Penny wise pound foolish. The only way not to go through the paper is to go through the rolls.

De Brand in het Landhuis

De Deventer Mediazaak

De Moord op Patrick

Serial (eerste seizoen, de rest ken ik niet)

Cocainekoorts

The idea that it could happen is false hope though, because you’re buying into the idea that the chance is worth $5. The chance is so small it might as well be zero. So you’re way over spending for a could that is practically a won’t.

There are some situations with some lotteries where the math works in your favor because of for instance rollover. But if you’re committed to $5 a week you’re not that lottery player.

If you were to put $5 in S&P 500 weekly for a decade it is far more likely that you’ll have a profit of a few thousand on top of the money that you did not spend on lottery tickets (because you still own the stock). That’s not really as radically marxist as my previous comment might make me seem, but for your personal wallet it’s way better.

In this economy if you want to become rich, the best thing is to start out rich. The next best thing is starting a company and pocketing the productivity of your employees. Back to that marxism thing again.

Ah, so not only false hope but also crushing class consciousness.

I’m not surprised. I speak Dutch.

Drol

I absolutely agree.

They probably shouldn’t have named it London in hindsight. But back then of course they probably didn’t know they were going to revisit Liberty City/Vice City/San Andreas a couple of times.

Too bad that’s a 13.5 hour flight.

There are plenty of over-the-top British stereotypes they could do that the rest of the world would also appreciate. Royalty, Jacob Rees-Mogg/Boris Johnson style politicians, Brexit craziness, chavs, Geordie Shore, empire nostalgia.

GTA is satire about American society. Because of Hollywood, TV, and English being the lingua franca of the world, this way they can reach a far bigger audience. You couldn’t do exactly the same game set in Helsinki because the world knows far less about Finnish stereotypes. Ninja Edit: Random thought about satirical games set in Finland: My Summer Car is kind of that game.

But they have explored London before. I think the UK would probably the best setting if you would.

Alright. I thought I’d missed a controversy.

I know some people complain about GTA Online, but with anything as surplus to human needs as video games I’d say just vote with your Dollar.

Why?

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Overigens is het wel belangrijk voor journalistiek te betalen als je het kan veroorloven.

Technically I didn’t, so who is putting words in whose mouth?

The Chinese government are a ruthless immoral authoritarians. Say what you want about economic systems, but fuck authoritarians.

In Europe (in my case the Netherlands, but it’s similar in surrounding countries) you cannot pass on the right and you can get fined for it. If you do pass on the right you’re taking a bigger risk because it is not expected.

You can also get fined for staying in the left or middle lane for too long. But that’s somewhat rare. You can get away with it a bit to pass an extra truck (our trucks speed limit is slower) or if the right lane is full and slower than the lane to the left of it, but don’t drive excessively slow on the left. Especially on the Autobahn.

Je bedoelt dat de rechterkant van rechts zo stemmen van gematigd rechts kan pakken? Dat gebeurt nu toch al. Ik denk dat er van klimaatpolitiek echt wel iets rechts te maken is.

Er zijn genoeg aanknopingspunten voor (centrum)rechts. Investeren in innovatieve ondernemers voor de VVD; rentmeesterschap voor CU/CDA/SGP; energieonafhankelijkheid van EU-landen voor Wilders/Baudet/Van Haga/Eerdmans.

Helaas is het voor die laatste anti-intellectuele gekkenbrigade de normaalste zaak van de wereld geworden om de klimaatproblematiek af te doen als boomknuffelaarshysterie. Klimaatpolitiek wordt gezien als zwakte.

Ik vind dat echt een enorme gemiste kans.

Ik snap echt niet dat rechts de energietransitie niet effectiever als energieonafhankelijkheid verkoopt.

Die “linkse hobbies” van het aanschaffen van warmtepompen, zonnepanelen, thuisaccu’s, e.d. zijn toch echt wel hobbies van mensen die per huishouden 2x modaal en meer verdienen.

Borrowing for a car is becoming normalized in my country, but what’s wrong with just buying a €5-10k car outright? My SO and I have spent a grand total of €12500 on purchasing 3 separate vehicles in about a decade.

I drive a relatively new electric car for work that is a job perk, but if I wouldn’t I’d just driving to work in our little Mazda 2.

There is no single part of my house I even want to spend the average new car price on (€43k). That’s retire a year early money.