me Harder".
You don't need young average Aussie to stay when you have young rich Chinese CCP agents flocking in. 
nostr:note1587s4m9sg80y5x9e6z9f5eneyxnhnreldgc8n9ncm9p8xd6hwndqjju5rjSo basically, if you make the median, and do things "by the book" and save 30% of your monthly income, you need 9-10 years to save just for the downpayment. Then you pay for 30 years.
Where I live, it's unlikely that the banksters give you a 30 year mortgage if you're 40 or older. So in short you have to be 25 years old and make the median income to have a shot at doing all the above.
since nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac and i want to learn japanese, and nostr:npub1gsyvqrq7jdvvqkk3rklz6wsaft9cc2md6cuxun3a48s5hvrd7s4sgeqd9m and nostr:npub1m0sxqk5uwvtjhtt4yw3j0v3k6402fd35aq8832gp8kmer78atvkq9vgcru wanted to join in on the action
are there any others interested in learning japanese?
letās form a study group
also if thereās anybody who could teach us, then thatād be absolutely incredible š
Can't teach but can give tips:
1. Rote repetition of lists of words. That's all. There's no secret. Not pretty, but it's THE way.
2. Ignore "learn real Japanese" or "conversational skills" systems or memorization of phrases. You must read and write. No way around it.
3. Learn hiragana and katakana first and foremost before anything else. Shouldn't take more than a few days.
4. Focus on grammar, vocabulary can be looked up. Grammar is extremely simple and rewarding.
5. Kanjis are pretty. Kanjis are what SUCKS when learning Japanese. You will not learn how to write them, especially nowadays when no one writes by hand anymore. But you must learn to recognize them. Otherwise you won't be able to read jack, and even though you will think you know Japanese, reality will hit you fast. The basic 1950 or so kanji can take several years of hardcore focused daily root repetition of thousands of words. There is no way around it. Flashcards help, but can't replace handwriting and repetition.
When I first joined, I immediately followed tens of Japanese accounts. As much as I like the variety though, they made my user experience completely miserable, so I unfollowed all but maybe a couple.
nostr:note1hyunwlz08l3eufl5ae2d0ng2epzjku2lrhxys6kyunr6zjscdddskv76v8Most likely those 500k new arrivals will be the ones needing the nonexistent public housing too.
It's one of those Japanese-specific cultural things that must not be considered at value face (the "official explanation"). Not the meaning and reason why they do it but the actual social implications.
I personally think chat rooms are awesome and I miss the golden days of mIRC. But air replies don't work like a chatroom and are not the same. As much as they can be rationalized as politeness and consciousness, they can also be extremely alienating.
Japanese people definitely do not engage in the same (level of) passive-aggressive subtweeting we see in the West, that's true. But for instance, to me all air replies do is pollute my feed with incoherent half conversations because I don't follow everyone - and I don't want to follow everyone.
It's like the Japanese culture of wearing masks. Officially, a sign of politeness. In reality, one of anti-social behavior.
We obviously need an app called Namestr. nostr:note1hxcavxchd3gh0twk5xsxpkcpnmhccgm5yj9x5zql7lsaz9gwzt7s7f9mcq
(Also, I found the movie boring as fuck. And so bizarre that they picked a Catholic totalitarian from the age of the Inquisition to represent a supposedly anti-state freedom partisan fighting against a religious totalitarian regime...) nostr:note17378k9uv9mgvxslxlpr2euzz9c2ue58n9u03guy0gmcw5x4334msr9ag5t
Remember, remember that I'm all for bombing tyrannical institutions, just maybe not if your goal is to reinstate another tyrannical institution.
Just sayin'.
So now that Saylor goes on Squawkbox to say that banks and institutions must hold custodial bitcoin, I hope my point below is clearer. nostr:note13l4flcc67x5p3s3m60qss3veuwfyq0quthcxwyajj97wpcm9azzq0a289v
Because it's not even just putting planta together. I work in the food industry (strictly whole, all natural foods) and I'm not touching that shit or any other "plant based" meat/seafood replacement with a ten foot pole in a hazmat suit.
Dude. I'm pretty much off carbs, but this looks incredible and I wouldn't mind making and eating one of those.
Of course. My only concern is that such an object (coin, medal, etc) requires stamping. Is that something you can realistically make?
Patrons. A supporter doesn't necessarily pay.