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What worries me most is that it will have a 'closing window of opportunity effect' on decision making by Chinese leaders. Similar conditions led to Japan starting a war it knew was a risky gamble at best against the USA, and potentially played a role in why Russia decided to go to war against...

It's not just that, but if you're looking at their demographic projections...well... China has 'challenging times ahead' in the coming decades. Shrinking populations are a massive headache for a government to manage. Stable is fine. Shrinking is a nightmare. South Korea and Japan have similar...

Yes and it's highly controversial for the aforementioned reasons and invariably causes a diplomatic incident when it's detected. I don't see any watch makers risking their business and reputation over that.

Apparently AIDS was a significant factor in limiting Africa's population growth. I think the one-child policy and its disastruous effects are a good example of how meddling with reproductive rights can cause serious unintended and unforseen consequences. On the flipside though, if a Malthusian...

I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner but: You can almost guarantee that you won't ever see a watch made of 'authetic historical U-boat steel', for 2 reasons: -Very few actually survived intact up until this day and those are mostly museum pieces (majority was scrapped long ago right...

Agreed but it seems like eating meat is often elevated up to a level that doesn't make sense,when other aspects (often far more impactful ones) are left on the table. The cynical highlight of this year was when Greta Thunberg took a plane from Sweden to the Netherlands to join some environmental...

Reducing population is a tricky balancing act though. Most western countries are already struggling with an aging, and in many cases projected to be shrinking population. That creates havoc for economies and supporting stuff like pensions. Pets are tricky. Though I won't make excuses for them...

Apart from the latter part it's not actually as unreasonable as it is sounds. The assumption that all people (whether they're different race, regional heritage, or simply different individuals) is not necessarily a correct one. The simplest example of this is lactose intolerance , which varies...

Sinking money into such a small YT channel is a bad idea. The market for knife channels is just too small and niche, adding a new candidate is unlikely to generate a ton of subscribers. Investing in equipment to increase production values doesn't change that; it's rarely that relevant for...

The pineapple cubes look rather dry...

Looked up the price on those cigars... You might as well roll up dollar bills and light that. It's literally like seeing money go up in smoke. Thank god that's an expensive hobby I never acquired a taste for.

I just wished it didn't have the ugly logo and text on it. Carbonext is more elegant in that regard. The Hattori line is even worse; it still has the old KF forum logo on it from over a decade ago... I guess no one ever gave Koki the heads up he should take it off? But it bothers me enough to...

"It's a plural's prerogative to never be apostrophized..."

How many people actually achieve that 25/50/25 ratio though, unless they're basically on a glutenfree or paleo diet? Basically as soon as you eat bread or cereal for lunch or breakfast you're already on your max for the carbs/grains for that day. It's actually quite a challenge in today's modern...

In my first climbing vacation in the alps I lost about 8 kilos in the first 2 weeks. Managed to remain fairly stable the weeks after that when my hunger caught up. Managed to gain most of it back in another 2 weeks or so. Going to a pizza place and eating 2 whole pizzas tends to do that to...

This all originates from the US's unique position in being geographically isolated by 2 massive oceans. So it prioritized navy because naval strategy = build strategy. Due to how long it takes to build ships (especially big ones) the course of a naval war is largely determined by what you have...

A lot of that basically hingest of the results in november. Russia's strategy for the last year has basically been to hold on in hopes of 'US electoral success' cutting off UA's lifeline because they know EU alone will struggle to sustain the UA military. Hence why Haley's loss in the primaries...

Yeah but even without any intelligence from the Germans they would have developed those things regardless. I mean they were even going as far as developing airborne tanks. The reality is they were preparing for war for the entire 30's to redraw the world map, and developing accordingly.

Sadly that's becoming ever more unlikely... with the entirety of the west showing a complete lack of urgency in the first year, giving too much credit to Russian escalation threats (which only cements nuclear threats as a corner stone of Russian foreign policy), Europe's arms production taking...

Yeah don't get me wrong I don't think it's a bad idea.... but whenever I see Italian cuisine in a lot of places it doesn't look the same. ;) I think the main trap (not saying you're falling into it) is that the focus is really on dinner choices. But what I see around me is that plenty of people...