This just made me think of something… Have we ever proven through measurement the speed of light is constant? For example every test I can seem to find requires measuring it both ways. How do we know it’s not faster in one direction? Wouldn’t we still get the same measurement if we can only measure that way?

I think that happens at every age. Every new day is a smaller fraction of your life then the previous day.

I see your point, kind of trippy to think about. Is time constant?

Well it’s the fact that so many others noticed. But I have no way of knowing if they are also old… So that’s my current theory.

That’s honestly my dominant theory. And everyone else who is also noticing this is a Genxer.

I am wondering if my counting has changed as I got older. Someone said to try 1 and 2 and 3, etc. But that seems to have the opposite problem where I am counting them way too fast.

We really should make a list. Not like in list format, something more durable like baking it into some type of meme.

Its very likely if the war enters a new phase the red sea will be closed by Iran/Houthis anyway.

I totally agree. It should be like a time length thing, where like 3+ hour flights it’s required and people that actually like it can fly on airlines that advertise it. They have water refill stations in most airports if you want to bring a bottle and you can purchase other beverages if you wish.

It’s actually annoying to take off, then 20 mins later have them do a drink service that takes a half hour to complete, to then have them come back and bother me again less than an hour later to pick up cups.

Depends how big. The one I want is like almost a thousand dollars.

Idk, maybe it’s just semantics. But to me it’s a tool and it’s the inherent systems that are bad.

Many people who actually do the gig work would argue positive examples like they wouldn’t have had the opportunities to do the work, as they have chronic illness that prevents them from working at random times or they are able to work just enough to provide supplmental income without accidentally losing benefits.

The tool is exploitave because these scenarios exist and there are people to be exploited. It’s not causing these scenarios, it’s taking advantage of them. Its a symptom.

I assume it’s all pre priced into a contract so it doesn’t cost them more money to keep it.

I guess that’s what gas taxes in some place are supposed to go to? Idk, I have done Municipal accounting before and I know that you can almost always shift expenses around to make money used for anything.

I feel like this is more of an argument against the American health insurance system and better national retirement programs, than anything else.

If Medicare for All, or an equivalent system existed in whatever country, there aren’t really any benefits other then their retirement that people care about.

I feel like people rightly point out that it’s fucked up our health insurance is tied to employment, but I don’t see people point out how it’s also fucked up that being able to survive our retirement is also based on employment. Social security alone isn’t enough to live a healthy life off of.

So if the government provided those things, I don’t really see anything wrong with the entire gig work thing. It might be within my lifetime that we see economies transition to a mostly AI/automation production system that relies on a fraction of human labor currently needed that will be supplemented by a gig work economy. Then the governments would most likely need to implement a Medicare for all type system and some sort of UBI.

This is amazing… Now I wish I had a 3D printer. Maybe I can find a friend to make the case parts for me.

From their job or the same place they get money to pay a traditional mortgage?

Let’s say the borrowed amount is $250,000, so you owe $500,000. That’s a 1,400 monthly payment. So 7 people get paid each month, or 84 a year. By the end of the period you have paid out all 2,500 lenders.

(I am using $100 and $200 repayment and $250k to make the math easier and more round. Oddly it is close to current interest rates)

Fascinating. Is there a term I can search to learn more?

Interesting! Did everyone have their mortgage paid off or do lenders accept that kind of insurance? Who manages the funds?

So the idea is its a cross between charity and gambling, who gets paid when is the gambling. It’s a feature.

Also, I don’t think your math is taking into account the $200. You borrow $100 and pay back $200, the interest is baked into the repayment amount. It’s a gamble, the people paid in year 1 get hella interest. The people paid back in year 26 basically break even on inflation and people paid back in year 30 lose money.

But I am fascinated to know what procedural hurdles one would face trying to set something like this up.

Well one of the other 2,500 people might, so it’s there to give the legal protections they need to recoup their investment. But I agree, a majority of people wouldn’t see it as an investment. I would have no problem giving dozens of acquaintances $100 if I knew for sure it would lead to them getting a house.