Story time for people that don’t understand how metal-backed currency works! Long ago, metal was money. There was no paper currency, only metals. Holding all your wealth in metal in one place could be dangerous, and banking was born as a business to hold and protects metal on behalf of others. You would take physical … More The Rules of Money Magic
A quick treatise on what happens when the news transforms from a public utility to a commercialized product: I’ve posted on this a number of times before, but it is important to remember that in the age of the internet, the news media is a PRODUCT and not a UTILITY. For a majority of human … More When the Media Turns Into a Product
An interesting little essay on how the concept of Racism has taken on a supernatural level of existence akin to the Devil in the psyche of many who lives in western society: Modern society may be officially materialistic, but this doesn’t stop humans from having immaterial experiences. Some of the most potent immaterial experiences are … More Racism and the Devil
A brief treatise on why Communism does not appear to grow as an ideology: Has is ever occurred to you that the constant refusal to acknowledge the fact that Communism HAS been tried is the exact reason why the ideology is untenable? When Capitalism fails – and it has before – we do not say … More Why Communism Fails to Evolve
Below is a pretty harsh statement on the matter of national pride from the German Philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer: The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no qualities of his own of which he can be proud; otherwise he would … More On National/Racial Pride
A brief treatise on how modern Social Justice Warriors share a lot of similarities to conspiracy theorists: All the social justice movements have more in common with conspiracy theorists than they might want to believe. Modern society has brought them to a point where they can no longer identify systemic discrimination as a force of … More Social Justice Warriors vs Conspiracy Theorists
An angry young man goes into what it takes to start a septic tank installation business in the US: I can sympathize with the young man who posted about his attempt to start a septic tank business, and have had similar experience as well. I ran a small business with a couple of my family … More What It Takes to Dig a Septic Tank
An anon talks about how he became attached to a toy figure he originally bought to resell: I had that problem once, sort of. There was a guy on the BST selling his figma Bride Saber for $50 and at the time I knew it would be an easy turn around for $100. So I … More Anon bonds with a Toy Figure
An insightful anon with a finance background explains the recent fiasco in the stock market regarding the GameStop stock, and some of the possible repercussions that may follow: This isn’t financial advice and my opinion and analysis is presented for entertainment value, whether you have a long or short position in the market today or … More Anon explains the GameStop fiasco
An amusing comic on the food dishes eaten in certain Nordic countries: Pictured below, pickled herrings, which admittedly doesn’t sound that bad: “Rotten shark meat” dish from Iceland, aka Hákarl, which sounds like a hell of an acquired taste:
Temple of Zagan 