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Dan8267
2017 Jul 20, 3:49pm
There is no land hording.
It's amazing how divorce your mind is from reality. Obviously you know nothing about New York City where landlords have horded land for generations. Or about foreigners buying up real estate in Florida.
Something liberals clearly don't understand very well, when (demand > supply = prices go up).
I fully understand that. What you clearly do not understand is that land hording both increases demand and decreases supply, which means prices go up. Why do I have to explain such obvious things to you?
Dan you liberals really don't do well with economics, it's not your thing.
Oh honey, I've given numerous real world examples of why the conservative right sucks at economics, business, and running an economy. That greatly outweighs your baseless assertion.
Rin
2017 Jul 20, 4:11pm
ME, ME, ME. I guess that's the point: having kids is not about YOU.
Projecting much?
My philosophy has always been "the messenger is irrelevant".
Why are you so ego-eccentric?
Dan, that's because ppl (like Hera'), believe that children are some extension of their soul's incarnation's function on this earth. I believe it's a mix of ego-centrism and spiritual mumbo jumbo, whether it's Judaeo-Christian or some New Age claptrap.
In the end, those ppl can't stand the thought of dying alone and thus, require an entourage of weeping descendants at their wake, to give themselves some validation.
My prayer is that Hera' does in fact, die alone and thus, is forced to address this psychological issue, even if it's on his deathbed.
Rin
2017 Jul 20, 4:13pm
Designer babies may or may not happen.
History has shown that if there is a demand for something and it's not forbidden by the laws of nature, eventually technology will make it happen.
Designer babies are almost guaranteed to happen, given the pace of change in bioinformatics and genomic therapies.
Dan8267
2017 Jul 20, 4:45pm
Designer babies are almost guaranteed to happen, given the pace of change in bioinformatics and genomic therapies.
The 21st century will be dominated by sex bots and designer babies and A.I. assistants.
Rin
2017 Jul 20, 6:26pm
The 21st century will be dominated by sex bots and designer babies and A.I. assistants
For me, I only care about the sex bots. I've got a lot to do, w/o needing to worry about my next boink!
RWSGFY
2017 Jul 20, 6:30pm
I would simply make parenting
Good thing you can't really make anything. Except walls of text on patnet that is.
FortWayne
2017 Jul 20, 7:17pm
The 21st century will be dominated by sex bots and designer babies and A.I. assistants
For me, I only care about the sex bots. I've got a lot to do, w/o needing to worry about my next boink!
Rin is clearly making up for the rest of the society.
Strategist
2017 Jul 20, 7:17pm
There is no land hording.
It's amazing how divorce your mind is from reality. Obviously you know nothing about New York City where landlords have horded land for generations. Or about foreigners buying up real estate in Florida.
That's called investing, not hoarding.
Something liberals clearly don't understand very well, when (demand > supply = prices go up).
I fully understand that. What you clearly do not understand is that land hording both increases demand and decreases supply, which means prices go up. Why do I have to explain such obvious things to you?
he he he. Dan, you really are very funny. Stop getting your education from the internet, and attend a real class.
Dan8267
2017 Jul 20, 7:22pm
Good thing you can't really make anything. Except walls of text on patnet that is.
I could say the same about you.
At least I can justify the policies I propose. All you can do is verbally masturbate.
Dan8267
2017 Jul 20, 7:24pm
That's called investing, not hoarding.
90% of investing is hoarding.
These assholes didn't create the land, did they?
he he he. Dan, you really are very funny. Stop getting your education from the internet, and attend a real class.
Feel free to explain how hoarding land doesn't increase demand while decreasing supply. Go on, genius.
Strategist
2017 Jul 20, 7:24pm
Dan, that's because ppl (like Hera'), believe that children are some extension of their soul's incarnation's function on this earth. I believe it's a mix of ego-centrism and spiritual mumbo jumbo, whether it's Judaeo-Christian or some New Age claptrap.
In the end, those ppl can't stand the thought of dying alone and thus, require an entourage of weeping descendants at their wake, to give themselves some validation.
My prayer is that Hera' does in fact, die alone and thus, is forced to address this psychological issue, even if it's on his deathbed.
It's a natural, evolutionary instinct to want your cute little baby. Remember, every single ancestor of yours going back to the apes and well beyond had babies. If even one of them did not want a baby, you would never have been born. The best part of life is raising those little brats.
Dan8267
2017 Jul 20, 7:26pm
It's a natural, evolutionary instinct to want your cute little baby.
Just because something is an instinct, doesn't mean you should follow it.
Do you really want welfare queens crapping out a dozen babies?
Strategist
2017 Jul 20, 7:41pm
That's called investing, not hoarding.
90% of investing is hoarding.
These assholes didn't create the land, did they?
So what if the "assholes" didn't create the land. Why do you call hoarding? I own vacant residential lots that I accumulated over the years. I plan on selling 4 or 5 of them in a few years when i think the real estate market has plateaued. That's investing, not hoarding.
he he he. Dan, you really are very funny. Stop getting your education from the internet, and attend a real class.
Feel free to explain how hoarding land doesn't increase demand while decreasing supply. Go on, genius.
Please why you feel this way.
Strategist
2017 Jul 20, 7:46pm
It's a natural, evolutionary instinct to want your cute little baby.
Just because something is an instinct, doesn't mean you should follow it.
Instinct to want babies is that invisible force that turns into a desire to want babies. You don't have to follow it, but not wanting babies is just not natural.
Strategist
2017 Jul 20, 7:47pm
Do you really want welfare queens crapping out a dozen babies?
Hell no. I would hate supporting babies that are not mine.
Dan8267
2017 Jul 20, 11:35pm
Please why you feel this way.
1. I think, not feel, that. I don't base my beliefs on artsy fartsy feelings. I base them on facts.
2. You are dodging the question.
FortWayne
2017 Jul 21, 7:48am
90% of investing is hoarding.
These assholes didn't create the land, did they?
They didn't create companies or stocks or people who work for those companies, yet they still buy it. You simply don't understand investing.
Again your socialist backed reasoning is always going to be flawed as long as you begin with your SJW mentality of equal outcomes.
Strategist
2017 Jul 21, 8:04am
Please why you feel this way.
1. I think, not feel, that. I don't base my beliefs on artsy fartsy feelings. I base them on facts.
2. You are dodging the question.
You cannot hoard land because there is so much of it with millions of owners. Hoarding commodities does occur like it did during WW2 where a group would buy up a certain commodity in short supply, wait for the price to jump, and then sell it. It's also very common in Africa where food shortages are common.
But it does not happen in land in the USA. Land is a long term investment. The does not entail hoarding.
Shaman
2017 Jul 21, 8:39am
You cannot hoard land because there is so much of it with millions of owners
It's just a problem of scale. As anyone knows, such problems can be overcome with organization. Enter the Real estate investment trust, where investors combine cash into hundreds of billions available to buy up property in prime locations and rent it back to consumers. Such a scheme is well able to hoard property, and is currently doing so.
Dan8267
2017 Jul 21, 8:46am
90% of investing is hoarding.
These assholes didn't create the land, did they?
They didn't create companies or stocks or people who work for those companies, yet they still buy it. You simply don't understand investing.
Honey buns, we're not even talking about stocks and companies. We're talking about land and why housing is expensive. Stick to the topic and stop flinging red herrings to cover your incompetence.
Dan8267
2017 Jul 21, 8:48am
You cannot hoard land because there is so much of it with millions of owners.
Once again, you demonstrate your complete inability to grasp reality. We're not talking about land in North Dakota. Housing there is damn cheap.
We're talking land in NYC, Florida, Silicon Valley, and other places were housing is expensive. The fact is, it's damn cheap to build a house. What's not cheap is buying an existing house to tear down so that you can build the new house.
Land in an economically developed location is a scarce commodity. And you claim to know more about economics than I do. What a joke. My statements are obviously true.
Ceffer
2017 Oct 24, 10:02am
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/19/health/americans-less-sex-kerner/index.html
According to a recent study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, a large general social survey found that American adults had sex about nine fewer times per year in the early 2010s than they did in the late 1990s, a decline that wasn't explained by longer work hours or increased use of pornography.
"A lot of parents feel like they've already done about 50 things they didn't want to do that day, like getting up at dawn, dealing with their child's tantrums. Adding sex to the menu just seems like too much," said Samantha Lutz, a psychologist. "So we turn to things like Netflix to unwind, which leads to immediate gratification with zero energy expended."
Parents also seem to be much more involved with their children's lives than in the past. "Parents are constantly driving their children to school and extracurricular activities," said Amanda Pasciucco, a licensed marriage and family therapist. In previous years, children had more freedom and fewer organized activities, which meant more free time for their parents.
Eric Marlowe Garrison, a certified sexuality counselor, agreed. "We're seeing more helicopter parenting, which is zapping energy that could go toward sex and other sensual activities."
But has the marriage advantage become a disadvantage?
We don't know if indeed the 'marriage advantage' is now a 'disadvantage,' " said Debby Herbenick, president of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, "in part because so many other things have changed about sex and health in America in recent decades, including far more Americans taking medications with sexual side effects, far more Americans dealing with chronic health conditions -- like diabetes -- known to affect sex, and millions more Americans surviving cancer -- which is wonderful -- but often with sexual side effects from cancer treatments. An important question for future research would be, all else being equal (including health status), how does marital status relate to people's sex lives?"
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